Puffer Genealogy
PUFFER, George Wilson
1850 - 1864 (13 years)
Generation: 1
1. PUFFER, George Wilson was born on 20 Nov 1850 in Downers Grove, IL; died on 18 Aug 1864 in Columbus, KY; was buried in Mound City, IL. Other Events and Attributes:
- _COLOR: 11
- Residence: 1860, Lisle, IL
- Death: 19 Aug 1864, Columbus, KY; : kia in the battle of Globe Tavern
Notes:
Served three months in Co. H., 141st Ill. Regt. in the Civil War and died of chronic diarrhea, unmarried, in the military hospital at Columbus, KY. He was mustered in at Camp Kane, St. Charles, IL and at 4'9" he was small but he had lied about his age and said he was 15.
Civil War soldier, Pvt, Co. H, 141st IL Inf. Regt.. the "Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861-1865" show his death at Columbus, KY from 'chronic diarrhea'. He was disinterred at Columbus, KY and reinterred at Mound City National Cemetery.
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