In Remembrance --- Sunday June 28, 1863 Pvt. John Lipe, 32, b. Jackson Co., IL, Co. B 81st IL Inf., Murphysboro, IL married farmer Of dropsy of the pericardium in regimental hospital at Vicksburg, MS Burial unknown “Tuesday, June 30, 1863 --- To-day we had a sudden death in our company. John Lipe had only been returned from the hospital a few days. This morning, he was going about and said he felt better, but in the evening, he was found dead just outside of his tent, supposed to be from sunstroke. 1st Lt. Edmund Newsome Co. B 81st IL Inf.” “Experience in the War of the great Rebellion,” second edition, Edmund Newsome, publisher, Carbondale, Illinois, 188.0 p. 69 He married Delilia Jane Walker on April 21, 1853 in Jackson Co., IL. The couple had four children; Thomas born February 6, 1854, James E. born June 2, 1856, Daniel born February 1, 1858, and John born December 1, 1860. A widow’s pension was admitted to Delilia on September 23, 1864 for $8.00 per month. **** Pvt. Hugh C. Crawford, 18, b. Gallatin Co., IL, Co. E 110th IL Inf., Raleigh, Saline Co., IL single farmer Of chronic diarrhea in Hickory Street General Hospital at St. Louis, MO (charge of desertion removed) Buried Camp Butler National Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon Co., IL His mother Celina Crawford successfully filed for a pension on June 29, 1880. **** Pvt. James Stokes, 27, b. Union Co., IL, Co. C 11th IL Inf., Residence and marital status unlisted farmer Of wounds received at Vicksburg, MS (transferred from Co. E 109th IL Inf.,) in Gayoso General Hospital at Memphis, TN Burial unknown He married Tabitha J. Threat on December 19, 1861 in Union Co., IL. The couple had one child, James born February 2, 1863. A widow’s pension was admitted to Tabitha on June 18, 1864. She remarried Alexander L. Penniger on March 16, 1865. A minor’s pension was then applied for and was admitted April 10, 1866. ****
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