Arnold, Benjamin F.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 23, credited to Randolph, VT Unit(s): 8th VT INF, 12th VT INF Service: enl 8/18/62, m/i 10/4/62, Pvt, Co. F, 12th VT INF, m/o 7/14/63; enl 12/23/63, m/i 1/6/64, Pvt, Co. G, 8th VT INF, pow, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64, Salisbury, d/prison 12/30/64 (buried in unmarked grave) See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: abt 1839, Braintree, MA Death: 12/30/1864 Burial: Salisbury National Cemetery, Salisbury, NC Marker/Plot: No_Marker; probably In trenches Gravestone researcher/photographer: Tom Ledoux Findagrave Memorial #: 0 (There may be a Findagrave Memorial, but we have not recorded it) MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, father Benjamin, 4/19/1880, not approved 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: Cemetery photograph shows trenches behind the monument where this soldier is probably buried. DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
BURIAL: Copyright notice  Salisbury National Cemetery, NC Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
Obituary
DEATHS
In Montpelier, Dec 11th, 1864, Solomon Dodge, aged 39 years.
Vermont Watchman and State Journal
March 31, 1865
Vermont Soldiers who died at Salisbury, N. C., in January and February, 1865:
Benjamin (F) Arnold, G, 8th regiment, reported absent without leave Aug. 31, '64.
Source: Vermont Watchman and State Journal, December 16, 1864.
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.