Daley, Orrin
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 32, credited to Worcester, VT Unit(s): 6th VT INF Service: 1st Co. Vt. Drafted Men; enl 7/11/63, m/i 7/11/63, PVT, Co. F, 6th VT INF, wdd, Winchester, 9/19/64, tr to Co. A, 10/16/64, dis/wds 9/12/65 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 03/27/1831, Woodbury, VT Death: 04/13/1916 Burial: Green Mount Cemetery, Montpelier, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone photographer: Heidi McColgan Findagrave Memorial #: 113679120 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 12/1/1865 (Dailey) 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 DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
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Orrin Daley
St.Albans Daily Messenger
April 20, 1916Orrin Daley, who was the oldest veteran of the Civil War in Montpelier, died at Heaton hospital after an operation for hernia. He fell several weeks ago and broke his left hip. The deceased was born in Waterbury, March 27, 1831. He enlisted in Company F, 6th Vt. Regt., July 11, 1863. He was wounded at Winchester, Va., September 19, 1864, and was discharged because of the wound, an injury to the knee cap, which made him a cripple for the remainder of his life. September 12, 1865 he returned to Montpelier, and for many years conducted a restaurant, later a grocery business, and during the latter part of his business career was interested in insurance.
Contributed by Tom Boudreau.