David Jasper Boling was a farmer from Banks County, GA. His parents were Stephen and Margaret Boling. In 1857, he married Nancy Catharine Davidson. They had three children: Cincinattus, Robert, and David Jasper, Jr.
In 1862, David enlisted as a private in the 43rd GA Infantry Regiment, Company D (Middle River Volunteers).
The following information on his military service and subsequent death was compiled by Sheron Smith-Savage, Contributor # 46960440.
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David Boling volunteered on March 4, 1862, in Banks County, Georgia, and was enlisted on May 8, 1862, at Atlanta, Georgia, by Capt. W. P. Brown for 3 years or the war. He received a $50 bounty.
Pvt. David Bowling was captured by the Army of the Tennessee on May 16, 1863, at Champion Hill [near Vicksburg, MS], and was sent to Memphis, Tennessee, on May 25.
He was received as POW at Fort Delaware, Delaware, on June 9, 1863. His name appears as a signature to a Roll of Prisoners of War to be paroled at Fort Delaware on July 3, 1863, but he died in the hospital on June 20.
Sources:
- David Boling, Confederate Civil War Service Records.
- Civil War Prisoners of War Records,
Register of Confederates Who Died in Federal Prisons and Military Hospitals in the North, 1861–1865, Finn's Point, Salem, NJ, NARA.
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Family stories say he was wounded before capture and did not survive the overcrowding and harsh conditions of Fort Delaware, DE. After initial burial in the marshes of Peapatch Island, his remains were transferred to a common grave of Confederate dead at Finn's Point, NJ.
In 1862, David enlisted as a private in the 43rd GA Infantry Regiment, Company D (Middle River Volunteers).
The following information on his military service and subsequent death was compiled by Sheron Smith-Savage, Contributor # 46960440.
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David Boling volunteered on March 4, 1862, in Banks County, Georgia, and was enlisted on May 8, 1862, at Atlanta, Georgia, by Capt. W. P. Brown for 3 years or the war. He received a $50 bounty.
Pvt. David Bowling was captured by the Army of the Tennessee on May 16, 1863, at Champion Hill [near Vicksburg, MS], and was sent to Memphis, Tennessee, on May 25.
He was received as POW at Fort Delaware, Delaware, on June 9, 1863. His name appears as a signature to a Roll of Prisoners of War to be paroled at Fort Delaware on July 3, 1863, but he died in the hospital on June 20.
Sources:
- David Boling, Confederate Civil War Service Records.
- Civil War Prisoners of War Records,
Register of Confederates Who Died in Federal Prisons and Military Hospitals in the North, 1861–1865, Finn's Point, Salem, NJ, NARA.
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Family stories say he was wounded before capture and did not survive the overcrowding and harsh conditions of Fort Delaware, DE. After initial burial in the marshes of Peapatch Island, his remains were transferred to a common grave of Confederate dead at Finn's Point, NJ.
David Jasper Boling was a farmer from Banks County, GA. His parents were Stephen and Margaret Boling. In 1857, he married Nancy Catharine Davidson. They had three children: Cincinattus, Robert, and David Jasper, Jr.
In 1862, David enlisted as a private in the 43rd GA Infantry Regiment, Company D (Middle River Volunteers).
The following information on his military service and subsequent death was compiled by Sheron Smith-Savage, Contributor # 46960440.
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David Boling volunteered on March 4, 1862, in Banks County, Georgia, and was enlisted on May 8, 1862, at Atlanta, Georgia, by Capt. W. P. Brown for 3 years or the war. He received a $50 bounty.
Pvt. David Bowling was captured by the Army of the Tennessee on May 16, 1863, at Champion Hill [near Vicksburg, MS], and was sent to Memphis, Tennessee, on May 25.
He was received as POW at Fort Delaware, Delaware, on June 9, 1863. His name appears as a signature to a Roll of Prisoners of War to be paroled at Fort Delaware on July 3, 1863, but he died in the hospital on June 20.
Sources:
- David Boling, Confederate Civil War Service Records.
- Civil War Prisoners of War Records,
Register of Confederates Who Died in Federal Prisons and Military Hospitals in the North, 1861–1865, Finn's Point, Salem, NJ, NARA.
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Family stories say he was wounded before capture and did not survive the overcrowding and harsh conditions of Fort Delaware, DE. After initial burial in the marshes of Peapatch Island, his remains were transferred to a common grave of Confederate dead at Finn's Point, NJ.
In 1862, David enlisted as a private in the 43rd GA Infantry Regiment, Company D (Middle River Volunteers).
The following information on his military service and subsequent death was compiled by Sheron Smith-Savage, Contributor # 46960440.
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David Boling volunteered on March 4, 1862, in Banks County, Georgia, and was enlisted on May 8, 1862, at Atlanta, Georgia, by Capt. W. P. Brown for 3 years or the war. He received a $50 bounty.
Pvt. David Bowling was captured by the Army of the Tennessee on May 16, 1863, at Champion Hill [near Vicksburg, MS], and was sent to Memphis, Tennessee, on May 25.
He was received as POW at Fort Delaware, Delaware, on June 9, 1863. His name appears as a signature to a Roll of Prisoners of War to be paroled at Fort Delaware on July 3, 1863, but he died in the hospital on June 20.
Sources:
- David Boling, Confederate Civil War Service Records.
- Civil War Prisoners of War Records,
Register of Confederates Who Died in Federal Prisons and Military Hospitals in the North, 1861–1865, Finn's Point, Salem, NJ, NARA.
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Family stories say he was wounded before capture and did not survive the overcrowding and harsh conditions of Fort Delaware, DE. After initial burial in the marshes of Peapatch Island, his remains were transferred to a common grave of Confederate dead at Finn's Point, NJ.
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