Jones, George M.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 19, credited to Waitsfield, VT Unit(s): 2nd USSS Service: enl 11/18/63, m/i 12/18/63, PVT, Co. H, 2nd USSS, kia, Wilderness, 5/6/64 (gwd, head) See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: abt 1844, Unknown Death: 05/06/1864 Burial: Waitsfield Village Cemetery, Waitsfield, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone researcher/photographer: Kathy Valloch Findagrave Memorial #: 46485516 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: WPA Graves Registration Card indicates that this is a cenotaph. DESCENDANTS Cousin of David E. Jamieson, Worcester, VT (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
BURIAL: Copyright notice   Village Cemetery, Waitsfield, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
Obituary
For the Journal
In the battle of the Wilderness, May 5th, in a charge made by the Vt. Troops at 4 o'clock, P. M., Lewis M. Spaulding, aged 20 years, and Horace B. Stoddard, aged 21 years and 9 months; the former a member of Co. H, 6th Reg't, the latter of Co. F, 2nd Reg't. Also, on the next day, Geo. M. Jones, aged 20 years and 4 months, a member of the 2nd Reg't, U. S. Sharp Shooters. All were shot in the head and instantly killed. All were from Waitsfield.
Source: Vermont Watchman and State Journal, June 17, 1864.
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.