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Gonya, Lewis

MILITARY SERVICE

Age: 18, credited to Alburgh, VT
Unit(s): 11th VT INF
Service: enl 8/12/62, m/i 9/1/62, Pvt, Co. K, 11th VT INF, pow, Weldon Railroad, 6/23/64, Andersonville, Danville, Salsbury, Libby, Belle Isle, prld 11/26/64, m/o 6/24/65

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VITALS

Birth: About 1844, Alburgh, VT
Death: 1909

Burial: St. Marys Cemetery, Brushton, NY
Marker/Plot: Not recorded
Gravestone photographer: Steve Savage
Findagrave Memorial #: 18495802

MORE INFORMATION

Alias?: None noted
Pension?: Yes, 6/25/1880; widow Virginia, 7/26/1909, NY
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: The 11th Vermont Infantry was also known as the 1st Vermont Heavy Artillery; the names were used interchangably for most of its career


DESCENDANTS

3rd Great Grandfather of Michelle Hartz, Riverview, FL

3rd Great Grandfather of Anthony Lee Collette, Fort Jackson, NY/Bradenton, FL

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BURIAL:

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Tombstone

St. Marys Cemetery, Brushton, NY

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