Thomas J., James M., Benj. H. and Robert Morton went into Southern Army at the time of Price's raid in fall of 1864 and were under Gen. Price's command. Don't know to what Company they were assigned.... Benj. H. Morton was wounded at Independence, MO and James M. fell back with him and they were captured prisoners and taken to Ft. Levenworth, KS where Benj. H. Morton died of his wounds. James M. was taken to Camp Morton Indiana where he remained as military prisoner until close of the Civil War in Spring of 1865. (Speed, MO Aug. 20, 1915 to Honored Ladies U.D.C., Blackwater, MO from G. P. Morton)
Benj. H. Morton, mentioned above, was Benjamin Hawkins Morton, b ca 1842 in MO, son of James Quinn Morton and Artemissia Ellison of Cooper Co., MO who previously resided in Madison Co., KY. Apparently he is buried as Benjamin H. Moulton.
Benjamin H. Moulton, PVT in the CSA died in November 1864. He is interred in Section D, Grave 1075. He was a prisoner of war at the time of his death. (Veterans Administration, Fort Levenworth National Cemetery, Feb. 2, 1979)
Original entry "Merton, B. H." was changed in red ink to "Moulton, Benj. H." Rank is shown as Pvt, regiment as Gordans. In red, above the regiment has been entered "CSA Mo. Date of death is shown as Nov. 1864. (Veterans Administration, Leavenworth National Cemetery, May 31, 1985)
Benj. H. Moulton, Pvt Co. H, Gordon's Mo. died Nov. 5, 1864. Number and Location of Grave: 1075, Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery. (Register of Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Who Died in Federal Prisons and Military Hospitals in the North. Compiled in the Office of the Commissioner for Marking Graves of Confederate Dead, War Department, 1912; National Archives Microfilm Publications M 918)
Gravestone (no dates):
Benj. H. Moulton
See memorial for Benjamin H. Morton.
Benj. H. Morton, mentioned above, was Benjamin Hawkins Morton, b ca 1842 in MO, son of James Quinn Morton and Artemissia Ellison of Cooper Co., MO who previously resided in Madison Co., KY. Apparently he is buried as Benjamin H. Moulton.
Benjamin H. Moulton, PVT in the CSA died in November 1864. He is interred in Section D, Grave 1075. He was a prisoner of war at the time of his death. (Veterans Administration, Fort Levenworth National Cemetery, Feb. 2, 1979)
Original entry "Merton, B. H." was changed in red ink to "Moulton, Benj. H." Rank is shown as Pvt, regiment as Gordans. In red, above the regiment has been entered "CSA Mo. Date of death is shown as Nov. 1864. (Veterans Administration, Leavenworth National Cemetery, May 31, 1985)
Benj. H. Moulton, Pvt Co. H, Gordon's Mo. died Nov. 5, 1864. Number and Location of Grave: 1075, Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery. (Register of Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Who Died in Federal Prisons and Military Hospitals in the North. Compiled in the Office of the Commissioner for Marking Graves of Confederate Dead, War Department, 1912; National Archives Microfilm Publications M 918)
Gravestone (no dates):
Benj. H. Moulton
See memorial for Benjamin H. Morton.
Thomas J., James M., Benj. H. and Robert Morton went into Southern Army at the time of Price's raid in fall of 1864 and were under Gen. Price's command. Don't know to what Company they were assigned.... Benj. H. Morton was wounded at Independence, MO and James M. fell back with him and they were captured prisoners and taken to Ft. Levenworth, KS where Benj. H. Morton died of his wounds. James M. was taken to Camp Morton Indiana where he remained as military prisoner until close of the Civil War in Spring of 1865. (Speed, MO Aug. 20, 1915 to Honored Ladies U.D.C., Blackwater, MO from G. P. Morton)
Benj. H. Morton, mentioned above, was Benjamin Hawkins Morton, b ca 1842 in MO, son of James Quinn Morton and Artemissia Ellison of Cooper Co., MO who previously resided in Madison Co., KY. Apparently he is buried as Benjamin H. Moulton.
Benjamin H. Moulton, PVT in the CSA died in November 1864. He is interred in Section D, Grave 1075. He was a prisoner of war at the time of his death. (Veterans Administration, Fort Levenworth National Cemetery, Feb. 2, 1979)
Original entry "Merton, B. H." was changed in red ink to "Moulton, Benj. H." Rank is shown as Pvt, regiment as Gordans. In red, above the regiment has been entered "CSA Mo. Date of death is shown as Nov. 1864. (Veterans Administration, Leavenworth National Cemetery, May 31, 1985)
Benj. H. Moulton, Pvt Co. H, Gordon's Mo. died Nov. 5, 1864. Number and Location of Grave: 1075, Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery. (Register of Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Who Died in Federal Prisons and Military Hospitals in the North. Compiled in the Office of the Commissioner for Marking Graves of Confederate Dead, War Department, 1912; National Archives Microfilm Publications M 918)
Gravestone (no dates):
Benj. H. Moulton
See memorial for Benjamin H. Morton.
Benj. H. Morton, mentioned above, was Benjamin Hawkins Morton, b ca 1842 in MO, son of James Quinn Morton and Artemissia Ellison of Cooper Co., MO who previously resided in Madison Co., KY. Apparently he is buried as Benjamin H. Moulton.
Benjamin H. Moulton, PVT in the CSA died in November 1864. He is interred in Section D, Grave 1075. He was a prisoner of war at the time of his death. (Veterans Administration, Fort Levenworth National Cemetery, Feb. 2, 1979)
Original entry "Merton, B. H." was changed in red ink to "Moulton, Benj. H." Rank is shown as Pvt, regiment as Gordans. In red, above the regiment has been entered "CSA Mo. Date of death is shown as Nov. 1864. (Veterans Administration, Leavenworth National Cemetery, May 31, 1985)
Benj. H. Moulton, Pvt Co. H, Gordon's Mo. died Nov. 5, 1864. Number and Location of Grave: 1075, Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery. (Register of Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Who Died in Federal Prisons and Military Hospitals in the North. Compiled in the Office of the Commissioner for Marking Graves of Confederate Dead, War Department, 1912; National Archives Microfilm Publications M 918)
Gravestone (no dates):
Benj. H. Moulton
See memorial for Benjamin H. Morton.
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