IN Unknown Soldier Grave (Akron)

[NFB22]

I was visiting family in Northern Indiana over the holidays and my uncle brought up the fact there was a Civil War grave nearby for an unknown soldier so we went to take a look and sure enough...there was.

It's located just southwest of the small town of Akron at the intersection of county roads 1000 E & 350 S on the northwest corner, basically just on someone's land. I've been trying to find more information online but can't find anything on it.

 

[donna]

Interesting. Thanks for sharing.

 

[John Winn]

Very interesting. There has to be a good story behind that. It doesn't look that old, really, so perhaps the land owner knows.

 

[NFB22]

Very interesting. There has to be a good story behind that. It doesn't look that old, really, so perhaps the land owner knows.

Apparently there was an old headstone there that had since cracked apart and the county placed the new one a few years back. I tried researching on local news stations and newspapers since I figured someone must have covered it but couldn't find any articles.

 

[John Winn]

Historical society perhaps ?

 

[bdtex]

Looks like a candidate for a good spraying with Roundup in the spring.

 

[Albert Sailhorst]

Sad story.....I hope you find out more info for this poor, lost soul.....

 

[NFB22]

Historical society perhaps ?

Actually sent an email to the the county historical society last night asking if they had any additional information. Waiting to hear back.

 

[NFB22]

Looks like a candidate for a good spraying with Roundup in the spring.

I tried to straighten up the bricks and up-righted the flags after I took the photos. Best I could do at the time.

 

[bdtex]

I tried to straighten up the bricks and up-righted the flags after I took the photos. Best I could do at the time.

I woulda done the same thing.

 

[lupaglupa]

Interesting that the stone is there and not in a cemetery. If they had found the body there, why not move him to hallowed ground? I've read other stories about unknown soldiers being found and they are usually given a cemetery burial.

 

[Bonny Blue Flag]

Perhaps the owner of the property has some information for you, and if not the current owner, perhaps a previous owner of the property.

--BBF

 

[NFB22]

Perhaps the owner of the property has some information for you, and if not the current owner, perhaps a previous owner of the property.

--BBF

Still waiting to hear back from the county historical society. I believe the property is a rental and not sure who actually owns it. I'm only the area a couple times a year and generally not for a very long visit.

 

[HoosierBanks]

I love a good mystery!
They could've easily been returning west out of Ft Wayne towards Illinois or Wisconsin from the east or heading back north into Michigan. Makes me feel the only reason he's unknown is because he's an out-of-stater. I'd like to think in a place less-populated like Fulton County, everyone that served would've likely been known by everyone else right?

bumping for more info!

 

[NFB22]

I love a good mystery!
They could've easily been returning west out of Ft Wayne towards Illinois or Wisconsin from the east or heading back north into Michigan. Makes me feel the only reason he's unknown is because he's an out-of-stater. I'd like to think in a place less-populated like Fulton County, everyone that served would've likely been known by everyone else right?

bumping for more info!

Perhaps a former POW from Camp Douglas trying to make his way back home as well. I know if you didn't take an oath, you weren't provided transport from there.

 

[Lsmith77]

I was visiting family in Northern Indiana over the holidays and my uncle brought up the fact there was a Civil War grave nearby for an unknown soldier so we went to take a look and sure enough...there was.

It's located just southwest of the small town of Akron at the intersection of county roads 1000 E & 350 S on the northwest corner, basically just on someone's land. I've been trying to find more information online but can't find anything on it.

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Thanks you I live in Indiana I will have to go check this out.

 

[Private Joseph]

Somebody's darling, somebody's pride.
Who'll tell his mother where her boy died?

 

[redbob]

With the part about returning home after the war, the question might be whether he was going North or South when he died. To me, it doesn't really matter and the fact that he never made it home does.

 

[Sundance]

You might see if a local title company or the county clerk could tell you who owned that property around 1865 and then see whether there were any news stories involving that property owner. Perhaps there was a county coroner that may have been called in at the time. I'm guessing a farmer wouldn't find a body and just bury it without involving someone else - the county, the law, medical personnel.