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Pvt Alexander Washer Barber Veteran

Birth
Jefferson County, Indiana, USA
Death
2 Aug 1863 (aged 29)
Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi, USA
Burial
Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
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Civil War Veteran
Co F 38th Iowa Infantry
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From military records:
Barber, Alexander W. Age 28. Residence West Union, Iowa - nativity Indiana. Enlisted Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered Nov. 4, 1862. Died of disease Aug. 2, 1863, on steamer "Ohio Belle," Vicksburg, Miss.
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Based on others who died at Vicksburg, assume interred in Vicksburg National Cemetery. Large numbers of headboards were no longer legible or vandalized by the time stone markers were placed. He may be marked as an unknown.
Civil War Veteran
Co F 38th Iowa Infantry
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From military records:
Barber, Alexander W. Age 28. Residence West Union, Iowa - nativity Indiana. Enlisted Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered Nov. 4, 1862. Died of disease Aug. 2, 1863, on steamer "Ohio Belle," Vicksburg, Miss.
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Based on others who died at Vicksburg, assume interred in Vicksburg National Cemetery. Large numbers of headboards were no longer legible or vandalized by the time stone markers were placed. He may be marked as an unknown.

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