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Robinson, Benjamin Franklin

MILITARY SERVICE

Age: 24, credited to Jericho, VT
Unit(s): 11th VT INF, 13th VT INF
Service: enl 9/10/62, m/i 10/10/62, Pvt, Co. F, 13th VT INF, m/o 7/21/63; enl 12/7/63, m/i 12/9/63, Pvt, Co. F, 11th VT INF, m/o 6/12/65

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VITALS

Birth: 03/31/1837, England
Death: 10/12/1917

Burial: Elmwood Cemetery, Barre, VT
Marker/Plot: Not recorded
Gravestone photographer: Monica White
Findagrave Memorial #: 8155777

MORE INFORMATION

Alias?: None noted
Pension?: Yes, 9/9/1878; widow Filanda, 12/7/1917, VT
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

Webmaster's Note: The 11th Vermont Infantry was also known as the 1st Vermont Heavy Artillery; the names were used interchangably for most of its career


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BURIAL:

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Tombstone

Elmwood Cemetery, Barre, VT

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Biography

BENJAMIN F. ROBINSON

Born in England. Enlisted from Jericho, "Vt., September 10, 1862, as a private in Company P, 13th Vt. Vol. Int., at the age of 24 years. Mustered into the service October 10, 1862, and mustered out with the regiment, and again enlisted in Company F, 11th Vt. Vol. Inf., December 7, 1863, from Barton, Vt. Discharged for disability June 12, 1865. Resides at Barre, Vt.

Source: Sturtevant's Pictorial History, Thirteenth Regiment, Vermont Volunteers, War of 1861-1865, p. 582

The Death of Benjamin Franklin RobinsonThe Death of Benjamin Franklin Robinson Sat, Oct 13, 1917 – 1 · The Barre Daily Times (Barre, Vermont) · Newspapers.com