Wooster, Winfield Scott
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 19, credited to Derby, VT Unit(s): 4th VT INF Service: enl 8/30/61, m/i 9/21/62, SGT, Co. D, 4th VT INF, pr 1SGT, comn 2LT, Co. K, 11/5/62 (1/24/63), kia, Wilderness, 5/5/64 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: abt 1842, Derby, VT Death: 05/05/1864 Burial: Probably buried in an unmarked grave, , VA Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone researcher/photographer: Findagrave Memorial #: 0 (There may be a Findagrave Memorial, but we have not recorded it) MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, mother Louisa, 2/6/1867 Portrait?: USAHEC off-site 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 Great Granduncle of Fred H. Berg, Needham, MA (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
BURIAL: Copyright notice  Died in Virginia Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
Obituary
Lt. Winfield Scott Worcester of the 4th Regiment, who is reported killed, was the son of B. H. Worcester of Derby Line. The Lieutenant was made fourth Sergeant of Co. D at the time of the comp-any organization in Barton under Capt. Tucker, in 1861. He was instantly killed by a ball through the head.
Source: Vermont Record, June 17, 1864
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.