Would it be possible for you to list the names of the soldiers that died
there on this mailing list?
In my extended Baldwin family , I have found the following information on
the son's of my ancestor's John Baldwin's brother William Baldwin/Baldon:
Warren Baldwin
Residence Eminence IN;
Enlisted on 1/9/1862 as a Private.
On 1/9/1862 he mustered into "B" Co. IN 59th Infantry
(date and method of discharge not given)
(Died before muster)
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- Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana
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Residence Eminence IN;
Enlisted on 12/1/1861 as a Private.
On 12/1/1861 he mustered into "B" Co. IN 59th Infantry
He died on 1/27/1862 at Gosport, IN
......
Civil War Vet....died at Camp Hughes along the White River near Gosport
Name Residence Rank State Enlisted Date
Survived
William T. Baldwin Eminence IN Pvt IN 12/01/61
N
Fifty-ninth Infantry INDIANA
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Ben Harrison Camp Set to Install and Dedicate Plaque
at Gosport Cemetery
For over two years the Ben Harrison Camp has embarked on a project to
appropriately
mark the final resting place of soldiers who died while at Camp Hughes
located in
Gosport Indiana.
Camp Hughes was a Civil War training camp for the 59th Indiana and
was located one-half mile southwest of Gosport on the White River and named
for former
Indiana Congressman James Hughes. Camp Hughes was in existence from
September
1861 to February 13, 1862 when the 59th left Camp Hughes bound for New
Albany,
Indiana and active duty. Camp Hughes was the only known Civil War camp ever
established in Owen County. Research indicated that 12 men died
while at Camp Hughes and that at least 8 men where buried in graves
marked"unknown" at the Gosport Cemetery.
The 59th Indiana soldiers who died while at Camp Hughes apparently
contracted measles and died between late January
and February 1862. It is unclear today why these men where buried in graves
marked "UNKNOWN 59th IND INF," as the microfilmed 59th Indiana
Correspondence File at the Indiana State
Archives lists 8 names that were reported to have been "buried by their
regiment in the
Gosport Cemetery."
The Ben Harrison Camp made arrangements for a plaque to be
struck with the names of all 12 men who died while at Camp Hughes. The
plaque will be
attached to a large granite marker already in place over the 8 "unknown"
graves. This
block of rough grey granite was placed over the graves in October 1923.
According to an
article in the Gosport Reporter of October 25, 1923, L. R. Gray placed the
large granite
stone there with the intention of having the marker either lettered or a
bronze tablet
attached. The granite stone is currently lettered with the following: IN
MEMORIAM
Died in Camp Hughes -1861-2. It is unclear whether they ever intended to
list on this
marker the individual names of the 59th soldiers who died while in camp.
. The official dedication will take place on Monday, May 26th, 2008 at 11:00
AM EDT.
The camp would like to extend an invitation
to all to attend the dedication on May 26th. The Ben Harrison Camp would
like to thank
the Department of Indiana for their kind monetary donation to this project.
For more
information please contact Tim Beckman of the Ben Harrison Camp at the
following email
address: timbeckman(a)gmail.com or call 317-353-6322.
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