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Pvt Sylvester Bailey

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Pvt Sylvester Bailey Veteran

Birth
Ohio, USA
Death
22 Jul 1864 (aged 17–18)
Atlanta, DeKalb County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
Plot
F-4802
Memorial ID
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Pvt Co E 78th Ohio Infantry.
Killed in battle of Atlanta, Ga.

BAILEY, SYLVESTER
DATE OF DEATH: 07/22/1864
BURIED AT: SECTION F SITE 4802
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In battlefield interment record, his grave was originally marked as Unknown. Name and regiment were written in later. There are 3 Unknowns between Pvt Bailey and Pvt A. Higler Co E 68th Ohio (F-4806).

XVII Army Corps, 3rd Division
Field Hospital
4 Unknowns F-4790 to F-4793
Enoch P Wood, Co C 12th Wis
5 Unknowns F-4795 to F-4799
Clement A Boughton, Co E 12th Wis
Andrew Dowden, Co B 12th Wis
Sylvester Bailey, Co E 78th Ohio
3 Unknowns F-4803 to F-4805
Austin Higler, Sgt Co E 68th Ohio
Arnold Davis, Co A 20th Ohio
Shep Richardson, Co C 20th Illinois
6 Unknowns F-4809 to F-4814

Have not found the graves of the following:
William Richards, Co B 12th Wisconsin
William Stowell, Co E 12th Wisconsin
William Crager, Co A 20th Illinois

Home in 1860 Harrison, Muskingum, Ohio
Household Members (Name) Age
Archibald Bailey 57
Malvina Bailey 44
David Bailey 21
Martha Bailey 16
Sylvester Bailey 14
Archibald Bailey 9
Benjamin Bailey 6
Mary Bailey 1/12

His mother, Melvina Bailey, filed for a Mother's pension, 5 May 1879. His father, Archibald Bailey, died in 1876 according to Ohio, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1786-1998 for Archibald Bailey, filed in Morgan County, Ohio.
Pvt Co E 78th Ohio Infantry.
Killed in battle of Atlanta, Ga.

BAILEY, SYLVESTER
DATE OF DEATH: 07/22/1864
BURIED AT: SECTION F SITE 4802
-VA gravesite locator

In battlefield interment record, his grave was originally marked as Unknown. Name and regiment were written in later. There are 3 Unknowns between Pvt Bailey and Pvt A. Higler Co E 68th Ohio (F-4806).

XVII Army Corps, 3rd Division
Field Hospital
4 Unknowns F-4790 to F-4793
Enoch P Wood, Co C 12th Wis
5 Unknowns F-4795 to F-4799
Clement A Boughton, Co E 12th Wis
Andrew Dowden, Co B 12th Wis
Sylvester Bailey, Co E 78th Ohio
3 Unknowns F-4803 to F-4805
Austin Higler, Sgt Co E 68th Ohio
Arnold Davis, Co A 20th Ohio
Shep Richardson, Co C 20th Illinois
6 Unknowns F-4809 to F-4814

Have not found the graves of the following:
William Richards, Co B 12th Wisconsin
William Stowell, Co E 12th Wisconsin
William Crager, Co A 20th Illinois

Home in 1860 Harrison, Muskingum, Ohio
Household Members (Name) Age
Archibald Bailey 57
Malvina Bailey 44
David Bailey 21
Martha Bailey 16
Sylvester Bailey 14
Archibald Bailey 9
Benjamin Bailey 6
Mary Bailey 1/12

His mother, Melvina Bailey, filed for a Mother's pension, 5 May 1879. His father, Archibald Bailey, died in 1876 according to Ohio, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1786-1998 for Archibald Bailey, filed in Morgan County, Ohio.

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  • Created by: Janet
  • Added: Jul 26, 2008
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28545020/sylvester-bailey: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt Sylvester Bailey (1846–22 Jul 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 28545020, citing Marietta National Cemetery, Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Janet (contributor 46573654).