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James M Capen

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James M Capen

Birth
Mansfield, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
Death
31 May 1863 (aged 28)
Burial
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
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SECTION C SITE 3079
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He died on the Mississippi River aboard the US Hospital Boat "R.C. Wood" en route from Chickasaw Bayou, MS to Memphis, TN.

James M. Capen was a Private in Company "F" of the 29th Wisconsin infantry during the Civil War. Enlisting from Concord, Jefferson County, Wisc., on August 21, 1862, on the same day as his brother (George A. Capen), James served with the regiment until falling ill and dying of disease on May 31, 1863, aboard the hospital ship R. C. Wood.
He died on the Mississippi River aboard the US Hospital Boat "R.C. Wood" en route from Chickasaw Bayou, MS to Memphis, TN.

James M. Capen was a Private in Company "F" of the 29th Wisconsin infantry during the Civil War. Enlisting from Concord, Jefferson County, Wisc., on August 21, 1862, on the same day as his brother (George A. Capen), James served with the regiment until falling ill and dying of disease on May 31, 1863, aboard the hospital ship R. C. Wood.

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