Advertisement

PVT James Forsyth

Advertisement

PVT James Forsyth

Birth
Shotts, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
Death
21 Jul 1864 (aged 24)
Burial
Andersonville National Historic Site, Macon County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Row: 3742
Memorial ID
View Source
Private, Company H, 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Enlisted on November 18, 1862. Captured, date unknown. Died of chronic diarrhea in prison at Andersonville, Georgia, on July 24, 1864. Andersonville prisoner of war records list date of death as July 21, 1864. Also listed as Forsyth.

Wife Amelia Forsyth filed for a widow's pension on May 15, 1865, application number 93,797, certificate number 63,866. Guardian M. B. Stotter filed for a minor's pension on March 14, 1868, application number 158,747, certificate number 118,519.
Private, Company H, 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Enlisted on November 18, 1862. Captured, date unknown. Died of chronic diarrhea in prison at Andersonville, Georgia, on July 24, 1864. Andersonville prisoner of war records list date of death as July 21, 1864. Also listed as Forsyth.

Wife Amelia Forsyth filed for a widow's pension on May 15, 1865, application number 93,797, certificate number 63,866. Guardian M. B. Stotter filed for a minor's pension on March 14, 1868, application number 158,747, certificate number 118,519.

Gravesite Details

PVT H 18 PA CAV



Advertisement

  • Created by: John C. Anderson
  • Added: Apr 15, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51154830/james-forsyth: accessed ), memorial page for PVT James Forsyth (18 Aug 1839–21 Jul 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 51154830, citing Andersonville National Cemetery, Andersonville National Historic Site, Macon County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by John C. Anderson (contributor 47208015).