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Tilden, George Galen

MILITARY SERVICE

Age: 20, credited to Rochester, VT
Unit(s): 11th VT INF
Service: enl 8/6/62, m/i 9/1/62, 2SGT, Co. H, 11th VT INF, comn 2LT 9/5/62 (9/6/62), pr 1LT 8/11/63 (8/19/63), CPT Co. K 12/2/64 (1/30/65), tr to Co. H 2/20/65, Bvt MAJ, to date from 4/2/65, for gallant and meritorious service in the assault before Petersburg, m/o 6/24/65

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VITALS

Birth: 11/06/1842, Rochester, VT
Death: 07/31/1892

Burial: Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, IA
Marker/Plot: Not recorded
Gravestone photographer: Rosanna Bayless/Grave Walker/Findagrave
Findagrave Memorial #: 20992545

MORE INFORMATION

Alias?: None noted
Pension?: Yes, widow Lydia C., 5/25/1908, IA
Portrait?: Italo 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: Gibson Collection

Webmaster's Note: The 11th Vermont Infantry was also known as the 1st Vermont Heavy Artillery; the names were used interchangably for most of its career


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Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, IA

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VHS - Reunion Society Collection

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VHS - Portrait Files (FPO)

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Ed Italo Collection