Sunday, January 7, 2018

Private Benjamin Grimmidge of Company G, Massachusetts 54th Voluntary Infantry

Private Benjamin Grimmidge's grave at Beaufort National Cemetery

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/145592209

Private Benjamin Grimmidge of Canada (1845 - 15 November 1863) WIA

Enlisted from Canada on 9 April 1863. He was 18, married and working as a farmer.

Wounded on 18 July 1863 at Fort Wagner.

Died of his wounds on 15 November 1863.

His grave is in Beaufort National Cemetery, Beaufort, South Carolina.


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3 comments:

  1. KimJanuary 22, 2018 at 1:52 AM

    Initial wikipedia article created: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Grimmridge

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    1. KimJanuary 22, 2018 at 3:43 AM

      Was deleted - contest of deletion ignored - due to serious problems with the :WP:Soldier notability criteria for black Civil War era soldiers. :|

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  2. KimFebruary 17, 2018 at 1:20 PM

    See https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Grimmidge-1 for latest collaborative research

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