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Pvt Hardin Deatherage McPherson

1838 – 10 Aug 1861

Birth1838
Death10 Aug 1861
CemeterySpringfield National Cemetery
Springfield , Greene County , Missouri , USA
Added byDwaine Desselle on 03 Jun 2016
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128481967

Bio

Hardin wed Elizabeth J. Roberts (1837 – 1870)* February 1, 1860 in Cedar County, Missouri. They had a daughter Martha Alice "Mattie" McPherson (1861 – 1950), also in Cedar County. When the American Civil War came, he enlisted in the Confederate Army with his father and his brother; assigned as a Private in Company C, 4th Cavalry Regiment, Eighth Division, Missouri State Guard. He was killed in action assigned to the 2nd Brigade, Second Division, Missouri State Guard at the battle of Wilson's Creek/Oak Hills, Missouri, also known as the "Bull Run of the West." Also fighting in the battle were his father Hezekiah, brother James Madison "Nat", and his brother-in-law Finis E. Horne. Following the battle, nearly all the soldiers killed in the fighting were buried on the battlefield. In 1863, Hardin's father visited "Oak Hills" for an unstated reason. In 1867, the Springfield National Cemetery was created and the Union dead were removed there. A short time later, the Southern dead were taken there as well and placed in an adjacent plot (now part of the National Cemetery). Unfortunately, only a handful of the Wilson's Creek dead at the Springfield National Cemetery are identified. As a note of possible interest; his daughter Mattie lies at rest in Fordland Cemetery, less that 30 miles east of Springfield National Cemetery. * Elizabeth J.(Roberts) McPherson, the daughter of John J. Roberts, of a pioneer Tennessee family, and Elizabeth Nancy Grammor remains missing.

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