Kendall, Luke W.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 21, credited to Springfield, VT; Brattleboro, VT Unit(s): 1st VT INF, 4th VT INF Service: enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, PVT, Co. E, 1st VT INF, m/o 8/15/61; enl 8/20/61, m/i 9/21/61, 2SGT, Co. F, 4th VT INF, reen 12/15/63, pr 1SGT, kia, Wilderness, 5/5/64 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: abt 1840, Dummerston, VT Death: 05/05/1864 Burial: Central Cemetery, Orange, MA Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone photographer: Heidi McColgan Findagrave Memorial #: 92041934 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Not found 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: None DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
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Luke W. Kendall
Vermont Phoenix
June 2, 1865
Sargent Luke W. Kendall
Serg't Luke W. Kendall - The party that went for the remains of Capt. [Dennie W.] Farr also obtained the body of Luke W. Kendall of this town, who was killed at the battle of the Wilderness, and buried near the grave of Capt. Farr. Serg't Kendall belonged to Co. F, 4th Vt. Vols. His remains were sent to Orange, Mass., where his widow now resides. The graves of the following persons killed at the same battle were found near that of Capt. Farr: Capt. J. W. Carpenter, Lieut. [Winfield S.] Wooster, both of the 4th Vt.; Capt. R.O. Bird of the 6th Vt.; Col. Newton Stone, 2nd Vt., and Serg't E. Renaldo (sic) of the 5th. And at the hospital of 2nd army corps were found the graves of the following: Capt. Geo. D. Davenport, Lieut. David Sweet (sic), Abraham Lovell, Robert Cornish and S. S. Marshall of the 5th Vt.; E. P. Barnes and E. F. Burnham of the 3d, and Levi C. Allen and Joseph E. Eaton of the 6th. Capt. Orville Bixby of the 2nd regiment was also buried here, and his body was disinterred at the same time with Capt. Farr's and forwarded to South Royalton.
Contributed by Tom Boudreau.