Dow, John R.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 18, credited to Cabot, VT Unit(s): 13th VT INF Service: enl 9/8/62, m/i 10/10/62, Pvt, Co. H, 13th VT INF, d/dis 5/16/63 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 1845, Irasburg, VT Death: 05/16/1863 Burial: Passumpsic Village Cemetery, Waterford, VT Marker/Plot: 9 Gravestone researcher/photographer: Denis & Karen Jaquish Findagrave Memorial #: 31601638 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
JOHN K. DOW volunteered from Cabot, Vt., on the 8th of September, 1862 at the age of 18, and joined Company H. He died in the service, May 16th, 1863.
Source: Sturtevant's Pictorial History, Thirteenth Regiment, Vermont Volunteers, War of 1861-1865, p. 659
Obituary
THE CALEDONIAN: JUNE 5, 1863
John K. Dow (of Cabot) belonging to Co. H., 13th Reg., Vt. Troops, died of typhoid fever and hemorhage of the lungs in the camp hospital, on Saturday 16th inst. His friends were telegraphed and his body forwarded to his home on Sunday. He was a good soldier, and always ready and willing to help when duty called him.