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 1825 - 1865 (~ 40 years)
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John M. KIRK |
| Born |
ca 1825 |
Clarke Co. AL  |
| Gender |
Male |
| _UID |
E9B17EBBA4934DD794E38DCED3447F16AC39 |
| Died |
27 Mar 1865 |
Camp Chase, Franklin Co. OH |
| Buried |
Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin Co. OH |
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| Notes |
- He was the next oldest was complected every way like James. Was not so tall- well made, rather heavy built - and was always steady and possessed more firmness than any of us. Was slow to form his plans, but when they were once formed no small matter could forbid their execution. He embraced religion when young and always tried to walk worthy of the vocation wherewith he was called. He carried his religion with him every where, into his business and in his family. He was for several years a class leader.
He joined the C.S.A. Was under Gen. Joe (Joseph) E. Johnson, was wounded in one of the battles between Dalton and Atlanta. He went with Gen. Hood on his unfortunate campaign into Tenn. and was captured near Nashville and taken to Camp Chase, Ohio, where he died about the time of surrender. He made a faithful soldier and maintained his Christian integrity to the last. In all his life he was timid and reserved, but firm. He endeavored to train his children for the Lord - I think perhaps that he was rather too rigid in his discipline over his children. They are left orphans in this cold and heartless world.
Note: John served with Co. B, 38th Alabama Regiment as a private. According to his Civil War records he was captured 16 Dec 1864. He was sent to Louisville KY and arrived at Camp Chase, OH 6 Jan. 1865. He died of pneumonia 27 March, 1865. His brother James J. Kirk also died as a prisoner of war in Rock Island, IL
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- CENSUS RECORDS
1860 United States Federal Census
Name: John M Kirk
Age in 1860: 35
Birth Year: abt 1825
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1860: Western Division, Wilcox, Alabama
Gender: Male
Post Office: Prairie Bluff
Household Members:
John M Kirk 35
Mary A M Kirk 29
James M Kirk 9
Martha V Kirk 8
Mary E Kirk 6
Margaret Kirk 3
John S Kirk 11 months
CIVIL WAR RECORDS
Source:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wb4kdi/Military%20Service/Confederates/index.html
Private, Co. B, 38th Alabama Infantry; Wounded, captured near Nashville, December 15, 1864; POW Camp Chase, Ohio,
died March 27, 1865.
CAMP CHASE INFORMATION
Camp Chase, named for Sec. of the Treasury and former Ohio governor Salmon P. Chase, began as a training camp for Union volunteers, housing a few political and military prisoners from Kentucky and western Virginia. The camp received its first large influx of captured Confederates from western campaigns, including enlisted men, officers, and a few of the latter's black servants. On oath of honor, Confederate officers were permitted to wander through Columbus, register in hotels, and receive gifts of money and food. The public paid for camp tours, and Chase became a tourist attraction. Complaints over such lax discipline and the camp's state administration provoked investigation, and the situation changed.
As the war wore on, conditions became worse. Shoddy barracks, low muddy ground, open latrines, above ground open cisterns, and a brief smallpox outbreak excited U.S. Sanitary Commission agents who were already demanding reform. Original facilities for 3,500-4,000 men were jammed with close to 7,000. Since parole strictures prohibited service against the Confederacy, many Federals had surrendered believing they would be paroled and sent home. Some parolees, assigned to guard duty at Federal prison camps, were bitter, and rumors increased of maltreatment of prisoners at Camp Chase and elsewhere.
Before the end of hostilities, Union parolee guards were transferred to service in the Indian Wars, some sewage modifications were made, and prisoners were put to work improving barracks and facilities. Prisoner laborers also built larger, stronger fences for their own confinement, a questionable assignment under international law governing prisoners of war. Barracks rebuilt for 7,000 soon overflowed, and crowding and health conditions were never resolved. As many as 10,000 prisoners were reputedly confined there by the time of the Confederate surrender.
(Source: "Historical Times Encyclopedia of the Civil War)
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| Person ID |
I7491 |
Master File |
| Last Modified |
4 Jul 2012 |
| Father |
James Johnston KIRK, Sr., b. 10 May 1794, Lancaster Co, SC , d. 21 Jun 1857, Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox Co. AL (Age 63 years) |
| Mother |
Jane WALKER, b. 1796, South Carolina , d. Sep 1835, Wilcox Co. AL (Age 39 years) |
| Married |
1823 [1] |
| Family ID |
F5090 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Mary DRURY, b. ca 1831, North Carolina , d. 1861, Wilcox Co. AL (Age ~ 30 years) |
| Children |
| | 1. James Monroe KIRK, b. ca 1851, Wilcox Co. AL |
| | 2. Martha V. KIRK, b. ca 1852, Wilcox Co. AL |
| | 3. Mary E. KIRK, b. ca 1855, Wilcox Co. AL |
| | 4. Margaret O. KIRK, b. ca 1857, Wilcox Co. AL |
| | 5. John S. KIRK, b. Oct. 1859, Wilcox Co. AL , d. Aft 1930, Hillsboro, Hill Co. Texas (Age ~ 71 years) |
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| Last Modified |
4 Jul 2012 |
| Family ID |
F5112 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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