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 Adj. Frazar Augustus Stearns - Amherst, MA Posted by:  neoc1
N 42° 22.744 W 072° 31.095
18T E 704314 N 4694848
Adj. Frazar Augustus Stearns died at the battle of New Bern, NC. His grave is located at West Cemetery, off Triangle Street, in Amherst, MA.
Waymark Code: WM109B9
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 03/25/2019
Views: 2
The Battle of New Bern was fought on March 14, 1862 as part of the Burnside North Carolina Expedition of the American Civil War. Frazar Augustus Stearns, the son of the Amherst College's fourth president William Augustus Stearns, was an Adjutant to the 81st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers and was killed in this battle. He is Amherst's most celebrated casualty of the Civil War.
His grave is marked by a five sided granite headstone with an eight-pointed star. It is inscribed:
FRAZAR AUGUSTUS
SON OF
REV. WILLIAM A. STEARNS
DIED FOR HIS COUNTRY
AT THE
BATTLE OF NEWBERN, N.C.
MARCH 14, 1862
AGED 21, YEARS
Type of Death Listed: War related (Killed in Action)
Cause of death inscription on headstone: DIED FOR HIS COUNTRY AT THE BATTLE OF NEWBERN, N.C.
Website (if available): [Web Link]
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