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Read, James Marsh
MILITARY SERVICE
Age: 27, credited to Colchester, VT
Unit(s): 1st VT INF, 10th VT INF
Service: enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, Pvt, Co. H, 1st VT INF, m/o 8/15/61; enl 7/31/62 (9/1/62), SGT, Co. D, 10th VT INF, comn 2LT, Co. D, 6/17/64 (8/3/64), pr 1LT, Co. E, 12/19/64 (1/30/65), wdd, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64, pr Adjutant, 4/22/65 (4/22/65), m/o 6/28/65, Bvt CPT, 4/2/65 for gallantry in the assault on Petersburg, mwia, Petersburg, 4/2/65, d/wds 4/6/65 City Point Va. [College: UVM 53]
See Legend for expansion of abbreviations
VITALS
Birth: 11/19/1833, St. Albans, VT
Death: 04/06/1865
Burial: Elmwood Avenue Cemetery, Burlington, VT
Marker/Plot: 10th row/south
Gravestone researcher/photographer: Kathy Valloch
Findagrave Memorial #: 75732785
MORE INFORMATION
Alias?: None noted
Pension?: Unknown
Portrait?: VHS Collections, History 10th Infantry
College?: UVM 53
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: 10th Vt. History off-site
DESCENDANTS
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BURIAL:
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Elmwood Avenue Cemetery, Burlington, VT
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Biography
An excellent memorial of Adjutant Read was written by Chaplain John B. Perry, and published on June 10th, and June 17th 1865. Each installment covers several complete pages of the newspaper.
Obituary
Sat, Apr 8, 1865 – 2 · Burlington Times (Burlington, Vermont) · Newspapers.com
