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Ira Sanborn Blake

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Ira Sanborn Blake

Birth
Bedford, Estrie Region, Quebec, Canada
Death
27 Oct 1864 (aged 28–29)
Alexandria, Alexandria City, Virginia, USA
Burial
Tamworth, Carroll County, New Hampshire, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section B, Row 24, Stone 01
Memorial ID
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Corporal in Company G, 2nd US Sharpshooters
Wounded near Petersburg, VA, June 16, 1864 - shot in the hip
Died in hospital from wounds
Corporal in Company G, 2nd US Sharpshooters
Wounded near Petersburg, VA, June 16, 1864 - shot in the hip
Died in hospital from wounds

Inscription

Home from the war but his eyes are closed
In a long and dreamless rest.
And hands once busy lie folded now
Upon his lifeless[?] breast.



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