Buxton, Charles
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 28, credited to Rockingham, VT Unit(s): 11th VT INF Service: comn CPT, Co. G, 11th VT INF, 8/12/62 (9/3/62), pr MAJ, 9/2/64 (10/3/64), kia, Winchester, 9/19/64 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 03/01/1834, Londonderry, VT Death: 09/19/1864 Burial: Immanuel Cemetery, Bellows Falls, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone photographer: Carolyn Adams Findagrave Memorial #: 36008036 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, widow Sophia W., 11/12/1863? Portrait?: Gibson Collection, Italo Collection, Jones Collection, Guber Collection off-site, 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: Pension date is probably a typo; would comfortably fit if it were 11/12/1864 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 DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
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Obituary
LIST OF CASUALTIES IN THE VERMONT TROOPS
The following is a list of the casualties in the Vermont troops in the battle of Winchester, Sept. 19:
1st Artillery, 11th Regiment
Company G
Killed. - Capt. Charles Buxton.
Source: Vermont Journal, October 8, 1864.
The funeral of Major Charles Buxton was attended in Bellows Falls on Tuesday of last week with Masonic honors. His only child was buried at the same time and in the same grave with the father. The child died just a month, to a day, from the time its father was killed in battle.
Source: St. Johnsbury Caledonian, Jan. 13, 1865
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.