Person:George Lewis (28)

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George Washington Lewis
b.27 Apr 1838 Marion, Illinois, United States
d.22 Nov 1864 Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States
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  1. George Washington LewisAbt 1854 - 1933
  2. James Madison Lewis1858 - 1940
  3. William Harrison Lewis1862 - 1940
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Name George Washington Lewis
Gender Male
Birth? 27 Apr 1838 Marion, Illinois, United States
Marriage to Mary LuElla Tabor
Death? 22 Nov 1864 Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States
Burial? National Military Cemetery of Chattanooga (plot G site 8433)

Civil War veteran--Captured July 1864, as the 111 Illinois Infantry, Company F, was advancing on Atlanta ... their unit was to be the one to raise the flag in Atlanta, GA ... Held prisoner in Andersonville Prison, he escaped only to die in a Chattanooga Hospital of dysentery.

A photo of his tombstone can be found on FindAGrave.com.

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  1.   George Lewis tombstone and memorial page, in Find A Grave.
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