Co. C, 31st Alabama, C.S.A. Wounded in the Battle of Shiloh, died in No. 6 U.S. Army General Hospital. Source: "Alabamians Buried at Louisville" in The [Montgomery, Ala.] Weekly Advertiser, issue of Tuesday, May 29, 1866.∼BRUCE IGNATIUS B. C 49 AL INF 04/27/1862 CS LOT 250, #77
- Many thanks to Rob M (ID47170591) for photographing and sharing the gravestone photos.
Note: Another memorial was merged into this one by Find A Grave on 30 March 2022.
- Many thanks to Celeste (ID46927489) for this additional information:
"Cases 1119-1124...— Private J. B. Bruce, C, 31st Alabama, aged 17; shot fracture of ninth rib, at Shiloh, April 6, 1862; April 29, haemorrhage from intercostal; both ends ligated in wound by Asst. Surg. B. Howard, U.S.A.: ligature included rib; death April 29 from haemorrhage." -- The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. Part III, Volume II. (3rd Surgical volume) by U. S. Army Surgeon General's Office, 1883.
Co. C, 31st Alabama, C.S.A. Wounded in the Battle of Shiloh, died in No. 6 U.S. Army General Hospital. Source: "Alabamians Buried at Louisville" in The [Montgomery, Ala.] Weekly Advertiser, issue of Tuesday, May 29, 1866.∼BRUCE IGNATIUS B. C 49 AL INF 04/27/1862 CS LOT 250, #77
- Many thanks to Rob M (ID47170591) for photographing and sharing the gravestone photos.
Note: Another memorial was merged into this one by Find A Grave on 30 March 2022.
- Many thanks to Celeste (ID46927489) for this additional information:
"Cases 1119-1124...— Private J. B. Bruce, C, 31st Alabama, aged 17; shot fracture of ninth rib, at Shiloh, April 6, 1862; April 29, haemorrhage from intercostal; both ends ligated in wound by Asst. Surg. B. Howard, U.S.A.: ligature included rib; death April 29 from haemorrhage." -- The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. Part III, Volume II. (3rd Surgical volume) by U. S. Army Surgeon General's Office, 1883.
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I. G. Bruce
Co. C 49
Alabama
Co. C, 31st Ala.
Died April 27, 1862
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C.S.A.
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