O H Thweatt

Gravestone of O.H. Thweatt in Gettysburg National Cemetery

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Quick Facts

Significance:

2nd TN Infantry A

Place of Birth:

Hodgenville, KY

Date of Birth:

1876

Place of Death:

Harrisburg, PA

Date of Death:

10/13/1898

Place of Burial:

Illinois, Row B, Site #3

Cemetery Name:

Gettysburg National Cemetery

Illinois, Row B, Site #3

O.H. was born in Hodgenville, LaRue County, KY in 1876. O.H. enlisted in in 1898. September 21 of that same year, he was admitted to the 2nd Corps' Hospital at Camp Meade. On September 24 O.H. was transferred to City Hospital in Harrisburg, PA. O.H succumbed to typhoid on October 13, 1898 at the age of 22. His remains were buried in Gettysburg National Cemetery on October 15, 1898.

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