James S. Hughes was in his first year at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, PA and was 19 years old when he enlisted in Company D. 10th Pa. Reserves. He stood at 5'6", had dark hair, a dark complexion and gray eyes. He was the son of Samuel L. and Manilla McClelland Hughes of Canonsburg and one of three brothers who served in the Union army. He enlisted as a private and was later promoted to corporal then sergeant. He was shot through the right arm and chest at Spotsylvania Courthouse on May 10, 1864 and was first transported to a field hospital, then to Harewood Hospital in Washington D. C. He died from infection on June 1, 1864, just one hour after his sister, Sarah, arrived to care for him. His body was returned to Canonsburg, his coffin placed in the Jefferson College Chapel, where Dr. Matthew Riddle conducted one of the largest services to date. He was buried in the Chartiers U. P. burial ground, which is now Oak Spring Cemetery.
James S. Hughes was in his first year at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, PA and was 19 years old when he enlisted in Company D. 10th Pa. Reserves. He stood at 5'6", had dark hair, a dark complexion and gray eyes. He was the son of Samuel L. and Manilla McClelland Hughes of Canonsburg and one of three brothers who served in the Union army. He enlisted as a private and was later promoted to corporal then sergeant. He was shot through the right arm and chest at Spotsylvania Courthouse on May 10, 1864 and was first transported to a field hospital, then to Harewood Hospital in Washington D. C. He died from infection on June 1, 1864, just one hour after his sister, Sarah, arrived to care for him. His body was returned to Canonsburg, his coffin placed in the Jefferson College Chapel, where Dr. Matthew Riddle conducted one of the largest services to date. He was buried in the Chartiers U. P. burial ground, which is now Oak Spring Cemetery.
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