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William Elbert Cary

Birth
Carroll County, Tennessee, USA
Death
25 Oct 1864 (aged 19–20)
Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Beaufort, Beaufort County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map
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NOTE: There is no record of this person in VA Database or at the cemetery however it is believed by the office that he is possibly buried there as an unknown.

Private, Company E, 7th Tennessee Calvary, enlisted for 3 years in Huntingdon, TN on 6/25/1862 and mustered at Humboldt, TN on 9/4/1862. He was captured at Trenton, TN on 12/20/1862 but was paroled and exchanged. Presumed captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/1864, he spent time in Andersonville Prison in Georgia. He died in prison in Savannah, GA on 10/25/1864. The son of Wm and Caroline Hammett Carey, he was brother to Alexander (#473683) and Felix Carey (#108324065).

Holley, Peggy Scott. Hawkins' Tories, A Regimental and Social History of the 7th Tennessee Cavalry USA in the Civil War, BrayBree Publishing, Dickson TN, 230 p, 2014
NOTE: There is no record of this person in VA Database or at the cemetery however it is believed by the office that he is possibly buried there as an unknown.

Private, Company E, 7th Tennessee Calvary, enlisted for 3 years in Huntingdon, TN on 6/25/1862 and mustered at Humboldt, TN on 9/4/1862. He was captured at Trenton, TN on 12/20/1862 but was paroled and exchanged. Presumed captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/1864, he spent time in Andersonville Prison in Georgia. He died in prison in Savannah, GA on 10/25/1864. The son of Wm and Caroline Hammett Carey, he was brother to Alexander (#473683) and Felix Carey (#108324065).

Holley, Peggy Scott. Hawkins' Tories, A Regimental and Social History of the 7th Tennessee Cavalry USA in the Civil War, BrayBree Publishing, Dickson TN, 230 p, 2014

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  • Maintained by: Patrick
  • Originally Created by: G-Man
  • Added: Apr 11, 2013
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/108326469/william_elbert-cary: accessed ), memorial page for William Elbert Cary (1844–25 Oct 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 108326469, citing Beaufort National Cemetery, Beaufort, Beaufort County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by Patrick (contributor 48975768).