Ingalls, Lewis J.

MILITARY SERVICE Age: 23, credited to Belvidere, VT Unit(s): 8th VT INF Service: enl 11/2/61, m/i 2/18/62, Pvt, Co. K, 8th VT INF, wdd, 9/4/62, reen 1/5/64, wdd, Winchester, 9/19/64 (gsw neck and lt leg), m/o 6/28/65 (Medal of Honor) See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALS Birth: 10/11/1837, Boston, MA Death: 12/31/1913 Burial: Irasburg Cemetery, Irasburg, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone researcher/photographer: Kathy Valloch Findagrave Memorial #: 22674 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, death date, no widow 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 (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today)

BURIAL: Copyright notice Irasburg Cemetery, Irasburg, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there.

This soldier was awarded the Medal of Honor

Lewis J. Ingalls

Rank and Organization: Private, Co. K, 8th Vermont Infantry.
Place and date: Boutte Station, La., 4 Sep 1862.
Entered service at: Belvidere.
Born: 11 Oct 1837, Boston, MA
Died: 31 Dec 1913, Irasburg.
Buried: Irasburg Cemetery, Irasburg, VT
Date of Issue: 20 Oct 1899.
Citation: A railroad train guarded by about 60 men on flat cars having been sidetracked by a misplaced switch into an ambuscade of guerrillas who were rapidly shooting down the unprotected guards, this soldier, under a severe fire in which he was wounded, ran to another switch and, opening it, enabled the train and the surviving guards to escape.

NARA File Number: R&P 516096.

Obituary

Irasburg, Vt.

Lewis Ingalls, whose illness has been mentioned several times in these columns, died last Wednesday night; The funeral was held at his late home Friday afternoon. Rev. C. R. Adams officiating. He leaves an aged wife to whom much sympathy is extended. Interment was in the Village Cemetery.

Orleans County Monitor, January 7, 1914

Courtesy of Deanna French.