James Duncan Hood was born shortly after his mother moved to Washtenaw County late in 1842 from Ovid, PA. Mrs. Hood died just 14 days after giving birth to her twin sons, James and William. James was raised by relatives, James & Jane Waddell Duncan.
James Duncan Hood enlisted to fight in the Civil War on Aug 5, 1862, and joined Company H, 22nd Michigan Infantry at Lyon, Oakland County, "aged 19 years, 5 feet 6 inches high, light complexion, Blue eyes, Light hair, and by occupation a Farmer."
A little over a year after enlisting James was at West Chickamauga Creek, GA with Union troops under the command of General William S Rosecrans. At that place, just southeast of Chattanooga, TN, Rosecrans troops met Confederate forces under General Braxton Bragg on 19 Sep 1863. During the ensuing battle the Confederates broke through the Union lines at Chickamauga and caused a Union retreat toward Chattanooga. On Sep 19th James was taken prisoner. At first he was sent to Richmond, VA, then to Danville, VA, and finally to the prison-of-war camp at Andersonville, GA.
James was admitted to the Hospital at Danville, VA on Mar 1, 1864 and returned again on the 8th. When he was transferred to Andersonville, GA, he was admitted on May 3, 1864 where he died within the day of Diarrhea. He suffered much under intolerable prison conditions until death came from a lethal combination of starvation, exposure and disease.
Because news was slow in reaching the folks back home, Hood's capture and subsequent death was not known until many months later. But once the news of his death reached the Duncan's, they had the body moved to the private cemetery south of South Lyon because "they didn't want him buried in Rebel soil."
At the end of the War, James W Duncan, his first cousin once removed, acted more like a big brother by paying all expenses to have James D Hood's body exhumed from where it had been buried in the National Cemetery at Andersonville, GA, Grave #860. James Duncan and his neighbor, James Blackwood, then dug a grave for the body at the Very Old Cemetery at South Lyon, where he was placed next to his mother. James W. Duncan also paid for the tombstone.
His father, James Hood, Sr, passed away two days after him and was buried at Old Soldier Cemetery in Moscow. Near his was placed a tombstone for James Duncan Hood.
Note on the Very Old Cemetery: Was originally named the "Rev. Olds Cemetery" in honor of Rev. Ira Mather Olds, an early Presbyterian minister from NY who established a mission in the area. Its location is the corn of 8 Mile and Pontiac Trail roads in South Lyon Township, Oakland Co. Through the years and neglect have practically erased its existence.
All the information is from the work of Charles Paige.
James Duncan Hood enlisted to fight in the Civil War on Aug 5, 1862, and joined Company H, 22nd Michigan Infantry at Lyon, Oakland County, "aged 19 years, 5 feet 6 inches high, light complexion, Blue eyes, Light hair, and by occupation a Farmer."
A little over a year after enlisting James was at West Chickamauga Creek, GA with Union troops under the command of General William S Rosecrans. At that place, just southeast of Chattanooga, TN, Rosecrans troops met Confederate forces under General Braxton Bragg on 19 Sep 1863. During the ensuing battle the Confederates broke through the Union lines at Chickamauga and caused a Union retreat toward Chattanooga. On Sep 19th James was taken prisoner. At first he was sent to Richmond, VA, then to Danville, VA, and finally to the prison-of-war camp at Andersonville, GA.
James was admitted to the Hospital at Danville, VA on Mar 1, 1864 and returned again on the 8th. When he was transferred to Andersonville, GA, he was admitted on May 3, 1864 where he died within the day of Diarrhea. He suffered much under intolerable prison conditions until death came from a lethal combination of starvation, exposure and disease.
Because news was slow in reaching the folks back home, Hood's capture and subsequent death was not known until many months later. But once the news of his death reached the Duncan's, they had the body moved to the private cemetery south of South Lyon because "they didn't want him buried in Rebel soil."
At the end of the War, James W Duncan, his first cousin once removed, acted more like a big brother by paying all expenses to have James D Hood's body exhumed from where it had been buried in the National Cemetery at Andersonville, GA, Grave #860. James Duncan and his neighbor, James Blackwood, then dug a grave for the body at the Very Old Cemetery at South Lyon, where he was placed next to his mother. James W. Duncan also paid for the tombstone.
His father, James Hood, Sr, passed away two days after him and was buried at Old Soldier Cemetery in Moscow. Near his was placed a tombstone for James Duncan Hood.
Note on the Very Old Cemetery: Was originally named the "Rev. Olds Cemetery" in honor of Rev. Ira Mather Olds, an early Presbyterian minister from NY who established a mission in the area. Its location is the corn of 8 Mile and Pontiac Trail roads in South Lyon Township, Oakland Co. Through the years and neglect have practically erased its existence.
All the information is from the work of Charles Paige.
James Duncan Hood was born shortly after his mother moved to Washtenaw County late in 1842 from Ovid, PA. Mrs. Hood died just 14 days after giving birth to her twin sons, James and William. James was raised by relatives, James & Jane Waddell Duncan.
James Duncan Hood enlisted to fight in the Civil War on Aug 5, 1862, and joined Company H, 22nd Michigan Infantry at Lyon, Oakland County, "aged 19 years, 5 feet 6 inches high, light complexion, Blue eyes, Light hair, and by occupation a Farmer."
A little over a year after enlisting James was at West Chickamauga Creek, GA with Union troops under the command of General William S Rosecrans. At that place, just southeast of Chattanooga, TN, Rosecrans troops met Confederate forces under General Braxton Bragg on 19 Sep 1863. During the ensuing battle the Confederates broke through the Union lines at Chickamauga and caused a Union retreat toward Chattanooga. On Sep 19th James was taken prisoner. At first he was sent to Richmond, VA, then to Danville, VA, and finally to the prison-of-war camp at Andersonville, GA.
James was admitted to the Hospital at Danville, VA on Mar 1, 1864 and returned again on the 8th. When he was transferred to Andersonville, GA, he was admitted on May 3, 1864 where he died within the day of Diarrhea. He suffered much under intolerable prison conditions until death came from a lethal combination of starvation, exposure and disease.
Because news was slow in reaching the folks back home, Hood's capture and subsequent death was not known until many months later. But once the news of his death reached the Duncan's, they had the body moved to the private cemetery south of South Lyon because "they didn't want him buried in Rebel soil."
At the end of the War, James W Duncan, his first cousin once removed, acted more like a big brother by paying all expenses to have James D Hood's body exhumed from where it had been buried in the National Cemetery at Andersonville, GA, Grave #860. James Duncan and his neighbor, James Blackwood, then dug a grave for the body at the Very Old Cemetery at South Lyon, where he was placed next to his mother. James W. Duncan also paid for the tombstone.
His father, James Hood, Sr, passed away two days after him and was buried at Old Soldier Cemetery in Moscow. Near his was placed a tombstone for James Duncan Hood.
Note on the Very Old Cemetery: Was originally named the "Rev. Olds Cemetery" in honor of Rev. Ira Mather Olds, an early Presbyterian minister from NY who established a mission in the area. Its location is the corn of 8 Mile and Pontiac Trail roads in South Lyon Township, Oakland Co. Through the years and neglect have practically erased its existence.
All the information is from the work of Charles Paige.
James Duncan Hood enlisted to fight in the Civil War on Aug 5, 1862, and joined Company H, 22nd Michigan Infantry at Lyon, Oakland County, "aged 19 years, 5 feet 6 inches high, light complexion, Blue eyes, Light hair, and by occupation a Farmer."
A little over a year after enlisting James was at West Chickamauga Creek, GA with Union troops under the command of General William S Rosecrans. At that place, just southeast of Chattanooga, TN, Rosecrans troops met Confederate forces under General Braxton Bragg on 19 Sep 1863. During the ensuing battle the Confederates broke through the Union lines at Chickamauga and caused a Union retreat toward Chattanooga. On Sep 19th James was taken prisoner. At first he was sent to Richmond, VA, then to Danville, VA, and finally to the prison-of-war camp at Andersonville, GA.
James was admitted to the Hospital at Danville, VA on Mar 1, 1864 and returned again on the 8th. When he was transferred to Andersonville, GA, he was admitted on May 3, 1864 where he died within the day of Diarrhea. He suffered much under intolerable prison conditions until death came from a lethal combination of starvation, exposure and disease.
Because news was slow in reaching the folks back home, Hood's capture and subsequent death was not known until many months later. But once the news of his death reached the Duncan's, they had the body moved to the private cemetery south of South Lyon because "they didn't want him buried in Rebel soil."
At the end of the War, James W Duncan, his first cousin once removed, acted more like a big brother by paying all expenses to have James D Hood's body exhumed from where it had been buried in the National Cemetery at Andersonville, GA, Grave #860. James Duncan and his neighbor, James Blackwood, then dug a grave for the body at the Very Old Cemetery at South Lyon, where he was placed next to his mother. James W. Duncan also paid for the tombstone.
His father, James Hood, Sr, passed away two days after him and was buried at Old Soldier Cemetery in Moscow. Near his was placed a tombstone for James Duncan Hood.
Note on the Very Old Cemetery: Was originally named the "Rev. Olds Cemetery" in honor of Rev. Ira Mather Olds, an early Presbyterian minister from NY who established a mission in the area. Its location is the corn of 8 Mile and Pontiac Trail roads in South Lyon Township, Oakland Co. Through the years and neglect have practically erased its existence.
All the information is from the work of Charles Paige.
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