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George
Riley Clifton
was working as a laborer in Russell County when he enlisted at the age
of 19. He was a Private in Company K. George was captured 12
May
1864 at Spotsylvania Court House.He was listed
as a POW at Point Lookout from `8 May 1864 to 30 June 1864, and as a
POW
at Elmira 24 August 1864 to 21 March 1865. He had
contracted
pneumonia and died there. He was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery,
grave # 1536. Below are pictures of his last
resting place at Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, New York.
Pictures
shown below are courtesy of Daniel and Liz Curtis Butler
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Liz C. Butler at the grave site of George Riley Clifton, Private, Co. K
48th Virginia Infantry Regiment, CSA at Woodlawn Cemetery , Elmira, New
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George Riley Clifton, Private, Co. K, 48th Virginia
Infantry Regiment, CSA
Born: 1842, Patrick County, Virginia
Died 21 March 1865
Woodlawn Cemetery , Elmira, New York |
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