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John H. Mackey

Birth Date: 1837

Date of Death: November 17, 1864 from scorbutus while a Prisoner of War
at Andersonville Prison, Georgia

Enlistment Date: at Brooklyn, New York to serve 3 years (aged 25 years).

Mustered In: October 14, 1862 as Private

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Company: D

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Taken Prisoner: Missing In Action - July 1, 1863 at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Returned - December 25, 1863
Captured - June 2, 1864 at the Battle of Cold Harbor, Bethesda Church, Virginia

Details: Imprisoned - at Andersonville Prison, Georgia

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Subsequent Service: Transferred - June 2, 1864 to Fifth New York Veteran Infantry, Company I.

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  • Sources:
    The History of the Fighting Fourteenth by Tevis & Marquis.
    We Came to Fight - The History of the 5th New York Veteran Infantry by Patrick A. Schroeder.
    Andersonville WebSite.

  • John is buried in Grave 12069, Andersonville Prison, Georgia
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