1st Lieutenant Justus A. Boies - Northampton, MA
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1st Lieutenant Justus A. Boies is interred in a family plot in Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, MA. He died as a result of a cannon shot wound he received at the Siege of Vicksburg.
Waymark Code: WMWENB
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 08/24/2017
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A brownstone obelisk marks the family plot of Justus A. Boies who was killed during the Civil War as a result of a cannon shot wound he received at the Siege of Vicksburg. The face of the obelisk is inscribed:
JUSTUS A. BOIES.
1st Lieut. 13th Reg.
U.S. Infantry
Youngest son of
Justus & Sarah E. Boies
Aged 22 yrs. 10 mo's.
He died at Chicago, Ill.
June 28, 1863
from the effect of a
cannon shot wound received
in battle, May 22, 1863
during the siege of
Vicksburg.
A ground level marble slab identifies the nearby grave of 1st Lt. Justus A. Boies. It is inscribed:
JUSTUS ALBERT BOIES
U.S.A.
{crossed swords}
BORN SEPT. 18, 1840
DIED JUNE 28, 1863
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