A foot stone grave marker at Magnolia Cemetery, Apalachicola Fla., memorializes Col James W. Conine's service as a ranking officer in the Union Army 5th Colored Troop. He was wounded and discharged after service in Virginia and North Carolina in the fall of 1864. A note is appended to his Army records stating that he was diagnosed with mouth cancer and died in Elizabeth, N.J. A daughter of James and Fanny Conine - Carrie Shaw -- is buried nearby at Magnolia Cemetery. Fanny and two more daughters are buried in CA
A foot stone grave marker at Magnolia Cemetery, Apalachicola Fla., memorializes Col James W. Conine's service as a ranking officer in the Union Army 5th Colored Troop. He was wounded and discharged after service in Virginia and North Carolina in the fall of 1864. A note is appended to his Army records stating that he was diagnosed with mouth cancer and died in Elizabeth, N.J. A daughter of James and Fanny Conine - Carrie Shaw -- is buried nearby at Magnolia Cemetery. Fanny and two more daughters are buried in CA
Inscription
COL. J. W. CONINE 5th Regt. U.S.A. (upright marble marker placed at foot of grave in 1912 by the UDC.)
Gravesite Details
No visible info on headstone which is surrounded by brambles.
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