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Lieut Nathan Boone Lusk Jr.

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Lieut Nathan Boone Lusk Jr.

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21 Sep 1917 (aged 82)
Marshall County, Alabama, USA
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Albertville, Marshall County, Alabama, USA
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Enlisted in the Confederate States Army on 11 July 1861 in Pickens District, South Carolina. He was mustered as a 2nd Sgt. on 29 August 1861 at Lightwood Knot Springs near Columbia, South Carolina in Company G, 12th South Carolina Infantry. Nathan was 26 years old when he was mustered.

On 23 September 1862, Nathan was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant. During the Battle of the Wilderness in Virginia on 6 May 1864, Nathan was captured and sent to South Carolina to become one of the 600 Confederate Officers to be placed at Morris Island in South Carolina to be used as human shields. Union troops did this to prevent from being under fire by Confederate Batteries during August 1864. This group was later called the "Immortal 600".

Nathan was released from prison at Fort Delaware, Delaware on 16 June 1865 upon taking the Oath of Allegiance. He was described as 5 feet 11 inches tall, ruddy complexion, blue eyes and light hair. His pension card is listed in Marshall County, Alabama. Pension #16185.

Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974
Name: Nathan Lusk
Birth Date: abt 1834
Death Date: Sep 1917
Death Place: Marshall County, Alabama
Death Age: 83
Gender: Male
FHL Film Number: 1908185

(special thanks to Jimmy Sutherland #46831045 for link to parents).
Enlisted in the Confederate States Army on 11 July 1861 in Pickens District, South Carolina. He was mustered as a 2nd Sgt. on 29 August 1861 at Lightwood Knot Springs near Columbia, South Carolina in Company G, 12th South Carolina Infantry. Nathan was 26 years old when he was mustered.

On 23 September 1862, Nathan was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant. During the Battle of the Wilderness in Virginia on 6 May 1864, Nathan was captured and sent to South Carolina to become one of the 600 Confederate Officers to be placed at Morris Island in South Carolina to be used as human shields. Union troops did this to prevent from being under fire by Confederate Batteries during August 1864. This group was later called the "Immortal 600".

Nathan was released from prison at Fort Delaware, Delaware on 16 June 1865 upon taking the Oath of Allegiance. He was described as 5 feet 11 inches tall, ruddy complexion, blue eyes and light hair. His pension card is listed in Marshall County, Alabama. Pension #16185.

Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974
Name: Nathan Lusk
Birth Date: abt 1834
Death Date: Sep 1917
Death Place: Marshall County, Alabama
Death Age: 83
Gender: Male
FHL Film Number: 1908185

(special thanks to Jimmy Sutherland #46831045 for link to parents).

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