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Gates, Calvin Knox

MILITARY SERVICE Age: 23, credited to Ryegate, VT Unit(s): 9th VT INF Service: enl 6/9/62, m/i 7/9/61, Pvt, Co. I, 9th VT INF, pr CPL, d/svc 10/14/62 on the way home while on furlough See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALS Birth: 1838, Ryegate, VT Death: 10/27/1864 Burial: West Cemetery, Ryegate, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone researcher/photographer: Carolyn Adams Findagrave Memorial #: 92962193 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, mother Margaret, 9/1/1879, not approved 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 Webmaster's Note: If this soldier enlisted before 9/1/62, and was with the regiment on 9/13/62, he would have briefly been taken prisoner along with the entire regiment at Harper's Ferry. Read the unit's Organization and Service for details. DESCENDANTS Great Granduncle of Peter E. Palmero, Charlton, NY (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today)

BURIAL: Copyright notice West Cemetery, Ryegate, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there.