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Pvt Uriah William Keiser

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Pvt Uriah William Keiser

Birth
Pennsylvania, USA
Death
29 Jul 1864 (aged 46)
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Burial
Chalmette, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec 57 Grave 4477
Memorial ID
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1st Batt. Veteran Reserve Corp US Army.

CIVIL WAR SERVICE OF PRIVATE URIAH WILLIAM KEISER:
Alternate Spellings of Given Name: Uriah, Uric, Urice, Urie. Alternate Spellings of Surname: Keiser, Keizer, Kiser. Middle Name: William.

Private, 47th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. Term of Service: 20 February 1864 - 18 or 29 July 1864.

Major Engagements: Battle of Sabine Cross Roads/Mansfield, Louisiana and Battle of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana (8-9 April 1864).

Service Notes: Fell ill with tertiary intermittent fever or camp fever and other medical complications, and was was initially admitted to Union Army medical facilities at St. Laurel Hill before being transferred to the Union's Marine General Hospital at New Orleans, Louisiana on 23 May 1864. Transferred from the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers to the 11th Company of the 1st Battery of the U.S. Army's Veterans Reserve Corps (also known as the "invalid corps") on 22 June 1864, he died from disease-related complications at the Union Marine General or Barracks Hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana on 18 or 29 July 1864.
1st Batt. Veteran Reserve Corp US Army.

CIVIL WAR SERVICE OF PRIVATE URIAH WILLIAM KEISER:
Alternate Spellings of Given Name: Uriah, Uric, Urice, Urie. Alternate Spellings of Surname: Keiser, Keizer, Kiser. Middle Name: William.

Private, 47th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. Term of Service: 20 February 1864 - 18 or 29 July 1864.

Major Engagements: Battle of Sabine Cross Roads/Mansfield, Louisiana and Battle of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana (8-9 April 1864).

Service Notes: Fell ill with tertiary intermittent fever or camp fever and other medical complications, and was was initially admitted to Union Army medical facilities at St. Laurel Hill before being transferred to the Union's Marine General Hospital at New Orleans, Louisiana on 23 May 1864. Transferred from the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers to the 11th Company of the 1st Battery of the U.S. Army's Veterans Reserve Corps (also known as the "invalid corps") on 22 June 1864, he died from disease-related complications at the Union Marine General or Barracks Hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana on 18 or 29 July 1864.


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  • Created by: DMAC
  • Added: Mar 25, 2014
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126911290/uriah_william-keiser: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt Uriah William Keiser (10 Jun 1818–29 Jul 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 126911290, citing Chalmette National Cemetery, Chalmette, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, USA; Maintained by DMAC (contributor 47501381).