Johnson's Island, Sandusky Bay, off E. Bayshore and Gaydos or take 163 through Marblehead
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Gash, John B. :1st Lt. 62nd North Carolina, Co. E
Captured Sept. 9, 1863 at Cumberland Gap, Tennessee
Arrived Sept. 25, 1863
Died Oct. 31, 1863 of consumption
Buried grave 94
NOTE: In the prison hospital, just before his death, Gash became delirious and began speaking to his wife and children as if they were at his bedside. He remarked that his oldest daughter had grown considerably since he saw her last. Gash's wife later wrote to his friend in prison, begging that he bring her husband's body home.
Johnson's Island, Sandusky Bay, off E. Bayshore and Gaydos or take 163 through Marblehead
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Gash, John B. :1st Lt. 62nd North Carolina, Co. E
Captured Sept. 9, 1863 at Cumberland Gap, Tennessee
Arrived Sept. 25, 1863
Died Oct. 31, 1863 of consumption
Buried grave 94
NOTE: In the prison hospital, just before his death, Gash became delirious and began speaking to his wife and children as if they were at his bedside. He remarked that his oldest daughter had grown considerably since he saw her last. Gash's wife later wrote to his friend in prison, begging that he bring her husband's body home.
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LIEUT. 62ND N. CL INFY
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E 62nd N. Carolina Inf.
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