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Rollins, Samuel W.

MILITARY SERVICE Age: 26, credited to Danville, VT Unit(s): 4th VT INF Service: enl 8/28/61, m/i 9/21/61, Pvt, Co. G, 4th VT INF, wdd, Crampton's gap, 9/14/62, 5/4/63, pow, Weldon Railroad, 6/23/64, Andersonville, prld 12/10/64, d/parole 1/14/65 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALS Birth: 1835, Danville, VT Death: 01/14/1865 Burial: Danville Green Cemetery, Danville, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone researcher/photographer: Monica White Findagrave Memorial #: 17361245 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, mother Catherine, 1/30/1880 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: None DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today)

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

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Samuel W. Rollins

St. Johnsbury Caledonian

Jan. 20, 1865

At Danville, the 14th inst. Sam'l W. Rollins, aged 29, of Co. G, 4th Vt. Regiment. Corporal Rollins was taken prisoner the 23d of June on the Weldon Railroad, and after being incarcerated in five different rebel prisons, Andersonville among the number, he was paroled at Charleston, and lived less than three weeks after arriving at his father's house, Mr. Benj. Rollins, North Danville. - another victim to rebel barbarity.

Contributed by Tom Boudreau.