Tombstone Tuesday - SGT. Edward Rawlings KIA

Thursday, July 12, 2012


Grave 6707. SGT. Edward Rawlings
Co. C, 6th Regiment, Indiana Infantry
Andersonville Prison

This is the tombstone of Sgt. Edward Rawlings, my 3rd Great Grandfather. He served in the Civil War for the Union Army in Co. C, 6th Regiment, Indiana Infantry. On Sept 20th, 1863 he was taken prisoner by the Confederate Army at Chickamauga. He died August 24, 1864 at Andersonville Prison of diarrhea. His grave is number 6707.