Kingsbury, George Washington
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 22, credited to Chester, VT Unit(s): 16th VT INF, 17th VT INF Service: enl 9/15/62, m/i 10/23/62, CPL, Co. K, 16th VT INF, m/o 8/10/63; comn 2LT, Co. F, 17th VT INF, 4/9/64 (4/17/64), wdd, Spotsylvania, 5/15/64, dis/wds 10/5/64; postwar 43rd US INF, retired 5/26/86 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 1840, Chester, VT Death: 06/22/1897 Burial: Village Cemetey, Clifton Springs, NY Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone researcher/photographer: Heidi McColgan Findagrave Memorial #: 112571505 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Not Found Portrait?: Gibson Collection, Guber Collection off-site, VHS Collections 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   Village Cemetery, Clifton Springs, NY Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
Friendly Fire
Lieutenant George W. Kingsbury of company F, Seventeenth Infantry, was severely wounded while on picket on the night of May 15th, by a soldier of the Sixth New Hampshire, who mistook him for a rebel; and was discharged on account of his wound in October following.
George G. Benedict, Vermont in the Civil War, ii:504)