Christmas A. Pichette

Name: Christmas A. Pichette Company: E Veteran; promoted Corporal March 19, 1865
Birth Date: about 1841 Place: Quebec, Canada	Mustered In Date: March 18, 1862 Rank: Private Age: 21
Death Date: unknown	Mustered Out Date: September 20, 1865 Rank: Corporal Age: about 24 Residence following military service: Appleton, Swift County, Minnesota Vocation following military service: Blacksmith

Christmas Pichette in the Civil War

Christmas Pichette served for 3 1/2 years in Company E of the 5th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment. He enlisted as a private and was promoted to Corporal.

On October 31, 1865, not much more than a month after his discharge, Christmas married Mary in Ramsey County, Minnesota. She was 10 years his senior. In 1880 Christmas and Mary lived in Appleton, Swift County, Minnesota. He worked as a blacksmith, and they had one daughter living with them: Jennie, age 7.

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