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Thompson, Frederick A.

MILITARY SERVICE Age: 34, credited to Guilford, VT Unit(s): 16th VT INF Service: enl 8/28/62, m/i 10/23/62, MSCN, Co. B, 16th VT INF, m/o 8/10/63 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALS Birth: 1828, Brattleboro, VT Death: 07/07/1873 Burial: Prospect Hill Cemetery, Brattleboro, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone researcher/photographer: Bob Edwards Findagrave Memorial #: 105616723 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, widow Mary E., 9/6/1878 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 Prospect Hill Cemetery, Brattleboro, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there.

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Obituary

Our citizens are of course familiar with the name of Fred Thompson, the "five mile fifer." His last services here were rendered on Decoration Day, when it was noticed that the notes usually so clear and sharp were comparatively feeble. Shortly afterwards he was prostrated on a bed of sickness, and a few days since his remains were carried to their final resting place, in Guilford, in which town he resided.

Source: Vermont Record and Farmer, July 11, 1873
DEATHS

THOMPSON – In Guilford, July 7, of typhoid fever, Fred Thompson, aged 45 years. Deceased served in the war as fifer of Co. B, 16th Reg't Vt. Vols., and was known as "The five mile fifer."

Source: Vermont Phoenix, July 11, 1873
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.