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Lester Coolidge

Birth
Venango Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
unknown
Burial
Burial Details Unknown. Specifically: Lester served in the 76th PA Inf, Co. H. He was listed as being taken POW Aug 16, 1864 at Deep Bottom Run, VA. By 1866 his mother, Polly, had applied for a pension. Death details unknown. Add to Map
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Lester is the son of Porter Coolidge and Polly Jones Coolidge. He served in the 76th PA Inf, Co. H. He is listed as being taken prisoner of war Aug 16, 1864 at Deep Bottom Run, VA. No other information from the POW camp, but his mother applied for a pension in 1866. The place of his death/burial are unknown. It is interesting to note that there is a Civil War memorial/flag holder on the family plot in Greenfield Cemetery, Little Hope, Erie Co., PA, but no other members of the family served in the Civil War.
Lester is the son of Porter Coolidge and Polly Jones Coolidge. He served in the 76th PA Inf, Co. H. He is listed as being taken prisoner of war Aug 16, 1864 at Deep Bottom Run, VA. No other information from the POW camp, but his mother applied for a pension in 1866. The place of his death/burial are unknown. It is interesting to note that there is a Civil War memorial/flag holder on the family plot in Greenfield Cemetery, Little Hope, Erie Co., PA, but no other members of the family served in the Civil War.


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