Fairfield County CT Archives Obituaries.....Powell, Albert M. June 10, 1868

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Stamford Soldiers' Memorial 1869
  ALBERT M. POWELL, a native of Maryland; graduated at the U. S. Military
Academy at West Point in 1860, and assigned to Co. H, 31st U. S. Inf. At the
opening of the war he was promoted 1st Lieut, in the 13th U. S. Inf., and Capt.
Oct. 24, 1861. He was transferred to the command of a battery in the 1st
Missouri Volunteer artillery, and for meritorious service promoted
lieutenant-colonel and chief of artillery in the 17th Army Corps. Here he
"distinguished himself in several of the brilliant operations of the Western
armies."

  He married in Stamford, March 15, 1866, Julia, only daughter of N. E. Adams,
Esq. He was soon ordered to Fort Stevenson, Dacota Territory, to defend our
frontier against the Indians, to which post his wife accompanied him, remaining
here until the spring of 1865, when, with her little one she left him, to spend
the summer with her friends at the East. Soon the sad news followed of his
sudden death. He had fallen from his horse, June 5, 1868, and received a fatal
wound upon the head. He lingered, however, in an unconscious state until the
10th, when death released him. Of his death, Gen. R. de Trobriand, officially
makes this report: "A serious loss to the army, and will be especially felt
among his comrades and associates both in the volunteer and regular service, who
could better appreciate his merits as an officer, and his refined qualities as a
gentleman."

  His remains were brought to Stamford and buried from the Congregational
church, Aug. 23, 1868, in Woodland Cemetery. His widow and infant daughter are
now residing here.


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