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Walter Sanford Roberts

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Walter Sanford Roberts Veteran

Birth
Marshall County, West Virginia, USA
Death
28 Aug 1864 (aged 28)
Winchester, Winchester City, Virginia, USA
Burial
Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA GPS-Latitude: 39.2805023, Longitude: -76.6755753
Plot
Section A, Site 929
Memorial ID
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WALTER S. ROBERTS Service Record: Born Marshall County, Va.; age 27; farmer; enlisted & mustered in Feb. 25, 1864 at Charleston. Credited to Wood County 1st Cong. Dist., West Va. "Admitted to Genl. Hospl. Sandy Hook, Md. Aug. 13, 1864 & was transferred Aug. 15, 1864; admitted to Camden St. Genl. Hospl. Baltimore, Md., Aug. 16, 1864, and died in that Hospl. Aug. 28, 1864, of Diarrhea & Typhoid Fever." - W.Va. Adj. Gen. record: "Enrolled at Charleston, W.Va.; age 27; mustered in at Charleston Feb. 25, 1864. Farmer, born Marshall County, W.Va. Recruit died of disease Sept. 19, 1864."

Both Johnsey & Walter Roberts were the sons of John Barton Roberts, born in Marshall County, and a resident of Wetzel County in 1850, and Wood County in 1860. Their brother, Francis Marion Roberts, died in the war in 1863. The father served in this company and received a medical discharge. When Walter S. Roberts married Elizabeth R. Anderson in Wood County in 1858, he stated he was born in Marshall County and was living in Marshall County. They are listed in the 1860 census of Marshall County with their son, James A., age 1.
WALTER S. ROBERTS Service Record: Born Marshall County, Va.; age 27; farmer; enlisted & mustered in Feb. 25, 1864 at Charleston. Credited to Wood County 1st Cong. Dist., West Va. "Admitted to Genl. Hospl. Sandy Hook, Md. Aug. 13, 1864 & was transferred Aug. 15, 1864; admitted to Camden St. Genl. Hospl. Baltimore, Md., Aug. 16, 1864, and died in that Hospl. Aug. 28, 1864, of Diarrhea & Typhoid Fever." - W.Va. Adj. Gen. record: "Enrolled at Charleston, W.Va.; age 27; mustered in at Charleston Feb. 25, 1864. Farmer, born Marshall County, W.Va. Recruit died of disease Sept. 19, 1864."

Both Johnsey & Walter Roberts were the sons of John Barton Roberts, born in Marshall County, and a resident of Wetzel County in 1850, and Wood County in 1860. Their brother, Francis Marion Roberts, died in the war in 1863. The father served in this company and received a medical discharge. When Walter S. Roberts married Elizabeth R. Anderson in Wood County in 1858, he stated he was born in Marshall County and was living in Marshall County. They are listed in the 1860 census of Marshall County with their son, James A., age 1.

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