Person:Peter Simmons (6)

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Peter M Simmons
b.Abt 1838 Stokes, North Carolina, United States
d.29 Sep 1864 Elmira, Chemung, New York, United States
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Name Peter M Simmons
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1838 Stokes, North Carolina, United States
Military[1] 4 May 1861 North CarolinaEnlisted, Private 2nd North Carolina Infantry (Civil War)/Company A
Military[1] 1864 Point Lookout, Saint Mary's, Maryland, United StatesPoint Lookout Prison Camp
Military[1] 1864 Elmira, Chemung, New York, United StatesElmira Prison Camp
Death[1] 29 Sep 1864 Elmira, Chemung, New York, United Statesdied at Elmira Prison Camp
Burial? pos Woodlawn Cemetery
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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Recorded, in Elmira Prison Camp OnLine Library.

    Simmons, Peter M.
    2nd NC Inf Co. A
    He served in Co. A, 2nd Battalion N.C. Infantry: Resided in Stokes County (NC) where he enlisted at age 23, May 4, 1861, for twelve months. …. captured near Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia May 10, 1864, and confined at Point Lookout, Maryland until transferred to Elmira, New York, August 14, 1864, Died at Elmira, September 29, 1864, of "chronic diarrhoea." (N.C. Troops 1861-1865, Vol. III, p. 276)
    Information submitted by Richard Simmons.

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