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Charlene,

Here is an update:

He was wounded in the head May 16, 1864 at Drewry's Bluff, VA.

He was admitted to the Receiving and Wayside Hospital, or General Hospital No. 9 in Richmond, Va.

Died of wounds received in battle May 17, 1864. Another card said he died May 18, 1864.

May 16, 1864 - "Gen. Pierre G.T. Beauregard, CSA, successfully attacks Maj. Gen Benjamin F. Butler, USA, at Fort Darling, or Drewry's Bluff, VA, forcing Maj. Gens. William F. Smith and Quincy A. Gillmore, USA, to retreat to Bermuda Hundred, VA, where Butler is effectively 'bottled in' with the James and Appomattox Rivers to the north and south and Gen. Beauregard, CSA, to the east." [The Chronological Tracking of the American Civil War, Ronald A. Mosocco]

George Martin

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