Pvt, Co. K, 17th Texas Inf, CSA
Joseph died before his company had engaged in a battle. Camp Hope was a central staging point in central Arkansas for Confederate troops gathering from Texas and Arkansas. The camp was renamed for Brigadier General Allison Nelson who was in command of the 10th Texas Infantry Regiment.
During the fall of 1862 an epidemic of measles and typhoid fever ran rampant through the troops congregated there. Approximately 1,500 Arkansas and Texas soldiers died of disease during a two month period including Joseph Carpenter, his brother John D. Carpenter and Brigadier General Nelson himself.
These soldiers were buried in unmarked graves in the surrounding hills.
Died of Measles. Buried at Camp Nelson Confederate Cemetery, Lonoke Co., AR or in nearby hills.
Source:
Wikipedia and Camp Nelson Confederate Cemetery, Additional Soldiers, compiled by Edward G. Gerdes.
Joseph died before his company had engaged in a battle. Camp Hope was a central staging point in central Arkansas for Confederate troops gathering from Texas and Arkansas. The camp was renamed for Brigadier General Allison Nelson who was in command of the 10th Texas Infantry Regiment.
During the fall of 1862 an epidemic of measles and typhoid fever ran rampant through the troops congregated there. Approximately 1,500 Arkansas and Texas soldiers died of disease during a two month period including Joseph Carpenter, his brother John D. Carpenter and Brigadier General Nelson himself.
These soldiers were buried in unmarked graves in the surrounding hills.
Died of Measles. Buried at Camp Nelson Confederate Cemetery, Lonoke Co., AR or in nearby hills.
Source:
Wikipedia and Camp Nelson Confederate Cemetery, Additional Soldiers, compiled by Edward G. Gerdes.
Pvt, Co. K, 17th Texas Inf, CSA
Joseph died before his company had engaged in a battle. Camp Hope was a central staging point in central Arkansas for Confederate troops gathering from Texas and Arkansas. The camp was renamed for Brigadier General Allison Nelson who was in command of the 10th Texas Infantry Regiment.
During the fall of 1862 an epidemic of measles and typhoid fever ran rampant through the troops congregated there. Approximately 1,500 Arkansas and Texas soldiers died of disease during a two month period including Joseph Carpenter, his brother John D. Carpenter and Brigadier General Nelson himself.
These soldiers were buried in unmarked graves in the surrounding hills.
Died of Measles. Buried at Camp Nelson Confederate Cemetery, Lonoke Co., AR or in nearby hills.
Source:
Wikipedia and Camp Nelson Confederate Cemetery, Additional Soldiers, compiled by Edward G. Gerdes.
Joseph died before his company had engaged in a battle. Camp Hope was a central staging point in central Arkansas for Confederate troops gathering from Texas and Arkansas. The camp was renamed for Brigadier General Allison Nelson who was in command of the 10th Texas Infantry Regiment.
During the fall of 1862 an epidemic of measles and typhoid fever ran rampant through the troops congregated there. Approximately 1,500 Arkansas and Texas soldiers died of disease during a two month period including Joseph Carpenter, his brother John D. Carpenter and Brigadier General Nelson himself.
These soldiers were buried in unmarked graves in the surrounding hills.
Died of Measles. Buried at Camp Nelson Confederate Cemetery, Lonoke Co., AR or in nearby hills.
Source:
Wikipedia and Camp Nelson Confederate Cemetery, Additional Soldiers, compiled by Edward G. Gerdes.
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