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PVT William W. Symms

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PVT William W. Symms Veteran

Birth
Lacolle, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
Death
6 Sep 1864 (aged 22)
Andersonville National Historic Site, Macon County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Andersonville National Historic Site, Macon County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section H, Site 7954
Memorial ID
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Enlisted at age 19 on May 20, 1861, and was mustered in on June 8, 1861, into Co. D, 3rd Iowa Infantry; he re-enlisted on February 2, 1864; he was captured at Canton Mississippi, on February 27, 1864, and died of disease while a POW.

Residence Burr Oak, IA.

Memorial Cenotaph

Held at the prison site of Cahaba, Alabama and later taken to the Andersonville Prison where he died.
Enlisted at age 19 on May 20, 1861, and was mustered in on June 8, 1861, into Co. D, 3rd Iowa Infantry; he re-enlisted on February 2, 1864; he was captured at Canton Mississippi, on February 27, 1864, and died of disease while a POW.

Residence Burr Oak, IA.

Memorial Cenotaph

Held at the prison site of Cahaba, Alabama and later taken to the Andersonville Prison where he died.


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