Raymond, Walter

Walter Raymond was a young Andover resident, who enlisted in the Union Army on December 12, 1863. He was mustered on January 6, 1864. On August 16, 1864, he was taken prisoner by the Confederate Armyin Malvern Hills, Virginia . Unfortunately Raymond died of disease and starvation on December 25, 1864. He is listed on the marble plaque in the Hall.

His picture is hung in the wall of the Hall. Each year at Memorial Day, flowers are placed beneath his picture as a tribute. The tribute began with Charlotte Helen Abbott, a friend of the family. It was handed down to several Andover women through the years and subsequently adopted by librarians of Memorial Hall Library: Miss Julia Twitchell, the Assistant Librarian, Margaret Manning, and then to Ethel Wilson. Now the tribute is passed to the Head of Circulation.

His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Raymond set up a charitable trust, The Walter Landor Raymond Fund for needy persons, veterans, their widows, and decendants are preferred.

See

• Massachusetts, Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in Civil War, Volume VI, page 214 (Anodver Room R 973.74 Mas v.6)
• Walter Landor Raymond Fund
• Portrait of Walter Raymond - located in the Hall of Memorial Hall Library. (scroll to Second Floor)

--Eleanor 16:29, June 12, 2007 (EDT)

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