Deaths of Union Officers
Not at Columbia Military Prison
Deaths of Union Officers
Not at Columbia Military Prison
| Full Name | Rank | Unit | Co | Captured | Cause of Death | Death Data | Locn |
| Ammidon ( Ammindon ( Amidon ), Malcom | 2nd Lieutenant | 34 MA Infantry | C | 15 May 64 @ New Market, VA | Died of Yellow Fever | 01 Oct 64 | CH |
| Atkins, J. | Lieutenant | Cause not known. | CH | ||||
| Bartholomew, James Oliver | Lieutenant | 7 TN Cavalry | H | 24 Mar 64 @ Union City, TN | Died of Scorbutus Grave # 10826 | 13 Oct 64 | A |
| Ballou ( Ballow ), Orson Gilbert | 1st Lieutenant | 100 OH Infantry | F | 08 Sep 63 @ Limestone Station, TN | 02 Feb 64 | L | |
| Bennett, William H. | Captain | 25 Infantry | B | 22 Jul 64 @ Decatur, GA | Died of complications due to battle inflicted wound | 16 Aug 64 | M |
| Bodenhamemer, Lafayette | Captain | 93 IN Infantry | F | Died of Pneumonia | 01 Nov 64 | CH | |
| Burdick, Charles A. ( Chester A. ) | 1st Lieutenant | 10 WI Infantry | C | 20 Sep 63 @ Chickamauga, GA | Sent from prison in Macon | 23 Sep 64 | CH |
| Carman, James A. | 1st Lieutenant | 107 PA Infantry | E | 01 Jul 63 @ Gettysburg, PA | Died of Yellow Fever | 05 Oct 64 | CH |
| Curd, Robert S. | Captain | 11 KY Cavalry | F | 14 Nov 63 @ Marysville, TN | Adjutant General's Report | 27 Aug 64 | A |
| Curry, William A. | 1st Lieutenant | 3 OH Infantry | G | 03 Apr 63 @ Rome, GA | 29 Sep 64 | CH | |
| Duncan, Ezra H. | Lieutenant | 2 TN Infantry | B | 06 Nov 63 @ Rogersville, TN | Died of diarrhea, sent there 07 May 64 | 20 Jun 64 | M |
| Duncan, James W. | 2nd Lieutenant | 9 MI Cavalry | C | C | Died of Rheumatism | 26 Oct 64 | CH |
| Ewers ( Evers ), Benjamin F. ( H. F. ) | Captain | 100 OH Infantry | C | 08 Sep 63 @ Limestone Station, TN | Died of Chronic Diarrhea | 26 Oct 64 | CH |
| Farnsworth, Charles | Lieutenant Colonel | 1 CT Cavalry | B | 14 Jul 63 @ Bolivar Heights, VA | CH | ||
| Forsyth, George D. | Lieutenant | 100 OH Infantry | B | 08 Sep 63 @ Limestone Station, TN | Accidently shot and killed | Apr 64 | L |
| French, George W. | 2nd Lieutenant & Recruiting Officers | 2 USCT Cavalry | H | 20 Apr 64 @ Plymouth, NC | When captured, he identified himself as a member of the 12th NY Cavalry and was sent to Camp Sumter (enlisted men), where he died on 3 July 1864. The most likely reason is CSA General Order that Officer of USCT units were subject to hanging. | 03 Jul 64 | A |
| Gerson ( Grierson ), Otto | 2nd Lieutenant | 45 NY Infantry | A | 01 Jul 63 @ Gettysburg, PA | Shot by guard | 12 Jun 64 | M |
| Gillmore, John B. ( J. A. ) | 1st Lieutenant | 72 OH Infantry | F | 11 Jun 63 @ Ripley, MS | Died of Yellow Fever | 09 Oct 64 | CH |
| Greenwood, William L. | Lieutenant | 3 MD Infantry | K | 28 May 64 @ Newton, VA | Typhoid. May have died @ Macon | 8 Aug 64 | SV |
| Hall, Clark H. ( C. T. ( C. F. ) | 1st Lieutenant | 13 MI Infantry | C | 19 Sep 63 @ Chickamauga, GA | Died of disease. Buried at Beaufort, South Carolina, Section 41, Grave 4637 | 12 Jan 65 | S |
| Harvey ( ), P. | Lieutenant | 100 OH Infantry | C | Died of Debilitas | 07 Oct 64 | CH | |
| Hawkins, William E. | 1st Lieutenant | 6 MD Infantry | B/H | 15 Jun 63 @ Winchester, VA | 06 Nov 64 | CH | |
| Holmes, William F. | Captain | 2 IA Infantry | C | 19 Oct 63 @ Corinth, MS | Died of Yellow Fever. Andersonville POW | 10 Oct 64 | CH |
| Horney, L. Paris | 1st Lieutenant | 110 OH Infantry | C | 14 Jun 63 @ Winchester, VA | Died of Dysentery | 10 Oct 64 | CH |
| Hurst ( Hurest ), Frederick | Captain | 48 NY Infantry | K | 18 Jul 63 @ Fort Wagner, SC | Died of battle related wounds | 31 Jul 64 | CH |
| Johnson, James A. | Captain | 11 KY Cavalry | G | 03 May 64 @ Cassville, GA | 28 Sep 64 | CH | |
| Keeter, James L. | 2nd Lieutenant | 2 NC Infantry | E | 20 Apr 64 @ Plymouth, NC | Andersonville POW, either executed or died there. | A | |
| Kimball Jr, Thomas D. | 1st Lieutenant | 88 IN Infantry | E | 10 Jun 64 @ Guntown, MS | 01 Oct 64 | CH | |
| Kimble, E. D. | Lieutenant | 83 IN Infantry | I | Died of Yellow Fever | 01 Oct 64 | CH | |
| King, John B. | Lieutenant | 10 NY Infantry | G | 09 Jun 63 @ Brandy Station, VA | Per ADG | 31 Jul 63 | L |
| Leydecker, Jakob | 2nd Lieutenant | 45 NY Infantry | 02 Jul 63 @ Gettysburg, PA | Sep 64 | S | ||
| Lupton ( Lapton ), L. | 1st Lieutenant | 116 OH Infantry | C | 15 Jun 63 @ Winchester, VA | Died of Chronic Diarrhea | 16 Sep 64 | CH |
| Mann, Barnabas N. | 1st Lieutenant & Adjutant | 17 MA Infantry | K | 01 Feb 64 @ Batchelder's Creek, NC | Died of Dysentery | 09 Oct 64 | CH |
| Mc Cammon ( Mc Connilee ( Mc Conalee ( McConnelee ), William J. ( W. T. ) | Lieutenant | 4 IA Infantry | I | 20 Jan 63 @ Vicksburg, MS | 30 May 64 | A | |
| Mc Comas, J. Marche | Captain | 9 MD Infantry | I | 18 Oct 63 @ Charlestown, WVA | Exchanged, date unknown, discharged for disability | 07 Apr 64 | ??? |
| McCully, David | Lieutenant | 75 OH Infantry | E | 02 Jul 63 @ Gettysburg, PA | Died of disease | 15 Jun 64 | A |
| Mc Vean, Charles | Captain | 8 NY Cavalry | A | 29 Jun 64 @ Stony Creek, VA | Died of Chronic Diarrhea | 11 Sep 64 | CH |
| Mosher, Henry Ephraim ( R. E. ) | 1st Lieutenant | 12 NY Cavalry | A | 20 Jul 63 @ Tarboro, NC | Died of Yellow Fever O6 Oct | 06 Oct 64 | CH |
| Moss, Edgar S. | 2nd Lieutenant | 7 NY Artillery | M | 22 Jun 64 @ Petersburg, VA | Died of Yellow Fever | 04 Oct 64 | CH |
| Murray, Albert M. | Lieutenant | 2 USA Artillery | Atlanta, GA | West Point 1862. Photo in USAMHI | Aug 64 | M | |
| Ninder, W. H. | Lieutenant | 51 IN Infantry | B | 03 May 63 @ Rome, GA | Died of Yellow Fever | 26 Sep 64 | CH |
| Osburn ( Osborn ( Osborne ), Chilton A. | 1st Lieutenant | 14 KY Infantry | B | 22 Jun 64 @ Kennesaw Mt., GA | Died due to battle related wound in head | 30 Nov 64 | CH |
| Perely, John L. | Lieutenant | 4 MA Cavalry | D | 05 Aug 64 @ Palatka, FL | Died of Yellow Fever | 10 Oct 64 | CH |
| Phillips, Robert R. | Lieutenant | 9 NJ Infantry | H | Died of Chronic Diarrhea | 09 Dec 64 | CH | |
| Poole, John W. | Lieutenant Colonel | 93 IN Infantry | Staff | 13 Aug 64 @ Salem, MS | , 05 Mar 65 | M | |
| Ralston, William C. | Colonel | 24 NY Cavalry | 30 Sep 64 @ Poplar Springs, VA | Died after being moved there from Libby | 02 Dec 64 | D | |
| Riggs, Charles H. ( C. S. ) | Captain | 123 OH Infantry | 16 Jun 63 @ Winchester, VA | Died of Yellow Fever | 15 Sep 64 | CH | |
| Smith, David D. | Captain | 1 Middle TN Cavalry | E | 03 May 63 @ Rome, GA | 18 Apr 1865 | L | |
| Sprague, Asa W. | 1st Lieutenant | 24 MI Infantry | F | 01 Jul 63 @ Gettysburg, PA | Died of Chronic Diarrhea | 14 Oct 64 | CH |
| Stone, James R. | Captain | 157 Infantry | F | 01 Jul 63 @ Gettysburg, PA | 14 Aug 64 | M | |
| Taylor, Henry C. ( R. C. ) | 2nd Lieutenant | 21 WI Infantry | A | 20 Sep 63 @ Chickamauga, GA | 12 Dec 64 | CH | |
| Thompson, John H. | 1st Lieutenant | 14 NY Infantry | G | 17 Jun 64 @ Petersburg, VA | Died of Debilitas & Anasarca | 05 Dec 64 | CH |
| Waters, John M. | Lieutenant | Died of bilious fever | 18 Aug 64 | S | |||
| White, Plympton A. | 2nd Lieutenant | 83 PA Infantry | D | 17 Jun 63 @ Point of Rocks, MD | Escaped 09 Mar 64 thru Rose's Tunnel @ Libby. Recaptured 13 February 1864 after being run down by bloodhounds. Transferred to Macon Prison May 7, 1864 and from there to Charleston. Died of Chronic Diarrhea | 13 Sep 64 | CH |
| Witbeck, Martin | 1st Lieutenant | 51 Infantry | I | 10 Ja 65 | D | ||
| Wonder, Adolphus H. | Captain | 51 IN Infantry | B | 03 May 63 @ Rome, GA | Died of Yellow Fever | 15 Sep 64 | CH |
| Woods, Jackson | Captain | 82 IN Infantry | H | 20 Sep 63 @ Chickamauga, GA | Died at Camp hospital and buried there | 23 May 64 | M |
| Bohannon, D. E. | Captain | 3 TN Cavalry | Died in CSA Prison, Death cause not known | ??? | |||
| Foley, John | 1st Lieutenant | 59 MA Infantry | 30 Jul 64 @ Petersburg, VA | Died in CSA Prison, Death cause not known | ??? | ||
| Heyer, A. M. | Captain | 10 Va Cavalry | B | Died in CSA Prison, Death cause not known | ??? | ||
| Reid ( Reed ), Edwin ( F. ) | 2nd Lieutenant | 3 OH Infantry | I | 03 May 63 @ Rome, GA | Buried at Woodlands Cemetery, Florence. No death cause not known | ??? |
Locn: A Camp Sumter, Andersonville, Georgia CH Charleston, South Carolina D Danville, Virginia L Libby Warehouse, Richmond, Virginia M Camp Oglethorpe, Macon, Georgia S Marine Hospital, Savannah, Georgia ???? UnSURE OF Which CSA POW Prison Note: Part of method includes determining who died but not at Columbia Military Prison. I have chosen to duplicate the names of those who died but not known to have died at CMP.
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