Pvt
Matthew
Worthington
formerly Witherington
Born about in Lowndes County, Georgia, United States
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 20
in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States
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Biography
Private Matthew (Witherington) Worthington served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: ?
Mustered out: 17 Oct 1863
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): CO D 50 GA INF
Enlisted: ?
Mustered out: 17 Oct 1863
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): CO D 50 GA INF
Private Mathew Witherington died while prisoner of war at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. No capture place or date given. No cause of death given.
Confederate Soldiers Who Died While Prisoner of War
- Name: M Witherington, Pvt. Co D, 50 Ga
- Death Date: 17 Oct 1863
- Death Place: Lot 136 Soldiers Lot, City Cem., Harrisburg, Dauphin , Pennsylvania, United States[1]
Note
- Buried in Harrisburg PA cemetery
- The head stone in this photo is the replacement stone installed 2012. The original headstones had become worn and almost unreadable.
- The head stone has SERG, but death record has PRIVATE
Civil War Prisoner of War Records
- Mathew Withington, Private, 50th Georgia, no capture place or date given
- Died: Harrisburg Cotton Facility Hospital, no cause of death given[2]
Research Notes
- LNAB: Witherington, Worthington, Wetherington
- Rank: Sargent on FindAGrave monument stone, Private on Army death record.
Sources
- ↑ "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-BS1D : 16 March 2018), M Witherington, 17 Oct 1863; citing Death, Harrisburg, Dauphin , Pennsylvania, United States, p. 451, NARA microfilm publication M918 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1; FHL microfilm 1,024,456.
- ↑ U.S., Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. POW Deaths
- Photo taken by Mike Schindler (schindler - 204) Free license for any family member to use.
- Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/93067592/matthew-witherington : accessed 13 July 2021), memorial page for Sgt Matthew Witherington (unknown–17 Oct 1863), Find A Grave: Memorial #93067592, citing Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by egypte (contributor 47152048).
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Categories: US Civil War Needs Connection | Died while Prisoner of War, Confederate States of America, United States Civil War | 50th Regiment, Georgia Infantry, United States Civil War | Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
This is the grave site and headstone of this Civil War Soldier. No known information on his family. He was injured at the Battle of Gettysburg, and taken to Harrisburg, PA for medical treatment and died there. I have pictures of 30+ soldiers headstones in the Harrisburg Cemetery I took myself. Most of the bodies here were not local soldiers, but included both US and Confederate soldiers whose bodies were unclaimed and were buried here. I am posting these pictures in hopes that someone will claim these pictures and add to their tree. Unclaimed at death ~ far, far from home. I long to be found, and homeward bound.