Chatham-Crisp County GaArchives Obituaries.....CAMERON, LT JOHN  June 7, 1917
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SAVANNAH NEWS PAPER JUNE 8,1917
JOHN CAMERON DIED SHORTLY AFTER ASKING HIS DAUGHTER TO BRING HIM A GLASS OF 
WATER.HE WAS BORN IN N.C. OCTOBER 24,1833.TO JAMES CAMERON AND MARY JANE 
MAXWELL CAMERON.THEY MOVED TO DECATUR COUNTY GA. ABOUT 1834.THE COMUNITY WAS 
CALLED THE "THE NORTH CAROLINA SETTLEMENT" LATER CALLED CALVARY.  JOHN'S 
FATHER DIED IN 1846.HE WAS IN ARKANSAS IN 1850 WITH DANIEL MAXWELL.HE ENLISTED 
IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY AT PORTLAND ,ARK. CO.A 3RD ARK. INFANTARY.THIS WAS ON 
MAY 20,1861,APPOINTED 2ND SARGEANT MAY 20.1861.FOUGHT IN THE BATTLE OF SEVEN 
PINES ,WILDERNESS,PETERSBURG,GAINES MILL.HE WASPROMOTED TO THIRD LT.MARCH 
11,1862,PROMOTED TO 2ND LT.SEPTEMBER 11,1862.WOUNDED AT GETTYSBURG,PENN.JULY 
2,1863.HE WAS WOUNDED IN THE LEFT SHOULDER AT CHICKAMAUGA,GA.SEPTEMBER 19,1863 
HE WAS FURLOUGHED TO RECOVER FROM WOUNDS.HE WAS PAROLED AT 
BAINBRIDGE ,GA.MAY19,1865. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS CHILDREN JAMES AND WIFE LEE 
LASSETER,THOMAS JACKSON,AND MOLLIE. HE IS BURIED AT LAUREL GROVE 
CEMETARY,SAVANNAH,GA.HE WAS PRECEEDED IN DEATH BY HIS WIFE MARTHA ANN LASSETER 
(MOORE)SHE DIED DECEMBER 1,1872.

Additional Comments:
HE WAS MY GREAT-GREAT MATERNAL GRANDFATHER.

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