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Capt Edwin J. Morrill

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Capt Edwin J. Morrill Veteran

Birth
Death
30 Jun 1864 (aged 30)
Burial
Cabot, Washington County, Vermont, USA GPS-Latitude: 44.3826795, Longitude: -72.3337573
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Edwin J. Morrill

Residence St Johnsbury VT;
Enlisted on 8/12/1862 as a 1st Lieutenant.
On 9/3/1862 he was commissioned into "A" Co. VT 1st Heavy Artillery
He died of wounds on 6/30/1864
He was listed as:
POW 6/23/1864 Weldon Railroad, VA
Wounded 6/29/1864 (place not stated)
(While trying to escape)

Promotions:
Capt 9/2/1862

Additional Information:
Died 6/30/64 of wounds
("the bullet passing through his bowels") received in escape 6/29/64.

Buried at Appomattox Station, Virginia. Reinterred in the Durant Cemetery at Cabot, Vermont.
Margaret Morrill granted a mother's pension in 1880.


Edwin J. Morrill

Residence St Johnsbury VT;
Enlisted on 8/12/1862 as a 1st Lieutenant.
On 9/3/1862 he was commissioned into "A" Co. VT 1st Heavy Artillery
He died of wounds on 6/30/1864
He was listed as:
POW 6/23/1864 Weldon Railroad, VA
Wounded 6/29/1864 (place not stated)
(While trying to escape)

Promotions:
Capt 9/2/1862

Additional Information:
Died 6/30/64 of wounds
("the bullet passing through his bowels") received in escape 6/29/64.

Buried at Appomattox Station, Virginia. Reinterred in the Durant Cemetery at Cabot, Vermont.
Margaret Morrill granted a mother's pension in 1880.




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