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Cicero Columbus Cain

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Cicero Columbus Cain

Birth
Death
30 May 1916 (aged 71)
Burial
Piney Woods, Cleburne County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
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father is James J. Cain and his mother, Esther Skelton.

Cicero Cain served in Co F, 24th Inf Regt., during the Civil War, along with his
brothers, John F. M. Cain and Clinton M. Cain. Their brother, James Toliver
Cain, served in Co I, 55th Inf, Gwinnett Co. Ga. Uncle William Anderson Cain
was a Captain , Troop H, 10th Ga. Cavary. All survived the war except James
Toliver Cain who was killed in Tennessee while on active duty.

Cicero was wounded at the Battle of South Crampton's Gap in Maryland. His left
index finger was shot at the middle joint. Cicero Cain was captured at Front
Royal, Va. according to Gwinnett Co. History, Volume I, pg. 211, but according
to his Civil War pension application it was Deep Bottom, Va. on August 16, 1864.
He then was imprisoned in Elmira, NY. His company, also known as Cobb's
Brigade, surrendered with General Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Courthouse. He
applied for pension October 29, 1896, and received $5.00 anually.
Cicero C. Cain was a farmer .
father is James J. Cain and his mother, Esther Skelton.

Cicero Cain served in Co F, 24th Inf Regt., during the Civil War, along with his
brothers, John F. M. Cain and Clinton M. Cain. Their brother, James Toliver
Cain, served in Co I, 55th Inf, Gwinnett Co. Ga. Uncle William Anderson Cain
was a Captain , Troop H, 10th Ga. Cavary. All survived the war except James
Toliver Cain who was killed in Tennessee while on active duty.

Cicero was wounded at the Battle of South Crampton's Gap in Maryland. His left
index finger was shot at the middle joint. Cicero Cain was captured at Front
Royal, Va. according to Gwinnett Co. History, Volume I, pg. 211, but according
to his Civil War pension application it was Deep Bottom, Va. on August 16, 1864.
He then was imprisoned in Elmira, NY. His company, also known as Cobb's
Brigade, surrendered with General Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Courthouse. He
applied for pension October 29, 1896, and received $5.00 anually.
Cicero C. Cain was a farmer .


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