Austin, Edwin E.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 25, credited to Rochester, VT Unit(s): 13th VT INF, 1st VT CAV Service: enl 8/26/62, m/i 10/10/62, Pvt, Co. H, 13th VT INF, dis/dsb 11/20/63; enl 8/9/64, m/i 8/9/64, Pvt, Co. M, 1st VT CAV, m/o 6/21/65 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: abt 1837, Unknown Death: 02/28/1912 Burial: Morris Hill Cemetery, Boise, ID Marker/Plot: MHILL_E_71_5 Gravestone photographer: Kenyon Luce Findagrave Memorial #: 64536498 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 12/7/1882, MN; widow Sarah S., 3/31/1912, ID Portrait?: Troiani Collection, 13th History 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: 13th Vt. History off-site DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
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Biography
EDWARD E. AUSTIN volunteered from the town of Rochester, August 26th, 1862 at the age of 25, soldiering was too hard for his constitution and was taken sick and sent to the hospital from which he was discharged for disability and returned home where he soon recovered and re-enlisted into Company M, 1st Regt., Vt. Cav., August 9th, 1864, and was mustered out June 21st, 1865. (See page 330 for his pictures.)
Source: Sturtevant's Pictorial History, Thirteenth Regiment, Vermont Volunteers, War of 1861-1865, p. 658