Forbes, Cornelius H.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 27, credited to Brandon, VT Unit(s): 5th VT INF Service: comn 1LT, Co. H, 5th VT INF, 9/6/61 (9/6/61), pr Adjutant 1/8/62 (10/5/63), m/o 9/15/64, detailed for duty as AAAG 2d Bgd 2d Div VI Corps 3/63 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 10/17/1842, Fort Edward, NY Death: 12/10/1898 Burial: Pine Hill Cemetery, Brandon, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone photographer: Kathy Valloch Findagrave Memorial #: 71921331 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 10/18/1877; widow Caroline M., 12/28/1898, VT Portrait?: Italo Collection, VHS Collections 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) |
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Obituary
Maj. C. H. Forbes, one of the well-known veterans of the civil war, who recently died at his home in Brandon, went into the service as a lieutenant of the Fifth Vermont, and was acting assistant adjutant of the old Vermont brigade all the time that it was under the command of Gen. L. A. Grant. For a number of years he had been a pension agent. He was a prominent G. A. R. Comrade, being a member of Ormsbee post and a past commander.
Source: Montpelier Evening Argus, December 17, 1898.
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.