John Alexander Whitman was born in May, 1822. He was the son of Peter Whitman and Rachel Owens Whitman. John married Sarah Ann (Brown) Robinson. Sarah had only been widowed for a little over four months when she married John on August 8, 1844. John had not previously been married. She brought two sons, and the property left her by her first husband, into the marriage. John was a farmer like his father had been.
John entered military service on March 8, 1864, during the Civil War and fought for the Confederacy. John was a member of Company K, 57th North Carolina Infantry. According to his service record muster rolls, he was captured in Harrisburg, Virginia sometime between September 24 and October 6, 1864. He was confined at Point Lookout, Maryland on October 20, 1864. He was then paroled at Point Lookout and taken to Venus Point on the Savannah River, Georgia, for exchange on November 15, 1864. He reported in sick on January 18, 1865 but returned to duty on February 28, 1865. He was captured again at Farmville, Virginia by Union troops and sent to a United States Military Prison at Newport News, Virginia.
He became sick and on May 6, 1865 he died from "chronic dysentery". Information from military records stated that he was buried on "P. West's farm". In a recent discovery, I found that his remains were later exhumed, along with many other soldiers who died in the POW camp, and re-interred in Greenlawn Cemetery in Newport News, VA. A granite monument was erected to honor these soldiers.
John entered military service on March 8, 1864, during the Civil War and fought for the Confederacy. John was a member of Company K, 57th North Carolina Infantry. According to his service record muster rolls, he was captured in Harrisburg, Virginia sometime between September 24 and October 6, 1864. He was confined at Point Lookout, Maryland on October 20, 1864. He was then paroled at Point Lookout and taken to Venus Point on the Savannah River, Georgia, for exchange on November 15, 1864. He reported in sick on January 18, 1865 but returned to duty on February 28, 1865. He was captured again at Farmville, Virginia by Union troops and sent to a United States Military Prison at Newport News, Virginia.
He became sick and on May 6, 1865 he died from "chronic dysentery". Information from military records stated that he was buried on "P. West's farm". In a recent discovery, I found that his remains were later exhumed, along with many other soldiers who died in the POW camp, and re-interred in Greenlawn Cemetery in Newport News, VA. A granite monument was erected to honor these soldiers.
John Alexander Whitman was born in May, 1822. He was the son of Peter Whitman and Rachel Owens Whitman. John married Sarah Ann (Brown) Robinson. Sarah had only been widowed for a little over four months when she married John on August 8, 1844. John had not previously been married. She brought two sons, and the property left her by her first husband, into the marriage. John was a farmer like his father had been.
John entered military service on March 8, 1864, during the Civil War and fought for the Confederacy. John was a member of Company K, 57th North Carolina Infantry. According to his service record muster rolls, he was captured in Harrisburg, Virginia sometime between September 24 and October 6, 1864. He was confined at Point Lookout, Maryland on October 20, 1864. He was then paroled at Point Lookout and taken to Venus Point on the Savannah River, Georgia, for exchange on November 15, 1864. He reported in sick on January 18, 1865 but returned to duty on February 28, 1865. He was captured again at Farmville, Virginia by Union troops and sent to a United States Military Prison at Newport News, Virginia.
He became sick and on May 6, 1865 he died from "chronic dysentery". Information from military records stated that he was buried on "P. West's farm". In a recent discovery, I found that his remains were later exhumed, along with many other soldiers who died in the POW camp, and re-interred in Greenlawn Cemetery in Newport News, VA. A granite monument was erected to honor these soldiers.
John entered military service on March 8, 1864, during the Civil War and fought for the Confederacy. John was a member of Company K, 57th North Carolina Infantry. According to his service record muster rolls, he was captured in Harrisburg, Virginia sometime between September 24 and October 6, 1864. He was confined at Point Lookout, Maryland on October 20, 1864. He was then paroled at Point Lookout and taken to Venus Point on the Savannah River, Georgia, for exchange on November 15, 1864. He reported in sick on January 18, 1865 but returned to duty on February 28, 1865. He was captured again at Farmville, Virginia by Union troops and sent to a United States Military Prison at Newport News, Virginia.
He became sick and on May 6, 1865 he died from "chronic dysentery". Information from military records stated that he was buried on "P. West's farm". In a recent discovery, I found that his remains were later exhumed, along with many other soldiers who died in the POW camp, and re-interred in Greenlawn Cemetery in Newport News, VA. A granite monument was erected to honor these soldiers.
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To Our Soldiers dead, erected by the Camp Lee No. 3 of Confederate Veterans of Hampton, VA. A tribute from the hearts of our Surviving comrades who died at Newport News in 1861-1865, remains of Confederate Soldiers.
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