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Taylor, Matthew H.

MILITARY SERVICE Age: 19, credited to Newport, VT Unit(s): 5th VT INF, 9th VT INF Service: substitute - enl 9/24/64, m/i 9/24/64, PVT, Co. D, 9th VT INF; also tr to 5th VT INF, Co. A, 1/20/65, m/o 6/19/64 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALS Birth: 1845, Canada Death: 01/13/1879 Burial: West Cemetery, Ryegate, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone researcher/photographer: Carolyn Adams Findagrave Memorial #: 93081496 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Not found 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 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)

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

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Obituary

DEATHS

At Ryegate, Jan. 13, Matthew H. Taylor, aged 43 years.

Source: St. Johnsbury Caledonian, January 24, 1879
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.