Posnett, Daniel
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 49, credited to Fayston, VT Unit(s): 13th VT INF Service: enl 8/25/62, m/i 10/10/62, Pvt, Co. B, 13th VT INF, m/o 7/21/63 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 1813, Ireland Death: 11/25/1881 Burial: North Fayston Cemetery, Fayston, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone researcher/photographer: Bob Hackett Findagrave Memorial #: 59365984 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 5/5/1871; widow Catherine F., 12/19/1881 Portrait?: 13th History 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
DANIEL PASNETT born in Ireland, enlisted from Fayston at the age of 49. He was only 5 ft. 4% in. in height and rather slim, though he bore the hardship of army life as well as could be expected considering his age and size. He had seen service in the British army. There were times when he was crippled by rheumatism to some extent but he was never away from the Company long and was with it at the last. He died in Fayston, November 25th, 1881.
Source: Sturtevant's Pictorial History, Thirteenth Regiment, Vermont Volunteers, War of 1861-1865, p. 465