Pvt John Arter served in the United States Civil War. Enlisted: 1863 Mustered out: 1863 Died while POW Side: CSA Regiment(s): 34th Regiment (Cocke's) Arkansas Infantry
Biography
John was born in 1839. He was the son of William Arter and Elizabeth Mangrum. He was captured at the Battle of Helena on 4 July 1863 and taken to the Alton Military Prison. He passed away there in 1863 of pneumonia.
↑ 2.02.12.21860 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data - 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records; Ancestry Record 1860usfedcenancestry #17753566, 1860 in Boon, Scott, Arkansas; Roll: ; Page: 733; Image: 183. Birth: abt 1839 in Tennessee, United States Ancestry Record 7667 #17753566
↑ 3.03.13.21850 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch .Original data - Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Year: 1850; Census Place: Washburn, Scott, Arkansas; Roll: M432_30; Page: 152A;Ancestry Record 1850usfedcenancestry #9853348 Note: Birth: abt 1839, Tennessee; Residence: 1850, Washburn, Scott, Arkansas, Ancestry Record 8054 #9853348
↑ 7.07.17.2U.S., Burial Registers, Military Posts and National Cemeteries, 1862-1960, Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Ancestry Record 3135 #46733
U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, Enlisted in Company K, Arkansas Johnson's Infantry Regiment. Mustered out on 12 Oct 1863 at Alton, IL.
"United States Register of Confederates and Civilians Who Died in the North,1861-1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1W-Y6J5 : 16 March 2018), J L Arter, 12 Oct 1863; citing Death, Alton, Madison, Illinois, United States, p. 1, NARA microfilm publication M918 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1; FHL microfilm 1,024,456
Selected records of the War Department relating to Confederate prisoners of war, 1861-1865 [microform]. U.S. War Department. Published 1965. Roll 13, page 200
U.S., Burial Registers, Military Posts and National Cemeteries, 1862-1960, Name: J L Arter Death Date: 12 Oct 1863 Burial Place: Illinois Cemetery: North Alton Confederate Cemetery
Source: S-1375805821 Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865 Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.Original data - Selected Records of the War Department Commissary General of Prisoners Relating to Federal Prisoners of War Confined at Andersonville, GA, 1864-65; (National Archives Mi Note: Record Collection 1124
Source: S-1375806808 Web: Illinois, Find A Grave Index, 1809-2011 Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - Find A Grave website: Memorial #9926511.
Source: S-1375819668 U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 National Cemetery Administration Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator.Original data: National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator Note: Record Collection 8750
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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