Corporal Winthrop D. Putnam (Civil War) is a Notable burial at https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/wood.asp. He received the Medal of Honor while serving in the U.S. Army, Company A, 77th, Illinois Infantry, for actions at Vicksburg, Mississippi, May 22, 1863. He was honored with the award on April 4, 1898.
Putnam was born in Southbridge, Massachusetts, entered service in Peoria, Illinois, and was buried in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Putnam died in 1907.  https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/3409.
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