My G-G Grandfather fought in Mississippi with thue 16th SC Volunteers (there was nothing “voluntary” about it. LOL). I have tried to find where he is buried to no avail. His last muster roll slip says “Sick in hospital-Corinth, MS.
Family legend says that he came home and died and was buried around here, but he is not with his wife in the family plot.
I always wondered if he had been counted among the dead.
Corinth contains the largest number of mass graves that are unmarked on the North American continent in my opinion. There are 1200 buried somewhere unmarked from the Battle of Corinth and another 5-7K buried from the time before and after the Battle of Shiloh. At the present time, there are only around a dozen of marked graves from that time period in Corinth recognized today. Soldier’s letters and dairies from that period mention the mass graves. A few hundred of soldiers that died from wounds at Shiloh are buried at Meridian,Ms, and Holly Springs, Ms,.
What was his name, if you don’t mind? I’ve done a lot of research on finding people. I agree with others, though, that he may be buried around Corinth.
Oops sorry that was supposed to be private.
She put up a beautiful monument to him in the Coosa (AL) Presbyterian Church cemetery - it says on the side "His body lies on the battlefield, unmarked and unknown".
She never remarried.