Private Belden was captured on June 2, 1864, when Confederate forces surprised and overran the regiment's pickets at their encampment at Bermuda Hundred (Chesterfield Co.), Virginia, taking a large contingent of prisoners. Private Belden was held as a POW at the Andersonville prison pen, and was later transferred to the prison pen at Charleston, SC, were he died, four months after his capture.
Private Belden was captured on June 2, 1864, when Confederate forces surprised and overran the regiment's pickets at their encampment at Bermuda Hundred (Chesterfield Co.), Virginia, taking a large contingent of prisoners. Private Belden was held as a POW at the Andersonville prison pen, and was later transferred to the prison pen at Charleston, SC, were he died, four months after his capture.
Inscription
Co. C7 Reg.CV / Died at Charlestown, SC / AE 31 yr
Family Members
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James Belden
unknown–1881
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Anna M. Penhollow Belden
1810–1851
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Eliza M. Belden Beckley
1829–1852
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Lovira P. Belden
1834–1848
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Merilla Belden
1837–1839
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Anna E. Belden
1841–1845
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Marshall F. Belden
1843–1863
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Wilber Rowland Belden
1848–1848
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