Cunningham, J.A.

Soldier:  James A. Cunningham

Regiment:  96th. OVI                 

Company:  C

Age:  18                       

Date Entering Service:  July 29, 1862

Period of Service:  3 years

Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):

Died of disease on April 10, 1863 at Memphis, Tennessee.

Battles in which he fought:

Chickasaw Bluffs, Miss.                           Dec. 28-29, 1862

Arkansas Post, Ark.                                            Jan. 11, 1863

Other interesting information discovered:

While James Cunningham would have enlisted at Cardington, there are no records of his residency there.  His mother file for his pension on February 11, 1887.

Date of Death:  April 10, 1863            

Place of burial:  Mississippi River National Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn

Adopted By:  JH and CP Hill                                           Researcher:  Patrick Drouhard


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