Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio
Pine Street Cemetery
Rank
|
Name
|
Co.
|
Regiment
|
Date of Death
|
Place of Death
|
Date of Wounding
|
Battle Where Wounded
|
Private
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Nester, Samuel W.
|
C
|
11th West Virginia
Infantry
|
July 22, 1864
|
Gallipolis Military
Hospital
|
June 18, 1864
|
Lynchburg, Virginia
|
Private Samuel Nester was wounded
in the right leg on June 18, 1864 at the battle of Lynchburg. After being
treated in the field during Hunter's retreat, he was sent to and died in
a military hospital in Gallipolis, Ohio. There are two different dates
of his death listed, July 22, 1864 and also July 25, 1864.