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Richardson, Henry A.

MILITARY SERVICE Age: 18, credited to Stamford, VT Unit(s): 2nd VT INF Service: enl 8/19/62, m/i 9/15/62, Pvt, Co. A, 2nd VT INF, kia, Wilderness, 5/5/64 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALS Birth: 1844, Stamford, VT Death: 05/05/1864 Burial: Houghton Cemetery, Stamford, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone researcher/photographer: Tom Boudreau Findagrave Memorial #: 73601510 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, mother Elizabeth, 6/18/1880 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: WPA Graves Registration Card indicates that this is a cenotaph. DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today)

BURIAL: Copyright notice Cenotaph at Houghton Cemetery, Stamford, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there.

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Obituary

DIED

Killed in battle, May 5th, 1864, Henry A. Richardson, a member of Co. A, 2d Vermont regiment, formerly of Stamford, 19.

Source: Vermont Record, April 8, 1865
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.