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Pvt Daniel Gracy

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Pvt Daniel Gracy

Birth
North Carolina, USA
Death
15 Dec 1864 (aged 18–19)
Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
Plot
"Unknown" Burial Trench
Memorial ID
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Residence:Cochransville,PA

Enlistment Age-19. Farmer

Enlisted: Jan 1,1864 at Fernandina,FLA.

Mustered in Mar 15,1864 at Fernandina,FLA. Private

Mustered into Co "B" 97th PA Infantry

Died while a POW at Salisbury Prison,NC.

POW, (No date or Place)Private Daniel Gracey, a farmer from Cochranville; enlisted in Company B, 97th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry at the age of 19, on Aug. 30, 1861, for 3 yrs. He re-enlisted as a veteran at Fernandina, Florida on March 15, 1864, to date from Jan. 1, 1864; and he was captured in action at Strawberry Plains, Va., on Aug. 16, 1864; He died of starvation while a prisoner at Salisbury, N. C, Dec. 15, 1864; and his burial was recorded on Dec. 31, 1864.

From the "History of the Ninety-seventh regiment, Pennsylvania volunteer infantry", By  Isaiah Price.
Residence:Cochransville,PA

Enlistment Age-19. Farmer

Enlisted: Jan 1,1864 at Fernandina,FLA.

Mustered in Mar 15,1864 at Fernandina,FLA. Private

Mustered into Co "B" 97th PA Infantry

Died while a POW at Salisbury Prison,NC.

POW, (No date or Place)Private Daniel Gracey, a farmer from Cochranville; enlisted in Company B, 97th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry at the age of 19, on Aug. 30, 1861, for 3 yrs. He re-enlisted as a veteran at Fernandina, Florida on March 15, 1864, to date from Jan. 1, 1864; and he was captured in action at Strawberry Plains, Va., on Aug. 16, 1864; He died of starvation while a prisoner at Salisbury, N. C, Dec. 15, 1864; and his burial was recorded on Dec. 31, 1864.

From the "History of the Ninety-seventh regiment, Pennsylvania volunteer infantry", By  Isaiah Price.

Gravesite Details

PA Civil War Card Files 1861-1866. Personal Research


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