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28th New York Infantry Regiment

Niagara Rifles; Scott Life Guard

Orrin Salisbury

At age 27, Orrin Salisbury enlisted as a Private in Company C, 28th NY. He served through the duration of the war and mustered out on June 2nd, 1863.

He is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in the town of Wilson, Niagara County, NY along with a number of other relatives.

His marker stone reads as follows:

ORRIN SALISBURY Mem. Co. C 28th Regt. NY S Vols Died Sept. 14 1887 Aged 53 Years

The exact relationship of the other relatives who are buried there is unknown:

LIVIA Wife of Guy M Salisbury Died Nov, 26, 1875 Aged 70 Yrs

GUY M. SALSBURY Died Oct 25, 1879 Aged 78 Yrs

Father GUY M. SALISBURY 1831-1912

ANN H. Wife of Guy H Salisbury Died Mar 1, 1887 Age 50 Yrs

FREEMONT SALISBURY Died Jan 29 1887 Aged 31yr 1m

CLARE SALISBURY 1875-1895

They are buried at the very back of the cemetery. While the cemetery starts out very open and wide, it closes down to a very narrow point at the back with tracks leading into marchland at the back. The Salisbury family plot is at the very tip of this point.

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