Images from the Sixteenth Ohio Volunteers...
The Last Resting Places of Our Gallant Heroes
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Pvt. William Smail, Company B
Born abt. 1843, Holmes County, Ohio
Died April 16, 1863, Memphis, Tennessee of disease
Buried at Memphis National Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee
courtesy of and with permission from Carole McCaig, FindAGrave.com |
Pvt. Samuel B. Miller, Company B
Born abt. 1836 - Died September 14, 1863, Keokuk, Iowa
Buried at Keokuk National Cemetery (formerly Oakland Cemetery)
Note: gravestone incorrectly shows 6th Ohio Inf
courtesy of and with permission from DJG , FindAGrave.com |
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Pvt. Harvey Grindle, Company C
Born abt. 1842 - Died August 6, 1864, New Orleans, Louisiana, of disease
Buried at Chalmette National Cemetery (aka Monument), New Orleans, Louisiana
courtesy of and with permission from Joseph Mann, FindAGrave.com |
Pvt. Wesley Swartz, Company C
Born abt. 1839, - Died April 23, 1862, Cumberland Ford (Pineville), Kentucky, of disease
Buried at Knoxville National Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee
courtesy of and with permission from Howard Sutherland, FindAGrave.com |
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Cpl. John W. Summerton, Company K
Born in Ohio, January, 1833 - Died July 3 or 7, 1863, of disease on hospital boat
Gravestone (above) from Congress Cemetery, Congress, Ohio, indicates buried in Vicksburg, Mississippi; confirmed died on hospital steamer Crescent City and actual burial may be at or originally Cairo, Illinois.
courtesy of and with permission from Peggy Babbs, FindAGrave.com |
Pvt. Henry C. Smyser, Company I
Born 1844, - Died April 28, 1863, Milliken's Bend, Louisiana, of disease
Buried at Reedsburg Cemetery, Reedsburg, Ohio
pending permission from Sue Ramsey, FindAGrave.com |