Person:Judson Scruggs (1)

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Sgt. Judson Perier "Parson JP" Scruggs
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Name Sgt. Judson Perier "Parson JP" Scruggs
Gender Male
Birth? 21 Mar 1833 Spartanburg (district), South Carolina, United States
Marriage Bef 1853 to Mary Catherine Petty
Military? 1864 South CarolinaSergeant with Company K, Cavalry Battalion, Holcombe Legion of South Carolina
Military? 7 Oct 1864 Elmira, Chemung, New York, United Statesone of the ten escapees during the "Famous Escape" from Elmira Prison Camp
Death? 19 Feb 1906 Camden, Ouachita, Arkansas, United States
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  1.   Recorded, in Holmes, Clay W. (Clayton Wood). The Elmira prison camp: a history of the military prison at Elmira, New York, July 6, 1864 to July 10, 1865; with an appendix containing the names of Confederate prisoners buried in Woodlawn National Cemetery. (New York, London: G.P. Putnam, 1912)
    169, 170, 173, 177, 179, 187, 196, 205, 206, 208, 218, 227, 371.
    Sgt. Judson P Scruggs
  2.   Recorded, in Scruggs, C. Eugene. Tramping with the Legion: A Carolina Rebel's Story.