SGT James Rogers Bruce lived in Hopewell, Pennsylvania, in 1861, and mustered in at Lincoln's first call for three year enlisted regiments on 18 December 1861, serving with the 101st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company F.
Bruce fought in the Peninsula Campaign 1862, Seven Day before Richmond, and Battle of Malvern Hill. 90% of the regiment was captured April 1864, after the Battle of Plymouth, North Carolina.
The 101st saw heavy fighting during McClellan's Peninsula Campaign highlighted by many running battles such as Malvern Hill and The Seven Days.
Bruce was promoted to Sergeant and reenlisted in the 101st in 1864. Sgt. Bruce was captured on 20 April 1864 at Plymouth, North Carolina, and died September 1864, Andersonville Prison. Buried there, Grave 8363.
Andersonville Prison, built in 1864. Andersonville, or Camp Sumter as it was known officially, held more prisoners at any given time than any of the other Confederate. The Civil War's Most Brutal POW Camp. The cemetery is the final resting place for the Union prisoners who died while being held at Camp Sumter/Andersonville as POWs. The prisoners' burial ground at Camp Sumter has been made a national cemetery. It contains 13,714 graves, of which 921 are marked "unknown".
Bruce fought in the Peninsula Campaign 1862, Seven Day before Richmond, and Battle of Malvern Hill. 90% of the regiment was captured April 1864, after the Battle of Plymouth, North Carolina.
The 101st saw heavy fighting during McClellan's Peninsula Campaign highlighted by many running battles such as Malvern Hill and The Seven Days.
Bruce was promoted to Sergeant and reenlisted in the 101st in 1864. Sgt. Bruce was captured on 20 April 1864 at Plymouth, North Carolina, and died September 1864, Andersonville Prison. Buried there, Grave 8363.
Andersonville Prison, built in 1864. Andersonville, or Camp Sumter as it was known officially, held more prisoners at any given time than any of the other Confederate. The Civil War's Most Brutal POW Camp. The cemetery is the final resting place for the Union prisoners who died while being held at Camp Sumter/Andersonville as POWs. The prisoners' burial ground at Camp Sumter has been made a national cemetery. It contains 13,714 graves, of which 921 are marked "unknown".
SGT James Rogers Bruce lived in Hopewell, Pennsylvania, in 1861, and mustered in at Lincoln's first call for three year enlisted regiments on 18 December 1861, serving with the 101st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company F.
Bruce fought in the Peninsula Campaign 1862, Seven Day before Richmond, and Battle of Malvern Hill. 90% of the regiment was captured April 1864, after the Battle of Plymouth, North Carolina.
The 101st saw heavy fighting during McClellan's Peninsula Campaign highlighted by many running battles such as Malvern Hill and The Seven Days.
Bruce was promoted to Sergeant and reenlisted in the 101st in 1864. Sgt. Bruce was captured on 20 April 1864 at Plymouth, North Carolina, and died September 1864, Andersonville Prison. Buried there, Grave 8363.
Andersonville Prison, built in 1864. Andersonville, or Camp Sumter as it was known officially, held more prisoners at any given time than any of the other Confederate. The Civil War's Most Brutal POW Camp. The cemetery is the final resting place for the Union prisoners who died while being held at Camp Sumter/Andersonville as POWs. The prisoners' burial ground at Camp Sumter has been made a national cemetery. It contains 13,714 graves, of which 921 are marked "unknown".
Bruce fought in the Peninsula Campaign 1862, Seven Day before Richmond, and Battle of Malvern Hill. 90% of the regiment was captured April 1864, after the Battle of Plymouth, North Carolina.
The 101st saw heavy fighting during McClellan's Peninsula Campaign highlighted by many running battles such as Malvern Hill and The Seven Days.
Bruce was promoted to Sergeant and reenlisted in the 101st in 1864. Sgt. Bruce was captured on 20 April 1864 at Plymouth, North Carolina, and died September 1864, Andersonville Prison. Buried there, Grave 8363.
Andersonville Prison, built in 1864. Andersonville, or Camp Sumter as it was known officially, held more prisoners at any given time than any of the other Confederate. The Civil War's Most Brutal POW Camp. The cemetery is the final resting place for the Union prisoners who died while being held at Camp Sumter/Andersonville as POWs. The prisoners' burial ground at Camp Sumter has been made a national cemetery. It contains 13,714 graves, of which 921 are marked "unknown".
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