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William Jefferson David ‎(I2231)‎

Given Names: William Jefferson
Surname: David

Gender: Male Male

Birth: 25 October 1834

25 Jacksboro, Campbell County, Tennessee, USA
Death: 20 February 1864 ‎(Age 29)‎ Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA

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Marriage	Rachel Stanfill - 24 October 1834
Birth	25 October 1834 28 25 Jacksboro, Campbell County, Tennessee, USA
Death	20 February 1864 ‎(Age 29)‎ Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA Address: Camp Morton Cause of death: died of fever in POW camp
Burial	Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA Cemetery: Section 32, Crown Hill Cemetery
Last Change	14 April 2009 - 07:51:38 - by: wt4y

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27th Arkansas Infantry, Company F.
DAVID, W J
Corporal—Enlisted at Locust Grove, Arkansas, May 21, 1862; age 27; captured at Little Rock, Arkansas, September 10, 1863; sent to military prison at Camp Morton, Indiana; died of fever in prison, February 20, 1864; interred in Grave 790, Green Lawn Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana.

In Indianapolis during the Civil War, 1,616 Confederate soldiers and sailors died from the harsh treatment and conditions prevalent in military prisons in those days. These men were being held in Camp Morton, which held approximately 5,000 prisoners at any one time. A total of 15,000 men passed through the camp between 1862 and 1865. Orignally, the Confederates who died while being held at Camp Morton were buried at Greenlawn Cemetery near downtown Indianapolis. Years later when bodies were removed from this cemetery to make way for industrialization, the first monument to the Rebels was removed to a city park. Several years later, the bodies of the Confederates were moved to Crown Hill Cemetery, without their monument.

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