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McWain, Edwin J.

MILITARY SERVICE

Age: 22, credited to Rochester, VT
Unit(s): 11th VT INF
Service: enl 8/6/62, m/i 9/1/62, CPL, Co. H, 11th VT INF, pr SGT 9/6/62, comn 2LT 12/28/63, pow, Weldon Railroad, 6/23/64, prld 3/1/65, comn 1LT 12/2/64 (1/30/65), m/o 5/15/65

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VITALS

Birth: 1840, Ripton, VT
Death: 03/24/1910

Burial: Mount Washington Cemetery, Independence, MO
Marker/Plot: Not recorded
Gravestone photographer:
Findagrave Memorial #: 18480463

MORE INFORMATION

Alias?: None noted
Pension?: Yes, 5/19/1870; widow Mabel C., 4/16/1910, MO
Portrait?: Gibson Collection, Italo Collection, 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

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


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BURIAL:

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Mount Washington Cemetery, Independence, MO

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VHS - Reunion Society Collection

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John Gibson Collection

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Ed Italo Collection