Sheldon, Chauncey L.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 31, credited to Rupert, VT Unit(s): 1st VT CAV, 7th VT INF Service: enl 10/20/61, m/i 11/19/61, Pvt, Co. H, 1st VT CAV, m/o 11/19/61 ; enl 12/20/61, m/i 2/12/62, Pvt, Co. I, 7th VT INF, d/dis 8/5/62 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 07/10/1830, Rupert, VT Death: 08/05/1862 Burial: Baton Rouge National Cemetery, Baton Rouge, LA Marker/Plot: Unmarked Grave Gravestone researcher/photographer: Findagrave Memorial #: 0 (There may be a Findagrave Memorial, but we have not recorded it) Cenotaph: North Rupert Cemetery, Rupert, VT Marker/Plot: Gravestone researcher/photographer: Heidi McColgan Findagrave Memorial #: 67304528 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: yes, mother, Julia A., 5/7/1870, not approved 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: Listed in Roll of Honor or Regimental history, but not recorded in National Gravesite Locator; MSR - Inspected out - no teeth on upper jaw. DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
BURIAL: Copyright notice Baton Rouge National Cemetery, LA Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. CENOTAPH:   Cenotaph in North Rupert Cemetery, North Rupert, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may have cenotaphs there. |
Obituary
Capt. Charles Clark, of Company I, (Poultney), 7th Vermont Volunteers, writing to a friend from New Orleans, under date of October 15th, 1862, gives the following list of the deaths in his company, together with the date, place and cause of death.
Aug. 5, Chauncey L. Sheldon, Baton Rouge, suddenly, cause not known.
Source: Rutland Daily Herald, November 10, 1862.
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.