Carlton, Alfred Lathrop
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 33, credited to Montpelier, VT Unit(s): 11th VT INF, USV Service: comn QM, 11th VT INF, 8/14/62 (9/3/62), pr 2LT, Co. C, 12/12/62 (1/17/63), pr CPT & CS, USV, 3/11/63, Bvt MAJ & CS, USV, 3/13/64, for meritorious service during the war, m/o 11/11/65 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 1829, Morristown, VT Death: 05/1874 Burial: Green Mount Cemetery, Montpelier, VT Marker/Plot: Lot 534 Gravestone researcher/photographer: Carolyn Adams Findagrave Memorial #: 0 (There may be a Findagrave Memorial, but we have not recorded it) MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, widow Margaret F., 4/15/1886, VT, not approved Portrait?: 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: None 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
Major Alfred L. Carlton, a leading dry goods dealer of Montpelier, died on the 29th ult., aged 45 years. The deceased was Quartermaster of the Eleventh Vermont Regiment, and afterwards promoted successively to the positions of Commissary of Subsistence and Major by Brevet for honorable services.
Source: Burlington Free Press, June 5, 1874.
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.