This is a cenotaph, where he is included on a memorial stone with his parents and several siblings.
From the "Barre Gazette," 19 July 1861:
Death in the Battle at Boonsville, Mo.,
One of the slain federal troops at Boonsville was Marcus M. Coolidge, a native of Westminster, aged 22, son of Chas. Coolidge of that town.
The Fitchburg Reveille says: "His brother, Mr. C. Milton Coolidge, on hearing of his brother's death, immediately enlisted in Co. A., of the fifteenth regiment, now encamped at Worcester."
From Contributor: (48296398)
Marcus was living in Saint Louis, Missouri when he enlisted into the army on April, 29, 1861 just two weeks after Fort Sumter was fired upon. He was mustered into Company H, 1st Light Artillery Regiment of Missouri Volunteers on June 11 just 6 days before the skirmish at Boonville, MO where he was one of 2 Federal soldiers who were killed there. He was hit in the left breast by a bullet and as he fell, he exclaimed "I am shot." He tried to raise himself but sank back down and died of his wounds.
From the "Barre Gazette," 19 July 1861:
Death in the Battle at Boonsville, Mo.,
One of the slain federal troops at Boonsville was Marcus M. Coolidge, a native of Westminster, aged 22, son of Chas. Coolidge of that town.
The Fitchburg Reveille says: "His brother, Mr. C. Milton Coolidge, on hearing of his brother's death, immediately enlisted in Co. A., of the fifteenth regiment, now encamped at Worcester."
From Contributor: (48296398)
Marcus was living in Saint Louis, Missouri when he enlisted into the army on April, 29, 1861 just two weeks after Fort Sumter was fired upon. He was mustered into Company H, 1st Light Artillery Regiment of Missouri Volunteers on June 11 just 6 days before the skirmish at Boonville, MO where he was one of 2 Federal soldiers who were killed there. He was hit in the left breast by a bullet and as he fell, he exclaimed "I am shot." He tried to raise himself but sank back down and died of his wounds.
This is a cenotaph, where he is included on a memorial stone with his parents and several siblings.
From the "Barre Gazette," 19 July 1861:
Death in the Battle at Boonsville, Mo.,
One of the slain federal troops at Boonsville was Marcus M. Coolidge, a native of Westminster, aged 22, son of Chas. Coolidge of that town.
The Fitchburg Reveille says: "His brother, Mr. C. Milton Coolidge, on hearing of his brother's death, immediately enlisted in Co. A., of the fifteenth regiment, now encamped at Worcester."
From Contributor: (48296398)
Marcus was living in Saint Louis, Missouri when he enlisted into the army on April, 29, 1861 just two weeks after Fort Sumter was fired upon. He was mustered into Company H, 1st Light Artillery Regiment of Missouri Volunteers on June 11 just 6 days before the skirmish at Boonville, MO where he was one of 2 Federal soldiers who were killed there. He was hit in the left breast by a bullet and as he fell, he exclaimed "I am shot." He tried to raise himself but sank back down and died of his wounds.
From the "Barre Gazette," 19 July 1861:
Death in the Battle at Boonsville, Mo.,
One of the slain federal troops at Boonsville was Marcus M. Coolidge, a native of Westminster, aged 22, son of Chas. Coolidge of that town.
The Fitchburg Reveille says: "His brother, Mr. C. Milton Coolidge, on hearing of his brother's death, immediately enlisted in Co. A., of the fifteenth regiment, now encamped at Worcester."
From Contributor: (48296398)
Marcus was living in Saint Louis, Missouri when he enlisted into the army on April, 29, 1861 just two weeks after Fort Sumter was fired upon. He was mustered into Company H, 1st Light Artillery Regiment of Missouri Volunteers on June 11 just 6 days before the skirmish at Boonville, MO where he was one of 2 Federal soldiers who were killed there. He was hit in the left breast by a bullet and as he fell, he exclaimed "I am shot." He tried to raise himself but sank back down and died of his wounds.
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