Wood, Louis
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 26, credited to Readsboro, VT Unit(s): 2nd VT INF Service: enl 5/13/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. A, 2nd VT INF, mwia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, d/wds 5/1/62 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: abt 1835, Canada Death: 05/01/1862 Burial: Probably buried in an unmarked grave, , VA Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone researcher/photographer: Findagrave Memorial #: 0 (There may be a Findagrave Memorial, but we have not recorded it) MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Not Found 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) |
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Obituary
Three men of Co. A, 2d Vermont, were killed on the 7th inst., above Yorktown while out skirmishing. Their names are Linus Towslee of North Bennington, Louis Wood of Readsboro and Lucius Carpenter of Dorset. Wood and Carpenter were shot near the heart and killed instantly, and Towlsee lived but two hours.
Source: Vermont Phoenix, May 15, 1862.
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.