Son of Charles Barrier &
Susanna [Kluttz] Barrier
Enlisted August 6, 1861
Cabarrus Co., North Carolina
Co. H, NC 8th Inf. Regt CSA
Died as POW of Elmira Prison Camp∼PVT. TOBIAS A. BARRIER, CO H, 8TH WAS CAPTURED 31 MAY 1864 IN THE BATTLE OF COLD HARBOR. HE WAS MOVED TO WHITE HOUSE, VA AND THEN TRANSFERRED TO POINT LOOKOUT PRISON, MD WHERE HE WAS AGAIN TRANSFERRED ON JULY 12, 1864 TO THE NEWLY OPENED ELMIRA PRISON CAMP IN ELMIRA, NY. ON THE WAY TO THE ELMIRA PRISON HE WAS ON THE TRAIN THAT WRECKED ON JULY 15, 1864 NEAR SHOHOLA, PA. THIS PRISONER TRAIN WRECK BECAME KNOWN AS THE "SHOHOLA PRISON TRAIN WRECK".
ON MARCH 23, 1865 TOBIAS DIED OF PNEUMONIA. ALL THE TIME HE WAS IN THE ELMIRA PRISON CAMP HE WAS MISTAKENLY IDENTIFIED WITH DIFFERENT AND MISSPELLED NAMES AS EXAMPLE JOHN BARER AND JOHN BARNES. HE WAS BURIED IN THE NOW NAMED WOODLAWN NATIONAL CEMETERY WITH YET ANOTHER NAME OF PVT. JOHN A. BARRIER, CO H, 8TH NC WHAT IS ACTUALLY HIS BROTHER'S NAME. THIS MISTAKE HAPPENED PRIOR TO THE MANUFACTURING AND INSTILLATION OF NEW MARBLE MARKERS IN 1907 TO REPLACE THE DECAYING WOODEN MARKERS. THIS MISTAKE WAS MADE BY THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA WHEN A FINAL BURIAL LIST OF NORTH CAROLINA DEAD WAS ORGANIZED BY THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
AS OF MAY 26, 2018 AN EFFORT HAS BEEN STARTED BY FRIENDS OF ELMIRA CIVIL WAR PRISON CAMP TO HAVE THE NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION REPLACE THE PRESENT HEADSTONE AT GRAVE #1462 WITH PVT. TOBIAS A. BARRIER'S NAME.
Susanna [Kluttz] Barrier
Enlisted August 6, 1861
Cabarrus Co., North Carolina
Co. H, NC 8th Inf. Regt CSA
Died as POW of Elmira Prison Camp∼PVT. TOBIAS A. BARRIER, CO H, 8TH WAS CAPTURED 31 MAY 1864 IN THE BATTLE OF COLD HARBOR. HE WAS MOVED TO WHITE HOUSE, VA AND THEN TRANSFERRED TO POINT LOOKOUT PRISON, MD WHERE HE WAS AGAIN TRANSFERRED ON JULY 12, 1864 TO THE NEWLY OPENED ELMIRA PRISON CAMP IN ELMIRA, NY. ON THE WAY TO THE ELMIRA PRISON HE WAS ON THE TRAIN THAT WRECKED ON JULY 15, 1864 NEAR SHOHOLA, PA. THIS PRISONER TRAIN WRECK BECAME KNOWN AS THE "SHOHOLA PRISON TRAIN WRECK".
ON MARCH 23, 1865 TOBIAS DIED OF PNEUMONIA. ALL THE TIME HE WAS IN THE ELMIRA PRISON CAMP HE WAS MISTAKENLY IDENTIFIED WITH DIFFERENT AND MISSPELLED NAMES AS EXAMPLE JOHN BARER AND JOHN BARNES. HE WAS BURIED IN THE NOW NAMED WOODLAWN NATIONAL CEMETERY WITH YET ANOTHER NAME OF PVT. JOHN A. BARRIER, CO H, 8TH NC WHAT IS ACTUALLY HIS BROTHER'S NAME. THIS MISTAKE HAPPENED PRIOR TO THE MANUFACTURING AND INSTILLATION OF NEW MARBLE MARKERS IN 1907 TO REPLACE THE DECAYING WOODEN MARKERS. THIS MISTAKE WAS MADE BY THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA WHEN A FINAL BURIAL LIST OF NORTH CAROLINA DEAD WAS ORGANIZED BY THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
AS OF MAY 26, 2018 AN EFFORT HAS BEEN STARTED BY FRIENDS OF ELMIRA CIVIL WAR PRISON CAMP TO HAVE THE NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION REPLACE THE PRESENT HEADSTONE AT GRAVE #1462 WITH PVT. TOBIAS A. BARRIER'S NAME.
Son of Charles Barrier &
Susanna [Kluttz] Barrier
Enlisted August 6, 1861
Cabarrus Co., North Carolina
Co. H, NC 8th Inf. Regt CSA
Died as POW of Elmira Prison Camp∼PVT. TOBIAS A. BARRIER, CO H, 8TH WAS CAPTURED 31 MAY 1864 IN THE BATTLE OF COLD HARBOR. HE WAS MOVED TO WHITE HOUSE, VA AND THEN TRANSFERRED TO POINT LOOKOUT PRISON, MD WHERE HE WAS AGAIN TRANSFERRED ON JULY 12, 1864 TO THE NEWLY OPENED ELMIRA PRISON CAMP IN ELMIRA, NY. ON THE WAY TO THE ELMIRA PRISON HE WAS ON THE TRAIN THAT WRECKED ON JULY 15, 1864 NEAR SHOHOLA, PA. THIS PRISONER TRAIN WRECK BECAME KNOWN AS THE "SHOHOLA PRISON TRAIN WRECK".
ON MARCH 23, 1865 TOBIAS DIED OF PNEUMONIA. ALL THE TIME HE WAS IN THE ELMIRA PRISON CAMP HE WAS MISTAKENLY IDENTIFIED WITH DIFFERENT AND MISSPELLED NAMES AS EXAMPLE JOHN BARER AND JOHN BARNES. HE WAS BURIED IN THE NOW NAMED WOODLAWN NATIONAL CEMETERY WITH YET ANOTHER NAME OF PVT. JOHN A. BARRIER, CO H, 8TH NC WHAT IS ACTUALLY HIS BROTHER'S NAME. THIS MISTAKE HAPPENED PRIOR TO THE MANUFACTURING AND INSTILLATION OF NEW MARBLE MARKERS IN 1907 TO REPLACE THE DECAYING WOODEN MARKERS. THIS MISTAKE WAS MADE BY THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA WHEN A FINAL BURIAL LIST OF NORTH CAROLINA DEAD WAS ORGANIZED BY THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
AS OF MAY 26, 2018 AN EFFORT HAS BEEN STARTED BY FRIENDS OF ELMIRA CIVIL WAR PRISON CAMP TO HAVE THE NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION REPLACE THE PRESENT HEADSTONE AT GRAVE #1462 WITH PVT. TOBIAS A. BARRIER'S NAME.
Susanna [Kluttz] Barrier
Enlisted August 6, 1861
Cabarrus Co., North Carolina
Co. H, NC 8th Inf. Regt CSA
Died as POW of Elmira Prison Camp∼PVT. TOBIAS A. BARRIER, CO H, 8TH WAS CAPTURED 31 MAY 1864 IN THE BATTLE OF COLD HARBOR. HE WAS MOVED TO WHITE HOUSE, VA AND THEN TRANSFERRED TO POINT LOOKOUT PRISON, MD WHERE HE WAS AGAIN TRANSFERRED ON JULY 12, 1864 TO THE NEWLY OPENED ELMIRA PRISON CAMP IN ELMIRA, NY. ON THE WAY TO THE ELMIRA PRISON HE WAS ON THE TRAIN THAT WRECKED ON JULY 15, 1864 NEAR SHOHOLA, PA. THIS PRISONER TRAIN WRECK BECAME KNOWN AS THE "SHOHOLA PRISON TRAIN WRECK".
ON MARCH 23, 1865 TOBIAS DIED OF PNEUMONIA. ALL THE TIME HE WAS IN THE ELMIRA PRISON CAMP HE WAS MISTAKENLY IDENTIFIED WITH DIFFERENT AND MISSPELLED NAMES AS EXAMPLE JOHN BARER AND JOHN BARNES. HE WAS BURIED IN THE NOW NAMED WOODLAWN NATIONAL CEMETERY WITH YET ANOTHER NAME OF PVT. JOHN A. BARRIER, CO H, 8TH NC WHAT IS ACTUALLY HIS BROTHER'S NAME. THIS MISTAKE HAPPENED PRIOR TO THE MANUFACTURING AND INSTILLATION OF NEW MARBLE MARKERS IN 1907 TO REPLACE THE DECAYING WOODEN MARKERS. THIS MISTAKE WAS MADE BY THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA WHEN A FINAL BURIAL LIST OF NORTH CAROLINA DEAD WAS ORGANIZED BY THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
AS OF MAY 26, 2018 AN EFFORT HAS BEEN STARTED BY FRIENDS OF ELMIRA CIVIL WAR PRISON CAMP TO HAVE THE NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION REPLACE THE PRESENT HEADSTONE AT GRAVE #1462 WITH PVT. TOBIAS A. BARRIER'S NAME.
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