Sturtevant, Smith C.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 18, credited to Weybridge, VT Unit(s): 5th VT INF, VRC Service: enl 12/22/63, m/i 12/22/63, Pvt, Co. B, 5th VT INF, wdd, Wilderness, 5/5/64, tr to VRC 2/21/65, m/o 7/15/65 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 10/02/1846, Weybridge, VT Death: 02/06/1887 Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, St. Albans, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone photographer: Kathy Valloch Findagrave Memorial #: 147121099 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 8/20/1869 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: None DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
BURIAL: Copyright notice   Greenwood Cemetery, St. Albans, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
Smith C. Sturtevant
Smith Sturtevant, 5th VVI, was killed in the "Great Train Wreck of 1887" when a Central Vermont passenger train derailed while crossing a bridge over the White River between Hartford and West Hartford, VT on February 5, 1887. One of the worse train wrecks in history, nearly 40 people died.
Sturtevant had been employed on the Central Vermont since the war, first as a brakeman, then a conductor. He left a widow and seven children. His remains were taken to St. Albans, his home.
More details on the scene at his death in "The Great Train Disaster of 1887", Clyde Berry and Pat Stark, Hartford Vermont Historical Society, 2005.
Contributed by David R. Mayhew.