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William Elihu Spencer

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William Elihu Spencer

Birth
Huron, Wayne County, New York, USA
Death
26 Sep 1862 (aged 19)
Memphis, DeSoto County, Mississippi, USA
Burial
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He died aboard the the steamship, Sunshine, near
Helena, AR

Private, Company G, 1st WS Cavalry, Volunteer, Union, Civil War He died 26 Sept 1862 on route from Helena, Arkansas to Memphis, Tn by reason of bloody diarrhea (typhoid fever) on board steamship Sunshine. He enrolled 1 Oct 1861, Appleton, WS, for three years. Apparantly he was unmarried as his mother claimed him for pension. Ref: Military and Pension Records, National Archives, Washington, DC I have his picture in uniform from the US Army Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks, PA First Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment
He died aboard the the steamship, Sunshine, near
Helena, AR

Private, Company G, 1st WS Cavalry, Volunteer, Union, Civil War He died 26 Sept 1862 on route from Helena, Arkansas to Memphis, Tn by reason of bloody diarrhea (typhoid fever) on board steamship Sunshine. He enrolled 1 Oct 1861, Appleton, WS, for three years. Apparantly he was unmarried as his mother claimed him for pension. Ref: Military and Pension Records, National Archives, Washington, DC I have his picture in uniform from the US Army Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks, PA First Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment


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