Smith, Newton Webster
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 19, credited to Thetford, VT Unit(s): 3rd VT LARTY Service: enl 10/28/63, m/i 1/1/64, PVT, 3rd VT LARTY BTRY, d/dis 2/6/64 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 1845, Fairlee, VT Death: 02/06/1864 Burial: Fairlee Village Cemetery, Fairlee, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone photographer: Carolyn Adams Findagrave Memorial #: 199435512 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, mother Rebecca W., 3/1/1863, 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: WPA Graves Registration Card indicates that this is a cenotaph. DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
BURIAL: Copyright notice   Village Cemetery, Fairlee, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
Obituary
In Washington, D.C., Feb. 5th, of lung fever and chronic diarrhea, Newton W. Smith, aged 19 years, 3 months and 14 days, of Thetford, Vt. He was a member of the 3d Battery, Light Artillery.
Source: Vermont Journal, February 20, 1864
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.