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Person Details
 
Last NameWINSOR
First NameWILLIAM W
Maiden 
RelationYOUNGEST S/O ANDREW & LYDIA
Cemetery NumberSM031
Cemetery NameCOL ABRAHAM WINSOR LOT
Birth Day0
Birth Month 
Birth Year1829c
Death Day22
Death MonthFEB
Death Year1865
WarCIVIL
Gravestone Details
Section 
Lot 
Map00009
Stone Materialmarble
Conditiongood
Shaperound top
Carving 
Legibilitygood
Number of Graves on Stone1
Stone Height (inches)43
Stone Width (inches)21
Exists?
Last Seen Date1997
Carver 
Notes/Misc Details
Notes"He was a member of Battery A, 1st RI, 1st Art and had served two years when captured at the Battle of Bemis Station, VA Aug 23, 1864. After enduring the hardships of 5 months imprisonment at Salisbury, NC, he died on his way home and was buried in Danville, VA. A grateful country will know its defenders."
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