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SGT Thomas Babcock

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SGT Thomas Babcock Veteran

Birth
Alburgh, Grand Isle County, Vermont, USA
Death
5 Nov 1864 (aged 46)
Andersonville National Historic Site, Macon County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Andersonville National Historic Site, Macon County, Georgia, USA GPS-Latitude: 32.2044514, Longitude: -84.1306381
Plot
Section H, Site 11841
Memorial ID
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Residence Alburgh, Vermont
Enlistment Age-44
Enlisted on 8/9/1862, Vermont
Mustered in Sep 1,1862, Vermont. Sergeant
Mustered into Co. K, 1st Vermont Heavy Artillery
He was listed as: POW Jun 23, 1864, at Weldon Railroad, VA.
Died of disease while a POW
Additional Information:
Sophronia Babcock granted a widow's pension in 1865. The application lists his cause of death as "starvation."
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Memorial Cenotaph
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The Andersonville records show the following.
Code No: 21841
Grave No: 11841
Last Name: Babcock
First Name: Thomas
Rank: Sergeant
Company: K
Regiment: 1
State: VT
Branch Of Service: Heavy Artillery
Date of Death: 11/5/1864
Cause of Death: Diarrhea
Remarks*T. BABCOCK, [3]
Reference: p 65 [3]; p 445 [412] ADG Rpt 445
Place Captured: Weldon Railroad, Virginia
Date Captured: 6/23/1864
More Information Available : NO
3 = List of Union Soldiers Buried at Andersonville; Dorence Atwater, 1865.
412 = Revised Roster of Vermont Volunteers; State of Vermont, 1892.
Contributor: Kevin Frye Andersonville Historian (46777922)
Residence Alburgh, Vermont
Enlistment Age-44
Enlisted on 8/9/1862, Vermont
Mustered in Sep 1,1862, Vermont. Sergeant
Mustered into Co. K, 1st Vermont Heavy Artillery
He was listed as: POW Jun 23, 1864, at Weldon Railroad, VA.
Died of disease while a POW
Additional Information:
Sophronia Babcock granted a widow's pension in 1865. The application lists his cause of death as "starvation."
*****************************
Memorial Cenotaph
*************************
The Andersonville records show the following.
Code No: 21841
Grave No: 11841
Last Name: Babcock
First Name: Thomas
Rank: Sergeant
Company: K
Regiment: 1
State: VT
Branch Of Service: Heavy Artillery
Date of Death: 11/5/1864
Cause of Death: Diarrhea
Remarks*T. BABCOCK, [3]
Reference: p 65 [3]; p 445 [412] ADG Rpt 445
Place Captured: Weldon Railroad, Virginia
Date Captured: 6/23/1864
More Information Available : NO
3 = List of Union Soldiers Buried at Andersonville; Dorence Atwater, 1865.
412 = Revised Roster of Vermont Volunteers; State of Vermont, 1892.
Contributor: Kevin Frye Andersonville Historian (46777922)

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