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Henry Tillinghast Sisson

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In 1864, he married Nettie Walworth in New Bern, North Carolina; she died in 1868. He then married Emily Josephine Brownell in 1870; they had four children.
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He died at his mansion in Little Compton on October 19, 1910. He was buried in a plot in Union Cemetery, across the street from the historic
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On November 5, 1862 he was promoted to colonel and given command of the 5th Rhode Island Infantry which became the
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About 1919, a life size statue of Colonel Sisson was unveiled in the cemetery by then Massachusetts governor
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on May 27, 1863. Colonel Sisson was mustered out of service, along with his regiment, on June 26, 1865.
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Sisson was commissioned as a lieutenant and paymaster for the 1st Rhode Island Detached Militia (aka.
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for the design of portfolios that used springs and strings to temporarily secure papers in a binder.
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to the office of Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island in 1874 and served from 1875 until 1877.
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He was a lifelong resident of Little Compton, Rhode Island, and inherited a stone mansion at
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and commanded three companies (B, F and K) of that regiment at the
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This biographical article related to the United States Army is a
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This article about a person of the American Civil War is a
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Lieutenant governor of Rhode Island
Henry Lippitt
Charles C. Van Zandt
Albert Howard
Little Compton, Rhode Island
Republican
Little Compton, Rhode Island
colonel
Union Army
American Civil War
lieutenant governor
Rhode Island
Henry Lippitt
Sakonnet Point
patent no. 18904
patent no. 23506
1st Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Battle of Bull Run
Ambrose Burnside
3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery
Battle of Secessionville
5th Rhode Island Heavy Artillery
Republican

Commons Cemetery
Little Compton, Rhode Island
Calvin Coolidge
American Civil War portal

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