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Corp John Wallace Cavin

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Corp John Wallace Cavin Veteran

Birth
Adams County, Ohio, USA
Death
21 Dec 1890 (aged 56)
Auberry, Fresno County, California, USA
Burial
Fresno, Fresno County, California, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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CO. A.
30 ILL. INF.

Organized at Camp Butler, Ill., and mustered in August 28, 1861.

Unit Engagements:
Siege of Vicksburg, MS.
Assault on Kenesaw Mountain.
Battle of Atlanta.

Taken prisoner at the Battle of Britton's Lane, five miles southeast of Denmark, Tennessee; September 1, 1862. Released / Exchanged, December, 1862.

Mustered out July 16 and discharged at Chicago, Ill., July 24, 1865.

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Husband of:
Elizabeth Swan (m: Ca. 1865)

Father of:
William H. Cavin 1866 – 1947
Leila Bella Cavin 1869 – 1941
Elce Cavin 1871 – 1880
George Walter Cavin 1873 – 1961
Charles Austin Cavin 1877 –
Clara Rosula Cavin 1879 –
Jasper Newton Cavin 1882 – 1952
Jessie June Cavin 1885 – 1930
CO. A.
30 ILL. INF.

Organized at Camp Butler, Ill., and mustered in August 28, 1861.

Unit Engagements:
Siege of Vicksburg, MS.
Assault on Kenesaw Mountain.
Battle of Atlanta.

Taken prisoner at the Battle of Britton's Lane, five miles southeast of Denmark, Tennessee; September 1, 1862. Released / Exchanged, December, 1862.

Mustered out July 16 and discharged at Chicago, Ill., July 24, 1865.

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Husband of:
Elizabeth Swan (m: Ca. 1865)

Father of:
William H. Cavin 1866 – 1947
Leila Bella Cavin 1869 – 1941
Elce Cavin 1871 – 1880
George Walter Cavin 1873 – 1961
Charles Austin Cavin 1877 –
Clara Rosula Cavin 1879 –
Jasper Newton Cavin 1882 – 1952
Jessie June Cavin 1885 – 1930


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