Highland County Death Records
Josiah Gum died June 11, 1862 from "wound". Age 29 years, 2 months, 22 days. Parents Jno. E. & J. Gum Born Pendleton County, Va. Occupation: farmer. Single. Death reported by Jno. E. Gum, father.
Staunton Spectator September 29, 1863
COMPANY, 31st VIRGINIA REGIMENT.
Camp near Orange Court House. Sept. 14, 1863. For the information of the citizens of Highland county, where Company "E" (Highlanders) of the 81st Virginia regiment, was enlisted, I give a list of the Killed, wounded, and those who have died of disease in tho company since its organization ... Died of wounds received in battle. Sergt. Isaac B. Caldwell; Privates Morgan S. Bird, JOSIAH GUM.
Highland County Death Records
Josiah Gum died June 11, 1862 from "wound". Age 29 years, 2 months, 22 days. Parents Jno. E. & J. Gum Born Pendleton County, Va. Occupation: farmer. Single. Death reported by Jno. E. Gum, father.
Staunton Spectator September 29, 1863
COMPANY, 31st VIRGINIA REGIMENT.
Camp near Orange Court House. Sept. 14, 1863. For the information of the citizens of Highland county, where Company "E" (Highlanders) of the 81st Virginia regiment, was enlisted, I give a list of the Killed, wounded, and those who have died of disease in tho company since its organization ... Died of wounds received in battle. Sergt. Isaac B. Caldwell; Privates Morgan S. Bird, JOSIAH GUM.
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After the Civil War, Confederate dead from the battlefields of Alleghany, McDowell, Cross Keys, Port Republic and Piedmont were interred in a newly created soldiers' section.
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