A Family Poet
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Apparently, Arrington Wakefield had a wife who
was also very interesting. Check out the gem below, discovered by Chuckie
Blaney, and excerpted from The Connecticut River Valley, Historical
Sketches. The information in these Historical
Sketches, on Arrington’s rank, and the company he served with when
mustered out, does not jibe with information from http://www.vermontcivilwar.org/index.php.
Information on that site indicates he was a 2nd Lt. in Company I,
but was later promoted to 1st Lt. in Company C, a few months
before the 3rd Infantry Regt. was mustered out at the end of the
Civil War. I will look further into this discrepancy. I found the book, Over the River and Other
Poems, on the Barnes and Noble website; where, I ordered a hardcover copy.
It will be a prized member of the growing collection of family books and
records. Nota bene: To enlarge each page pictured below,
click on the desired page; then, click again on the page that opens. |
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