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Capt Joseph William Dorsey Jelks

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Capt Joseph William Dorsey Jelks Veteran

Birth
Death
30 Jun 1862 (aged 43)
Richmond City, Virginia, USA
Burial
Union Springs, Bullock County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Co. L. 3d Ala. Vol's
Army N. Va.
Born in Nash Co., N.C.
Died in Richmond, Va.
Originally buried in Hollywood Cemetery
Co. L. 3d Ala. Vol's
Army N. Va.
Born in Nash Co., N.C.
Died in Richmond, Va.
Originally buried in Hollywood Cemetery

Inscription

CAPT. J.W.D. JELKS,

CoL. 3d Ala. Vol's.
Army N. Va.
Born in Nash Co. N.C.
March 30.1819.
Died in Bichmond, Va.
June 30 1862

How sleep the brave, who sink to rest
By all their country's wishes blest
By fairy hands their knell is rung
By forms unseen their durge is sung.

Gravesite Details

His body was moved from Hollywood Cemetery to his home cemetery after the war



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