Known CSA Veterans at Cedar Hill
Vicksburg, Mississippi

Not Forgotten

 

J. G. Sparrow
Jan. 31, 1831
April 24, 1899
1st Miss. Lt. Artillery
C.S.A.

Chickasaw bayou.
Champion Hill.
Vicksburg.
 

Sparrow, John. G., b. 1831, SC; d. 1898; 1^st Miss. Lt. Arty., Co. A. When he enlisted 22 Mar 1862 in Jackson, Miss., he was age 29, he resided at Edwards Depot in Hinds Co., was single, was 6 ft ¾ in tall, of fair complexion with auburn hair and was a carpenter by occupation.

He was present at Chickasaw Bayou, Champion Hill, Big Black, and the siege of Vicksburg.He was a POW and and was paroled at Vicksburg 7 Jul 1863. He was captured at Silver Creek 20 Sep 1864 and sent to Camp Douglas, Chicago, as POW until transferred May 1865 to New Orleans for prisoner exchange.

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