JB

John T. Blake

Corporal Army Civil War

Army
Army
Corporal
Corporal
Branch of Service
Army
Rank
Corporal
Unit
96th OVI, Co. K
Conflict / Era
Civil War
Years of Service
04/05/1863
Date of Death
04/05/1863
Hometown
Union, OH
Burial Location
Vicksburg National Cemetery, Vicksburg, MS
Monument Paver
No
Township (entering service)
Union
Township (current / at death)
UNKNOWN
School
UNKNOWN
Status
Killed in Action
When
04/05/1863
Where
Milliken's Bend, LA
Record Authenticated
Yes

Biography

School: UNKNOWN. poisoned/died of disease; brother to Henry W. (died from wounds received in the war) and Samuel Blake, KIA; two other brothers, Byron and Moses, also enlisted

Source: Beers, Record 500; Union Twp., (201); American Civil War Research Database