Alexander H Perkins (abt. 1844 - 1864)

Born about 1844 in Davis Township, Fountain, Indiana, United States

Died 7 Aug 1864 at about age 20 in Andersonville Prison, Sumter, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Alexander Perkins Died while a Prisoner of War (Andersonville) during the United States Civil War.

Private Alexander Perkins served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 19 Sep 1862
Mustered out: 7 Aug 1864
Side: USA
Regiment(s): Category: 29th Regiment, Missouri Infantry, United States Civil War

Alexander H. Perkins was born about 1844 in Indiana.^[1]

Census Records:

1850 US Cesus in Elmore, Daviess, Indiana, United States. Household: William Perkins 42 (b.GA), Margaret Perkins 39 (b.VA), James W 20 (b.GA), Jacob F 15, Frances Ann 12 (b.[IA] IN), Nancy C 10, William 9, Alexander H 6, Henrietta 5, Eliza A 2 (all b.[IA] IN)^[2]

1860 US Census in Sullivan, Missouri, United States. Household: William Perkins 59 and Margaret Perkins 47 (both b.in TN); William M. 18, Alexander H. 16, Heneretta 14, Eliza A .12, Sarah E. 9 (all b. in IN); Joshua 6 and Margaret 3 (b. in MO).^[1]

Private Alexander H. Perkins, a Union soldier, served in the U.S. Civil War in Company I, 29th Missouri Infantry. He was captured on 27 Nov 1863 at Ringgold, Virginia and was held as a prisoner of war at Andersonville Prison, where he died on 7 Aug 1864 of disease (“scorbutus” aka scurvy).^[3][4] He had been admitted to the hospital at Andersonville on 31 Jul 1864.^[5] He is buried at Andersonville National Cemetery,^[6] Andersonville National Historic Site in Macon County, Georgia.^[7][8]

According to his U.S. Civil War pension file, Alexander H. Perkins' mother, Margaret Perkins, applied for his pension benefits on 25 Mar 1890.^[9]

Research Notes

This was not the Alexander H. Perkins who served as a Union soldier in 4th Regiment, Kansas Infantry, Company D.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHZJ-GGC : 14 December 2017), Alexander H Perkins in entry for William Perkins, 1860.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHVK-42F : 12 April 2016), Alexander H Perkins in household of William Perkins, Elmore, Daviess, Indiana, United States; citing family 809, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.): indexed as born in "IA", likely means Indiana and not Iowa.
3. ↑ Andersonville, Georgia. Andersonville Prisoner of War Database. Andersonville, GA, USA: National Park Service, Andersonville National Historic Site.
4. ↑ CivilWarPrisons.com - Perkins in Andersonville Prison.
5. ↑ Ancestry.com. Ancestry.com. "U.S., Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865, Medical", [database on-line w/image]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007: Selected Records of the War Department Commissary General of Prisoners Relating to Federal Prisoners of War Confined at Andersonville, GA, 1864-65; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1303, 6 rolls); Records of the Commissary General of Prisoners, Record Group 249; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
6. ↑ NPS.gov - Civil War, search for prisoners at Andersonville Prison.
7. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images: accessed 25 Jun 2019, memorial page for Alex H Perkins (unknown–7 Aug 1864), Find A Grave: Memorial #51141870, citing Andersonville National Cemetery, Andersonville National Historic Site, Macon County, Georgia, USA: headstone photo A.H. Perkins (no dates), served MO.
8. ↑ Ancestry.com. "U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962", [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Interment Control Forms, 1928–1962. Interment Control Forms, A1 2110-B. Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774–1985, Record Group 92. The National Archives at College Park, College Park, Maryland.
9. ↑ U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 at Ancestry.com

See also:

• Battle of Ringgold Gap at Wikipedia.org.
• NARA M405. "Compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the State of Missouri". Accessed on Fold3.com($), viewable w/membership only.
• Ancestry.com. "U.S., Burial Registers, Military Posts and National Cemeteries, 1862-1960", [database on-line w/image]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.