French, Winsor Brown
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 0, credited to Cavendish, VT Unit(s): 77th NY INF, USV Service: ADJ, 77th NY INF 24 Sept 1861. MAJ 1 Jun 1862; LTC, 18 Jul 1862. Bvt BGen USV 13 Mar 1865, m/o 13 Dec 1864 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 07/28/1832, Cavendish, VT Death: 03/24/1910 Burial: Greenridge Cemetery, Saratoga, NY Marker/Plot: Section: F-048 Old Gravestone researcher/photographer: Heidi McColgan Findagrave Memorial #: 10005144 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 6/28/1880; widow Frances M. S., 5/16/1910, NY 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  Greenridge Cemetery, Saratoga, NY Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
Obituary
New York Times
Mar. 25, 1910Gen. Windsor B. French, civil war veteran, died yesterday at his home in Saratoga after a long illness in his seventy-ninth year. He was born in Windsor, Vt., and was a graduate of Tufts College and a member of Theta Delta Chi fraternity. During the war he commanded the Seventy-ninth (sic) Regiment New York Volunteers.
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau
Webmaster's note: French actually commanded the 77th New York Infantry.