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Re: Confederates from Virginia Buried in Savannah,

W. Berry of the 62nd Virginia Regiment is shown in List of Confederate Soldiers Interred in Soldiers’ Lots, Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia as being buried in lot 949, grave no. 9 with a death date of 18 Nov 1864. According to the compiled service records for the 62nd Regiment Virginia Mounted Infantry, this man must have been Pvt. William M. Berry of (2nd) company G. He was captured near Leesburg, VA in July of 1864 and sent to Elmira, NY as a prisoner of war. In October of 1864 he was sent from Elmira to Point Lookout, MD, subsequently paroled there in November of 1864 and received for exchange at Venus Point near Savannah on 15 Nov 1864.

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