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Pvt Jacob Smith

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Pvt Jacob Smith

Birth
Wood County, West Virginia, USA
Death
31 Mar 1865 (aged 21)
North Carolina, USA
Burial
Buried or Lost at Sea. Specifically: Went down with the US General Lyon Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Lost at sea 30. March 1865 on the US General Lyon, during repatriation from Salisbury Prison, North Carolina. Co "C", 1st Regiment, WVa Calvary. Memorial Plaque honoring his three other brothers at entrance to City Point National Cemetery, Hopewell, VA where brother William is buried.
Lost at sea 30. March 1865 on the US General Lyon, during repatriation from Salisbury Prison, North Carolina. Co "C", 1st Regiment, WVa Calvary. Memorial Plaque honoring his three other brothers at entrance to City Point National Cemetery, Hopewell, VA where brother William is buried.

Gravesite Details

Awarded West Virginia Civil War medal, not presently located.



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