Name[Wife] [CALDWELL] 5968
Spouses
Birth Date1830
Birth PlaceClearfield County, PA, USA
Residence Date18575968
Residence PlaceScott County, IA, USA
Death Date14 May 18655968
Death PlaceCairo, Alexander Co., IL, USA
Death MemoMost likely at the general hospital mentioned in his notes
Burial PlaceMound City National Cemetery, Mound City, Pulaski Co., IL, USA
Burial MemoPlot: B Site 564
Cause of DeathDied As The Result Of Injuries Sustained From A Ship Wreck5968
FatherAlexander CALDWELL (1790-1876)
MotherMargaret HARTSHORN[E] (1794-1876)
Misc. Notes
Samuel “in the latter part of 1863 … enlisted in the 20th Iowa Regiment….. In February last [1864], when his regiment was being sent on a transport from Brownsville, Arkansas* to New Orleans the vessel was wrecked, and he sustained such serious injuries as to ultimately cause his death.”5968

Regarding Samuel burila location:

Mound City National Cemetery is one of the twelve original National cemeteries. It was established in 1864 pursuant to the Act of July 17, 1862, whereby President Lincoln was authorized “to purchase cemetery grounds … to be used as a National Cemetery for soldiers who shall have died in the service of their country.” The land was purchased by the United States in two separate parcels from S.S. Taylor and Edwin Parsons, Trustees. It is located near the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Large army general hospitals were located at Mound City and Cairo IL to care for civil war casualties. The establishment of these large hospitals was a determining factor in the location of the cemetery at Mound City.5969


*Most likely Brownsville, Texas as I cannot in my research find a Brownsville, Arkansas.3
Family ID12504
Marr Date18605968
Last Modified 18 Mar 2016Created 17 May 2017 Rick Gleason - ricksgenealogy@gmail.com