Olmstead, Alfred D.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 19, credited to Essex, VT Unit(s): 13th VT INF Service: enl 9/10/62, m/i 10/10/62, Pvt, Co. F, 13th VT INF, m/o 7/21/63 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 01/07/1843, Burlington, VT Death: 10/06/1903 Burial: Clear Lake Cemetery, Clear Lake, WI Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone photographer: Dan Taylor Findagrave Memorial #: 152179844 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 9/22/1891; widow Allice R., 10/28/1903, WI Portrait?: Unknown College?: Not Found Veterans Home?: Not Found (If there are state digraphs above, this soldier spent some time in a state or national soldiers' home in that state after the war) Remarks: 13th Vt. History off-site DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
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Biography
ALFRED D. OLMSTEAD
Enlisted from Essex, Vt., at the age of 19 years as a private in Company F, 13th Vt. Vol. Inf., September 10, 1862. Mustered in October 10, 1862; was with the company in all of its duties; did my part in borrowing from the enemy, marching and shooting when we had it to do. Fifer Slater and Private Gates were schoolmates of mine, and tentmates now. During the second day when the shells were bursting all around us, Slater came to the Company, having picked up a gun and cartridge box, and took a place in the ranks and refused to go back to the drum corps where he belonged. A shell burst so near our heads as to deafen Slater in the right ear and myself in the left ear. Mustered out July 21, 1863, and went to Wisconsin soon after and have been farming most of the time since. I am quite deaf and can, do only light work. Died at his home in Clear Lake, Wis., October 7, 1903, leaving a wife and son.
Source: Sturtevant's Pictorial History, Thirteenth Regiment, Vermont Volunteers, War of 1861-1865, p. 578