Mead, Larkin Goldsmith
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 0, credited to Unknown Unit(s): Artist/Photographer Service: Worked as an artist for Harper's Weekly and was hired by BGen W. F. Smith to do topographical drawings of Confederate positions in the Virginia Penisula in 1862 until he was nearly killed by a Confederate sharpshooter. Both he and photographer George Houghton had had enough of the war by the summer of 1862 and they returned to Brattleboro and Mead left to study sculpture in Italy. See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 01/03/1835, Chesterfield, NH Death: 10/15/1910 Burial: English Cemetery, Florence, Italy Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone photographer: Wikipedia Findagrave Memorial #: 14680681 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Not eligible Portrait?: Gibson Collection 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  English Cemetery, Florence, Italy Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
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