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Pvt John Austin Gage

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Pvt John Austin Gage

Birth
Bastrop County, Texas, USA
Death
12 Feb 1865 (aged 24)
Aiken, Aiken County, South Carolina, USA
Burial
Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
Plot
BURIED ON CONFEDERATE SQUARE #2 - ROW 3, GRAVE 30
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John Austin Gage, a son of Moses and Elizabeth [née Goodwin] Gage, was born in the bounds of Bastrop County, Texas on September 1st 1840.

John A. Gage enlisted as a Private in Co. D, 8th Regiment, Texas Cavalry, September 1861 in Bastrop County, Texas. This union was known as Terry's Rangers. Pvt. Gage served under the command of Capt. Stephen C. Ferrell.

Pvt. John Austin Gage was mortally wounded during the Battle of Aiken on February 12th 1865. He was laid to rest in The City Cemetery in Augusta, Georgia alongside his brethren-in-arms in the Confederate Soldier's section.





Note:
The Confederate section, near the east wall,
includes the graves of 337 Confederate
soldiers. Nearby rest the remains of a
handful of Union soldiers.
John Austin Gage, a son of Moses and Elizabeth [née Goodwin] Gage, was born in the bounds of Bastrop County, Texas on September 1st 1840.

John A. Gage enlisted as a Private in Co. D, 8th Regiment, Texas Cavalry, September 1861 in Bastrop County, Texas. This union was known as Terry's Rangers. Pvt. Gage served under the command of Capt. Stephen C. Ferrell.

Pvt. John Austin Gage was mortally wounded during the Battle of Aiken on February 12th 1865. He was laid to rest in The City Cemetery in Augusta, Georgia alongside his brethren-in-arms in the Confederate Soldier's section.





Note:
The Confederate section, near the east wall,
includes the graves of 337 Confederate
soldiers. Nearby rest the remains of a
handful of Union soldiers.


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  • Added: Aug 10, 2014
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134142919/john_austin-gage: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt John Austin Gage (1 Sep 1840–12 Feb 1865), Find a Grave Memorial ID 134142919, citing Magnolia Cemetery, Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by GMG (contributor 47391530).