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Fremont, Sewell Lawrence
MILITARY SERVICE
Age: 0, credited to Bellows Falls, VT
Unit(s): 1st Corps NC ARTY and ENG
Service: USMA 1841; Florida War (1841); Mexican-American War (1846); survey party, determined border between TX and MX; 3rd US ARTY; resgd 5 Apr 1854; chief engineer Wilmington (NC) and Weldon Railroad (1854-61); Col. 1st Corps NC Arty. and Engrs, C.S.A. 1861-1865; comdg. Cape Fear region NC 31 Aug 1861; designed and constructed Fort Fisher; later life: superintendent and chief engineer Wilmington and Weldon Railroad (1861-1871)
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VITALS
Birth: 08/30/1816, Bellows Falls, VT
Death: 05/01/1886
Burial: Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, NC
Marker/Plot: Section B, Lot 87
Gravestone researcher/photographer: Tom Ledoux
Findagrave Memorial #: 7089572
MORE INFORMATION
Alias?: None noted
Pension?: Unknown
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: None
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BURIAL:
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Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, NC
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Biography
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