Fairfield County CT Archives Obituaries.....Ayres, James R. June 17, 1864


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Stamford Soldiers' Memorial 1869, p. 120
  JAMES R. AYRES, son of Jeremiah N. Ayres, Co. C, 3d Michigan. He entered the
regiment at twenty years of age, and was found at his post with his regiment, on
the march and in action, down to the day of Ms fall, June 17, 1864, before
Petersburg. The following from the treasurer of the Michigan Soldiers' Relief
Association, bearing the same date, tells the story of his death.

  " Twenty minutes ago, your son James R. Ayres, while laboring on the
breastworks, about fifty feet from brigade headquarters, fell, shot through the
left breast by a rebel sharpshooter. He expired within two minutes, without
uttering a word. He has been buried under a locust on the bank of a small
stream, forty rods north of a road leading east of Petersburg;, and a mile or
two from that city. I understand he was a gallant soldier and much esteemed in
his regiment." He left a good name and his memory is held very precious to his
friends, who are thus called to mourn so early his death.


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