Fuller, Hiland Augustus
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 25, credited to Brattleboro, VT Unit(s): 2nd VT INF Service: enl 10/26/61, m/i 10/31/61, Pvt, Co. A, 2nd VT INF, kia, Cold Harbor, 6/5/64 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: abt 1841, Stamford, VT Death: 06/05/1864 Burial: Cold Harbor National Cemetery, Mechanicsville, VA Marker/Plot: B-115 Gravestone researcher/photographer: Tom Ledoux Findagrave Memorial #: 3069883 Cenotaph: Houghton Cemetery, Stamford, VT Marker/Plot: Gravestone researcher/photographer: Heidi McColgan Findagrave Memorial #: 73558453 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, father Lewis P., 12/16/1878 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) |
BURIAL: Copyright notice  Cold Harbor National Cemetery, VA Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. CENOTAPH:   Cenotaph in Houghton Cemetery, Stamford, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may have cenotaphs there. |
Hiland Fuller
Hoosac Valley News and Transcript, June 23, 1864
Death of a Brave Stamford Boy. -
Hiland Fuller, only son of L.P. Fuller of Stamford, of Co. A, 2nd Vt. regiment, who has passed through twelve battles unscarred, was shot by a rebel sharp-shooter, June 5th, while lying in the front line of battles, and supporting the pickets from behind a temporary breastworks, near Cold Harbor, Va., and within about 50 rods of the enemy. Geo. L. Crosier, his boon companion and mate, writes to Mr. Fuller and family that they two were just stepping down into their rifle pits when the ball struck young Fuller in the pit of his stomach, coming out in the small of the back and grazing the backbone. He lived a few hours afterward, having been taken to the hospital. He died very easily and in full faith in his Redeemer. He was a very brave soldier and deeply beloved by his comrades in arms.
Contributed by Tom Boudreau