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Joseph H Redding Burroughs

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Joseph H Redding Burroughs

Birth
Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
4 Dec 1913 (aged 75)
Kennebunk, York County, Maine, USA
Burial
West Kennebunk, York County, Maine, USA Add to Map
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Inscription

JOSEPH H. REDDING BURROUGHS

ENLISTER JANUARY 8TH, 1862, PRIVATE, COMPANY I, 91ST PENNSYLVANIA VOLS - WAS IN THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM AND OTHER BATTLES - WAS WOUNDED IN THE BATTLE OF FREDRICKSBURG - HONORABLY DISCHARGED BY REASON OF WOUNDED MARCH 28TH, 1863 - REENLISTED APRIL 29TH, 1864, 1ST, UNATTACHED COMPANY, MASS. VOL. MILITIA - HONORABLY DISCHARGED JULY 27TH, 1864 - REENLISTED DECEMBER 3RD, 1864, COMPANY F, 21ST REG. VETERAN RESERVE CORPS - HONORABLY DISCHARGED NOVEMBER 21ST, 1865 AT CLOSE OF WAR - STOOD GUARD OVER THE BODY OF LINCOLN AFTER THE ASSASSINATION OF THE MARTYED PRESIDENT - COMMANDER OF WILLARD POST NO. 70, G.A.R. DEPARTMENT OF MAINE.



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