Husband of Eliza Ward, father of Jefferson Davis McIntyre.
Wounded in the battle of Stones River, Murfreesboro, TN. on New Years Eve. The battle dates were 31 Dec. 1862 til 2 Jan. 1863. He was then taken to the Union prison Camp Morton in Indianapolis, IN. Before the war Camp Morton had been the fair grounds. The cattle barns were used as barracks for the prisoners. They were issued one wool blanket and were given daily a loaf of bread. The winters were brutal, bitterly cold. There wern't enough stoves to provide enough heat to warm them. Pvt. W. "John" McIntyre died of pneumonia 2 Feb. 1863.
He was a member of Alabama Co. D, 32 Infantry.
Of the 5 McIntyre brothers who went to war only one survived. The second brother who died, was within a few miles of his home when he died on the landing at the Tombigbee River in Alabama.
The troops for both armies gathered at the battle site before the battle began and their camps were very near each other. On Christmas Day the soldiers of these two armies sang Christmas carols back and forth to each other, each side trying to sing louder than the other.
Wounded in the battle of Stones River, Murfreesboro, TN. on New Years Eve. The battle dates were 31 Dec. 1862 til 2 Jan. 1863. He was then taken to the Union prison Camp Morton in Indianapolis, IN. Before the war Camp Morton had been the fair grounds. The cattle barns were used as barracks for the prisoners. They were issued one wool blanket and were given daily a loaf of bread. The winters were brutal, bitterly cold. There wern't enough stoves to provide enough heat to warm them. Pvt. W. "John" McIntyre died of pneumonia 2 Feb. 1863.
He was a member of Alabama Co. D, 32 Infantry.
Of the 5 McIntyre brothers who went to war only one survived. The second brother who died, was within a few miles of his home when he died on the landing at the Tombigbee River in Alabama.
The troops for both armies gathered at the battle site before the battle began and their camps were very near each other. On Christmas Day the soldiers of these two armies sang Christmas carols back and forth to each other, each side trying to sing louder than the other.
Husband of Eliza Ward, father of Jefferson Davis McIntyre.
Wounded in the battle of Stones River, Murfreesboro, TN. on New Years Eve. The battle dates were 31 Dec. 1862 til 2 Jan. 1863. He was then taken to the Union prison Camp Morton in Indianapolis, IN. Before the war Camp Morton had been the fair grounds. The cattle barns were used as barracks for the prisoners. They were issued one wool blanket and were given daily a loaf of bread. The winters were brutal, bitterly cold. There wern't enough stoves to provide enough heat to warm them. Pvt. W. "John" McIntyre died of pneumonia 2 Feb. 1863.
He was a member of Alabama Co. D, 32 Infantry.
Of the 5 McIntyre brothers who went to war only one survived. The second brother who died, was within a few miles of his home when he died on the landing at the Tombigbee River in Alabama.
The troops for both armies gathered at the battle site before the battle began and their camps were very near each other. On Christmas Day the soldiers of these two armies sang Christmas carols back and forth to each other, each side trying to sing louder than the other.
Wounded in the battle of Stones River, Murfreesboro, TN. on New Years Eve. The battle dates were 31 Dec. 1862 til 2 Jan. 1863. He was then taken to the Union prison Camp Morton in Indianapolis, IN. Before the war Camp Morton had been the fair grounds. The cattle barns were used as barracks for the prisoners. They were issued one wool blanket and were given daily a loaf of bread. The winters were brutal, bitterly cold. There wern't enough stoves to provide enough heat to warm them. Pvt. W. "John" McIntyre died of pneumonia 2 Feb. 1863.
He was a member of Alabama Co. D, 32 Infantry.
Of the 5 McIntyre brothers who went to war only one survived. The second brother who died, was within a few miles of his home when he died on the landing at the Tombigbee River in Alabama.
The troops for both armies gathered at the battle site before the battle began and their camps were very near each other. On Christmas Day the soldiers of these two armies sang Christmas carols back and forth to each other, each side trying to sing louder than the other.
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