Here are a few more details on John Taggart , 17th Mass. Code No: 12167 Grave No: 2167 Last Name: TAGGART First Name: JOHN Rank: PRIVATE Company: E Regiment: 17 State: MA Branch of Service: INFANTRY Date of Death: 6/19/1864 Cause of Death: DIARRHEA Remarks: JOHN TAGGERD, GRAVE 2067 [3] Reference*: p 22 [3]; p 312 [33] Place Captured: BATCHELDERS CR., NC Date Captured: 2/1/1864 Alternate Names: TAGGERD Status: DIED AT ANDERSONVILLE More Information Available: NO Please visit my website dedicated to those Americans who were imprisoned and died in captivity while in the service to our country Kevin Frye Local Andersonville Historian / National Park Service Volunteer http://www.angelfire.com/ga2/Andersonvilleprison/index.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Gilmer" <jimgilmer@alaweb.com> To: <CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2003 12:35 AM Subject: Re: [CIVIL-WAR] Re: CIVIL-WAR-D Digest V03 #170 > The only John Taggart I could find on Ancestry.com who died as a POW, is > this soldier: > > John Taggart > > > Residence:Haverhill, MassachusettsOccupation:Shoemaker > Service Record: > Enlisted as a Private on 10 July 1861 at the age of 30 > Enlisted in Company E, 17th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 22 July 1861. > POW on 01 February 1864 at Batchelder's Creek, NC > Died of disease while a POW Company E, 17th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts > on 19 June 1864 in Andersonville, GA > > > Jim Gilmer > > > -------Original Message------- > > From: CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Saturday, August 02, 2003 08:29:31 PM > To: CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [CIVIL-WAR] Re: CIVIL-WAR-D Digest V03 #170 > > Hi, I sure hope someone can give me some ideas on where I can search for the > info I'm listing below, I have no idea on what to do. > > John Taggart, born 1843 was in the Union Army, it has been pasted down that > he died in a Southern prison, now his parents Robert Taggart and wife > Elizabeth > received a pension under John pension file, Now Robert and Elizabeth lived > in > Canada untill about 1881 when they moved to MI in Grindstone city wnere > Robert opened a Weaving shop or maybe worked in one, Now Elizabeth died in > Port > Austin in Huron county MI and Robert lived with his son Clark in Antrim MI > and > later moved back to Listowel, Perth county Ontario wher he died in 1911. > Now his son John was born in Huron county Ontario, so were not sure if > John joint the war in Canada, MI or PA. We have no idea on how to find out > to > search for Johns Union record or maybe there is something under his fathers > name, Robert Taggart. I'm realy lost. > > Sue > > > ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from list mode, email CIVIL-WAR-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com > and in the text area of the message, type only the word > unsubscribe > > . > > > > ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from list mode, email CIVIL-WAR-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com > and in the text area of the message, type only the word > unsubscribe >