Would Like some help

[Arky 1]

there are several of my relatives that fought in the Civil War but this is one I would like to know more about because his death is listed May 31st 1865 but I can't seem to find out if it was from the Civil War conflict or natural causes? his name was John Heard my 3rd great Grandfather he was in the 13 Regiment of the Arkansas Militia from my understanding he was in the Militia before the war then when the war started he join the Confederate Army

 

[19thGeorgia]

there are several of my relatives that fought in the Civil War but this is one I would like to know more about because his death is listed May 31st 1865

Listed where?

Here's the militia record-

 

[2nd Alabama Cavalry]

@Arky 1, was he a POW? Many of the Confederate POW`s were in bad shape at the close of the war and could not be paroled or released because they were too ill and weak to travel. Many died in May and June 1865 at their respective Federal POW Camps. The last battle fought of the Civil War, east of the Mississippi River, was the Battle of Anderson, S.C. on 1 May 1865. The last battle west of the Mississippi River was fought on 12 May 1865 at Palmito Ranch, Texas. Which ironically was a Confederate victory. However, this did not matter much because Generals Robert E. Lee and Joseph E. Johnston had already surrendered their respective armies on 9 and 26 April 1865 and President Jefferson Davis was captured at Irwinville, GA on 10 May 1865, which ended any hope for the Confederacy to regroup and extend the war. Also, I think it important to mention, it took quite some time for soldiers of the Confederate Army to make it back home from where they were surrendered. My Ancestor who served in the 2nd Alabama Cavalry was disbanded at Washington, GA on 5 May 1865, as part of Jefferson Davis` personal escort and bodyguard, and he did not make it back home to Shelby, Alabama until 27 May 1865, and he was on horseback. Some in his regiment did not make it back home until mid-June 1865. So, it is possible that your ancestor could have been killed or died due to whatever ailment after the surrender while he was on his way back home. Something to consider anyway.

 

[connecticut yankee]

More info from the O.P.:

What happen May 31, 1865 | Researching Civil War Records & Ancestry

My ggg grandfather John Heard served in the 13th Militia Regiment 2nd Brigade Col. Craven Peyton February 11, 1860 Pulaski, Arkansas before Civil War and join the confederacy there after I have even found his name mentioned in some letters home to parents, now it wouldn't be unusually for a man...

civilwartalk.com

 

[Arky 1]

More info from the O.P.:

What happen May 31, 1865 | Researching Civil War Records & Ancestry

My ggg grandfather John Heard served in the 13th Militia Regiment 2nd Brigade Col. Craven Peyton February 11, 1860 Pulaski, Arkansas before Civil War and join the confederacy there after I have even found his name mentioned in some letters home to parents, now it wouldn't be unusually for a man...

civilwartalk.com

Thanks, I didn't get much response back then it might be a lost cause

 

[Fairfield]

Find a Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86802998/john-h.-heard) gives some pretty specific dates that can't all come from that gravestone. The year of death looks to be 1876. If this is your GGG Grandfather, he died in 1875 or 1876! It may be a coincidence of two men with the same name who are both buried in Jacksonville.

I'd contact the maintainer of the page and ask where that added information came from--then check those sources.