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Pvt Peleg H Evans
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Birth: 1827
New York, USA
Death: Jul. 13, 1863
Memphis
Shelby County
Tennessee, USA

From Civil War military records:

Evans, Peleg H. Age 35. Residence Magnolia,Iowa nativity New York. Enlisted Aug. 18, 1862 into Co C 29th Iowa Infantry.

Mustered Nov. 9, 1862 Camp Dodge, Council Bluffs,Iowa.

Wounded severely July 4, 1863, Battle of Helena, Ark.

Union defenses were attacked by a force of approx. 10,000 Confederates however at the end of the day the union still held the ground.

Peleg died of wounds July 13,1863, Memphis, Tenn.
No burial site listed. Assume Memphis Nat. Cemetery.

 
 
Burial:
Memphis National Cemetery
Memphis
Shelby County
Tennessee, USA
 
Created by: K L Bonnett
Record added: Jul 22, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 73738056
Pvt Peleg H Evans
Added by: Bruce and Wendy Linz
 
Pvt Peleg H Evans
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Added by: Anonymous
 
 
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No headstone marks the grave of Private Peleg H. Evans. If he is buried in the Memphis National Cemetery he lays under a simple headstone marked "UNKNOWN U. S. SOLDIER", like this one. The Memphis National Cemetery has the second-largest group of unknowns...(Read more)
-Anonymous
 Added: Oct. 2, 2012
Dona Nobis Pacem.
- Bruce and Wendy Linz
 Added: Oct. 2, 2012
 
 
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