Ford, Charles A.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 18, credited to Brandon, VT Unit(s): 5th VT INF Service: enl 9/4/61, m/i 9/16/61, Pvt, Co. H, 5th VT INF, reen 12/15/63, wdd, Spotsylvania, 5/10/64, pr CPL 1/1/65, kia, Petersburg, 4/2/65, brother of Hadley and John of Brandon; originally buried Hart's farm (tombstone says last name Feril) See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 12/01/1842, Rutland, VT Death: 04/02/1865 Burial: Poplar Grove National Cemetery, Petersburg, VA Marker/Plot: 1173 Gravestone researcher/photographer: Tom Ledoux Findagrave Memorial #: 0 (There may be a Findagrave Memorial, but we have not recorded it) Cenotaph: Pine Hill Cemetery, Brandon, VT Marker/Plot: Gravestone researcher/photographer: Kathy Valloch Findagrave Memorial #: 37102690 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, father Orville, 6/29/1866 Portrait?: Valentinetti Collection, Catherine Keeler 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: Brother of Hadley and John, see photos below DESCENDANTS Great Granduncle of Catherine A. Keeler, Placerville, CA (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
BURIAL: Copyright notice  Poplar Grove National Cemetery, VA Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. CENOTAPH:   Cenotaph in Pine Hill Cemetery, Brandon, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may have cenotaphs there. |
The Ford Brothers of Brandon
Charles A. Ford
Private, Co. H, Fifth Vermont Infantry
Killed in Action at Petersburg, VA
2 April 1865
Hadley P. Ford
Private, Co. G, Second Vermont Infantry
Mortally Wounded in Action, Spotsylvania
18 May 1864
John S. Ford
Private, Co. C, Tenth Vermont Infantry
Killed in Action at Orange Grove (Mine Run), VA
27 November 1863
Courtesy of Cathy Keeler, Placerville, CA, the great-grandniece of all three.
