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Laird, Haskell
MILITARY SERVICE
Age: 21, credited to Leicester, VT
Unit(s): 11th VT INF, 12th VT INF
Service: enl 8/20/62, m/i 10/4/62, Pvt, Co. G, 12th VT INF, m/o 7/14/63; enl 8/30/64, m/i 8/30/64, Pvt, Co. C, 11th VT INF, m/o 6/24/65
See Legend for expansion of abbreviations
VITALS
Birth: abt 1841, Rochester, VT
Death: 07/24/1896
Burial: May be buried in ..., , VT
Marker/Plot: Not recorded
Gravestone researcher/photographer:
Findagrave Memorial #: 0
(There may be a Findagrave Memorial, but we have not recorded it)
MORE INFORMATION
Alias?: None noted
Pension?: Yes
Portrait?: Co. G, 12th VVI Reunion
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: See Benedict's Army Life in Virginia
Webmaster's Note: The 11th Vermont Infantry was also known as the 1st Vermont Heavy Artillery; the names were used interchangably for most of its career
DESCENDANTS
2nd Great Granduncle of Carol Laird, Colchester, VT
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BURIAL:
Copyright notice
Buried in Rochester, VT
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Obituary, Lincoln, VT
Three deaths occurred in this town last week. The first was Haskell Laird, a middle aged man, who had been employed at the Lincoln House this summer. He was kicked by a horse Tuesday night and died Wednesday. His remains were taken to Rochester, where he formerly lived, for interment.
The Burlington Free Press, July 30, 1896
Courtesy of Heidi McColgan