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Edmond McClaury

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Edmond McClaury

Birth
Kortright Center, Delaware County, New York, USA
Death
14 Oct 1862 (aged 22)
Belle Plaine, Benton County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Belle Plaine, Benton County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Edmund McLaury
Born in Kortright, Delaware, New York, USA on 1 Aug 1840 to Robert Houston McClaughry and Margaret Rowland. He passed away on 14 Oct 1862 in Iowa, USA.
Edmund McClaury: Member of the 14th Regiment, Company G of Iowa Volunteer Infantry, Private McClaury fought in the "Hornet's Nest" at the Battle of Shiloh. Towards the the end of the first day of battle, Edmund's regiment was completely surrounded and forced to surrender. Edmund was marched down to the prisoner camps of Macon, GA. There, he suffered disease and malnutrition. In November, he was freed in a prisoner exchange and returned to his home in Iowa. But his time as a prisoner proved fatal and Edmund soon died from the effects of starvation at the age of 22. Buried in the East Side Cemetery.
Co. G 14th Iowa Infantry
Per 1956 list of soldiers buried in Wright.
Edmund McLaury
Born in Kortright, Delaware, New York, USA on 1 Aug 1840 to Robert Houston McClaughry and Margaret Rowland. He passed away on 14 Oct 1862 in Iowa, USA.
Edmund McClaury: Member of the 14th Regiment, Company G of Iowa Volunteer Infantry, Private McClaury fought in the "Hornet's Nest" at the Battle of Shiloh. Towards the the end of the first day of battle, Edmund's regiment was completely surrounded and forced to surrender. Edmund was marched down to the prisoner camps of Macon, GA. There, he suffered disease and malnutrition. In November, he was freed in a prisoner exchange and returned to his home in Iowa. But his time as a prisoner proved fatal and Edmund soon died from the effects of starvation at the age of 22. Buried in the East Side Cemetery.
Co. G 14th Iowa Infantry
Per 1956 list of soldiers buried in Wright.

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PVT CO G
IOWA 14 INF

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