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 Remarks: DESCENDANTS None registered (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.