Squire Woods

Mustered into service as a Private on July 29th, 1861

Died 23 September 1864

 

Private Woods was with the regiment from his muster in until the Battle of the Wilderness on May 5th, 1864 when he was captured. He ended up in the prison at Charleston South Carolina where he died on September 23rd, 1864 of disease.

 

Many of the soldiers that died in the prison were buried in trenches without being identified. Squire is probably one of those men.