Posted By:	Suzanne Kirklin
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	Subject:	Spious Ward of Bedford Co, TN died in Civil War
	Post Date:	April 08, 2011 at 08:09:56
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	Forum:	Bedford County, TN Genealogy Forum
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Spious Ward b. 28 Jun 1843 Bedford Co, TN, son of Burrell Jr. Ward and Lavonia Catherine Cooper. Family records indicate he died at Gettysburg PA 26 Jul 1863. His unit did not fight at Gettysburg. However his service record shows that he was captured in Tullahoma, TN, sent to Camp Chase, OH, then to Ft. Delaware, and died at the US Army Hospital at Chester, PA and was buried at the Chester Cemetery. (It was probably assumed by family that if he died in the Civil War in Pennsylvania, it must have been at Gettysburg.) ------------------------------------------------------------ Compiled Confederate US Service Records [footnote.com] Spirous/Shirous/Cyrus Ward Pvt, Co. I, 4th Reg't. TN Cavalry (McLemore's) CSA Enlisted 15 Nov 1862, Nolansville, TN Remarks: Left on the retreat from Tullahoma, July 1 Captured 28 Jun 1863, Tullahoma, TN Received at Military Prison, Louisville, KY, 7 Jul 1863 from Nashville, TN Forwarded to Camp Chase, OH 7 Jul 1863 Received at Camp Chase, OH 8 Jul 1863 Transferred to Ft. Delaware 14 Jul 1863 Received at Ft. Delaware 14 Jul 1863 Sent to US Hospital at Chester, PA 25 Jul 1863 Died 26 July 1863 of chronic diarrhea Grave #55 Chester Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.oldchesterpa.com/crc/crcindex.htm Chester Rural Cemetery, Delaware Co, PA                      Ward, Spius Permit#:6310       Section: RM       Lot: Row 25        Grave:___