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Columbus Ky Union dead

I am seeking the grave of an Iowa Infantry man stationed at Columbus in 1863. He died there in July of disease. The official regimental roster says he was buried at Columbus. Since it wasn't a battlefield burial his grave should have been well marked. I cannot find his name listed in any nearby national cemeteries. His body seems not to have been brought home.

Does anyone here have any infomation on where the Union dead were buried at Columbus, or where their bodies may have been moved after the War? Or does anyone have suggestions on where a good source for that information might be found?

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