Birth: December 11, 1843 in Henry County, IN
Death: March 16, 1863 in Young's Point, Madison Parish, LA
Burial: Vicksburg National Cemetery
3201 Clay Street
Vicksburg, MS 39183
Vicksburg National Cemetery was established by Congress in 1865 and opened a year later, to provide a burial place for "soldiers who shall die in the service of the country." It lies on ground once manned by Major-General William T. Sherman's XV Army Corps. Embracing 116 acres it is the final resting place of 17,000 Union Soldiers, a number unmatched by any other national cemetery. Many
soldiers had been interred originally in scattered locations in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi during the campaign for control of the Mississippi River.
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