Union Army deaths in Shreveport, 1864-1865

Soldiers who died at the Confederate General Hospital in Shreveport, LA, 1864-1865

Compiled and provided by Joe Slattery.

1. Byer/Beyer, F., Co. C, 175th N.Y. Infantry, died August 1, 1864.
2. Butler, B., unspecified company, 30th Maine Infantry, died Sept. 29, 1864.
3. Clewell, Joseph, Co. G, 47th Pennsylvania Infantry, died June 18, 1864.
4. Coghlin, J., noted only as a federal prisoner, died March 22, 1865.
5. Crayton, Alexander, unknown company and unit, died Sept. 3, 1864.
6. Esset, Gottlieb, Co. D, 38th Maine Infantry (also noted in some records as the 30th Maine), died May 30, 1864.
7. Johnson, C., Co. D, 90th N.Y. Infantry, died June 1, 1864.
8. Kelley, William, Co. C, 30th Maine Infantry, died June 22, 1864.
9. Magee, Wilson, Co. H, 4th Kansas Infantry, died May 25, 1864.
10. Miller, G., Co. E, 74th N.Y. Infantry, died June 26, 1864.
11. Merrill/Murrill, A.P., Co. F, 1st N.H. Cavalry, died Sept. 29, 1864.
12. Ramsey, Henry, Co. M, 13th Ill. Infantry, died Oct. 10, 1864.
13. Rose, J.M., Co. B, 36th Iowa Infantry, died May 23, 1864.
14. Stuart, John, noted only as a federal prisoner, died Jan. 7, 1865.
15. Sutton, George, noted only as a federal deserter, died Oct. 2, 1864.
16. Vesey, F., Co. I, 42nd Massachusetts Infantry, died May 2, 1864.
17. Works, Sam, unknown company, 3rd Iowa Infantry, died June 10, 1864.
18. Duckworth, Aaron, sergeant in Co. L, 10th and 15th Illinois Cavalry, died July 5, 1865.
19. Boswell, Leander, Co. A, 8th Illinois Infantry, died July 6, 1865.
20. Schoonover, Adolphus, unspecified company, 124th Illinois Infantry, died March 1864.
21. Work, William P., Co. B, 83rd Ohio Infantry, died 1864.

According to Civil War historians including Eric Brock, these men were buried in Shreveport in a cemetery whose location remains unknown to this day. After the war, many were reinterred at the National Cemetery in Alexandria, LA.