General William Wells - Burlington
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N 44° 28.554 W 073° 12.320
18T E 642730 N 4926298
Decorated Civil War soldier
Waymark Code: WM4ZMX
Location: Vermont, United States
Date Posted: 10/18/2008
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In 1861 William Wells joined the First Vermont Cavalry as a Private and rose to the rank of Brevet Major-General. Promoted more times than any other Vermonter during the American Civil War, he participated in over 70 cavalry battles and skirmishes. For “conspicuous gallantry” at Gettysburg, Wells was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. This French Second Empire mansion was built for General Wells in 1877 by A. B. Fisher from a drawing in G. B. Croft’s “Progressive American Architecture.” After the Civil War, Wells was prominent in politics and business and was a partner in Wells, Richardson & Co. of Burlington, makers of Paine's Celery Compound. He married and had two children. Daughter Bertha married Dr. H. N. Jackson.
This is a double-sided marker.
See also this statue.
Marker Name: General William Wells
Location: Burlington
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