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Andrew Todd, of Dalton in Muskegon County Michigan, was "shot through the breast" and died immediately. This according to his widow's pension records came from the affidavit of Henry Clark, Holver Anderson, and August Lund... well acquainted with Andrew, and privates of the 5th Michigan Cavalry from apparently Muskegon County themselves. They witnessed his burial, but did not mention where it was, nor did any of the records (military or pension) which came from the National Archives. The affidavit indicated (in initially blank spaces) that his death was in the county of "Fredericke" and state of Virginia, but other records confirm that it was indeed near Newtown (or Newton), which (according to research of my wife... Andrew's descendent) is now Stephens Town. The manager of the "Old Courthouse Civil War Museum" in nearby Winchester suggested looking into the burials of the National Cemetery, also in Winchester, but his name is not listed among those available on the Web. Had he been hospitalized, things may have been different, but my feeling is that he may have been buried in haste... being after all in "enemy" territory and probably moving fast.

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