MISC TN - CEMETERIES -  TN Confederate Prisoners in the Greenbush Cemetery, Layfayette, Indiana
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From: "BENEATH THESE STONES: The Story of the Confederate Prisoners in
Layette, Indiana"

Author: Mary Blair Immel


The following is a list of forty Confederate prisoners all from the 32nd & 
41st Regiments of Tennessee Volunteers who died and are buried in Greenbush 
Cemetery at Lafayette, Indiana:  Several differences will be noticed when 
comparing this list with the 1912 National Archives.  Most importantly, this 
list contains 40 names and the Archives list gives only 28.

Dempsey Ashford
Alford(Alfred) H. Bell
James L. Bradley
Robert A. Byers
Rueben(sic) M. Carter
Solomon B. Cross
James H. Dickey
William P. Elkins
Willis Williford English
Josiah Erwin
John Jefferson M. Foust
Isaac Gillum/Gilliam
John W. Holley
Albert C. Hopper
Napoleon Bonaparte Johnson
Joseph W. Johnston
William King Johnston
William F. Lauderdale
Daniel W. McKinney
John H. McMasters
Stephen J. Martin
James C. Maultsby
Stephen Nance
John L. Partin
Jackson Patterson
Charles Newton Peach
Joshua A. Philpott
Thomas E. Roper
Marcus(Marines?) L. Ruth
William Sansom
David W. Sharp
William Solomon
William L. Stillwell
James H. Sweet
Samuel Wakefield
William R. Warden
Thomas Warren
John J. Wells
William M. West
William P. Young

NOTE:  The names of Albert C. Hopper & Samuel Wakefield were left off of the 
new(1998) monument.  John J. Wells is mistakenly identified on monument as 
Josiah J. Wells.  Isaac Gillum/Gilliam's first name is misspelled as Issac 
on the new monument.

Ten of these soldiers are mistakenly shown on the National Archives roster 
as being buried in Indianapolis.  They are:  James H. Dickey, Willis w. 
English, John W. Holley, Daniel McKinney, John L. Partin, Jackson Patterson, 
Marcus L. Ruth, William R. Warden, John J. Wells, William P. Young.