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Denise,

As an additional followup, here is a link to information about Jefferson General Hospital in Jeffersonville, IN.

http://www.rootsweb.com/~inclark/cemeteries/civilwarcem.html

Here is some information from Wikipedia about Jeffersonville, IN. (Posted for reference only)

The third largest American Civil War hospital, Jefferson General Hospital was located in nearby Port Fulton (now within Jeffersonville) from 1864-1866,[2] as it was close to the river and Louisville. The original land was seized by the Government from the Honorable Jesse D. Bright, United States Senator, a sympathizer of the Confederate cause.[2] During the war it housed 16,120 patients in its 5,200 beds and was under the command of Dr. Middleton Goldsmith. A cemetery was built for fallen soldiers down the hill, but the wooden grave markers by 1927 had rotted away, causing the Jeffersonville city council to build a ball field over the cemetery, and not bothering to move the graves, located on Crestview Avenue.

You should still search, his remains may have been returned to his home, but when all is said and done, he may be one of the unmarked graves referred to above.

Jim Martin

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