Third Corporal Jeremiah T Hancock, Company H, 50th Regiment, Georgia Infantry.
Enlisted March 4 1862, Moultrie, Ga. by Colonel Hampton for 3 years of war
Killed in battle at the battle of Boonsboro Gap also known as the battle of South Mountain.
Estimated 325 Soldiers killed at Boonsboro, were left to be buried by Union Troops, because the Confederates were retreating from the battle. The Soldiers were buried in trenches where they fell in battle.
Governor Bowie in 1869 requested the task of moving the Confederate dead to a Federal Cemetery.
The Soldiers were buried at Washington Confederate Cemetery in 1874. They don't have individual markers because only a small amount of the Soldiers were identified by name. It was decided, it would be best that all Soldiers be buried in unmarked graves.
Son of William Henry Hancock and Mary Fulgham.
Was born in Irwin Georgia, enlisted Mar 4 1862 in Moultrie, Georgia by Col Hampton.
Enlisted March 4 1862, Moultrie, Ga. by Colonel Hampton for 3 years of war
Killed in battle at the battle of Boonsboro Gap also known as the battle of South Mountain.
Estimated 325 Soldiers killed at Boonsboro, were left to be buried by Union Troops, because the Confederates were retreating from the battle. The Soldiers were buried in trenches where they fell in battle.
Governor Bowie in 1869 requested the task of moving the Confederate dead to a Federal Cemetery.
The Soldiers were buried at Washington Confederate Cemetery in 1874. They don't have individual markers because only a small amount of the Soldiers were identified by name. It was decided, it would be best that all Soldiers be buried in unmarked graves.
Son of William Henry Hancock and Mary Fulgham.
Was born in Irwin Georgia, enlisted Mar 4 1862 in Moultrie, Georgia by Col Hampton.
Third Corporal Jeremiah T Hancock, Company H, 50th Regiment, Georgia Infantry.
Enlisted March 4 1862, Moultrie, Ga. by Colonel Hampton for 3 years of war
Killed in battle at the battle of Boonsboro Gap also known as the battle of South Mountain.
Estimated 325 Soldiers killed at Boonsboro, were left to be buried by Union Troops, because the Confederates were retreating from the battle. The Soldiers were buried in trenches where they fell in battle.
Governor Bowie in 1869 requested the task of moving the Confederate dead to a Federal Cemetery.
The Soldiers were buried at Washington Confederate Cemetery in 1874. They don't have individual markers because only a small amount of the Soldiers were identified by name. It was decided, it would be best that all Soldiers be buried in unmarked graves.
Son of William Henry Hancock and Mary Fulgham.
Was born in Irwin Georgia, enlisted Mar 4 1862 in Moultrie, Georgia by Col Hampton.
Enlisted March 4 1862, Moultrie, Ga. by Colonel Hampton for 3 years of war
Killed in battle at the battle of Boonsboro Gap also known as the battle of South Mountain.
Estimated 325 Soldiers killed at Boonsboro, were left to be buried by Union Troops, because the Confederates were retreating from the battle. The Soldiers were buried in trenches where they fell in battle.
Governor Bowie in 1869 requested the task of moving the Confederate dead to a Federal Cemetery.
The Soldiers were buried at Washington Confederate Cemetery in 1874. They don't have individual markers because only a small amount of the Soldiers were identified by name. It was decided, it would be best that all Soldiers be buried in unmarked graves.
Son of William Henry Hancock and Mary Fulgham.
Was born in Irwin Georgia, enlisted Mar 4 1862 in Moultrie, Georgia by Col Hampton.
