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Sgt Pleasant Lafayette Drinkhard

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Sgt Pleasant Lafayette Drinkhard Veteran

Birth
South Carolina, USA
Death
23 May 1862 (aged 25–26)
Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA GPS-Latitude: 43.0648287, Longitude: -89.4289046
Plot
Section 34, Lot Confederate Rest Tier 4 , Grave 98
Memorial ID
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Civil War soldier
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Note: Spelling of parents surname is listed as Drinkard, while Pleasant's stone reads Drinkhard. Per Find A Grave rules, the spelling on the stone prevails, even if incorrect.
Pleasant and his brother, William Drinkard enlisted in the Company B, of the First Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee Infantry. They were captured in or near Island Number 10. They are listed in the Confederate Prisoner of War Register, published by the National Archives. They were prisoners of war at Camp Randall in Madison, Wisconsin, and both died in May 1862.
Civil War soldier
_____________________________________________________________________
Note: Spelling of parents surname is listed as Drinkard, while Pleasant's stone reads Drinkhard. Per Find A Grave rules, the spelling on the stone prevails, even if incorrect.
Pleasant and his brother, William Drinkard enlisted in the Company B, of the First Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee Infantry. They were captured in or near Island Number 10. They are listed in the Confederate Prisoner of War Register, published by the National Archives. They were prisoners of war at Camp Randall in Madison, Wisconsin, and both died in May 1862.


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