DOB/DOD: July 15, 1845 (Norwalk, CT) – June 23, 1865 (Cincinnati, OH); 19 years old
ENLISTMENT: August 22, 1862; mustered in August 28, 1862
UNIT: Company F, 17th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers
CIRCUMSTANCES: Taken prisoner February 5, 1865, at Dunn’s Lake, FL. Died June 23, 1865, of “marasmus and excessive gastric irritation.” Marasmus is defined as “a wasting of flesh without fever or apparent disease; a kind of consumption; atrophy; phthisis.
From FindAGrave.com
Joshua’s father, Alexander, and older brother, Charles W., served with Co. A, 17th CVI. Joshua served with his oldest brother, James H., in Co. F.
Joshua and James were captured at Dunn’s Lake, Florida, on February 5th, 1865, and sent to Andersonville Prison, Georgia. Both were paroled on April 21, 1865. Joshua was returning to Connecticut in June 1865 with Capt. C. Fred Betts, Co. F, via Ohio when he became ill and died at Marine General Hospital, Cincinnati, on June 21st.
From The Norwalk Gazette June 27, 1865
The funeral of Joshua Lounsbury, a member of Co. F, 17th Regiment, was attended in this town on Sunday last, the Burnside Guards of South Norwalk performing escort duty and firing a volley over his grave. Mr. Lounsbury was captured at the time Colonel Wilcoxson was wounded; he suffered, it was said, severely while a prisoner; was paroled and came on with Captain Betts as far as Cincinnati, where he was left sick.
Buried in Norwalk Union Cemetery, 91 Ward Ave, Norwalk, Connecticut; Avenue H. Photo from FindAGrave.com.
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