ASHTON, John Carter PVT
G 58 ALA
2/21/64
John was captured at Missionary Ridge in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He was transported to Rock Island where he died of typhoid fever.
His brother Joseph Ashton, Sweet's Light Artillery from Mississippi, was mortally wounded in that battle and is buried in the Confederate Cemetery in Marietta, Georgia.
His brother Samuel, from John's same Alabama 58th, escaped capture from Missionary Ridge.
John and his family were originally from Franklin County, Georgia and moved to around Ashville, Saint Clair County, Alabama.
John Carter Ashton is my Great, Great Uncle.
G 58 ALA
2/21/64
John was captured at Missionary Ridge in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He was transported to Rock Island where he died of typhoid fever.
His brother Joseph Ashton, Sweet's Light Artillery from Mississippi, was mortally wounded in that battle and is buried in the Confederate Cemetery in Marietta, Georgia.
His brother Samuel, from John's same Alabama 58th, escaped capture from Missionary Ridge.
John and his family were originally from Franklin County, Georgia and moved to around Ashville, Saint Clair County, Alabama.
John Carter Ashton is my Great, Great Uncle.
ASHTON, John Carter PVT
G 58 ALA
2/21/64
John was captured at Missionary Ridge in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He was transported to Rock Island where he died of typhoid fever.
His brother Joseph Ashton, Sweet's Light Artillery from Mississippi, was mortally wounded in that battle and is buried in the Confederate Cemetery in Marietta, Georgia.
His brother Samuel, from John's same Alabama 58th, escaped capture from Missionary Ridge.
John and his family were originally from Franklin County, Georgia and moved to around Ashville, Saint Clair County, Alabama.
John Carter Ashton is my Great, Great Uncle.
G 58 ALA
2/21/64
John was captured at Missionary Ridge in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He was transported to Rock Island where he died of typhoid fever.
His brother Joseph Ashton, Sweet's Light Artillery from Mississippi, was mortally wounded in that battle and is buried in the Confederate Cemetery in Marietta, Georgia.
His brother Samuel, from John's same Alabama 58th, escaped capture from Missionary Ridge.
John and his family were originally from Franklin County, Georgia and moved to around Ashville, Saint Clair County, Alabama.
John Carter Ashton is my Great, Great Uncle.
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