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CPL Robert Willshire Aiken

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CPL Robert Willshire Aiken

Birth
Goffstown, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
Death
25 Jan 1865 (aged 26)
Danville, Danville City, Virginia, USA
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Danville, Danville City, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Sect. F Lot 988
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Enlisted on June 19, 1862, and mustered on July 12, 1862, into Company B, 9th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry (Union). Enlistment Rank: Private; appointed Corporal. Battles, Skirmishes, and Engagements: Battle of Antietam; Battle of Spotsylvania Court House; Battle of Cold Harbor; Siege of Petersburg; Second Battle of Petersburg; Captured on July 30, 1864, at Petersburg, Virginia during the "Battle of the Crater" by confederate forces. He later died of dysentery on January 25. 1865 while in captivity at the Confederate POW camp in Danville, Virginia.
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Enlisted on June 19, 1862, and mustered on July 12, 1862, into Company B, 9th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry (Union). Enlistment Rank: Private; appointed Corporal. Battles, Skirmishes, and Engagements: Battle of Antietam; Battle of Spotsylvania Court House; Battle of Cold Harbor; Siege of Petersburg; Second Battle of Petersburg; Captured on July 30, 1864, at Petersburg, Virginia during the "Battle of the Crater" by confederate forces. He later died of dysentery on January 25. 1865 while in captivity at the Confederate POW camp in Danville, Virginia.
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