Private Blanchard was captured during the battle at Drewry's Bluff, Chesterfield Co., Virginia on May 16, 1864. He died 3 months later, from chronic diarrhea, while a POW in the Andersonville prison pen.
Private Blanchard was captured during the battle at Drewry's Bluff, Chesterfield Co., Virginia on May 16, 1864. He died 3 months later, from chronic diarrhea, while a POW in the Andersonville prison pen.
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PVT A 7TH CONN INF
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