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Pvt William H Howell

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Pvt William H Howell

Birth
Illinois, USA
Death
13 May 1863 (aged 22)
Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA
Burial
Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Civil War Veteran
Co K 33rd Iowa Infantry
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From military records:
Howel, William H.
Age 20.
Residence Oskaloosa,Ia
nativity Illinois.
Enlisted Aug. 18, 1862.
Mustered Sept. 4, 1862.
Died of disease April 15, 1863, St. Louis, Mo.
(Note descrepancy between military records and death date on stone)
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Its quite possible that he is actually buried in Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery as an unknown and this is a cenotaph. Large numbers of headboards, often written in pencil, were no longer legible by the end of the war and very few bodies were brought home.
Civil War Veteran
Co K 33rd Iowa Infantry
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From military records:
Howel, William H.
Age 20.
Residence Oskaloosa,Ia
nativity Illinois.
Enlisted Aug. 18, 1862.
Mustered Sept. 4, 1862.
Died of disease April 15, 1863, St. Louis, Mo.
(Note descrepancy between military records and death date on stone)
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Its quite possible that he is actually buried in Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery as an unknown and this is a cenotaph. Large numbers of headboards, often written in pencil, were no longer legible by the end of the war and very few bodies were brought home.

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W. H. Howell
Co. K, 33
Reg. Iowa Voll
Died
May 13, 1863
AE 21Yr's 5Mo's
10d's

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