Col. Everett Peabody - Boston, MA
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N 42° 17.158 W 071° 03.804
19T E 329877 N 4683589
This memorial plaque appears on All Saints Episcopal Church, dating from 1892, in the Dorchester district of Boston, Massachusetts. Everatt Peabody was Col. of the 23th Regiment of the Missouri Vol and was killed in 1862 in the Battle of Shiloh.
Waymark Code: WM3CKB
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 03/15/2008
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TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
EVERETT PEABODY
COLONEL OF THE 25th REGIMENT
MISSOURI VOLUNTEERS
COMMANDING THE FIRST BRIGADE
6th DIVISION OF THE U.S. ARMY AT THE
BATTLE OF PITTSBURGH LANDING
WHERE HE WAS KILLED APRIL 6th 1862
AND OF
WILLIAM OLVIVER PEABODY
DIED MARCH 3rd 1894
THIS TOWER IS BUILT BY THEIR BROTHER
OLIVER WHIT PEABODY
AND HIS WIFE
MARY LOTHROP PEABODY
GRANT THEM O LORD
ETERNAL REST AND LET LIGHT
PERPETUAL SHINE UPON THEM
Col. Everett Peabody played a pivitol role in the Battle of Shiloh, by engaging the Confederat troops at Pittsburgh Landing, enabling General Grant to repel the attacks of the Confederate attack.
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