Lee, Edward Payson
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 23, credited to Waterford, VT Unit(s): 11th VT INF Service: enl 8/8/62, m/i 9/1/62, 4SGT Co. A, 11th VT INF, comn 1LT 9/2/62 (9/3/62), pr CPT Co. B 11/2/63 (11/20/63), wdd, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64, m/o 6/24/65 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 08/05/1839, Waterford, VT Death: 12/11/1922 Burial: Grove Cemetery, St. Johnsbury, VT Marker/Plot: 122 Gravestone photographer: Dan Taylor Findagrave Memorial #: 75265207 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 7/27/1866; widow Virginia H. J., 1/22/1922, VT Portrait?: VHS Collections, Gibson Collection College?: AC 65 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: Edward Payson Lee and Oscar R. Lee were brothers. Webmaster's Note: The 11th Vermont Infantry was also known as the 1st Vermont Heavy Artillery; the names were used interchangably for most of its career DESCENDANTS 2nd Great Grandfather of John Payson Lee, Tucson, AZ (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
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Edward P. Lee
Newport (RI) Mercury, 23 Dec 1922
Rev. Edward P. Lee, one of the oldest clergymen in the Episcopal diocese of Vermont, died at Brightlook Hospital, St. Johnsbury after months of failing health. He was for years rector of the Episcopal church in Island Pond, Vt. He was 82 years old, and served in the Civil war as Captain of a Vermont regiment and was one of the oldest graduates of Amherst College.
Contributed by Erik Hinckley.
The following are extracts from Captain Edward P. Lee's copy of "Revised Regulations for the Army of the United States, 1861," containing his signature inside the front cover, on the page after the title page, and inside the back cover.
Contributed by Barry Wells, who found the book in an antique shop in Woodstock, Vermont in the mid-nineties.