Palmer, Oscar
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 28, credited to Hinesburg, VT Unit(s): 2nd VT INF, VRC Service: enl 5/7/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. G, 2nd VT INF, wdd slightly, Fredericksburg Heights, 5/3/63, tr to VRC 9/1/63, see remarks See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 1832, Hinesburg, VT Death: 11/15/1920 Burial: Rhode Island Corners Cemetery, Hinesburg, VT Marker/Plot: 11 Gravestone photographer: Kathy Valloch Findagrave Memorial #: 76253564 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 5/30/1869 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: Palmer was eventually assigned to the 18th Regt., VRC, which was organized 5/5/64, Washington, D.C., and m/o by 11/21/65, but specific details for Oscar are not available. DESCENDANTS Cousin of Harold Kenyon, Anderson, AL (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
BURIAL: Copyright notice  Rhode Island Corners Cemetery, Hinesburg, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
Obituary
Oscar Palmer
Oscar Palmer, aged 88 years old, died Monday at the Mary Fletcher hospital. Mr. Palmer was a member of Company G, Second Vermont Infantry in the Civil War, and was the last Civil War veteran in the town of Hinesburg. The body was taken to the undertaking parlors of Reed & Dower, and was taken Tuesday to Hinesburg, where the funeral was held that afternoon at two o'clock, with interment in the Hinesburg cemetery.
Source: Burlington Free Press, Nov. 18, 1920
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.