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Taft, Benoni S.

MILITARY SERVICE

Age: 27, credited to Richmond, VT
Unit(s): 9th VT INF
Service: enl 6/14/62, m/i 7/9/62, Pvt, Co. F, 9th VT INF, d/dis 5/23/64

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VITALS

Birth: abt 1835, Mount Tabor, VT
Death: 05/23/1864

Burial: New Bern National Cemetery, New Bern, NC
Marker/Plot: 08/1359
Gravestone photographer: Tom Ledoux
Findagrave Memorial #: 3261587

Cenotaph: Old Village Cemetery, Richmond, VT
Marker/Plot: Not recorded
Gravestone researcher/photographer: Heidi McColgan
Findagrave Memorial #: 151334590

MORE INFORMATION

Alias?: None noted
Pension?: Yes, widow Mary M., 6/20/1864
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: Although records indicate that there is a cenotaph for this soldier in Richmond, it has not been found. The stone for Sarah is marked with a flag and holder.

Webmaster's Note: If this soldier enlisted before 9/1/62, and was with the regiment on 9/13/62, he would have briefly been taken prisoner along with the entire regiment at Harper's Ferry. Read the unit's Organization and Service for details.


DESCENDANTS

Great Grandfather of Raymond Brunelle, Waterbury, CT

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BURIAL:

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New Bern National Cemetery, New Bern, NC

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CENOTAPH:


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Tombstone

Cenotaph in Old Village Cemetery, Richmond, VT

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