Dennis, He is on record at Andersonville but his record is short and basic. Code No.: 43890 Grave No.: 0 Last Name: DULEY First Name: GEORGE F. Rank: PRIVATE Company: B Regiment: 2 State: MA Branch of Service: CAVALRY Date of Death: Cause of Death: Remarks: DIED 10/04/64 @ SAVANNAH, GA Reference: p 239 [37] Place Captured: Date Captured: Alternate Names: More Information Available: NO - ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you have any documents about George you wish to get added to his file so other researchers can find them, please let me know as I have the where and who to send copies. May I suggest a family tree connecting you to him? I have found many records containing such items for other descendants of prisoners which lead to family connections. Please let me know if there is anything I can do for you as all of my research is Volunteer. Kevin Please visit my website which is dedicated to those Civil War Prisoners of war who were held Union and Confederate Prisoner of War Camps. http://www.angelfire.com/ga2/Andersonvilleprison/index.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis J. Francis" <fran@ees.eesc.com> To: <CIVIL-WAR-IRISH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2000 11:17 PM Subject: [CIVIL-WAR-IRISH] George Duley > Pat0817@aol.com wrote: > > > > Do you have any suggestions for finding the buriel place of my ancester, > > George duley, died at Savannah GA. 1864. We think he was at Andersonville > > and transferred but have been able to find very little information. Thanks > > hopefully Pat Y in Tampa Bay > ------------------------------- > MA records show a George F. Duley, who enlisted on 22 Sep 1863 into > Company B, 2nd MA Cavalry. At time of enlistment, he was 20 yrs old, > resided in Ashland, and was a farmer. > He died a POW on 4 Oct 1864 at Savannah GA. > > NPS database shows him as being confined at Andersonville for an > unspecified time, but not > buried there, and confirms his dying at Savannah 4 Oct. > He does not appear in the on-line listings for Beaufort, Florence, or > Marietta Nat'l Cemeteries. > > But here's something from "Civil War Prisons: A Study in War Psychology" > by William B. Hesseltine, 1971 printing (originally published in 1930), > New York: > > "On September 5, orders came to send the prisoners (at Andersonville) > away > immediately...to Charleston and Savannah...The prisoners sent to > Savannah were > quartered in a stockade on the grounds of the old United States Marine > Hospital. As at Charleston the prisoners received treatment far > exceeding > their experiences in Andersonville. The food was better, and their > quarters > were tents. > ->> "There are but two graves of Federal prisoners at this place. (!!!) > "But Savannah was open to the same objections as Charleston, and October > 10, > the prisoners were removed to the prison at Millen (GA)." > > Maybe SKS in Savannah can check this out for you. > > In "Cahaba to Charleston: The Prison Odyssey of Lt. Edmund E. Ryan" by > William M. Armstrong ("Civil War Prisons", William B. Hesseltine, ed., > 1962, Kent State University), mention is made of Camp Davidson, a > stockaded enclosure located on the edge of Savannah. I'm not sure if > this is the same place as the one mentioned above. > > George's father, Joseph D. Duley, applied for a survivor's pension in > Aug 1881, application 285117, but the index card says he was in Co D, > not B. > > Some links and leads: > Andersonville National Historic Site (NPS) - > http://www.nps.gov/ande/ > > 2nd Mass Cavalry - > http://members.home.net/reunion/index.htm > > Georgia CW Commission (you can do an on-line query here) - > http://www.ganet.org/civilwar/ > > Georgia Historical Society - > http://www.georgiahistory.com/ > > Savannah History Association > 303 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd > Savannah GA 31401-4217 > > Dennis > mailto:fran@ees.eesc.com > > > ==== CIVIL-WAR-IRISH Mailing List ==== > "Remember Ireland and Fontenoy!" > Irish War Cry > > ============================== > Get Free Access to all Ancestry.com Databases from Dec 7 until Dec 21!http://www.ancestry.com/home/celebrate/freeaccess.htm?sourcecode=736 >