Woodward, Solomon Erskine
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 26, credited to Woodstock, VT Unit(s): 1st VT INF, 15th US INF Service: comn 2LT, Co. B, 1st VT INF, 6/19/61 (6/19/61), pr 1LT, 4/27/61 (4/27/61), mustered out 8/15/61; AQM on staff of Gen. Rosecrans, 61; LT, 15th US INF, 8/61; CPT, 3/65; Bvt CPT and MAJ for meritorious service at Murfreesboro, Atlanta, respectively; resgd, 9/30/66 [College: NU 52] See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 04/21/1835, Middlebury, MA Death: 04/03/1876 Burial: River Street Cemetery, Woodstock, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone photographer: Carolyn Adams Findagrave Memorial #: 87271149 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, widow Elizabeth C., 7/26/.1890, VT Portrait?: Gibson Collection, VHS Collections College?: NU 52 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: Pension also lists post-war CAPT, 24th US INF; more off-site DESCENDANTS 3rd Great Grandfather of Jame Killian Langhans, Windsor, VT (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
BURIAL: Copyright notice   River Street Cemetery, Woodstock, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
Obituary
WOODSTOCK
Major Solomon Erskine Woodward, who died April 2nd, aged forty-one years, was the eldest son of Solomon Woodward, Esq., and received some military education while at Norwich University. At the breaking out of the rebellion he enlisted to serve his country, and went out with the first company of three months men from Woodstock, under Capt. Peter T. Washburn.
Source: Vermont Journal, April 22, 1876.
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.