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Napoleon Gibson

Private Army Civil War

Army
Army
Private
Private
Branch of Service
Army
Rank
Private
Unit
96th OVI, Co. K
Conflict / Era
Civil War
Years of Service
04/18/1864
Date of Death
04/18/1864
Hometown
UNKNOWN, OH
Burial Location
Alexandria National Cemetery, Alexandria, VA
Monument Paver
No
Township (entering service)
UNKNOWN
Township (current / at death)
UNKNOWN
School
UNKNOWN
Status
Killed in Action, Prisoner of War
When
POW 04/08/1864;KIA 04/18/1864
Where
POW Sabine Cross Roads, LA;KIA Mansfield, LA
Record Authenticated
Yes

Biography

School: UNKNOWN. wounded in right shoulder and taken prisoner, 4/8/1864, Sabine Cross Roads, LA; died of wounds while POW, 4/18/1864; buried in Gravesite 5-64, Alexandria National Cemetery; Beers lists DOD as 4/16/1864

Source: Beers, Record 500; Civil War Soldiers System; American Civil War Research Database