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Rock Island Confederate Cemetery

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McManus, Patterson, Pitts and Sloan
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    Pvt. Joshua Joseph H. Patterson (c.1841 - 1864)
    Joshua J. Patterson served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War as a Private in Company C, 4th Regiment, Florida Infantry. He enlisted on October 5, 1862 at Chattanooga, Tennessee. He ...
  • Pvt (CSA) Eli Benton Pitts (1823 - 1864)
    Eli Pitts served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War in Company C, 18th Alabama Infantry Regiment. He was captured by the Union on May 19, 1864 in Cassville, Georgia. He was sent to a...
  • Pvt. Thomas McManus (CSA) (c.1829 - 1864)
    Birth: circa 1829 Death: Apr. 7, 1864Thomas McManus served in Company C, 19 South Carolina Infantry in the COnfederate Army during the American Civil War. He was captured by Union forces on December ...
  • Sgt. Jasper Sloan (CSA) (c.1836 - 1863)
    Jasper Sloan served in Company K, 4th Regiment, Florida Infantry in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. He was captured by Union forces during the Battle of Missionary Ridge on November...

A second, 2-acre (0.81 ha) cemetery was established near Rock Island National Cemetery to bury Confederate prisoners of war, nearly two thousand of which would die while in captivity on the island, primarily from the harsh living conditions.

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