The Last Resting Places of Our Gallant Heroes
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| Plaque Dedicated To Union Prisoners From Battle of Chickasaw Bayou Prisoners Taken December 28-29, 1862 And Died In Captivity (includes some from later Vicksburg battles) Located In Vicksburg National Cemetery, Vicksburg, Mississippi courtesy of and with permission from Natalie Maynor, FindAGrave.com |
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| The plaque above commemorates the names of Union soldiers who were captured at the Battle of Chickasaw Bluffs, and a few from subsequent battles for Vicksburg, and who are buried in the Vicksburg National Cemetery. Research has provided additional information on 19 of the 44 soldiers listed on the plaque. This information is probable but not confirmed: | ||||
| Thomas (J.) Babb | Private | Company A | 16th Ohio | killed in action at Chickasaw Bayou, Dec. 29, 1862 |
| Lorenz Heitz | Private | Company A | 58th Ohio | wounded at Chickasaw Bayou, Dec. 29, 1862, POW, died as POW 2/10/1863 at Vicksburg |
| Ernest Roemer | Private | Company G | 58th Ohio | listed as killed on 12/29/1862 at Chickasaw Bayou, MS |
| Charles Wesche | Private | Company G | 58th Ohio | listed as killed on 12/29/1862 at Chickasaw Bayou, MS |
| Sam Bates | Private | Company I | 21st Ohio | BATTLE OF VICKSBURG - wounded/POW 5/22/1863; died of wounds 6/14/1863 Vicksburg, MS |
| William I. Boyce | Private | Company D | 47th Ohio | BATTLE OF VICKSBURG --listed as wounded 5/19/1863 at Vicksburg, MS; died of wounds 5/20/1863 VIcksburg |
| Elias Huntsman | Private | Company K | 16th Ohio | listed as wounded, Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, Dec. 29, 1862, POW - no further info |
| Charles W Hyde | Private | Company K | 13th Illinois | BATTLE OF VICKSBURG --listed as wounded; died of wounds on 6/15/1863 |
| Finley D. Ong | Lieut | Company F | 4th West Virginia | BATTLE OF VICKSBURG --listed as wounded/POW 5/19/1863 Vicksburg, MS; died of wounds POW 5/22/1863 at Vicksburg, MS |
| Daniel Patterson | Corporal | Company K | 16th Ohio | listed as POW/wounded (place not listed); died of wounds on 1/16/1863 |
| David M. Wynegar | Private | Company F | 16th Ohio | listed as wounded,; died in hospital at Vicksburg, Miss., February 15, 1863, from wounds received in battle |
| Dexler (Dexter) L Watson | Private | Company H | 13th Illinois | ASSUMED --listed as wounded (place not stated); died of wounds 1/11/1863 |
| John Christopher | Private | Company E | 16th Ohio | listed as died, Jan 30, 1863, from wounds received in action at Vicksburg, Miss |
| John Harding | Private | Company A | 58th Ohio | wounded/POW 12/29/1862, Chickasaw Bayou, MS; died of disease as POW on 2/25.1863 at Vicksburg, MS |
| Marshall P Hayden | Lieut | Company F&S | 54th Indiana | listed as wounded 12/28/1862 Chickasaw Bluffs, MS, POW, died of his wounds POW on 1/30/1863 at Vicksburg, MS |
| Isaac P. Hunt | Private | Company H | 13th Illinois | ASSUMED --listed as "wounded"; died of his wounds 3/13/1863 |
| Maxwell Job | Private | Company I | 16th Ohio | listed as died Feb. 14, 1863, from wounds received at battle of Chickasaw Bayou, Dec. 29, 1862 |
| Gustav Otto | Private | Company A | 58th Ohio | listed as died of wounds POW on 1/3/1863 at Vicksburg, MS - both legs amputated |
| William Shookman | Private | Company B | 31st/32nd Missouri | ASSUMED -- no other information |
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