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Boughton, John R.
Last modified:
2012-08-09 05:50 PM
Date of Death (not before):
1864-10-29
Date of Death (not after):
1864-10-29
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Lincoln General Hospital
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Relationship updated: 2012-03-05 06:52 PM
Dates: Dec 23, 1862 - Jul 30, 1865
Place information: Lincoln General Hospital opened when Cliffburne merged with it. Upon closing, Lincoln sent its patients to Stanton General Hospital.
Relationship information: Boughton died at Lincoln General Hospital as a POW.
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55th Virginia Infantry
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Relationship updated: 2012-03-05 06:54 PM
Organization Dates: Sep 01, 1861 - Apr 09, 1865
Organization information: The 55th Virginia Infantry organized on September 1, 1861, and was mustered out at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.
Relationship 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)