In Remembrance --- Wednesday, July 8, 1863 Pvt. James E. Ritchie, b. TN, Co. H 81st IL Inf., Marion, Williamson Co., IL married farmer Of typhoid fever in hospital at Vicksburg, MS Burial unknown He married Elaphair Biggs on November 4, 1843 in Williamson Co., IL. The couple had five children; Thomas G. born March 15, 1850, Mary E. born June 15, 1852, Nancy J. born on May 28, 1854, Sidney E. born on December 7, 1855, and Letha E. born January 19, 1859. Elephair filed for a widow’s pension which was admitted on September 19, 1865. She remarried Hugh Baskins on December 30, 1874 in Williamson Co., IL. **** Pvt. Robert M. Fields, b. White Co., IL, Co. F 87th IL Inf., White Co., IL single farmer Of diarrhea on floating hospital at Vicksburg, MS Burial unknown His mother, Rebecca Fields, successfully filed for a pension on August 9, 1875. **** Pvt. Henry W. Garrison, b. KY, Co. K 29th IL Inf., Massac Co., IL single farmer Of unlisted causes at Vicksburg, MS Buried Vicksburg National Cemetery, Vicksburg, Warren Co., MS **** Pvt. Josiah Stone, b. IL, Co. E 81st IL Inf., Jonesboro, Union Co., IL married farmer Of consumption in Webster General Hospital at Memphis, TN Buried Memphis National Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby Co., TN He married Martha Ann Reynolds on August 17, 1854 in Union Co., IL. The couple had five children; Albert, Eliza Jane, John, Margaret, and William (birth dates unknown). Martha successfully filed for a widow’s pension on April 11, 1864. **** Pvt. Silas A. Shaw, b. Guernsey Co., OH, Co. A 11th IL Inf., Residence and marital status unlisted farmer Of diarrhea at Lake Providence, LA Burial unknown ****
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