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Sgt. Judson Perier "Parson JP" Scruggs
Facts and Events
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 |
Image Gallery
Survivors Reunion in 1912. (Scruggs was deceased by this time.)
References
- 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 - Recorded, in Scruggs, C. Eugene. Tramping with the Legion: A Carolina Rebel's Story.
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