Jonas G. Stevens, oldest son of Artimus and Amartha Stevens was born in Seneca County, Ohio on April 29, 1844 and died June 27, 1862. He came with his parents to Jackson Col. Iowa in 1856.
He was not yet eighteen years of age when he enlisted in the Union Army of the Civil War for 3 years. Jonas was mustered into service on July 27, 1861 at Burlington, Iowa. He was a Private in Company I., Fifth Regiment of Iowa Infantry under Captain Moriarity. Less than a year later on June 27th, 1862, he died in a Military Hospital near Farmington, Miss.
A copy of his military service stated he died of burns. He was drying out powder when it exploded and he was badly burnt. Dr. O. M. Bryan was the Army Surgeon who attended him.
Jonas was buried in the Corinth National Cemetery at Corinth, Miss. The record of his interment locates his grave as Number 16 – third row.
Source:Our Stevens Heritage by Mildred (Stevens) Anderson; Polk, NE
*note His effects at death were; 1 flannel sackcoat, 1 pr. trousers, 1 flannel shirt, 1 pr. shoes, 3 pr. socks, 1 oilcloth blanket, 1 towel, 1 hauversack, 1 knapsack, 1 bible, 1 portfolio, 8 letters, 2 stamps, and 1 memorandum book. Last paid to Feb.28, 1862 and had drawn clothing to the amount of $27.86 and $8.00 owed to the regimental sutler. Initially buried in Union National Cemetery, Corinth, Ms. Section B, Grave 3685 (the 490th burial in Section B). Source: John Franklin Horrighs avid historian & part time Civil War reenactor
He was not yet eighteen years of age when he enlisted in the Union Army of the Civil War for 3 years. Jonas was mustered into service on July 27, 1861 at Burlington, Iowa. He was a Private in Company I., Fifth Regiment of Iowa Infantry under Captain Moriarity. Less than a year later on June 27th, 1862, he died in a Military Hospital near Farmington, Miss.
A copy of his military service stated he died of burns. He was drying out powder when it exploded and he was badly burnt. Dr. O. M. Bryan was the Army Surgeon who attended him.
Jonas was buried in the Corinth National Cemetery at Corinth, Miss. The record of his interment locates his grave as Number 16 – third row.
Source:Our Stevens Heritage by Mildred (Stevens) Anderson; Polk, NE
*note His effects at death were; 1 flannel sackcoat, 1 pr. trousers, 1 flannel shirt, 1 pr. shoes, 3 pr. socks, 1 oilcloth blanket, 1 towel, 1 hauversack, 1 knapsack, 1 bible, 1 portfolio, 8 letters, 2 stamps, and 1 memorandum book. Last paid to Feb.28, 1862 and had drawn clothing to the amount of $27.86 and $8.00 owed to the regimental sutler. Initially buried in Union National Cemetery, Corinth, Ms. Section B, Grave 3685 (the 490th burial in Section B). Source: John Franklin Horrighs avid historian & part time Civil War reenactor
Jonas G. Stevens, oldest son of Artimus and Amartha Stevens was born in Seneca County, Ohio on April 29, 1844 and died June 27, 1862. He came with his parents to Jackson Col. Iowa in 1856.
He was not yet eighteen years of age when he enlisted in the Union Army of the Civil War for 3 years. Jonas was mustered into service on July 27, 1861 at Burlington, Iowa. He was a Private in Company I., Fifth Regiment of Iowa Infantry under Captain Moriarity. Less than a year later on June 27th, 1862, he died in a Military Hospital near Farmington, Miss.
A copy of his military service stated he died of burns. He was drying out powder when it exploded and he was badly burnt. Dr. O. M. Bryan was the Army Surgeon who attended him.
Jonas was buried in the Corinth National Cemetery at Corinth, Miss. The record of his interment locates his grave as Number 16 – third row.
Source:Our Stevens Heritage by Mildred (Stevens) Anderson; Polk, NE
*note His effects at death were; 1 flannel sackcoat, 1 pr. trousers, 1 flannel shirt, 1 pr. shoes, 3 pr. socks, 1 oilcloth blanket, 1 towel, 1 hauversack, 1 knapsack, 1 bible, 1 portfolio, 8 letters, 2 stamps, and 1 memorandum book. Last paid to Feb.28, 1862 and had drawn clothing to the amount of $27.86 and $8.00 owed to the regimental sutler. Initially buried in Union National Cemetery, Corinth, Ms. Section B, Grave 3685 (the 490th burial in Section B). Source: John Franklin Horrighs avid historian & part time Civil War reenactor
He was not yet eighteen years of age when he enlisted in the Union Army of the Civil War for 3 years. Jonas was mustered into service on July 27, 1861 at Burlington, Iowa. He was a Private in Company I., Fifth Regiment of Iowa Infantry under Captain Moriarity. Less than a year later on June 27th, 1862, he died in a Military Hospital near Farmington, Miss.
A copy of his military service stated he died of burns. He was drying out powder when it exploded and he was badly burnt. Dr. O. M. Bryan was the Army Surgeon who attended him.
Jonas was buried in the Corinth National Cemetery at Corinth, Miss. The record of his interment locates his grave as Number 16 – third row.
Source:Our Stevens Heritage by Mildred (Stevens) Anderson; Polk, NE
*note His effects at death were; 1 flannel sackcoat, 1 pr. trousers, 1 flannel shirt, 1 pr. shoes, 3 pr. socks, 1 oilcloth blanket, 1 towel, 1 hauversack, 1 knapsack, 1 bible, 1 portfolio, 8 letters, 2 stamps, and 1 memorandum book. Last paid to Feb.28, 1862 and had drawn clothing to the amount of $27.86 and $8.00 owed to the regimental sutler. Initially buried in Union National Cemetery, Corinth, Ms. Section B, Grave 3685 (the 490th burial in Section B). Source: John Franklin Horrighs avid historian & part time Civil War reenactor
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