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Pierce, Worthington W.

MILITARY SERVICE

Age: 19, credited to Woodstock, VT
Unit(s): 12th VT INF, 17th VT INF
Service: enl 8/30/62, m/i 10/4/62, Pvt, Co. B, 12th VT INF, m/o 7/14/63; comn 2LT, Co. D, 17th VT INF, 3/4/64 (4/17/64), pr 1LT, 8/22/64 (9/27/64), pow Petersburg Mine, 7/30/64, prld 3/1/65, Bvt CPT 4/2/65 for gallantry at Petersburg, resgd 7/14/65 as 1LT, Co. K

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VITALS

Birth: abt 1843, Woodstock, VT
Death: 05/10/1913

Burial: Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines, IA
Marker/Plot: Not recorded
Gravestone photographer: Katie Lou
Findagrave Memorial #: 75134926

MORE INFORMATION

Alias?: None noted
Pension?: Yes, 6/22/1880; widow Minnie J., 6/4/1913, IA
Portrait?: Gibson 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: See Benedict's Army Life in Virginia

DESCENDANTS

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BURIAL:

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Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines, IA

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Photo

VHS - Reunion Society Collection

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VHS - Portrait Files (FPO)

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John Gibson Collection