Taylor, Josiah W.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 30, credited to New Haven, VT Unit(s): 11th NH INF Service: SMG, 11th NH INF, wdd, Wilderness, 5/6/64, d/dis 3/18/65, Kalorama Gnrl. Hosp. Washington, DC (smallpox) See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 11/01/1831, Exeter, NH Death: 03/18/1865 Burial: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA Marker/Plot: 13/09583 Gravestone photographer: Andrew Melcher Findagrave Memorial #: 49323282 Cenotaph: Evergreen Cemetery, New Haven, VT Marker/Plot: Gravestone researcher/photographer: Alan Lathrop Findagrave Memorial #: 40679680 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Not found Portrait?: Dick Taylor 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 Michael Styckiewicz, Chicopee, MA 2nd Great Grandfather of Richard A. Taylor, Fincastle, VA (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
BURIAL: Copyright notice  Arlington National Cemetery, VA Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. CENOTAPH:  Cenotaph in Evergreen cemetery, New Haven, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may have cenotaphs there. |
Josiah W. Taylor
Sergeant Major Josiah W. Taylor, 11th New Hampshire Infantry, in mufti and his son, Clarence, in his SUVCW uniform.
SGM Taylor was wounded in action at the Wilderness, 6 May 1864, and died of small pox in Kalorama Hospital, Washington, DC. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. A cenotaph to his memory is in Evergreen Cemetery, New Haven, VT, where his family moved to sometime after he died. Many of his descendants still live in the area.
Contributed by Dick Taylor.
