Addison was 29 in the 1860 Census for Somerset Township, Mercer County, Missouri. His birthplace was listed as Kentucky.
Co B 27th MO Inf
Addison was 31 when he enlisted [August 15, 1862; Ravanna, Mercer County, Missouri].
Died of smallpox at Arsenal Island, St Louis MO
Reburied in Jefferson Barracks in 1876
"In 1876, 470 unknown Union remains were transferred from Arsenal Island in Illinois, the U.S. Army's contagious disease hospital located on an island in the Mississippi River, known during the war as "Smallpox Island." Flooding washed away the cemetery's wooden markers, making identification of the remains impossible when they were reinterred." National Park Service, www.nps.gov
Ref: Roll of Honor Vol. X
Co B 27th MO Inf
Addison was 31 when he enlisted [August 15, 1862; Ravanna, Mercer County, Missouri].
Died of smallpox at Arsenal Island, St Louis MO
Reburied in Jefferson Barracks in 1876
"In 1876, 470 unknown Union remains were transferred from Arsenal Island in Illinois, the U.S. Army's contagious disease hospital located on an island in the Mississippi River, known during the war as "Smallpox Island." Flooding washed away the cemetery's wooden markers, making identification of the remains impossible when they were reinterred." National Park Service, www.nps.gov
Ref: Roll of Honor Vol. X
Addison was 29 in the 1860 Census for Somerset Township, Mercer County, Missouri. His birthplace was listed as Kentucky.
Co B 27th MO Inf
Addison was 31 when he enlisted [August 15, 1862; Ravanna, Mercer County, Missouri].
Died of smallpox at Arsenal Island, St Louis MO
Reburied in Jefferson Barracks in 1876
"In 1876, 470 unknown Union remains were transferred from Arsenal Island in Illinois, the U.S. Army's contagious disease hospital located on an island in the Mississippi River, known during the war as "Smallpox Island." Flooding washed away the cemetery's wooden markers, making identification of the remains impossible when they were reinterred." National Park Service, www.nps.gov
Ref: Roll of Honor Vol. X
Co B 27th MO Inf
Addison was 31 when he enlisted [August 15, 1862; Ravanna, Mercer County, Missouri].
Died of smallpox at Arsenal Island, St Louis MO
Reburied in Jefferson Barracks in 1876
"In 1876, 470 unknown Union remains were transferred from Arsenal Island in Illinois, the U.S. Army's contagious disease hospital located on an island in the Mississippi River, known during the war as "Smallpox Island." Flooding washed away the cemetery's wooden markers, making identification of the remains impossible when they were reinterred." National Park Service, www.nps.gov
Ref: Roll of Honor Vol. X
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