Shohola Railroad Accident Memorial

Shohola Railroad Accident Memorial (HMLI6)

Location: Elmira, NY 14901 Chemung County
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Country: United States of America
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N 42° 6.617', W 76° 49.626'

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Inscription
(Federal Side):
Erected by the
United States
to the memory of the following soldiers, privates in the Eleventh Veteran Reserve Corps. Comprising the union guard who were killed with their Confederate prisoners of war in the railroad accident near Shohola, Pa., July 15, 1864, whose unidentified remains, together with those of the Confederate prisoners, have been removed to this cemetery.

William H. Cornell Co. I * Richard Price Co. H
Henry French Co. E * David Smith Co. K
John A. Hart Co. H * Daniel Spicer Co. C
Isaac Jackson Co. A * Hart W. Vanalstine Co. E
Thomas M. Jeffery Co. A * Ozro Vannorman Co. A
Joseph Lingo Co. A * Gotlieb Volz Co. E
John S. Martin Co. F * Lyman Wetherby Co. F
Edmund Plass Co. F * Adam Wilkinson Co. F
Philip Witchert Co. C.

(Confederate Side):
Erected by the
United States
To mark the burial place of forty-nine Confederate soldiers who, while prisoners of war, were killed in a railroad accident near Shohola, Pennsylvania, and whose remains were there buried, but subsequently removed to this cemetery, where the individual graves cannot now be identified.

Names——————-Co. Regt.
Adams, Joseph A 51 N.C.
Baker, Jesse E. F 51 N.C.
Baxley, John W. A 31 N.C.
Bessent, J.H., Corp. C 51 N.C.
Bird, .H. I 26 Va.
Bowers, W. B 48 N.C.
Briggs, R. E 31 N.C.
Bright J.W. A 26 Va.
Bryant, Travers I 51 N.C.
Cain M. Pegram's Va. Batty.
Callehan C. C 10-Cav.
Cary, J.W. I 51 N.C.
Center, C.O. H 52 N.C.
Davis, John D. I 51 N.C.
Dever, N.H. I 51 N.C.
Fuller, Byam H 24 Ga.
Gatton, W.F. B 35 Va. Cav.
Green, Henry A 9 Va.
Ham, Wm. B. Sgt. E 8 N.C.
Hardison, J.J. I 51 N.C.
Hatch, J.S. H 53 N.C.
Haynes, R.P. Sgt. H 26 Va.
Jackson, Wm. M. C 53 Ga.
Joiner, A. C 13 Va.
Jones, Wm. A. D 22 Va.
Lee, S.W. K 8 N.C.
McCorquadale, M. I 51 N.C
McCurvey, T.W. K 16 Ga.
McQuaque, A B 31 N.C.
Manning, Wallace F 31 N.C.
Mitchell, Joseph B 42 Va. Cav.
Munroe, Duncan I 51 N.C.
Parks, J.C. H 22 Va.
Patrick, J.N. H 26 Va.
Peiks, J.D. E 47 Va.
Pitchford, R.D. E 1 N.C. Cav.
Pope, D.W. I 51 N.C.
Reaser, Philip D 26 Va. Battn.
Reuls, J.W. E 31 N.C.
Samkins, T.C. C 2 Ga. Cav.
Sanford, J.F. A 44 N.C.
Sangford, W.B. K 16 Ga.
Sapt, F.W. E 22 N.C.
Smatley, G. C. C Ga. Legion
Stauffer, N.B. D 42 N.C.
Strickland, T.J. I 51 N.C.
Vaughan, Henry E 47 Va.
Watson, S.D., Sgt. F 51 N.C.
Williams, Jas. H. K 53 Ga.
Details
HM NumberHMLI6
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Year Placed1911
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Monday, September 22nd, 2014 at 1:53am PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 348942 N 4663636
Decimal Degrees42.11028333, -76.82710000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 42° 6.617', W 76° 49.626'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds42° 6' 37.02" N, 76° 49' 37.56" W
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Area Code(s)607
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1223-1619 Davis St, Elmira NY 14901, US
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