Russell, Henry C.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 30, credited to Richmond, VT Unit(s): 13th VT INF Service: enl 9/10/62, m/i10/10/62, CPL, Co. F, 13th VT INF, kia, Gettysburg, 7/3/63 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 1832, Richmond, VT Death: 07/08/1863 Burial: Gettysburg National Cemetery, Gettysburg, PA Marker/Plot: See remarks below Gravestone researcher/photographer: Findagrave Memorial #: 0 (There may be a Findagrave Memorial, but we have not recorded it) Cenotaph: Old Village Cemetery, Richmond, VT Marker/Plot: Gravestone researcher/photographer: Heidi McColgan Findagrave Memorial #: 151312927 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Not Found 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: May be one of the Unknown soldiers buried in Sections B or C. 13th Vt. History off-site DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
BURIAL: Copyright notice  Killed in action, Gettysburg, PA Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. CENOTAPH:    Cenotaph at Village Cemetery, Richmond, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may have cenotaphs there. |
Biography
HENRY C. RUSSELL
Enlisted from Richmond, Vt., September 10, 1862, at the age of 30 years in Company F, 13th Vt. Vol. Inf., and mustered into the service as a corporal October 10, 1862, and assigned to duty with the regimental colors. Killed July 3, 1863, at Gettysburg, just before the regiment made the flank attack on Pickett's charging columns. After the regiment returned to its place in the line, the body of Corporal Russell was buried on the field by his company comrades, and the grave marked by a head-board prepared by Corporal B. F. Brown. After the Company had been mustered out and returned to Richmond, Vt., Private Amos Brown went to Gettysburg and removed the body of Corporal Russell for its final resting place.
Source: Sturtevant's Pictorial History, Thirteenth Regiment, Vermont Volunteers, War of 1861-1865, p. 569
Obituary
List of Casualties in the Nine Months Brigade.
Thirteenth Regiment.
KILLED, Co. F
Henry C. Russell, Richmond
Source: St. Johnsbury Caledonian, July 24, 1863.
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.