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Bingham, Leonard P.

MILITARY SERVICE Age: 43, credited to Ludlow, VT Unit(s): 1st VT INF, 7th VT INF, 17th VT INF Service: enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, PVT, Co. E, 1st VT INF, m/o 8/15/61; comn 2LT, Co. G, 7th VT INF, 1/31/62 (2/4/62), pr 1LT 9/24/62 (10/24/62), resgd 7/30/63; comn 1LT, Co. G, 17th VT INF, 4/12/64 (4/17/64), kia, Petersburg Mine, 7/30/1864 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALS Birth: 1812, Springfield, VT Death: 07/30/1864 Burial: Pleasant View Cemetery, Ludlow, VT Marker/Plot: 6-18 Gravestone researcher/photographer: Heidi McColgan Findagrave Memorial #: 91874428 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, widow Adelia H., 8/2/1865; minor, 8/3/1891, MA, not approved Portrait?: Unknown 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 4th Great Grandfather of Lori Rogers, Tavares, FL (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today)

BURIAL: Copyright notice Pleasant View Cemetery, Ludlow, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there.

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Obituary

To Be Held in Remembrance.

The following Officers of Vt. Regiments and Companies were killed in battle, or died of wounds received in battle, during the late war.

1st Lieut. Leonard P. Bingham, Ludlow; killed near Petersburg, Va., July 30, 1864.

Source: Middlebury Register, April 23, 1867
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.