Blair, Matthew
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 27, credited to Fayston, VT Unit(s): 13th VT INF, 56th MA INF Service: enl 8/25/62, m/i 10/10/62, Pvt, Co. B, 13th VT INF, m/o 7/21/63; enl 1/22/64, m/i Pvt, Co. I, 56th MA INF, mwia, Petersburg, 6/17/64, d/wds 6/18/64 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 1835, Ireland Death: 11/13/1864 Burial: Irasville Cemetery, Waitsfield, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone researcher/photographer: Alan Lathrop Findagrave Memorial #: 46293905 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 (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
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Biography
MATTHEW BLAIR was born in Ireland and had seen service in the English army. He enlisted from Fayston and was 27 years old and married. He passed through his term of service in fair health and re-enlisted in 56 Massachusetts and was killed.
Source: Sturtevant's Pictorial History, Thirteenth Regiment, Vermont Volunteers, War of 1861-1865, p. 460