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Colvin, William

MILITARY SERVICE

Age: 22, credited to Dorset, VT
Unit(s): 11th VT INF
Service: enl 5/11/63, m/i 6/10/63, Pvt, Co. L, 11th VT INF, pow, Weldon Railroad, 6/23/64, Andersonville, Millen, d/prison 10/18/64

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VITALS

Birth: abt 1841, Danby, VT
Death: 10/18/1864

Burial: Beaufort National Cemetery, Beaufort, SC
Marker/Plot: See Remarks
Gravestone photographer: Tom Ledoux
Findagrave Memorial #: 109595447

MORE INFORMATION

Alias?: None noted
Pension?: Yes, mother Elsey, 11/30/1865
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: Soldiers who died and were interred in Millen, GA, were re-interred in Beaufort National Cemetery in unmarked graves.

Webmaster's Note: The 11th Vermont Infantry was also known as the 1st Vermont Heavy Artillery; the names were used interchangably for most of its career


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BURIAL:

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Beaufort National Cemetery, SC

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