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Pvt Joseph B. Luther

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Pvt Joseph B. Luther

Birth
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24 Feb 1863 (aged 21)
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
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North Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA Add to Map
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Son of Joseph & Eliza Luther.

Joseph was mustered in to the 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery on Feb. 9, 1862 and died in a Washington DC hospital about a year later. His original stone has been replaced by a government issue one. It reads:

PVT CO B
1 RI LT ARTY
CIVIL WAR

Lying on the ground just above it is a broken fragment of the original one. According to James N. Arnold's 1890 transcription, it said:

Bat. B 1st R.I.L. Artillery
Died Feb 24, 1863 from
the effects of wounds
received in the U.S. Service
during the Great Rebellion.
Aged 21 years
Son of Joseph & Eliza Luther.

Joseph was mustered in to the 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery on Feb. 9, 1862 and died in a Washington DC hospital about a year later. His original stone has been replaced by a government issue one. It reads:

PVT CO B
1 RI LT ARTY
CIVIL WAR

Lying on the ground just above it is a broken fragment of the original one. According to James N. Arnold's 1890 transcription, it said:

Bat. B 1st R.I.L. Artillery
Died Feb 24, 1863 from
the effects of wounds
received in the U.S. Service
during the Great Rebellion.
Aged 21 years

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  • Created by: Jen Snoots
  • Added: May 13, 2005
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10957962/joseph_b-luther: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt Joseph B. Luther (25 Apr 1841–24 Feb 1863), Find a Grave Memorial ID 10957962, citing Intervale Cemetery, North Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA; Maintained by Jen Snoots (contributor 4661415).