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Sgt Thomas D. Witherly

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Sgt Thomas D. Witherly Veteran

Birth
Maine, USA
Death
26 Mar 1865 (aged 22)
Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, USA
Burial
Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, USA Add to Map
Plot
756CG
Memorial ID
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Birth date calculated from The Mount Hope Cemetery Database is 26 Jun 1842 and calculated from gravestone is 6 Jun 1843, but he is reportedly a twin of Annie Priscilla who's birth date from death record and calculated from death record is 6 Jun 1942.

DIED.

In this city, March 62th [sic], Sergt. Thomas D. Witherly, of Co H 16th Regt. Me. Vols., of disease contracted by long confinement in a rebel prison, aged 21 years. [Boston papers please copy.]

Source: Bangor Daily Whig & Courier, Monday, March 27, 1865, p. 2
Birth date calculated from The Mount Hope Cemetery Database is 26 Jun 1842 and calculated from gravestone is 6 Jun 1843, but he is reportedly a twin of Annie Priscilla who's birth date from death record and calculated from death record is 6 Jun 1942.

DIED.

In this city, March 62th [sic], Sergt. Thomas D. Witherly, of Co H 16th Regt. Me. Vols., of disease contracted by long confinement in a rebel prison, aged 21 years. [Boston papers please copy.]

Source: Bangor Daily Whig & Courier, Monday, March 27, 1865, p. 2

Inscription

THOMAS D.
WITHERLY
Sergeant of Co. H
16th Regt. Me. Vols.
DIED
Mar. 26, 1865
AE 21 yrs. 9 mos.
& 20 days.
In the nations hour of peril,
He was found among the brave
Home, life and friends he sacrificed
His country's life to save.



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