John Ellis

Gravestone of John Eliis in Gettysburg National Cemetery

NPS Photo

Quick Facts

Significance:

12th Cavalry G

Place of Birth:

Hancock, IL

Date of Birth:

1840

Place of Death:

Gettysburg, PA

Date of Death:

08/19/1863

Place of Burial:

Illinois, Row A, Site 2

Cemetery Name:

Gettysburg National Cemetery

Illinois, Row A, Site 2

John was born in 1840 in Hancock, IL. John's enlistment took place in January of 1862. John was detached as a hospital nurse. While serving John suffered a severe wound to his right arm on July 1, 1863, a wound which required amputation. John dies August 19, 1863.

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