GREENWOOD, SAMUEL E
PVT US ARMY
CIVIL WAR
DATE OF DEATH: 05/28/1863
BURIED AT: SECTION 20 SITE 1288
BATON ROUGE NATIONAL CEMETERY
220 NORTH 19TH STREET BATON ROUGE, LA 70806
(225) 654-1988
The body was never found. So he isn't in either cemetery. I assume the Service put the memorial for him in LA and my great grandmother had one put in CT.
Here is a letter sent to his wife.
Letter to Mary informing her of Samuel's death. "About three weeks before his death he was taken sick with a diarrhea and became very low spirted as he thought he should never recover. Two days before his death he fell from the balcony of the second story of the Hospital where he was, and injured his head some, although it was not supposed to be serious. It is probable that the injury may have been greater than was supposed and may have affected his brain, as on the second day after the fall, he went to the River about 11 o'clock at night, May 28th and taken his clothes jumped into the River. It is possible that he merely intended to bathe, (as was supposed at the time, by some who saw him go in), and that he was as weak as to be unable to swim against the current. His body was not recovered. Those who saw him go in, not seeing or hearing from him after a few moments, called the Doctor, who was near but it was too late to recover his body as the River is very deep and the current very rapid. The news of his death did not reach us for some days and I have delayed writing for a few days longer, in the hope that this siege would be over and that I should be able to go to Baton Rouge and learn additional particulars, but it is impossible to tell how long this siege will last. His death shocked us all very much as he was quite a favorite with the Company on account of his good spirits and pleasant disposition. To you and to the little ones for whom I have so often heard him express his strong affection, let me offer my deepest sympathy, in this your deep affliction. …. Signed F. E. Camp, Lieut, Com Co F. 24th C.V.
View another Cenotaph at Indian Hill Cemetery.
PVT US ARMY
CIVIL WAR
DATE OF DEATH: 05/28/1863
BURIED AT: SECTION 20 SITE 1288
BATON ROUGE NATIONAL CEMETERY
220 NORTH 19TH STREET BATON ROUGE, LA 70806
(225) 654-1988
The body was never found. So he isn't in either cemetery. I assume the Service put the memorial for him in LA and my great grandmother had one put in CT.
Here is a letter sent to his wife.
Letter to Mary informing her of Samuel's death. "About three weeks before his death he was taken sick with a diarrhea and became very low spirted as he thought he should never recover. Two days before his death he fell from the balcony of the second story of the Hospital where he was, and injured his head some, although it was not supposed to be serious. It is probable that the injury may have been greater than was supposed and may have affected his brain, as on the second day after the fall, he went to the River about 11 o'clock at night, May 28th and taken his clothes jumped into the River. It is possible that he merely intended to bathe, (as was supposed at the time, by some who saw him go in), and that he was as weak as to be unable to swim against the current. His body was not recovered. Those who saw him go in, not seeing or hearing from him after a few moments, called the Doctor, who was near but it was too late to recover his body as the River is very deep and the current very rapid. The news of his death did not reach us for some days and I have delayed writing for a few days longer, in the hope that this siege would be over and that I should be able to go to Baton Rouge and learn additional particulars, but it is impossible to tell how long this siege will last. His death shocked us all very much as he was quite a favorite with the Company on account of his good spirits and pleasant disposition. To you and to the little ones for whom I have so often heard him express his strong affection, let me offer my deepest sympathy, in this your deep affliction. …. Signed F. E. Camp, Lieut, Com Co F. 24th C.V.
View another Cenotaph at Indian Hill Cemetery.
GREENWOOD, SAMUEL E
PVT US ARMY
CIVIL WAR
DATE OF DEATH: 05/28/1863
BURIED AT: SECTION 20 SITE 1288
BATON ROUGE NATIONAL CEMETERY
220 NORTH 19TH STREET BATON ROUGE, LA 70806
(225) 654-1988
The body was never found. So he isn't in either cemetery. I assume the Service put the memorial for him in LA and my great grandmother had one put in CT.
Here is a letter sent to his wife.
Letter to Mary informing her of Samuel's death. "About three weeks before his death he was taken sick with a diarrhea and became very low spirted as he thought he should never recover. Two days before his death he fell from the balcony of the second story of the Hospital where he was, and injured his head some, although it was not supposed to be serious. It is probable that the injury may have been greater than was supposed and may have affected his brain, as on the second day after the fall, he went to the River about 11 o'clock at night, May 28th and taken his clothes jumped into the River. It is possible that he merely intended to bathe, (as was supposed at the time, by some who saw him go in), and that he was as weak as to be unable to swim against the current. His body was not recovered. Those who saw him go in, not seeing or hearing from him after a few moments, called the Doctor, who was near but it was too late to recover his body as the River is very deep and the current very rapid. The news of his death did not reach us for some days and I have delayed writing for a few days longer, in the hope that this siege would be over and that I should be able to go to Baton Rouge and learn additional particulars, but it is impossible to tell how long this siege will last. His death shocked us all very much as he was quite a favorite with the Company on account of his good spirits and pleasant disposition. To you and to the little ones for whom I have so often heard him express his strong affection, let me offer my deepest sympathy, in this your deep affliction. …. Signed F. E. Camp, Lieut, Com Co F. 24th C.V.
View another Cenotaph at Indian Hill Cemetery.
PVT US ARMY
CIVIL WAR
DATE OF DEATH: 05/28/1863
BURIED AT: SECTION 20 SITE 1288
BATON ROUGE NATIONAL CEMETERY
220 NORTH 19TH STREET BATON ROUGE, LA 70806
(225) 654-1988
The body was never found. So he isn't in either cemetery. I assume the Service put the memorial for him in LA and my great grandmother had one put in CT.
Here is a letter sent to his wife.
Letter to Mary informing her of Samuel's death. "About three weeks before his death he was taken sick with a diarrhea and became very low spirted as he thought he should never recover. Two days before his death he fell from the balcony of the second story of the Hospital where he was, and injured his head some, although it was not supposed to be serious. It is probable that the injury may have been greater than was supposed and may have affected his brain, as on the second day after the fall, he went to the River about 11 o'clock at night, May 28th and taken his clothes jumped into the River. It is possible that he merely intended to bathe, (as was supposed at the time, by some who saw him go in), and that he was as weak as to be unable to swim against the current. His body was not recovered. Those who saw him go in, not seeing or hearing from him after a few moments, called the Doctor, who was near but it was too late to recover his body as the River is very deep and the current very rapid. The news of his death did not reach us for some days and I have delayed writing for a few days longer, in the hope that this siege would be over and that I should be able to go to Baton Rouge and learn additional particulars, but it is impossible to tell how long this siege will last. His death shocked us all very much as he was quite a favorite with the Company on account of his good spirits and pleasant disposition. To you and to the little ones for whom I have so often heard him express his strong affection, let me offer my deepest sympathy, in this your deep affliction. …. Signed F. E. Camp, Lieut, Com Co F. 24th C.V.
View another Cenotaph at Indian Hill Cemetery.
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