Mustered on Sept. 21, 1861 at Union Valley. Wounded at Bull Run and Gettysburg. Taken prisoner at Wilderness, VA [May, 1864]. From "Taylor - A History" by David C. Crankshaw.

Headstone: "died in Florence Prison, October 1864"

The confederates began to empty Andersonville during Sherman's march. Florence SC was a railroad junction that was quickly turned into a stockade, but there was little food. Everett Fuller was one of several thousand prisoners who died after transfer from Andersonville. Bodies were buried in long trenches that served as mass graves. The trenches are now part of a national cemetery.

A local soldier survived, and later stated:

“We were captured on the skirmish line at the battle of the Wilderness ... We were kept about 4 months at Andersonville and then sent to Florence ... When we were taken out of the
cars at Florence there were a large number of the prisoners who were unable to walk to the stockade and they were left near the railroad ... Amongst those left there was Jerome Frink, Everett Fuller and Amos Minor ... I think all 3 died the same night and I think were all buried in the same trench between the railroad and the prison stockade."

The staff at the Florence cemetery said that few bodies could be identified. Most bodies were just reburied in the trenches. Each trench has its own headstone. (See the picture.)

Mustered on Sept. 21, 1861 at Union Valley. Wounded at Bull Run and Gettysburg. Taken prisoner at Wilderness, VA [May, 1864]. From "Taylor - A History" by David C. Crankshaw.

Headstone: "died in Florence Prison, October 1864"

The confederates began to empty Andersonville during Sherman's march. Florence SC was a railroad junction that was quickly turned into a stockade, but there was little food. Everett Fuller was one of several thousand prisoners who died after transfer from Andersonville. Bodies were buried in long trenches that served as mass graves. The trenches are now part of a national cemetery.

A local soldier survived, and later stated:

“We were captured on the skirmish line at the battle of the Wilderness ... We were kept about 4 months at Andersonville and then sent to Florence ... When we were taken out of the
cars at Florence there were a large number of the prisoners who were unable to walk to the stockade and they were left near the railroad ... Amongst those left there was Jerome Frink, Everett Fuller and Amos Minor ... I think all 3 died the same night and I think were all buried in the same trench between the railroad and the prison stockade."

The staff at the Florence cemetery said that few bodies could be identified. Most bodies were just reburied in the trenches. Each trench has its own headstone. (See the picture.)