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Bessett, Edward

MILITARY SERVICE

Age: 23, credited to Richmond, VT
Unit(s): 9th VT INF
Service: enl 10/12/63, m/i 12/18/63, Pvt, Co. H, 9th VT INF, tr to Co. C, 6/13/65, m/o 12/1/65

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VITALS

Birth: 1840, Canada
Death: 1897

Burial: St. Mary Cemetery, Richmond, VT
Marker/Plot: Not recorded
Gravestone researcher/photographer: Kathy Valloch
Findagrave Memorial #: 0
(There may be a Findagrave Memorial, but we have not recorded it)

MORE INFORMATION

Alias?: None noted
Pension?: Yes, 7/30/1883; widow Constance, 12/31/1897, MA
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: None

Webmaster's Note: If this soldier enlisted before 9/1/62, and was with the regiment on 9/13/62, he would have briefly been taken prisoner along with the entire regiment at Harper's Ferry. Read the unit's Organization and Service for details.


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St. Mary Cemetery, Richmond, VT

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