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Boughton, John R.
Last Modified:
2012-08-09
Date of Death (not before):
1864-10-29
Date of Death (not after):
1864-10-29
Places related to this Person
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Lincoln General Hospital
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Relationship Additional Information:
Boughton died at Lincoln General Hospital as a POW.
Relationship Last Modified:
2012-03-05
Relationship Beginning Date:
Sept 10, 1864
Relationship Ending Date:
Oct 29, 1864
Organizations related to this Person
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55th Virginia Infantry
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Relationship Additional Information:
Boughton enlisted into A Company of the 55th Virginia Infantry as Private. He died of wounds while serving in this regiment.
The information below is taken from
The American Civil War Research Database
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Listed as:
Absent, sick on Jun 27 1862
Returned on Jul 15 1862 (Estimated day)
Hospitalized on Nov 6 1862 (With diarrhea)
Returned on Jan 2 1863
Detailed on Oct 26 1863
Returned on Nov 15 1863 (Estimated day)
POW on Nov 27 1863 at Mine Run, VA
Confined on Dec 1 1863 at Point Lookout, MD
Paroled on Mar 15 1864 at Point Lookout, MD
Returned on Mar 15 1864
Exchanged on May 15 1864
Returned on Jun 15 1864
POW on Sep 30 1864 at Pegram Farm, VA
Wounded on Sep 30 1864 at Pegram Farm, VA (Blinded by bullet)
Sources for the above information:
The Virginia Regimental Histories Series, (1987)
Relationship Last Modified:
2012-03-05
Relationship Beginning Date:
May 21, 1861
Relationship Ending Date:
Oct 29, 1864
