WHITE, Plympton A. - 2nd Lieutenant, Co. D, 83d PA Infantry. Enlisted & mustered in 26 Aug `61 at Edinboro, Erie Co., PA at age 24. Wounded in hand on 1 July `62 at Malvern Hill, VA. Transferred 1 Feb `63 to Signal Corps. Captured 17 June `63 at Point of Rocks, MD. Held captive at Libby Prison, Richmond, VA. Escaped 9 Feb `64 from Libby. Recaptured 13 Feb `64 after being run down by bloodhounds. Returned to Libby Prison. Transferred 7 May `64 to Macon, GA and from there to Charleston, SC. Died 13 Sept 1864 of Chronic Diarrhea at Charleston, SC. Marked as A. P. White.
Courtesy of Edward Boots.
Buried with Union Soldiers from Charleston Race Course prison as an unknown.
Courtesy of Edward Boots.
Buried with Union Soldiers from Charleston Race Course prison as an unknown.
WHITE, Plympton A. - 2nd Lieutenant, Co. D, 83d PA Infantry. Enlisted & mustered in 26 Aug `61 at Edinboro, Erie Co., PA at age 24. Wounded in hand on 1 July `62 at Malvern Hill, VA. Transferred 1 Feb `63 to Signal Corps. Captured 17 June `63 at Point of Rocks, MD. Held captive at Libby Prison, Richmond, VA. Escaped 9 Feb `64 from Libby. Recaptured 13 Feb `64 after being run down by bloodhounds. Returned to Libby Prison. Transferred 7 May `64 to Macon, GA and from there to Charleston, SC. Died 13 Sept 1864 of Chronic Diarrhea at Charleston, SC. Marked as A. P. White.
Courtesy of Edward Boots.
Buried with Union Soldiers from Charleston Race Course prison as an unknown.
Courtesy of Edward Boots.
Buried with Union Soldiers from Charleston Race Course prison as an unknown.
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