Rowell, Alva S.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 26, credited to Duxbury, VT Unit(s): 10th VT INF, 13th VT INF Service: enl 8/25/62, m/i10/10/62, Pvt, Co. I, 13th VT INF, dis/dsb 4/3/63; enl 12/8/63, m/i 12/31/63, kia, Cold Harbor, 6/1/64 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 1836, Waterbury, VT Death: 06/01/1864 Burial: Old Cemetery, Waterbury, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone researcher/photographer: Kathy Valloch Findagrave Memorial #: 53220033 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, widow Lucetta M., 7/16/1864 Portrait?: 13th History 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: 13th Vt. History off-site WPA Graves Registration Card indicates that this is a cenotaph. DESCENDANTS 2nd Great Granduncle of Beverly T. Parsons, South Burlington, VT (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
BURIAL: Copyright notice   Old Cemetery, Waterbury Center, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
Biography
ALVA ROWELL enlisted from Waterbury and was a good soldier until his health failed him and he was discharged April 1st, 1863. He has since died.
Source: Sturtevant's Pictorial History, Thirteenth Regiment, Vermont Volunteers, War of 1861-1865, p. 682
Obituary
Killed in the battle of Coal Harbor, June 1st, Alva Rowell, Co. B, Tenth Vermont Regiment, aged 28 years and 2 months.
Source: Green Mountain Freeman, June 28, 1864
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.