Stevens, Oliver H.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 20, credited to Royalton, VT Unit(s): 4th VT INF, 16th VT INF Service: enl 9/18/62, m/i 10/23/62, Pvt, Co. H, 16th VT INF, dis/dsb 5/27/63; enl 8/31/64, m/i 8/31/64, Pvt, Co. E, 4th VT INF, m/o 7/28/65 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 1842, Bethel, VT Death: 1867 Burial: Fairview Cemetery, Bethel, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone photographer: Joie Finley Morris + Findagrave Memorial #: 92075878 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 5/9/1866 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   Fairview Cemetery, Bethel, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
Obituary
DEATHS
In Royalton, April 27th, of disease contracted in the service while in the Shenandoah Valley, Oliver H. Stevens, member of Co. E, 4th Reg't Vt. Vols, aged 24 years, 7 months and 27 days, - son of the late Capt. Oliver and Caroline M. Stevens.
We stood by his side, and saw the light
In his soft, young eyes grow dim;
And his pure, sweet brow grow sadly white,
As we watched beside him, that live-long night;
And we knew that his spirit would soon unite
With the white-winged cherubim.
His auburn hair in many a curl,
Sprayed over the pillow white
And his feeble breathing grew loud and brief,
And the Death-angle came with sweet relief,
And bore his spirit from pain and grief,
To its home in Paradise!
Source: Vermont Journal, June 1, 1867
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.