PRIVATE JOSHUA LOUNSBURY or LOUNSBERRY

DOB/DOD: July 15, 1845 (Norwalk, CT) – June 23, 1865 (Cincinnati, OH); 19 years oldENLISTMENT: August 22, 1862; mustered in August 28, 1862UNIT: 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 wastingContinue reading “PRIVATE JOSHUA LOUNSBURY or LOUNSBERRY”