Perry, Leander
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 20, credited to Barre, VT Unit(s): 9th VT INF, 13th VT INF Service: enl 8/25/62, m/i10/10/62, Pvt, Co. I, 13th VT INF, m/o 7/21/63; enl 8/4/64, m/i 8/4/64, Pvt, Co. F, 9th VT INF, d/dis 5/16/65; also 1st ME INF? See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: abt 1842, Williamstown, VT Death: 05/16/1865 Burial: Richmond National Cemetery, Richmond, VA Marker/Plot: 916 Gravestone researcher/photographer: Tom Ledoux Findagrave Memorial #: 0 (There may be a Findagrave Memorial, but we have not recorded it) MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Not found Portrait?: 13th History 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: 13th Vt. History off-site 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 (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
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Biography
LEANDER PERRY brother to Charles, was thirty years old when he enlisted. He stuttered badly and like many who have Impediments in their speech he had many by-words, and made much amusement for his comrades who will all remember how he used to say, "B-B-By g-g-g-gosh a-a-all H-H-Hemlock." He was not very well and did not take good care of himself, but he stuck by and was discharged with the company. He re-enlisted in the Seventeenth Vt. Regt. and died in the service.
Source: Sturtevant's Pictorial History, Thirteenth Regiment, Vermont Volunteers, War of 1861-1865, p. 682