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PVT Joseph Edwin Jewett

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PVT Joseph Edwin Jewett Veteran

Birth
Ohio, USA
Death
Oct 1864 (aged 22–23)
Georgia, USA
Burial
Beaufort, Beaufort County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map
Plot
SECTION 10 - SITE 898
Memorial ID
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Private
Company E
6th Ohio Cavalry
Union Army
CIVIL WAR

He was 21 years old when he enlisted on 2 Oct 1862 for 3 years’ service. He was captured on 9 May 1864 while on Sheridan’s Raid on the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia. For a time, he was held at the notorious Andersonville prison, but was transferred out. He died in a Confederate “prison at Milton, Georgia,” on an unknown date.
One or more burial registries show that he served in the 6th Ohio Infantry. Nobody named Jewitt/Jewett served in the 6th OH Infantry.

A well-documented family history gives his date of death as “Oct ____ 1864”. Presumably, the family must have been given an estimated date of his death.
Private
Company E
6th Ohio Cavalry
Union Army
CIVIL WAR

He was 21 years old when he enlisted on 2 Oct 1862 for 3 years’ service. He was captured on 9 May 1864 while on Sheridan’s Raid on the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia. For a time, he was held at the notorious Andersonville prison, but was transferred out. He died in a Confederate “prison at Milton, Georgia,” on an unknown date.
One or more burial registries show that he served in the 6th Ohio Infantry. Nobody named Jewitt/Jewett served in the 6th OH Infantry.

A well-documented family history gives his date of death as “Oct ____ 1864”. Presumably, the family must have been given an estimated date of his death.


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