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Pvt Andrew Batts

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Pvt Andrew Batts Veteran

Birth
Tennessee, USA
Death
10 Oct 1889 (aged 57)
Anacostia, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
Burial
Anacostia, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Co A 1st MD Inf
Ref: US National Cemetery Interment Control Form
NOTE: St Elizabeths West Cemetery was filled by 1873.

Andrew Batts real name was John Covington Morris. He took his wife's maiden name when he left Limestone County AL and went to Louisville KY and joined the Union Army during the Civil War. This is because he killed his uncle Covington Edmondson in Limestone County during an argument regarding the Civil War. There is a lengthy transcript of his attempt to gain a pension for his service in which these events are described.
Co A 1st MD Inf
Ref: US National Cemetery Interment Control Form
NOTE: St Elizabeths West Cemetery was filled by 1873.

Andrew Batts real name was John Covington Morris. He took his wife's maiden name when he left Limestone County AL and went to Louisville KY and joined the Union Army during the Civil War. This is because he killed his uncle Covington Edmondson in Limestone County during an argument regarding the Civil War. There is a lengthy transcript of his attempt to gain a pension for his service in which these events are described.


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  • Maintained by: Regina Young Smith
  • Originally Created by: Anonymous
  • Added: Jul 12, 2013
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113732725/andrew-batts: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt Andrew Batts (Dec 1831–10 Oct 1889), Find a Grave Memorial ID 113732725, citing Saint Elizabeths Hospital East Cemetery, Anacostia, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA; Maintained by Regina Young Smith (contributor 48928131).