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Whitcomb, Oscar George

MILITARY SERVICE Age: 28, credited to Highgate, VT Unit(s): 3rd VT INF Service: substitute - enl 8/8/63, m/i 8/8/63, PVT, Co. K, 3rd VT INF, kia, Cold Harbor, 6/3/64 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALS Birth: 12/03/1833, Vermont Death: 06/03/1864 Burial: Episcopal Church Cemetery, Highgate, VT Marker/Plot: 19 Gravestone researcher/photographer: Tom Ledoux Findagrave Memorial #: 63396694 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, widow Mary H., 11/15/1864 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 Episcopal Cemetery, Highgate Falls, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there.

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Obituary

THE OFFICIAL LIST
The following is the official list of the casualties in the Vermont Brigade since May 21, up to, and including, June 4:
THIRD REGIMENT
KILLED
Co. K – Oscar Whitcomb, June 3.

Source: Argus and Patriot, June 30, 1864.
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.