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CPL Matthew Gilbert Self

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CPL Matthew Gilbert Self Veteran

Birth
Blount County, Alabama, USA
Death
28 Oct 1862 (aged 25–26)
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Madison, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section A, Site 4768
Memorial ID
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Served in Co. I, 1st Alabama Cavalry (Union) Enlisted; at the age of 26 on July 21, 1862. Died from bronchitis.
Research of the Widow's Pension folder shows that the Pension Office accepted Oct. 28, 1862 as his date of death.

**The Record of Death and Interment that shows on this memorial is for this soldier. However, he is misidentified on the record as serving with the 1st Middle Tennesse Cav. If you notice, it also shows him as 50 years old at the time of his death, which he was not.
Served in Co. I, 1st Alabama Cavalry (Union) Enlisted; at the age of 26 on July 21, 1862. Died from bronchitis.
Research of the Widow's Pension folder shows that the Pension Office accepted Oct. 28, 1862 as his date of death.

**The Record of Death and Interment that shows on this memorial is for this soldier. However, he is misidentified on the record as serving with the 1st Middle Tennesse Cav. If you notice, it also shows him as 50 years old at the time of his death, which he was not.

Bio by: Sean Horenstein


Inscription

Gravestone is inscribed TENN in error.



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