One of my ancestors died November 22, 1864, in Columbia, Tenn. He was with the 124th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which was retreating. His name was Egbert Oswald Hicks (born Hixon). He died of malaria which he had caught in 1862 during the Peninsular Campaign when he was with a Mass. unit. He was last seen at a railroad station. His wife was not told where he was buried. It is likely that he was buried with the unknown dead. If there are any lists of US soldiers buried in that area at that time, I'm interested. Thanks for any leads! Carol Botteron <botteron@alum.mit.edu> Maintainer, Civil War Units File

Carol, According to Dyer's Compendium, the 124th OVI was still in Athens, Ga on Nov 22, 1864; they started their march to Columbia Tennessee on November 23, 1864. http://www.ohiocivilwar.com/cw124.html Are you sure of his death date and place? Do you know the circumstances surrounding his death, i. e., died in battle, in hospital, died of disease, etc? Have you checked the on-line database of burials in National Cemeteries? As you are probably aware, there was a major project at the close of the civil war to re-inter union soldiers from the battlefields, original burial grounds, to newly created National Cemeteries. http://www.interment.net/us/nat/veterans.htm Jim Gilmer -------Original Message------- From: CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com Date: Friday, December 05, 2003 19:56:19 To: CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [CIVIL-WAR] Columbia, Tenn., burial 1864? One of my ancestors died November 22, 1864, in Columbia, Tenn. He was with the 124th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which was retreating. His name was Egbert Oswald Hicks (born Hixon). He died of malaria which he had caught in 1862 during the Peninsular Campaign when he was with a Mass. unit. He was last seen at a railroad station. His wife was not told where he was buried. It is likely that he was buried with the unknown dead. If there are any lists of US soldiers buried in that area at that time, I'm interested. Thanks for any leads! Carol Botteron <botteron@alum.mit.edu> Maintainer, Civil War Units File ==== 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 .

Carol Botteron wrote: > > One of my ancestors died November 22, 1864, in Columbia, Tenn. > He was with the 124th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which was retreating. -------------------------------------- Soldiers buried around Columbia were reinterred at Stones River Nat'l Cem. during 1866-67. He's not listed but several unknowns were brought in from Columbia. Dennis