Letters from David P. Bent, from Marshfield, Vt., while a soldier in the 4th Vermont Regiment, Co. G.; one to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Bent, 1862 April 19, and one to his brother, C. C. Bent, 1962 March 9. There is also a letter from Captain George P. Foster to Samuel Bent informing him of his son's death, 1862 May 28.

David P. Bent was born in 1842 at Marshfield, Vt. On August 30, 1861, he enlisted in the 4th Vermont Regiment, Co. G. He died 9 months later, on May 7, 1862, in Washington, D.C., of dysentery. His body was returned home for burial in the Marshfield Village cemetery.