James enlisted in the army in 6th Reg Company C in Columbus Indiana. About the only thing that his family knows is his enlistment record and that he served for two years, and was taken prisoner during the battle at Chickamaugua 19 Sept 1863. A sergeant in his unit who enlisted at Columbus was captured the next day [September 20] and died in Andersonville prison in Georgia in 1864. He is buried there. Possibly James ended up in Andersonville but no records can be found and he never returned to his family.
There was a steamboat on the Mississippi River that was transporting (among other people) men released from Andersonville at the end of the war. The steamboat exploded and most of those on it perished. They did not have a complete list of the men from Andersonville. It is possible he was on the steamboat and perished but no one can know for sure.
The Sultana had survivors of Andersonville on board who died. James' seargeant died and was buried at Andersonville, James is not buried at Andersonville. So he was likely a survivor and possibly on the Sultana. The explosion was April 27 1865, which if he survived Andersonville, it would be his date of death. The explosion was just north of Memphis, Tennessee.
The pictured memorial stone is located in Pikes Peak, Indiana, in Brown County of men from the area who served in the Civil war. It is not located on cemetery property but it is the only thing close to a burial place James will ever have.
There was a steamboat on the Mississippi River that was transporting (among other people) men released from Andersonville at the end of the war. The steamboat exploded and most of those on it perished. They did not have a complete list of the men from Andersonville. It is possible he was on the steamboat and perished but no one can know for sure.
The Sultana had survivors of Andersonville on board who died. James' seargeant died and was buried at Andersonville, James is not buried at Andersonville. So he was likely a survivor and possibly on the Sultana. The explosion was April 27 1865, which if he survived Andersonville, it would be his date of death. The explosion was just north of Memphis, Tennessee.
The pictured memorial stone is located in Pikes Peak, Indiana, in Brown County of men from the area who served in the Civil war. It is not located on cemetery property but it is the only thing close to a burial place James will ever have.
James enlisted in the army in 6th Reg Company C in Columbus Indiana. About the only thing that his family knows is his enlistment record and that he served for two years, and was taken prisoner during the battle at Chickamaugua 19 Sept 1863. A sergeant in his unit who enlisted at Columbus was captured the next day [September 20] and died in Andersonville prison in Georgia in 1864. He is buried there. Possibly James ended up in Andersonville but no records can be found and he never returned to his family.
There was a steamboat on the Mississippi River that was transporting (among other people) men released from Andersonville at the end of the war. The steamboat exploded and most of those on it perished. They did not have a complete list of the men from Andersonville. It is possible he was on the steamboat and perished but no one can know for sure.
The Sultana had survivors of Andersonville on board who died. James' seargeant died and was buried at Andersonville, James is not buried at Andersonville. So he was likely a survivor and possibly on the Sultana. The explosion was April 27 1865, which if he survived Andersonville, it would be his date of death. The explosion was just north of Memphis, Tennessee.
The pictured memorial stone is located in Pikes Peak, Indiana, in Brown County of men from the area who served in the Civil war. It is not located on cemetery property but it is the only thing close to a burial place James will ever have.
There was a steamboat on the Mississippi River that was transporting (among other people) men released from Andersonville at the end of the war. The steamboat exploded and most of those on it perished. They did not have a complete list of the men from Andersonville. It is possible he was on the steamboat and perished but no one can know for sure.
The Sultana had survivors of Andersonville on board who died. James' seargeant died and was buried at Andersonville, James is not buried at Andersonville. So he was likely a survivor and possibly on the Sultana. The explosion was April 27 1865, which if he survived Andersonville, it would be his date of death. The explosion was just north of Memphis, Tennessee.
The pictured memorial stone is located in Pikes Peak, Indiana, in Brown County of men from the area who served in the Civil war. It is not located on cemetery property but it is the only thing close to a burial place James will ever have.
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