S. Franklin Prior - East Windsor, CT
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N 41° 53.447 W 072° 36.438
18T E 698502 N 4640418
The grave of Union soldier Pvt. Seth Franklin Prior, who was killed at the Battle of Antietam in Sharpsburg, MD, is located in the Town Street Cemetery, on US Route 5, in East Windsor, CT.
Waymark Code: WMWKD7
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 09/15/2017
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The grave of S. Franklin Prior is marked by a marble headstone with a relief image of a waving flag in a circular recess in the top of the monument. He enlisted on August 11, 1862 and was mustered into the 16th Regiment Connecticut Volunteers on August 24, 1862. He was killed just one month later. He is interred next to his wife who died in 1930. The grave marker is inscribed:
S. FRANKLIN PRIOR
CO. B 16 REGT. C.V.
KILLED AT ANTIETAM
SEPT. 17, 1862
AGED 31.
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