EDEODAT NORMAND -- 5th CAVALRYDETAILED TO THE 19th CORPS HQ - Adéodat Normand was listed on the5th Cavalry Muster Roll as Edeodat Norman. He was born in the 1840s inQuebec. The regiment listed him as 22 years old when he enlisted onJanuary 4, 1864, in Chazy.As soon as Adéodat arrived in the field, he was detached to the 19thCorps Headquarters and went to the Shenandoah Valley. He remained in theShenandoah Valley and rejoined his regiment when they went on theAppomatox Campaign.After the end of the war, the 5th Cavalry went to Winchester, VA, topatrol the area before they were mustered out on July 19, 1865, andreceived their final pay on the 26th.He returned to the North and married Eugenie Brunet and settled inBurlington, VT. Adéodat supported his family as a carpenter. In 1869, hewas involved in the building of a house in the city's North End which isnow listed on the National Register of Historic Places.The Burlington Daily News of April 16, 1915, published his death notice-- "Adeodat Normand, a long-time resident of Burlington, died today aged71 years. He is survived by three sons all of this city." He was buriedin the Old Mount Calvary Cemetery in Burlington next to his wife who haddied in 1889. Napoleon, an angry son, contested his father's willbecause of previous business dealings and local newspapers carried thestory for months.
