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Santa Cruz County History - People
Old Soldiers: Santa Cruz County Civil War Veterans
by Robert L. Nelson
GILBERT, EDWARD P (1837-1893)
Sawtelle Soldiers Home Records

LA National Cemetery
NAME: Edward P. Gilbert
REGISTER #: 1964
Military History
RANK/CO/UNIT: Pvt./F Co/4 Cal INF
ENLISTMENT: 1865/03/15 San Francisco
DISCHARGED: 1865/11/30 San Francisco M/O
RE-ENLISTMENT:
RNK/CO/UNIT:
DISCHARGED:
DISABILITY: Heart Disease
Domestic History
BORN: MA 1837?
AGE: 56
HT/CMP/EYE/HR: 5'3 1/2"/Dark/Literate
RELIGION: Protestant
OCCUPATION: Laborer
RESIDENCE: Boulder Creek
MARRIED SINGLE: S
NEXT OF KIN: Mrs. H.G. Rawson, West Brookfield MA
Home History
PENSION AMOUNT: None
ADMISSION: 1893/07/28
DISCHARGED:
DATE OF DEATH: 1893/08/26
CAUSE OF DEATH: Exhaustion from the fatization of lungs
General Remarks
Certificate of Service to Miss Jerusah M Gilbert W Brookfield MA
PENSION CERT #:
EFFECTS: $5.70
HOW DISPOSED OF:
BURIAL INFO: Section 2, Row A. No. 19
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