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PVT Joseph A. Inman

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PVT Joseph A. Inman

Birth
Haywood County, North Carolina, USA
Death
16 Apr 1864 (aged 20–21)
Cook County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
Plot
Confederate Mound
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Joseph A. Inman was the ninth child of Joshua and Mary "Polly" Inman. He joined the Confederate Army in NC along with his brothers, James Anderson, Daniel Logan, Joshua Ervin, William Pinkney, and Lewis Hezekiah. Only Anderson and Hezekiah lived through the war to return home.
Joseph died at Camp Douglas, a Confederate POW camp where about 26,000 prisoners lived in temporary wooden barracks. About 6,000 men died at the camp and were given burials in unmarked paupers' graves in Chicago's City Cemetery. In 1867, the remains were reburied at Oak Woods Cemetery, about five miles south of the camp. The monument to these men, Confederate Mound, lists the names of the prisoners who died on the sides of the monument. Joseph's brother, William Pinkney, is now famous as the "Inman" of the book "Cold Mountain" by Charles Frazier.
Joseph A. Inman was the ninth child of Joshua and Mary "Polly" Inman. He joined the Confederate Army in NC along with his brothers, James Anderson, Daniel Logan, Joshua Ervin, William Pinkney, and Lewis Hezekiah. Only Anderson and Hezekiah lived through the war to return home.
Joseph died at Camp Douglas, a Confederate POW camp where about 26,000 prisoners lived in temporary wooden barracks. About 6,000 men died at the camp and were given burials in unmarked paupers' graves in Chicago's City Cemetery. In 1867, the remains were reburied at Oak Woods Cemetery, about five miles south of the camp. The monument to these men, Confederate Mound, lists the names of the prisoners who died on the sides of the monument. Joseph's brother, William Pinkney, is now famous as the "Inman" of the book "Cold Mountain" by Charles Frazier.

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  • Created by: Maggie
  • Added: Aug 13, 2006
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15318151/joseph_a-inman: accessed ), memorial page for PVT Joseph A. Inman (1843–16 Apr 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 15318151, citing Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Maggie (contributor 46810241).