Bentley, Wilson Amos
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 21, credited to Jericho, VT Unit(s): 13th VT INF Service: enl 9/10/62, m/i 10/10/62, Pvt, Co. F, 13th VT INF, d/dis 6/25/63 (typhoid fever) See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 05/05/1841, Jericho, VT Death: 06/25/1863 Burial: Alexandria National Cemetery, Alexandria, VA Marker/Plot: A/0906 Gravestone photographer: Tom Ledoux Findagrave Memorial #: 357361 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: 13th Vt. History off-site DESCENDANTS 2nd Great Granduncle of Sue Richardson, Newport News, VA (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
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Biography
WILSON A. BENTLEY
Son of Shelley and Abigal (Stevens) Bentley, was born in Jericho, Vt., May 5, 1841. Educated in the common schools of his native town, from which he enlisted September 10, 1862, as a private in Company F, 13th Vt. Vol. Inf. Mustered into the service October 10, 1862, and performed faithful service in defense of his country until he died of typhoid fever, June 2.5, 1862, in a hospital at Alexandria, Va., and was buried in the national cemetery of that city.
Source: Sturtevant's Pictorial History, Thirteenth Regiment, Vermont Volunteers, War of 1861-1865, p. 571