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Sharpley, George W.

MILITARY SERVICE Age: 18, credited to Colchester, VT Unit(s): 2nd VT INF Service: enl 1/13/65, m/i 1/13/65, Pvt, Co. G, 2nd VT INF, kia, Petersburg, 4/2/65 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALS Birth: 06/07/1846, Middlesex, VT Death: 04/02/1865 Burial: Greenmount Cemetery, Burlington, VT Marker/Plot: 96 Gravestone photographer: Kathy Valloch Findagrave Memorial #: 71179730 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, mother Bridget S., 5/27/1887, 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: Restored gravestone photo courtesy of Deborah Hardy and Jim Woodman. DESCENDANTS Great Granduncle of Marie Louise Landry, Guilford, CT Great Granduncle of David Landry, Belmont, MA (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today)

BURIAL: Copyright notice Greenmount Cemetery, Burlington, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there.

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Obituary

LIST OF CASUALTIES IN THE VERMONT BRIGADE
Headquarters Vermont Brigade,
Burkesville Junction, Va., April 14, 1865.
Peter T. Washburn, Adjutant and Inspector General:
Sir – I have the honor to forward the following nominal list of casualties among the troops of this command in the action of the 2d inst.
KILLED – SECOND REGIMENT.
Company G – George W. Sharpley, Colchester.

Source: Vermont Journal, April 29, 1865.
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.