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Pvt Samuel Gwin Cooper

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Pvt Samuel Gwin Cooper

Birth
Maury County, Tennessee, USA
Death
25 Apr 1862 (aged 23)
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Confederate Mound
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One of ten sons of Col. Robert Melville and Catherine Cooper to served in the C.S.A. during the Civil War. He died with 4 of his other brothers, and 4 brothers wounded and 1 unscathed. Born in Maury/Lewis Co. Tennessee.

Samuel Gwin Cooper was captured at Fort Donelson when the Confederates there surrendered. He was transported to Camp Douglas in Chicago where he died a few months later of pneumonia. He is buried along with thousands of other Confederate prisoners of war in the huge burial mound outside of what was Camp Douglas, Chicago, Illinois.
One of ten sons of Col. Robert Melville and Catherine Cooper to served in the C.S.A. during the Civil War. He died with 4 of his other brothers, and 4 brothers wounded and 1 unscathed. Born in Maury/Lewis Co. Tennessee.

Samuel Gwin Cooper was captured at Fort Donelson when the Confederates there surrendered. He was transported to Camp Douglas in Chicago where he died a few months later of pneumonia. He is buried along with thousands of other Confederate prisoners of war in the huge burial mound outside of what was Camp Douglas, Chicago, Illinois.

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H 3 TENN.

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One of 6,000 Confederate soldiers buried here who died as Prisoners of War at Camp Douglas in Chicago.

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