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Re: Princeton--Soldiers' Graves 1864

Thank you Bill. You and Dr. Dye's journal have been my primary source of information. Princeton Cemetery is less than half a mile from the old hospital and must surely be the resting place of the soldiers who died in the hospital (one yankee soldier notwithstanding), be it two or twenty. I really do not believe that it was practical to transport bodies long distances in the warm months of 1864.

With no family nearby, I suppose a cedar tree monument was a very thoughful gesture at the time. Sgt. Durdin will get a granite marker now.

Here is the story of a Union soldier who died at Princeton Hospital on the same day as Wm. James Durdin. He was buried in the federal cemetery in Little Rock.

http://astro.temple.edu/~gurwin/sperrytowne.htm

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