Lost Cause
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- Sep 19, 2014
Miami, Mo.
Thank you for the update. New stories uncovered and more research begun. Well done.Not really a vacation trip, just a Sunday roadtrip to another county. But the cemetery I visited is a bit north of Carlisle Pa. and was built in 1843. Today it still has no electric nor water and is lit with kerosene lamps much like it would have been in 1860's.
I was there a month ago to stand a tombstone back up because it had fallen. Then I noticed several GAR flags and went back today to find out who they were. My pics are not quality, but will have to do for today. I just wanted names to research.
George H Gibson Pvt Co E 194th Pa vols. Enlisted as a 100days enlistment at Carlisle Pa (likely went to Camp Curtin) and mainly served as provost duty at Washington. He re-enlisted to the 47th Pa. and I did not know this but the 47th Pa was a veterans Regiment. All who were in it had served before. I believe he was discharged Dec 25 1865 Note his wife's age. Did ok for an old CW vet.
....she was 43 years younger than him. George you old dog.
Benjamin Cunningham got my attention because of his unit. 149th Pa. Co F a unit that was at Gettysburg, But Ben was not with them at that time. As I suspected, he joined Aug 17 at Carlisle Pa. Several Perry Co Pa men served in the 149th as they all appear to have responded to the call for vols when the CSA invaded. Sadly he at 20 years old died from dysentery. So many times I have heard that disease was a huge factor in the ACW and as I find more vets, I see that it was true.
Joseph McCaskey Co C 158th pa. 1863 copied from findagrave:
A Civil War veteran, he was drafted in Carlisle October 16, 1862, mustered into federal service at Camp McClure, Chambersburg, November 1 as a private with Co. C, 158th Pennsylvania Infantry (aka "Drafted Militia"), and died of typhoid fever at sea aboard the transport steamer Thomas Collyer.
According to his compiled military service record, he was buried the day after his death in Philadelphia's Lafayette Cemetery, a cemetery condemned ca. 1946. By agreement, the 47,000 remains were to be moved to Evergreen Memorial Cemetery in nearby Bensalem, Bucks County, and new plaques installed on each grave. Instead, but many of them were unceremoniously dumped into a trench without markers, a fact not discovered until 1988 when excavation for a strip mall literally uncovered the truth. Whether the stone for Joseph McCaskey at Shermans Dale Cemetery is a cenotaph or reflects his reinternment there is uncertain, although it appears unlikely that he is actually buried at Shermans Dale.
Geez.... I never knew that. I have his daughters trunk from the sale of his home. We are related.
Lawrence Hipple (no pic, it is unreadable) May be a misplaced GAR marker and flag. His son William died in the civil war at Alexandria, VA. ....so I'm guessing the flag was meant to be on his headstone. Yes, William is in the family plot in Shermans dale according to Findagrave " He enlisted in the Civil War in Harrisburg on August 11, 1864, and mustered into federal service there August 19 as a private with Company C, 201st Pennsylvania Infantry. William stood 5'5" tall and had brown hair and brown eyes. He died of typhoid fever in the hospital at Alexandria, Virginia. " Again, disease but a casualty none the less.....
William Shearer - from Findagrave " A Civil War veteran, he was drafted in Perry County, October 21, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg November 4 as a private with Co. E, 173rd Pennsylvania Infantry (aka "Drafted Militia"), and honorably discharged with his company August 17, 1863. He also enlisted in Harrisburg August 22, 1864, mustered there August 25 as a private with Co. G, 201st Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company June 23, 1865.
- Ordered to Washington, D. C., July 9; Thence moved to Frederick, Md.
- Pursuit of Lee July 12-24.
- Guard duty on Orange & Alexandria Railroad till August.
All of the above people are related.
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Was this a church Cemetery?
… George H Gibson Pvt Co E 194th Pa vols. Enlisted as a 100days enlistment at Carlisle Pa (likely went to Camp Curtin) and mainly served as provost duty at Washington. He re-enlisted to the 47th Pa. and I did not know this but the 47th Pa was a veterans Regiment. All who were in it had served before. I believe he was discharged Dec 25 1865 Note his wife's age. Did ok for an old CW vet.
....she was 43 years younger than him. George you old dog...
I believe it is the town cemetery, as I recall.Was this a church Cemetery?
These stones are located at Fort Robinette Confederate Cemetery in Corinth, MS. which only has 8 interements.
Regards
David
General Joseph Lewis Hodge lead a Texas brigade during the siege of Corinth in October of 1862 but died of dysentery on May 16, 1862. He was initially buried nearby but was reinterred in the Confederate cemetery in 1918
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The Unknown Memorial Monument
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This is the back of the Monument which is hard to read which reads"
"Remember the unknown heroes
They are equal to the same thing
Are equal to each other."
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The 6 Unknown Confederates
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The Colonel William Peleg Rogers Monument erected by the UDC in 1912 to mark the location of his grave. Rogers was killed on October 4, 1862 leading the 2nd Texas in attempting to take Fort Robinette.
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The North face inscription
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Inscription on South face
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Just for our Texans, the Texas Monunment
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The back
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