Pvt. Alfred Cannon (Canal Winchester, Ohio)

Dublin Core

Title

Pvt. Alfred Cannon (Canal Winchester, Ohio)

Contributor

pj44@st-andrews.ac.uk

Type

Site

Identifier

2608

Extent

m x m x m

Spatial Coverage

current,39.845590259920584,-82.80575728836413;

Europeana

Country

United States of America

Europeana Data Provider

Pvt. Alfred Cannon (Canal Winchester, Ohio)

Europeana Type

TEXT

Site Item Type Metadata

Wiki

https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/Pvt._Alfred_Cannon_(Canal_Winchester,_Ohio)

Monument Type

Stone – carved

Inscription

"Pvt. Alfred Cannon 95th O.V.I. Co-D 8-18-1862 to 1-21-1865 P.O.W. Resident of Canal Winchester enlisted to preserve the Union. Taken prisoner at Brices Crossroads, MS. and marched to Andersonville, GA., Confederate prison. He gave up his place of exchange to a friend stating, ""Go to your family"". Pvt. Cannon died at Florence, SC., Confederate prison of typhoid fever. ""Greater love than this has no man, that he lay down his life for a friend."" Alfred Cannon G.A.R. Post #261 was chartered in him memory"

State

Ohio

County

Franklin

Affiliation

Union

City

Canal Winchester

Location Type

Park