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Henry T. Key

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Henry T. Key

Birth
Georgia, USA
Death
23 Sep 1862 (aged 22)
Burial
Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
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The following information was provided by Jan Breshears Thomas, who found it in an October 1999 newsletter called "Dunnagans of All Spellings":

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Pvt. Henry T. Key
July 18, 1840 - September 23, 1862

Henry T. Key was born in Georgia on July 18, 1840 to Joseph Lawrence and Elizabeth (Delamar) Key. He migrated with his parents from Butts county, Georgia to Holly springs, Arkansas in 1851. When the Confederacy's call for volunteers rang out, Henry T. Key joined Co. D of Col. Edward W. Gantt's 12th Ark. Inf. Reg. at Arkadelphia, Arkansas. He and his older brother, William Presley Key enlisted in the same unit on July 28, 1861.

Henry T. Key was first captured at the Battle of Fort Donelson, Tennessee on February 1862 and was taken to Camp Douglas, a Union POW camp near Chicago, Illinois. He was exchanged immediately and soon rejoined his unit. On April 8, 1862 the 12th Arkansas had the misfortune of having more than five hundred men captured at the Battle of Island #10 on the Mississippi River. Henry T. Key was included in this number and again was taken to Camp Douglas, Illinois. On September 6, 1862 his name was entered on a roll of prisoners to be exchanged at Vicksburg, Mississippi. Pvt. Henry T. Key died September 23, 1862 on-board a federal transport in route to be exchanged. He died single and is buried in the southwest Quadrant, Division C of the Arkansas Section in the Cedar Hill City Cemetery at Vicksburg.
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The following information was provided by Jan Breshears Thomas, who found it in an October 1999 newsletter called "Dunnagans of All Spellings":

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Pvt. Henry T. Key
July 18, 1840 - September 23, 1862

Henry T. Key was born in Georgia on July 18, 1840 to Joseph Lawrence and Elizabeth (Delamar) Key. He migrated with his parents from Butts county, Georgia to Holly springs, Arkansas in 1851. When the Confederacy's call for volunteers rang out, Henry T. Key joined Co. D of Col. Edward W. Gantt's 12th Ark. Inf. Reg. at Arkadelphia, Arkansas. He and his older brother, William Presley Key enlisted in the same unit on July 28, 1861.

Henry T. Key was first captured at the Battle of Fort Donelson, Tennessee on February 1862 and was taken to Camp Douglas, a Union POW camp near Chicago, Illinois. He was exchanged immediately and soon rejoined his unit. On April 8, 1862 the 12th Arkansas had the misfortune of having more than five hundred men captured at the Battle of Island #10 on the Mississippi River. Henry T. Key was included in this number and again was taken to Camp Douglas, Illinois. On September 6, 1862 his name was entered on a roll of prisoners to be exchanged at Vicksburg, Mississippi. Pvt. Henry T. Key died September 23, 1862 on-board a federal transport in route to be exchanged. He died single and is buried in the southwest Quadrant, Division C of the Arkansas Section in the Cedar Hill City Cemetery at Vicksburg.
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