Mordecai Jacob(s) was the Husband of Sarah Jane Crowder and they lived in Chambers County, Alabama. He was the Father of 5 known children, and the Son of Benjamin Mordecai Jacob(s) and Rebecca Barron. He was also the Grandson of the Maryland Revolutionary Patriot, Benjamin Jacob and Eleanor Odell of Prince George's County, Maryland.
Mordecai served in the Civil War between the States. He Enlisted on July 30, 1863 as a Private in Chambers Co., Alabama by Captain Alfred F. Zachry, in Company F, 59th Regiment, Alabama Infantry. This company subsequently became Company F, 61st Regiment, Alabama Infantry.
His military service ended when Mordecai died on June 25, 1864, from the disease known as pneumonia, in a hospital in Liberty, Virginia. Today Liberty is called Bedford, Virginia. His body was not taken or sent home to his widow. Instead, he was buried there in Liberty. He was probably first buried at Piedmont Hill, and later moved to the Longwood Cemetery.
Mordecai lies buried in a sealed concrete vault (mass grave) with 499 other Confederate Soldiers from all over the South. Sadly, only 140 names of the 500 soldiers buried together in this vault are known. They all lie under a Confederate Monument (photo provided).
Mordecai served in the Civil War between the States. He Enlisted on July 30, 1863 as a Private in Chambers Co., Alabama by Captain Alfred F. Zachry, in Company F, 59th Regiment, Alabama Infantry. This company subsequently became Company F, 61st Regiment, Alabama Infantry.
His military service ended when Mordecai died on June 25, 1864, from the disease known as pneumonia, in a hospital in Liberty, Virginia. Today Liberty is called Bedford, Virginia. His body was not taken or sent home to his widow. Instead, he was buried there in Liberty. He was probably first buried at Piedmont Hill, and later moved to the Longwood Cemetery.
Mordecai lies buried in a sealed concrete vault (mass grave) with 499 other Confederate Soldiers from all over the South. Sadly, only 140 names of the 500 soldiers buried together in this vault are known. They all lie under a Confederate Monument (photo provided).
Mordecai Jacob(s) was the Husband of Sarah Jane Crowder and they lived in Chambers County, Alabama. He was the Father of 5 known children, and the Son of Benjamin Mordecai Jacob(s) and Rebecca Barron. He was also the Grandson of the Maryland Revolutionary Patriot, Benjamin Jacob and Eleanor Odell of Prince George's County, Maryland.
Mordecai served in the Civil War between the States. He Enlisted on July 30, 1863 as a Private in Chambers Co., Alabama by Captain Alfred F. Zachry, in Company F, 59th Regiment, Alabama Infantry. This company subsequently became Company F, 61st Regiment, Alabama Infantry.
His military service ended when Mordecai died on June 25, 1864, from the disease known as pneumonia, in a hospital in Liberty, Virginia. Today Liberty is called Bedford, Virginia. His body was not taken or sent home to his widow. Instead, he was buried there in Liberty. He was probably first buried at Piedmont Hill, and later moved to the Longwood Cemetery.
Mordecai lies buried in a sealed concrete vault (mass grave) with 499 other Confederate Soldiers from all over the South. Sadly, only 140 names of the 500 soldiers buried together in this vault are known. They all lie under a Confederate Monument (photo provided).
Mordecai served in the Civil War between the States. He Enlisted on July 30, 1863 as a Private in Chambers Co., Alabama by Captain Alfred F. Zachry, in Company F, 59th Regiment, Alabama Infantry. This company subsequently became Company F, 61st Regiment, Alabama Infantry.
His military service ended when Mordecai died on June 25, 1864, from the disease known as pneumonia, in a hospital in Liberty, Virginia. Today Liberty is called Bedford, Virginia. His body was not taken or sent home to his widow. Instead, he was buried there in Liberty. He was probably first buried at Piedmont Hill, and later moved to the Longwood Cemetery.
Mordecai lies buried in a sealed concrete vault (mass grave) with 499 other Confederate Soldiers from all over the South. Sadly, only 140 names of the 500 soldiers buried together in this vault are known. They all lie under a Confederate Monument (photo provided).
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