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Corp Abner Powers

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Corp Abner Powers Veteran

Birth
Addison County, Vermont, USA
Death
25 Sep 1852 (aged 91)
Kane County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Lily Lake, Kane County, Illinois, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.9535445, Longitude: -88.4775972
Memorial ID
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1776-1778, drummer boy in 1st New Hampshire Regiment (Battle of Bennington, Battle of Saratoga, Valley Forge). Enlisted at 18 and fought at Yorktown.
1776-1778, drummer boy in 1st New Hampshire Regiment (Battle of Bennington, Battle of Saratoga, Valley Forge). Enlisted at 18 and fought at Yorktown.

Inscription

BENNINGTON
SARATOGA
VALLET FORGE
YORK TOWN

Gravesite Details

Newspaper accounts of the dedication and a description from the 1904 edition of Kane County History states that more than 30,000 people attended the monument ceremony.



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