Fortune, Thomas Henry
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 21, credited to Swanton, VT Unit(s): 5th VT INF, VRC Service: enl 8/21/61, m/i 9/16/61, Pvt, Co. C, 5th VT INF, pow, Savage's Station, 6/29/62, prld 8/3/62, dis/dsb 1/25/63; also VRC (Co. E, 13th Regt, and 24th, 41st and 159th Cos. 2nd Btln) See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 1842, Franklin, VT Death: 1888 Burial: Georgia Plains Cemetery, Georgia, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone photographer: Kathy Valloch Findagrave Memorial #: 14835067 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 1/26/1863; widow Helen A., 3/29/1888, MD, minor, 9/20/1909, VT, not approved 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 DESCENDANTS 2nd Great Grandfather of Thomas P. Fortune, Fredericksburg, VA (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
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Obituary
In Georgia, January 3d, Thomas Fortune, aged 45 years.
Three years and eight months of his life were given to maintain the government of the United States, crush out rebellion and wipe out slavery. He received in the army a gunshot wound in his right hip and his left wrist. He was also a prisoner in Belle Isle and Libby Prisons. He died of chronic diarrhea contracted in the army. His funeral was fully attended at Georgia Plain, Rev. J. G. Lorimer officiating. At the funeral there were present from Co. C, 5th Vermont, Comrades Ingraham, Burnett, McEnany, and Mayo, also Mark Perry and Thomas Flynn, who served in the army with him. These served as bearers, Mr. Fortune was a professed soldier of the Lord Jesus Christ. He leaves a wife and seven children.
Source: St. Albans Weekly Messenger, January 19, 1888
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.