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Alexander “Alfred” Carden

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Alexander “Alfred” Carden

Birth
Carroll County, Tennessee, USA
Death
11 Jun 1864
Andersonville, Sumter County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Andersonville National Historic Site, Macon County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
Plot
1839
Memorial ID
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Private, Company E, 7th Tennessee Calvary. Presumed to have been captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/1864, he ended up in Andersonville Prison where he died on 6/11/1864 of either dysentery, chronic diarrhea, or scurvy and erysipelas. The New York Times gave his death as 7/11/1864 and said it took place in the Carnel House at Andersonville. Carden was the son of James and Clara (Clarissa) Chamblee Carden. His mother applied for a dependent pension on his service.

Holley, Peggy Scott. Hawkins' Tories, A Regimental and Social History of the 7th Tennessee Cavalry USA in the Civil War, BrayBree Publishing, Dickson TN, 230 p, 2014
Private, Company E, 7th Tennessee Calvary. Presumed to have been captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/1864, he ended up in Andersonville Prison where he died on 6/11/1864 of either dysentery, chronic diarrhea, or scurvy and erysipelas. The New York Times gave his death as 7/11/1864 and said it took place in the Carnel House at Andersonville. Carden was the son of James and Clara (Clarissa) Chamblee Carden. His mother applied for a dependent pension on his service.

Holley, Peggy Scott. Hawkins' Tories, A Regimental and Social History of the 7th Tennessee Cavalry USA in the Civil War, BrayBree Publishing, Dickson TN, 230 p, 2014

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  • Originally Created by: G-Man
  • Added: Apr 11, 2013
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/108323206/alexander-carden: accessed ), memorial page for Alexander “Alfred” Carden (unknown–11 Jun 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 108323206, citing Andersonville National Cemetery, Andersonville National Historic Site, Macon County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by mmel (contributor 47686399).