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CPL Fanning Tracy Merritt Veteran

Birth: 1831
Whitingham, Windham County, Vermont, USA
Death: 12 May 1864 (aged 32–33)
Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA
Burial: Fredericksburg National Cemetery

Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg City, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Plot: Grave 286
Memorial ID: 12577639 View Source

Killed on 12 May 1864. The notification letter sent to his wife, Sarah Elizabeth Lawrence Merritt read as follows: "Your husband corporal F. T. Merritt , acting Sergeant Major, was killed in battle, at Spotsylvania Courthouse House on May 12, was shot through the heart and never spoke again".

After his wife Sarah Elizabeth Lawrence Merritt died in 1916, her ashes were buried on this site.

Killed on 12 May 1864. The notification letter sent to his wife, Sarah Elizabeth Lawrence Merritt read as follows: "Your husband corporal F. T. Merritt , acting Sergeant Major, was killed in battle, at Spotsylvania Courthouse House on May 12, was shot through the heart and never spoke again".

After his wife Sarah Elizabeth Lawrence Merritt died in 1916, her ashes were buried on this site.

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CPL. 36 Mass. Inf.

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Sarah Elizabeth Lawrence Merritt

1833–1916 (m. 1855)

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Maintained by: CK Ferguson
Originally Created by: D K Railsback B
Added: Dec 1, 2005
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12577639/fanning_tracy-merritt: accessed ), memorial page for CPL Fanning Tracy Merritt (1831–12 May 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 12577639, citing Fredericksburg National Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg City, Virginia, USA; Maintained by CK Ferguson (contributor 47579663).

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