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Pvt Melvin Monroe Hale

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Pvt Melvin Monroe Hale

Birth
Stratton, Windham County, Vermont, USA
Death
20 Feb 1884 (aged 46–47)
USA
Burial
Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Plot
Group #1 Lot 91 Plot 5
Memorial ID
36787182 View Source

Wife: Sarah A. Hale

Enlisted in Co. D 4th Vermont Infantry in Civil War on 8/15/1862, credited to Sunderland VT. Mustered in 9/17/1862. Taken prisoner at the Weldon Railroad 6/23/1864 and sent to Andersonville. Paroled 11/16/1864. Tranferred to Co. A 2/25/1865. Mustered out 6/19/1865. Granted an invalid pension from Massachusetts in 1882 due to scurvy, rheumatism and resulting kidney disease from exposure at Andersonville. Died in Leeds MA (now part of Northampton MA.) (See David Faris Cross: A Melancholy Affair at the Weldon Railroad, 2003.)

Wife: Sarah A. Hale

Enlisted in Co. D 4th Vermont Infantry in Civil War on 8/15/1862, credited to Sunderland VT. Mustered in 9/17/1862. Taken prisoner at the Weldon Railroad 6/23/1864 and sent to Andersonville. Paroled 11/16/1864. Tranferred to Co. A 2/25/1865. Mustered out 6/19/1865. Granted an invalid pension from Massachusetts in 1882 due to scurvy, rheumatism and resulting kidney disease from exposure at Andersonville. Died in Leeds MA (now part of Northampton MA.) (See David Faris Cross: A Melancholy Affair at the Weldon Railroad, 2003.)


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