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Person Details
 
Last NameWIGHT
First NameSAMUEL, SERGEANT
Maiden 
RelationH/O MAGE; S/O ALFRED & MARY A
Cemetery NumberJN013
Cemetery NameJOSEPH THORNTON LOT
Birth Day0
Birth Month 
Birth Year1839c
Death Day15
Death MonthMAY
Death Year1863
WarCIVIL
Gravestone Details
Section 
Lot 
Map00005
Stone Materialgranite
Conditiongood
Shapesquare top
Carvingno carving
Legibilitygood
Number of Graves on Stone4
Stone Height (inches) 
Stone Width (inches) 
Exists?
Last Seen Date2015
Carver 
Notes/Misc Details
Notesmember Co I 2d Reg't RI Vol. Died at Washington, DC from wounds received in the Battle of Salem Heights. Arnold saw a marble stone
Transcribed ByJNA:GGT;JNA3:285;JHS;JMH