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Ballou, Erastus G.
MILITARY SERVICE
Age: 22, credited to Boston, MA
Unit(s): 2nd VT INF
Service: enl 5/7/61, m/i 6/20/61, 1SGT, Co. I, 2nd VT INF, pr SGTMAJ 10/14/61, comn 1LT, 6/27/62 (6/27/62), pr CPT, 8/4/62 (8/16/62), pr MAJ 6/6/65 (6/17/65), Bvt MAJ, 8/1/64, for gallantry in the Wilderness, and subsequent engagements; wdd, Maryes Heights, 5/3/63, wdd, Funkstown, 7/10/63, wdd, Wilderness, 5/5/64, wdd, Petersburg, 4/2/56, m/o 7/15/65 as CPT, Co. K
See Legend for expansion of abbreviations
VITALS
Birth: 11/12/1835, Massachusetts
Death: 05/23/1891
Burial: Wood National Cemetery, Milwaukee, WI
Marker/Plot: 10/124
Gravestone researcher/photographer: Dan Taylor
Findagrave Memorial #: 319694
MORE INFORMATION
Alias?: Blake, Erastus G.
Pension?: Yes, 3/26/1877
Portrait?: Gibson Collection, Italo Collection, VHS Collections, USAHEC off-site
College?: Not Found
Veterans Home?: WI
(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
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BURIAL:
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Wood National Cemetery, WI
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