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Sgt William H Kimbrell

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Sgt William H Kimbrell Veteran

Birth
Roane County, Tennessee, USA
Death
26 Feb 1863 (aged 27–28)
Helena, Phillips County, Arkansas, USA
Burial
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
Plot
SECTION A SITE 2277
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Civil War Veteran
Co I 29th Iowa Infantry
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From military records:
Kimbrell, William H.
Age 27.
Residence Panora,Iowa
nativity Tennessee.
Enlisted Aug. 7, 1862 as First Sergeant.
Mustered Aug. 12, 1862
Died of disease Feb. 26, 1863, Helena, Ark.
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Body exhumed. Moved to Memphis Nat. Cemetery in 1867.
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Based on enlistment , his service included muster at Camp Dodge, Council Bluffs,IA. Guarding prison at Benton Barracks,Mo until Dec 25,1862.
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(Large numbers of the soldiers became ill on the several day journey by overcrowded riverboats to Helena. When they arrived they faced inadequate food, clothing and epidemics of Typhoid, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, etc. while living in tents pitched on mud floors. The sick and death list at Helena for all the Iowa regiments was horrendous)
Civil War Veteran
Co I 29th Iowa Infantry
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From military records:
Kimbrell, William H.
Age 27.
Residence Panora,Iowa
nativity Tennessee.
Enlisted Aug. 7, 1862 as First Sergeant.
Mustered Aug. 12, 1862
Died of disease Feb. 26, 1863, Helena, Ark.
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Body exhumed. Moved to Memphis Nat. Cemetery in 1867.
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Based on enlistment , his service included muster at Camp Dodge, Council Bluffs,IA. Guarding prison at Benton Barracks,Mo until Dec 25,1862.
-----------------
(Large numbers of the soldiers became ill on the several day journey by overcrowded riverboats to Helena. When they arrived they faced inadequate food, clothing and epidemics of Typhoid, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, etc. while living in tents pitched on mud floors. The sick and death list at Helena for all the Iowa regiments was horrendous)

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