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Pvt Crosby R. Brookings

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Pvt Crosby R. Brookings Veteran

Birth
Whitefield, Lincoln County, Maine, USA
Death
7 Aug 1863 (aged 24)
Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
Plot
Maine Plot, Section F, Site #13
Memorial ID
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SERVED WITH CO G 4TH MAINE INFANTRY DURING THE CIVIL WAR. KILLED AT GETTYSBURG

Crosby R. Brookings was 21, single, a millman, and a resident of Wiscasset ME when he enlisted 1 May 1861 in the 4th Maine Infantry.
In The American Civil War Research Database Crosby is "Listed as:
- POW on Jul 21 1861 at Bull Run, VA
- Confined on Jul 23 1861 at Richmond, VA (Estimated day; exchanged)
- Wounded on Jul 2 1863 at Gettysburg, PA (Shot in right knee)
Died of wounds while serving in 4th Infantry (Maine) on Aug 7 1863 at Gettysburg, PA (Died at Letterman Hospital)".
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Cenotaph here
SERVED WITH CO G 4TH MAINE INFANTRY DURING THE CIVIL WAR. KILLED AT GETTYSBURG

Crosby R. Brookings was 21, single, a millman, and a resident of Wiscasset ME when he enlisted 1 May 1861 in the 4th Maine Infantry.
In The American Civil War Research Database Crosby is "Listed as:
- POW on Jul 21 1861 at Bull Run, VA
- Confined on Jul 23 1861 at Richmond, VA (Estimated day; exchanged)
- Wounded on Jul 2 1863 at Gettysburg, PA (Shot in right knee)
Died of wounds while serving in 4th Infantry (Maine) on Aug 7 1863 at Gettysburg, PA (Died at Letterman Hospital)".
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Cenotaph here

Inscription


CROSBY R. BROOKINGS.
CO. G. REGT. 4.



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  • Maintained by: RPD2
  • Originally Created by: pat callahan
  • Added: Dec 9, 2007
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23313904/crosby_r-brookings: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt Crosby R. Brookings (24 Jul 1839–7 Aug 1863), Find a Grave Memorial ID 23313904, citing Gettysburg National Cemetery, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by RPD2 (contributor 309).