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Wheeler, Edward L.

MILITARY SERVICE Age: 18, credited to Marshfield, VT Unit(s): 26th NY CAV/VT FCAV Service: enl 1/6/65, m/i 1/10/65, PVT, Co. M, Frontier Cavalry (aka 26th NY CAV), m/o 6/27/65 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALS Birth: 1846, Unknown Death: 08/05/1915 Burial: Tacoma Cemetery, Tacoma, WA Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone researcher/photographer: Findagrave Memorial #: 105639237 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, widow Mary A, 7/3/1916, not approved; contesting widow Ella M, 9/25/1916, approved 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: Piper Funeral Home Records documents burial Webmaster's Note: After the Saint Albans Raid on October 19, 1864, Vermont raised two companies of cavalry to help guard the Canadian border; there were known as Frontier Cavalry, Companies F and M, but technically they were part of the 26th New York Cavalry. DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today)

BURIAL: Copyright notice Tacoma Cemetery, Tacoma, WA Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there.