John Lloyd was the 1st son and 2nd child of William & Sarah (Holmes) Lloyd, both of England.
On 12 Sep 1858 in Cottrellville, St. Clair County, Michigan, he married Sarah "Sally" (Phillips) Prevost (1830-1920), a daughter of Peter & Elizabeth (Neville) Phillips of Canada.
John and Sally had the following children:
1. Sarah Jane, b. 3 Jul 1859, d. 1 Nov 1897;
2. Margaret, b. 16 Aug 1861; d. 9 Jul 1930; &
3. John William, b. 11 Apr 1864, d. 30 Mar 1943.
He was a Cooper (barrel maker, etc.) when he enlisted as a Private in Company A, 15th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment on 12 April 1864 in Addison Twp, Oakland County, Michigan.
He was 39 years old, 5'10', with blue eyes, light hair, and light complexion.
The Civil War took him after 5 months. John died of dysentery on 24 Sep 1864 at the Regimental Hospital during his unit's engagement at East Point, Fulton County, Georgia. (East Point is 3-4 miles SSW of Atlanta)
On the 1st of September, skirmishers from the 15th, advanced and captured a number of prisoners at Jonesboro. Moving forward to Lovejoy's Station on September 2nd, the regiment entrenched and continued skirmishing with the enemy until September 5th. On September 6, 1864, the 15th Michigan withdrew back to Jonesboro. On the 8th of September, the 15th proceeded to East Point, Georgia, where it remained for a much needed rest during the remainder of the month.
It was during this rest period that John died...
The 15th Regiment suffered totals of 3 officers and 60 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 4 officers and 268 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 335 fatalities; more men died from disease than the direct causes of combat.
John surely contracted dysentery during his unit's involvement in "The Atlanta Campaign", a series of battles fought in the Western Theater throughout northwest Georgia and the area around Atlanta during the summer of 1864, leading to the eventual fall of Atlanta.
(The Atlanta Campaign followed the Union victory at the Battle of Chattanooga in November 1863; Chattanooga was known as the "Gateway to the South", and its capture opened that gateway.)
After the Civil War was over, in 1866-67 temporary burials in the makeshift cemeteries over the entire areas of the Atlanta Campaign and the March to the Sea campaign were carefully exhumed, documented, and re-interred in Marietta National Cemetery, where 10,000 soldiers killed during that period of the war are buried. Although great care was taken when the bodies were moved, about 3,000 of these buried soldiers are still unidentified.
It is thought that John was moved but unidentified.
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(Bodies moved from East Point to Marietta National Cemetery, per Mark Hughes's "Bivouac of the Dead" (Maryland: Heritage Books, 1995), p.51)
The exhumation/re-interment documentation is at the National Archives.
On 12 Sep 1858 in Cottrellville, St. Clair County, Michigan, he married Sarah "Sally" (Phillips) Prevost (1830-1920), a daughter of Peter & Elizabeth (Neville) Phillips of Canada.
John and Sally had the following children:
1. Sarah Jane, b. 3 Jul 1859, d. 1 Nov 1897;
2. Margaret, b. 16 Aug 1861; d. 9 Jul 1930; &
3. John William, b. 11 Apr 1864, d. 30 Mar 1943.
He was a Cooper (barrel maker, etc.) when he enlisted as a Private in Company A, 15th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment on 12 April 1864 in Addison Twp, Oakland County, Michigan.
He was 39 years old, 5'10', with blue eyes, light hair, and light complexion.
The Civil War took him after 5 months. John died of dysentery on 24 Sep 1864 at the Regimental Hospital during his unit's engagement at East Point, Fulton County, Georgia. (East Point is 3-4 miles SSW of Atlanta)
On the 1st of September, skirmishers from the 15th, advanced and captured a number of prisoners at Jonesboro. Moving forward to Lovejoy's Station on September 2nd, the regiment entrenched and continued skirmishing with the enemy until September 5th. On September 6, 1864, the 15th Michigan withdrew back to Jonesboro. On the 8th of September, the 15th proceeded to East Point, Georgia, where it remained for a much needed rest during the remainder of the month.
It was during this rest period that John died...
The 15th Regiment suffered totals of 3 officers and 60 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 4 officers and 268 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 335 fatalities; more men died from disease than the direct causes of combat.
John surely contracted dysentery during his unit's involvement in "The Atlanta Campaign", a series of battles fought in the Western Theater throughout northwest Georgia and the area around Atlanta during the summer of 1864, leading to the eventual fall of Atlanta.
(The Atlanta Campaign followed the Union victory at the Battle of Chattanooga in November 1863; Chattanooga was known as the "Gateway to the South", and its capture opened that gateway.)
After the Civil War was over, in 1866-67 temporary burials in the makeshift cemeteries over the entire areas of the Atlanta Campaign and the March to the Sea campaign were carefully exhumed, documented, and re-interred in Marietta National Cemetery, where 10,000 soldiers killed during that period of the war are buried. Although great care was taken when the bodies were moved, about 3,000 of these buried soldiers are still unidentified.
It is thought that John was moved but unidentified.
~ ~ ~
(Bodies moved from East Point to Marietta National Cemetery, per Mark Hughes's "Bivouac of the Dead" (Maryland: Heritage Books, 1995), p.51)
The exhumation/re-interment documentation is at the National Archives.
John Lloyd was the 1st son and 2nd child of William & Sarah (Holmes) Lloyd, both of England.
On 12 Sep 1858 in Cottrellville, St. Clair County, Michigan, he married Sarah "Sally" (Phillips) Prevost (1830-1920), a daughter of Peter & Elizabeth (Neville) Phillips of Canada.
John and Sally had the following children:
1. Sarah Jane, b. 3 Jul 1859, d. 1 Nov 1897;
2. Margaret, b. 16 Aug 1861; d. 9 Jul 1930; &
3. John William, b. 11 Apr 1864, d. 30 Mar 1943.
He was a Cooper (barrel maker, etc.) when he enlisted as a Private in Company A, 15th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment on 12 April 1864 in Addison Twp, Oakland County, Michigan.
He was 39 years old, 5'10', with blue eyes, light hair, and light complexion.
The Civil War took him after 5 months. John died of dysentery on 24 Sep 1864 at the Regimental Hospital during his unit's engagement at East Point, Fulton County, Georgia. (East Point is 3-4 miles SSW of Atlanta)
On the 1st of September, skirmishers from the 15th, advanced and captured a number of prisoners at Jonesboro. Moving forward to Lovejoy's Station on September 2nd, the regiment entrenched and continued skirmishing with the enemy until September 5th. On September 6, 1864, the 15th Michigan withdrew back to Jonesboro. On the 8th of September, the 15th proceeded to East Point, Georgia, where it remained for a much needed rest during the remainder of the month.
It was during this rest period that John died...
The 15th Regiment suffered totals of 3 officers and 60 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 4 officers and 268 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 335 fatalities; more men died from disease than the direct causes of combat.
John surely contracted dysentery during his unit's involvement in "The Atlanta Campaign", a series of battles fought in the Western Theater throughout northwest Georgia and the area around Atlanta during the summer of 1864, leading to the eventual fall of Atlanta.
(The Atlanta Campaign followed the Union victory at the Battle of Chattanooga in November 1863; Chattanooga was known as the "Gateway to the South", and its capture opened that gateway.)
After the Civil War was over, in 1866-67 temporary burials in the makeshift cemeteries over the entire areas of the Atlanta Campaign and the March to the Sea campaign were carefully exhumed, documented, and re-interred in Marietta National Cemetery, where 10,000 soldiers killed during that period of the war are buried. Although great care was taken when the bodies were moved, about 3,000 of these buried soldiers are still unidentified.
It is thought that John was moved but unidentified.
~ ~ ~
(Bodies moved from East Point to Marietta National Cemetery, per Mark Hughes's "Bivouac of the Dead" (Maryland: Heritage Books, 1995), p.51)
The exhumation/re-interment documentation is at the National Archives.
On 12 Sep 1858 in Cottrellville, St. Clair County, Michigan, he married Sarah "Sally" (Phillips) Prevost (1830-1920), a daughter of Peter & Elizabeth (Neville) Phillips of Canada.
John and Sally had the following children:
1. Sarah Jane, b. 3 Jul 1859, d. 1 Nov 1897;
2. Margaret, b. 16 Aug 1861; d. 9 Jul 1930; &
3. John William, b. 11 Apr 1864, d. 30 Mar 1943.
He was a Cooper (barrel maker, etc.) when he enlisted as a Private in Company A, 15th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment on 12 April 1864 in Addison Twp, Oakland County, Michigan.
He was 39 years old, 5'10', with blue eyes, light hair, and light complexion.
The Civil War took him after 5 months. John died of dysentery on 24 Sep 1864 at the Regimental Hospital during his unit's engagement at East Point, Fulton County, Georgia. (East Point is 3-4 miles SSW of Atlanta)
On the 1st of September, skirmishers from the 15th, advanced and captured a number of prisoners at Jonesboro. Moving forward to Lovejoy's Station on September 2nd, the regiment entrenched and continued skirmishing with the enemy until September 5th. On September 6, 1864, the 15th Michigan withdrew back to Jonesboro. On the 8th of September, the 15th proceeded to East Point, Georgia, where it remained for a much needed rest during the remainder of the month.
It was during this rest period that John died...
The 15th Regiment suffered totals of 3 officers and 60 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 4 officers and 268 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 335 fatalities; more men died from disease than the direct causes of combat.
John surely contracted dysentery during his unit's involvement in "The Atlanta Campaign", a series of battles fought in the Western Theater throughout northwest Georgia and the area around Atlanta during the summer of 1864, leading to the eventual fall of Atlanta.
(The Atlanta Campaign followed the Union victory at the Battle of Chattanooga in November 1863; Chattanooga was known as the "Gateway to the South", and its capture opened that gateway.)
After the Civil War was over, in 1866-67 temporary burials in the makeshift cemeteries over the entire areas of the Atlanta Campaign and the March to the Sea campaign were carefully exhumed, documented, and re-interred in Marietta National Cemetery, where 10,000 soldiers killed during that period of the war are buried. Although great care was taken when the bodies were moved, about 3,000 of these buried soldiers are still unidentified.
It is thought that John was moved but unidentified.
~ ~ ~
(Bodies moved from East Point to Marietta National Cemetery, per Mark Hughes's "Bivouac of the Dead" (Maryland: Heritage Books, 1995), p.51)
The exhumation/re-interment documentation is at the National Archives.
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