John W Burgess (bef. 1845 - 1863)

Died 29 Dec 1863 after age 18 in Alton, Madison, Illinois, United States

Problems/Questions Profile manager: W Counsil [send private message]

Biography

Pvt John Burgess served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 1862
Mustered out: 1863 Died while POW
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): 10th Mississippi Cavalry Company A

John was born before 1845. He joined the 10th (AKA 12th) Mississippi Cavalry, Baxter's Battallion, in 1862. He was captured June 14 1863 in Hardin County, Tennessee. He was taken to Alton Military Prison on July 4, contracted smallpox, and died of it on Small Pox Island on 29 Dec 1863. His name is on both the Alton Confederate Cemetery monument and the Smallpox Island Monument.

Sources

• "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSCR-LM7 : 4 December 2014), John W. Burgess, Private, Company H, 10th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry, Confederate; citing NARA microfilm publication M232 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 6; FHL microfilm 821,843.
• "Mississippi, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFL8-6Q6 : 4 December 2014), John W Burgess, 1863; from "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Mississippi," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing military unit Tenth Cavalry, A-G, NARA microfilm publication M269 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1960), roll 40.
• "United States Register of Confederates and Civilians Who Died in the North,1861-1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1W-Y6NX : 16 March 2018), J W Burgess, 29 Dec 1863; citing Death, Alton, Madison, Illinois, United States, p. 5, NARA microfilm publication M918 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1; FHL microfilm 1,024,456.
• Selected records of the War Department relating to Confederate prisoners of war, 1861-1865 [microform]. U.S. War Department. Published 1965. NARA publication M598 Roll 13, page 214
• http://www.civilwardata.com/active/hdsquery.dll?RegimentHistory?1555&C
• http://www.usgwarchives.net/mo/civilwar/smallpox.htm

Research Notes

There are several John Burgesses in the 1850 and 1860 census of an appropriate age.