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PVT Gilford Cannon Morrison
23 Nov 1843 – 29 Apr 1865
| Birth | 23 Nov 1843 |
| Death | 29 Apr 1865 |
| Cemetery | Memphis National Cemetery Memphis , Shelby County , Tennessee , USA |
| Added by | Shad Wilde on 02 Mar 2015 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3165052 |
Bio
Captured at Sulphur Branch trestle near Athens, Alabama on 9/25/1864. He was a prisoner at Cahaba Prison Camp. He was placed on the Sultana on 4/24/1865 at Vicksburg. He died on 29 April 1865 at the Adams Hospital of severe scalds that he suffered in the explosion of the Sultana on 4/27/1865. Contributor: Jerry Potter (49630572) Gilford Cannon Morrison was killed when the SS Sultana sank in the Mississippi River near Memphis, Tennessee on April 27, 1865. The official death toll was 1,547. Many of the dead were never identified and were interred in the Memphis National Cemetery. U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 Name: Gilford C. Morrison Side: Union Regiment State/Origin: Tennesee Regiment Name: 3 Tennessee Cavalry Regiment Name Expanded: 3rd Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry Company: L Rank In: Private Rank In Expanded: Private Rank Out: Private Rank Out Expanded: Private Film Number: M392 roll 11
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- Fannie Elizabeth Morrison Epperson 1845–1927
- PVT Isaac Anderson Morrison 1847–1865
- Thomas Pleasant Morrison 1849–1915
- Achilles C Morrison 1851–1932
- William Henry Morrison 1855–1858
- Cynthie E Morrison Green 1858–1894
- Mary Adeline Morrison Holmes 1860–1907
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