James, a Private in Company B, 19th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, was taken Prisoner of War on 15 Oct 1863 by Confederate troops near Bristoe Station [Bristow], Virginia. At the time of his capture, he had been nursing a severely sprained ankle and suffering with diarrhea. He was, therefore, unable to escape when the Confederates attacked his unit.
James was taken to Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia, where he soon ended up in the hospital section. James suffered for months in horrendous living conditions before finally succumbing to chronic diarrhea or dysentery.
Union soldiers that died at Libby Prison were buried at Oakwood Cemetery. That burial is the last recorded burial of James' body, according to historical family records. In 1866, the federal government relocated the bodies of most Union soldiers to Richmond National Cemetery. James' remains probably were moved there, too, and put in an unmarked grave, or otherwise marked as unknown. There is no record of James Kent's remains ever being relocated, but the government would not have been able to identify one Union soldier from another, since the South just dumped their bodies together into mass graves. Whether James' remains actually made it in to Richmond National Cemetery will forever be unknown.
James was taken to Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia, where he soon ended up in the hospital section. James suffered for months in horrendous living conditions before finally succumbing to chronic diarrhea or dysentery.
Union soldiers that died at Libby Prison were buried at Oakwood Cemetery. That burial is the last recorded burial of James' body, according to historical family records. In 1866, the federal government relocated the bodies of most Union soldiers to Richmond National Cemetery. James' remains probably were moved there, too, and put in an unmarked grave, or otherwise marked as unknown. There is no record of James Kent's remains ever being relocated, but the government would not have been able to identify one Union soldier from another, since the South just dumped their bodies together into mass graves. Whether James' remains actually made it in to Richmond National Cemetery will forever be unknown.
James, a Private in Company B, 19th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, was taken Prisoner of War on 15 Oct 1863 by Confederate troops near Bristoe Station [Bristow], Virginia. At the time of his capture, he had been nursing a severely sprained ankle and suffering with diarrhea. He was, therefore, unable to escape when the Confederates attacked his unit.
James was taken to Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia, where he soon ended up in the hospital section. James suffered for months in horrendous living conditions before finally succumbing to chronic diarrhea or dysentery.
Union soldiers that died at Libby Prison were buried at Oakwood Cemetery. That burial is the last recorded burial of James' body, according to historical family records. In 1866, the federal government relocated the bodies of most Union soldiers to Richmond National Cemetery. James' remains probably were moved there, too, and put in an unmarked grave, or otherwise marked as unknown. There is no record of James Kent's remains ever being relocated, but the government would not have been able to identify one Union soldier from another, since the South just dumped their bodies together into mass graves. Whether James' remains actually made it in to Richmond National Cemetery will forever be unknown.
James was taken to Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia, where he soon ended up in the hospital section. James suffered for months in horrendous living conditions before finally succumbing to chronic diarrhea or dysentery.
Union soldiers that died at Libby Prison were buried at Oakwood Cemetery. That burial is the last recorded burial of James' body, according to historical family records. In 1866, the federal government relocated the bodies of most Union soldiers to Richmond National Cemetery. James' remains probably were moved there, too, and put in an unmarked grave, or otherwise marked as unknown. There is no record of James Kent's remains ever being relocated, but the government would not have been able to identify one Union soldier from another, since the South just dumped their bodies together into mass graves. Whether James' remains actually made it in to Richmond National Cemetery will forever be unknown.
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