Capt. Oliver R. Post - Granby, CT
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N 41° 57.389 W 072° 47.492
18T E 683029 N 4647303
A family monument in Granby Cemetery on North Granby Road, SR 189, in Granby, CT indicates that Capt. Oliver R. Post was killed in the Battle of Peachtree Creek, GA and is buried in Marietta, GA.
Waymark Code: WMY3ND
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 04/14/2018
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A 7' tall granite family monument is inscribed with the details of Capt. Oliver R. Post's death. The monument has the family name
POST in raised capital letters. The dado is inscribed:
CAPT. OLIVER R. POST
Co. D. 20. REGT. CONN. VOL.
KILLED IN BATTLE AT PEACH-
TREE CREEK, BURIED IN MA-
RIETTA GA.
BORN SEPT. 16, 1832.
DIED JULY 21, 1864.
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MARY HOLCOMB
WIFE OF
OLIVER R. POST
BORN FEB. 18, 1831.
DIED DEC. 27, 1888.
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HARRY A.
SON OF OLIVER R. &
MARY H. POST
BORN DEC. 22, 1858.
DIED SEPT. 24, 1881.
Account of Capt. Post's death from the website below.
While his men were moving to the rear, Capt. Post returned to the front to retrieve some blankets he had left behind and was shot by a musket ball that nearly severed his sword belt. As he was moved to a divisional hospital in the rear, he implored his Lieutenant to “take good care of my boys.” Post died of his wounds the following afternoon.
The sorrowful duty of writing to Post’s wife Mary fell to his friend and follow officer, Capt. Ezra Sprague.
Dear Madam: In compliance with the last request of my deeply regretted friend and comrade, it becomes my painful duty to inform you of the death of your husband.
Capt. Sprague went on to describe the battle scene and his last moments with her husband. He continued:
And thus has passed away another noble spirit, to be added to the thousands who have gone before, sacrificed upon the altar of Our Country. If aught can be offered as consolation in this, your hour of deep affliction, perhaps it may be that he died for his country while nobly performing his duty.
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