GRAVE 2100 AT CAMP CHASE READS- 1ST LIEUT. E.R. ALLEN CO. E 10 TEX. REG. CSA / JOHN KENNEDY 33 KY. VOLS. CSA
GRAVE 2100 appears to be a double burial
A>The first soldier should be 1st Lieutenant Eason R. Allen Company E 10th Texas Infantry Regiment (Nelson's) CSA Lieutenant Eason R. Allen was born at Natchitoches, Louisiana in 1839. He was the son of Gideon and Ann Allen. It would appear that his father Gideon had been a veteran of the War of 1812 and served with a Louisiana unit. Eason R. Allen joined Company E 10th Texas Infantry Regiment (Nelson's) on October 23, 1861 in Houston, Texas. He was paid travel
expenses to go to Parker County Texas a distance of about 300 miles and was shown as being 22 years old upon enlistment. He was elected as 2nd Lieutenant by his Company. From his early career he had been sick and was often shown as absent. He was shown as being sick at a private home near Chrystal Hill, Arkansas in July of 1862. He returned to duty on September 4, 1862 and stationed at Fort Hindman, Arkansas. On October 27, 1862 he was promoted to 1st Lieutenant. Union Major General John A. McClernand (a political general from Illinois) had President Lincoln's permission to launch an attack against Vicksburg,MS. However he attacked Fort Hindman in Arkansas also known as the battle of Arkansas Post. General McClernand did not inform General Grant who was his superior of his intentions and who was still trying to capture Vicksburg,MS. With 33,000 Union troops General McClernand forced the surrender of Fort Hindman after a two day battle on January 9-11, 1863. Arkansas Post surrendered its 5,500 soldiers and were slated to be paroled in Vicksburg,MS. This was the largest surrender of Confederate troops West of the Mississippi River until the final surrender in 1865. The Confederate troops upon surrender were not allowed to go back to their log huts at Fort Hindman to retrive their blankets, quilts and extra clothing. When General Grant had found out what General McClernand had done he was furious. Not only did he not help General Grant in the taking of Vicksburg,MS., He was about to add an additional 5,500 Confederates to Vicksburg for parole in which Grant was trying to take. General Grant had General McClernand relieved and had the Confederates taken to Northern prison camps. About 30% of the prisoners taken at Arkansas Post died in prison camps throughout the North and the lack of proper clothing probably played a factor in some of their deaths. It was in this atmosphere that 1st Lieutenant Eason R. Allen was captured. He was taken by boat to the Gratiot Steet Prison in St. Louis, Missouri with the rest of the prisoners and from there sent to the Camp Chase Prison by railroad. During the trip to St. Louis the weather changed for the worst and snow began to fall upon the Confederate troops who were exposed to the weather on deck. As they tried to huddle together for warmth some of them froze to death. 1st Lieutenant Eason R. Allen arrived at Camp Chase on January 30, 1863. He was shown as being at the Camp Chase hosptial and died on February 11, 1863 of typhoid and erysipelas. 1st Lieutenant Eason R. Allen was buried in grave #74 at the Southeast City Cemetery by Brotherlin & Halms (contracted government undertakers) His body would be re-interred to the Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery by Captain Irving of the United States quartermasters department in May of 1869 and placed in grave #2100. He may be buried with Private John Kennedy however some records indicate that it may not be the case.
EASON R. ALLEN OWNED NO SLAVES according to the census of 1860 slave schedule. (His father Gideon Allen did however but Eason was not his father)

B>The second soldier should be Private John H. Kennedy Company C 33rd Kentucky Infantry Regiment USA Private John H. Kennedy is perhaps one of the more complicated graves at the Camp Chase Cemetery. Private John H. Kennedy was a Union soldier. He enlisted in Company C of the 33rd Kentucky Infantry on August 6, 1862 and was mustered in at Munfordville, Kentucky on September 13, 1862. Companies C and G of the 33rd Kentucky Infantry participated at the battle of Munfordville, Kentucky September 14-17, 1862 even though they have been mustered into service just the day before. On September 17, 1862 the Union Commander surrendered his forces to the Confederates. Private John H. Kennedy was shown as being paroled and sent to Camp Chase as a paroled Union prisoner waiting to be exchanged. He reported at Camp Chase on January 17, 1863. Camp Chase was not only a Confederate Prison Camp but also was used as a mustering in of new Union regiments and also used as a Union Parole Camp. On January 28, 1863 Private John H. Kennedy was admitted to the General Hospital at Camp Chase and was assigned to bed # 23. He died on February 7, 1863 of chronic alcholism and double pneumonia at the hospital. It should also be noted that Private John H. Kennedy was listed on most of his Compiled Military Service Records as his last name being spelled Kenedy. Private John H. Kennedy was listed as being 35 years of age upon enlistment. (born about 1827) There is a 50-50 chance that he may have been John H. Kennedy of Jeffersontown, Kentucky. If so his wife's name was Amanda Yenawine and they were married in 1849. Amanda died in 1862 and they did have children however they will not be listed as this may not be the same John H. Kennedy. On April 1, 1864 the 33rd Kentucky Infantry (Union) was consolidated with the 26th Kentucky Infantry (Union) Even though Private John H. Kennedy was dead he was still shown on the roster of the 26th Kentucky in Company I. Thus Private John H. Kennedy was shown as being with two different regiments. Private John H. Kennedy of Company C 33rd Kentucky Infantry (Union) was buried on February 8, 1863 by Brotherlin & Halms (government contracted undertakers) and buried in grave #72 at the Southeast City Cemetery in Columbus, Ohio. However, according to the Adjutant General he was listed as being with the 23rd Kentucky Infantry. Looking at the 23rd Kentucky Infantry (Union) there was a John Kennedy/Kenedy. However he is being shown as a substitute for another soldier in 1864, ruling out his possibility since John H. Kennedy of Company C 33rd Kentucky Infantry (Union) died on February 7, 1863. However the grave of Private John H. Kennedy is about to become more complicated. In July of 1863, trustees at the privately owned cemetery named Green Lawn located at Columbus, Ohio donated a section of land for the Union Officers and Soldiers of the Union Army. It is now known as section "M". In January of 1864 the decision was made to re-interr the Union soldiers from the Southeast City Cemetery to Green Lawn. Private John H. Kennedy was specifically shown as being one of those Union soldiers re-interred from the Southeast City Cemetery to the Green Lawn Cemetery in January of 1864. However, he was listed as being with Company I of the 26th Kentucky Infantry (Union) This is somewhat confusing because the consolidation of the 33rd Kentucky Infantry with the 26th Kentucky Infantry was not done until April 1, 1864. It is my opinion that the wooden headboard at Green Lawn may have said 33rd Kentucky at the very begining of re-interrment. After the consolidation a couple of months later I believe that he was forever known as Private John H. Kennedy of Company I 26th Kentucky Infantry (Union) at Green Lawn Cemetery. One issue that is not in doubt is that this is the same soldier either with the 26th Kentucky or the 33rd Kentucky Infantry. In May of 1869 Captain Irving of the United States Quartermasters Department re-interrred 50 Confederate Soldiers from the Southeast Cemetery and re-interred them to the Camp Chase Cemetery. We would be led to believe that Private John H. Kennedy of Company C 33rd Kentucky Infantry was a Confederate and was re-interred by Captain Irving in May of 1869. It is my opinion that the government was not sure upon the identity of Private John H. Kennedy and decided to play it safe. I further believe that because Private John H. Kennedy was specifically shown as being re-interred in January of 1864 that he probably is buried at the Green Lawn Cemetery. 1864 preceeds 1869. Also keep in mind that not all of the dead Union soldiers at the Southeast City Cemetery were re-interred in January of 1864. Those listed as dying of a contagious diease were left at the Southeast City Cemetery until 1869 when they too were re-interred to Green Lawn Cemetery. By August of 1863 each soldier had there own place of burial. The Union soldiers dying in Columbus, Ohio were allowed to be buried at Green Lawn and the Confederates were buried at the Camp Chase Cemetery started August 1, 1863. If there is a soldier buried in grave #2100 with Lieutenant Eason R. Allen I do not beleive it is that of Private John H. Kennedy for the above reasons. And if Private John H. Kennedy is buried at the Camp Chase Cemetery he is a Union soldier not a Confederate as his stone at Camp Chase indicates.
JOHN H. KENNEDY IS INCONCLUSIVE AS TO OWNING OR NOT OWNING SLAVES according to the census of 1860 slave schedule.