Blanchard, Asa W.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 17, credited to Proctorsville, VT Unit(s): 19th IN INF Service: enl and m/i, Pvt, Co. B, 19th IN INF, cred. Wayne County, Indiana; pr SGTMAJ, kia, Gettysburg, 7/1/63 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 1844, Rochester, NY Death: 07/01/1863 Burial: Congressional Cemetery, Washington, DC Marker/Plot: Range 80, Site 71 Gravestone photographer: Tom Ledoux Findagrave Memorial #: 10538396 Cenotaph: Hillcrest Cemetery, Cavendish, VT Marker/Plot: Gravestone researcher/photographer: Carolyn Adams Findagrave Memorial #: 93828825 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: None DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
BURIAL: Copyright notice   Congressional Cemetery, Washington, DC Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. CENOTAPH:   Cenotaph in Hillcrest Cemetery, Cavendish, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may have cenotaphs there. |
Asa W. and Lucien J. Blanchard
Asa W. Blanchard, b. Rochester, NY, 1844, son of James Madison & Harriet Maria (Skinner) Blanchard. His brother Lucien J. Blanchard, was born in 1842. Harriet Skinner was the daughter of our Rev. Warren Skinner, the famous Universalist preacher in Windsor County , Vt. In 1850, the family was living in Springfield, Mass. In 1860, Asa and his parents were living in Richmond (Wayne Co) Indiana; James was a railroad engineer, and Asa, age 16, was working as a clerk for the railroad.
Asa enlisted in Co. "B" of the 19th Regiment, Indiana Infantry. He was a private at enlistment, but was promoted to Sergeant Major. He was killed in action at Gettysburg, 1 July, 1863. He was buried in Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C., and a memorial stone was erected in Proctorsville Cemetery, Cavendish, Vt.
Lucien was appointed Acting Third Assistant Engineer, U.S. Navy, in 1861. He died 25 July 1863 of yellow fever while serving onboard USS Alabama, and was buried at sea. A memorial stone was placed in a Cavendish cemetery.
Sources: 1850 and 1860 Federal Censuses; Callahan, Edward W., List of Officers of the Navy of the United States and of the Marine Corps from 1775 to 1900, Haskell House Publishers, Ltd., New York, 1969, p. 61; Ancestry.com, Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1879-1903 [database on-line]; additional family information contributed by Linda M. Welch