Civil War Soldier
Corporal, Co. C, 36th Massachusetts Infantry
Killed in action at Spottsylvania Court House
The following information was researched by Find a Grave contributor Sandra Lennox:
Massachusetts Births & Christenings
1639-1915
John Knowls Alexander
Birthdate: 2 March, 1837
Birthplace: Plymouth, MA
Father: Samuel L. Alexander
Mother: Charlotte
Volume 2 - Page 19
Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors, and
Marines in the Civil War
Vol. III - Pages 299 & 721
Twenty-Ninth Regiment
Mass, Volunteer Infantry
Company E
John K. Alexander
Priv. - Res. Plymouth; 24; carpenter;
enl. May 18, 1861; must. May 22 1861;
prom. Corpl., Feb. 17, 1863;
transf. Jany. 30, 1864, to 36th Mass. Inf.
Thirty-Sixth Regiment Mass. Volunteer Infantry
Company C
John K. Alexander
Corpl. - Res. Plymouth; 24; carpenter;
transf. Jany. 30, 1864, from 29th Mass. Inf.;
killed May 12, 1864, Spottsylvania, Va.
Probably a cenotaph at Burial Hill.
[Note: Union dead recovered from the Wilderness and Spottsylvania Court House battlefields following the war were interred at Fredericksburg National Cemetery. Those who were not identifiable, as probably was the case with John Alexander, were buried as an "Unknown.}
According to the Old Colony Memorial Newspaper, April 13, 1866:
John K. Alexander was killed at the battle of Spottsylvania Court House; May 12, 1864, and his body was buried on the field. He was unmarried.
Corporal, Co. C, 36th Massachusetts Infantry
Killed in action at Spottsylvania Court House
The following information was researched by Find a Grave contributor Sandra Lennox:
Massachusetts Births & Christenings
1639-1915
John Knowls Alexander
Birthdate: 2 March, 1837
Birthplace: Plymouth, MA
Father: Samuel L. Alexander
Mother: Charlotte
Volume 2 - Page 19
Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors, and
Marines in the Civil War
Vol. III - Pages 299 & 721
Twenty-Ninth Regiment
Mass, Volunteer Infantry
Company E
John K. Alexander
Priv. - Res. Plymouth; 24; carpenter;
enl. May 18, 1861; must. May 22 1861;
prom. Corpl., Feb. 17, 1863;
transf. Jany. 30, 1864, to 36th Mass. Inf.
Thirty-Sixth Regiment Mass. Volunteer Infantry
Company C
John K. Alexander
Corpl. - Res. Plymouth; 24; carpenter;
transf. Jany. 30, 1864, from 29th Mass. Inf.;
killed May 12, 1864, Spottsylvania, Va.
Probably a cenotaph at Burial Hill.
[Note: Union dead recovered from the Wilderness and Spottsylvania Court House battlefields following the war were interred at Fredericksburg National Cemetery. Those who were not identifiable, as probably was the case with John Alexander, were buried as an "Unknown.}
According to the Old Colony Memorial Newspaper, April 13, 1866:
John K. Alexander was killed at the battle of Spottsylvania Court House; May 12, 1864, and his body was buried on the field. He was unmarried.
Civil War Soldier
Corporal, Co. C, 36th Massachusetts Infantry
Killed in action at Spottsylvania Court House
The following information was researched by Find a Grave contributor Sandra Lennox:
Massachusetts Births & Christenings
1639-1915
John Knowls Alexander
Birthdate: 2 March, 1837
Birthplace: Plymouth, MA
Father: Samuel L. Alexander
Mother: Charlotte
Volume 2 - Page 19
Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors, and
Marines in the Civil War
Vol. III - Pages 299 & 721
Twenty-Ninth Regiment
Mass, Volunteer Infantry
Company E
John K. Alexander
Priv. - Res. Plymouth; 24; carpenter;
enl. May 18, 1861; must. May 22 1861;
prom. Corpl., Feb. 17, 1863;
transf. Jany. 30, 1864, to 36th Mass. Inf.
Thirty-Sixth Regiment Mass. Volunteer Infantry
Company C
John K. Alexander
Corpl. - Res. Plymouth; 24; carpenter;
transf. Jany. 30, 1864, from 29th Mass. Inf.;
killed May 12, 1864, Spottsylvania, Va.
Probably a cenotaph at Burial Hill.
[Note: Union dead recovered from the Wilderness and Spottsylvania Court House battlefields following the war were interred at Fredericksburg National Cemetery. Those who were not identifiable, as probably was the case with John Alexander, were buried as an "Unknown.}
According to the Old Colony Memorial Newspaper, April 13, 1866:
John K. Alexander was killed at the battle of Spottsylvania Court House; May 12, 1864, and his body was buried on the field. He was unmarried.
Corporal, Co. C, 36th Massachusetts Infantry
Killed in action at Spottsylvania Court House
The following information was researched by Find a Grave contributor Sandra Lennox:
Massachusetts Births & Christenings
1639-1915
John Knowls Alexander
Birthdate: 2 March, 1837
Birthplace: Plymouth, MA
Father: Samuel L. Alexander
Mother: Charlotte
Volume 2 - Page 19
Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors, and
Marines in the Civil War
Vol. III - Pages 299 & 721
Twenty-Ninth Regiment
Mass, Volunteer Infantry
Company E
John K. Alexander
Priv. - Res. Plymouth; 24; carpenter;
enl. May 18, 1861; must. May 22 1861;
prom. Corpl., Feb. 17, 1863;
transf. Jany. 30, 1864, to 36th Mass. Inf.
Thirty-Sixth Regiment Mass. Volunteer Infantry
Company C
John K. Alexander
Corpl. - Res. Plymouth; 24; carpenter;
transf. Jany. 30, 1864, from 29th Mass. Inf.;
killed May 12, 1864, Spottsylvania, Va.
Probably a cenotaph at Burial Hill.
[Note: Union dead recovered from the Wilderness and Spottsylvania Court House battlefields following the war were interred at Fredericksburg National Cemetery. Those who were not identifiable, as probably was the case with John Alexander, were buried as an "Unknown.}
According to the Old Colony Memorial Newspaper, April 13, 1866:
John K. Alexander was killed at the battle of Spottsylvania Court House; May 12, 1864, and his body was buried on the field. He was unmarried.
Inscription
JOHN K. ALEXANDER
Co. E. 29 Mass. Vols.
Died at
Fredericksburg, Va.,
May 12, 1864,
aged 28 y'rs
And underneath the evergreen
Away from grief and care,
Alone beneath its leafy screen
They laid a loved one there.
Epitaphs from Burial Hill
by Bradford Kingman
Published 1892
Epitaph #1920
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