George W Sublett (1822 - 1864)

Born 1822 in Tennessee, USA

Descendants

Died 6 Dec 1864 at about age 42 in Cook County, Illinois, USA

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Biography

Private George Sublett Died in Prison, Camp Douglas during United States Civil War.

Private George Sublett was a Prisoner of War
captured 25, June, 1864 during United States Civil War.

Private George Sublett served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 1863
Mustered out: 6 December 1864
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): Co. G, 4th Alabama Regiment

Private George W. Sublette served in Company G, 4th Alabama Regiment, CSA. He was captured near Marietta, Georgia on 26 June 1864. As a prisoner of war he was held at Camp Douglas near Chicago, Illinois.

Death: He died of pneumonia on 6 December 1864

Burial -in the Chicago City Cemetery, Block 2, Grave 215, Chicago, Illinois. He was exhumed after the war and placed in a mass grave at Oak Woods Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois.

During this period of the war, 1863-1865, Gen. Sherman was destroying the railways in the South, and so many men were killed that there was no time nor money for families to have their loved one shipped home for burial. His family may not have known of his death at the time or where he died.

Sources

G W Sublett (1822 Tennessee) farmer United States Census, 1860 Division 1, Jackson, Alabama https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHDR-BJK

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBG-ZMB?i=94&cc=1473181&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMHDR-BJP

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64394961/george-w.-sublett

https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicagos-forgotten-civil-war-prison-camp/2aea8281-878c-436f-8311-62747b7be31f