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Elkins, Moses Martin

MILITARY SERVICE

Age: 28, credited to Troy, VT
Unit(s): 11th VT INF
Service: enl 8/9/62, m/i 9/1/62, Pvt, Co. F, 11th VT INF, pr CPL 5/11/65, pow, Weldon Railroad, 6/23/64, Andersonville, d/prison 1/12/65, Salisbury, NC (buried in unmarked grave)

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VITALS

Birth: 1834, Potton, Canada East
Death: 01/12/1865

Burial: Salisbury National Cemetery, Salisbury, NC
Marker/Plot: No_Marker; probably In trenches
Gravestone photographer: Tom Ledoux
Findagrave Memorial #: 1849155

Cenotaph: North Troy Cemetery, Troy, VT
Marker/Plot:
Gravestone researcher/photographer: Heidi McColgan
Findagrave Memorial #: 173688652

MORE INFORMATION

Alias?: None noted
Pension?: Yes, widow Emeline S., 9/28/1865; minor, 4/2/1873
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: Cemetery photograph shows trenches behind the monument where this soldier is probably buried.

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


DESCENDANTS

Great Granduncle of Mary Hoyt, California City, CA

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BURIAL:

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Salisbury National Cemetery, NC

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CENOTAPH:


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Tombstone

Cenotaph at North Troy Cemetery, Troy, VT

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