Smith, Albert M.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 18, credited to Chelsea, VT Unit(s): 10th VT INF Service: enl 8/1/62, m/i 9/1/62, Pvt, Co. I, 10th VT INF, mwia, Monocacy, 7/9/64, d/wds 8/8/64 (gsw, knee), Frederick Md Hosp. See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 1844, Chelsea, VT Death: 08/08/1864 Burial: Highland Cemetery, Chelsea, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone photographer: Kathy Valloch Findagrave Memorial #: 75724592 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, widow Elizabeth A., 11/14/1891, VT; minor, 5/25/1915, VT Portrait?: USAHEC off-site 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: 10th Vt. History off-site WPA Graves Registration Card indicates that this is a cenotaph. DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
BURIAL: Copyright notice  Highland Cemetery, Chelsea, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
Albert M. Smith
The Vermont Journal, August 27, 1864
In Frederick Hospital, Md., August 8th, Albert Morgan Smith, son of John W. and Lucy Smith of Chelsea, a corporal of Co. I, 10th Reg't. Vt. vols., aged 20 years. He was severely wounded by a shot through the knee in a skirmishing encounter with the rebel raiders near Monocacy Junction, Md., July 9th, who robbed and stripped him, leaving him on the field where he was found the next day (Sunday) by a flag of truce, and conveyed to Frederick Hospital, Md., where he received the most kind and assiduous attention from the attendants and benevolent ladies of that city. He bore his intense suffering with patience and composure, submitting to an amputation cheerfully, with the fond hope of saving his life, but it being too long deferred, with the hope of saving his limb, his strength was too much exhausted to sustain such a shock and a few days afterwards he sunk under it. A brave noble, patriotic boy, greatly beloved and lamented, He died at his post - another precious offering for the salvation of his country. Who can estimate the cost of this dire rebellion?
Contributed by Cathy Hoyt.