Bennett, Henry Wallis
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 22, credited to Middlebury, VT Unit(s): 1st VT INF Service: enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, SGT, Co. I, 1st VT INF, d/dis 6/26/61, Fortress Monroe [College: MC 63] See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 12/13/1838, Middlebury, VT Death: 06/26/1861 Burial: Foote Street Cemetery, Middlebury, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone photographer: Alan Lathrop Findagrave Memorial #: 40947590 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Not Found Portrait?: Unknown College?: MC 63 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  Foote Street Cemetery, Middlebury, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
Obituary
Henry Bennett, of the Middlebury Union Guards, and standard bearer of the first regiment, has died of typhoid fever in the hospital at Fortress Monroe. Young Bennett was a student at Middlebury college when the war broke out, and left his studies to fight for his country.
Source: Vermont Journal, July 6, 1861.
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.