Missouri Digital Heritage records indicate Pvt. Newton was from Audrain Co, MO. Cemetery records indicate Moorehouse Parish, LA.
Interment records show burial date as 1 Jan 1876, which was part of an effort to collect and bury remains of soldiers throughout southwest Missouri. Cemetery records show this soldier's body was found on the property of Dr. Parish and is believed to have been killed during the First Battle of Springfield, or Zagonyi's charge.
Private Co B (Capt R M Hinson's Company), 3rd regiment, Louisiana Infantry
Cemetery records indicate that this soldier is John M B Newton from the Morehouse Parish Brigade, 3rd Louisiana. His records give an enlistment date of 17 May 1861 in New Orleans, LA. Cemetery record notes show a separation date of 9/8/1861 and that he died of typhoid fever 9/11/1861. He was taken from a grave at Dr. Parish’s lot and reinterred in the Confederate Cemetery, now part of the Springfield National Cemetery. Records show Pvt. Newton was re-interred in 1876 which coincides with an effort to collect and bury remains of soldiers throughout southwest Missouri. He most likely was involved in the Batlle of Oak Hills/Wilson Creek which took place 8/10/1861.
Missouri Digital Heritage records indicate Pvt. Newton was from Audrain Co, MO. Cemetery records indicate Moorehouse Parish, LA.
Interment records show burial date as 1 Jan 1876, which was part of an effort to collect and bury remains of soldiers throughout southwest Missouri. Cemetery records show this soldier's body was found on the property of Dr. Parish and is believed to have been killed during the First Battle of Springfield, or Zagonyi's charge.
Private Co B (Capt R M Hinson's Company), 3rd regiment, Louisiana Infantry
Cemetery records indicate that this soldier is John M B Newton from the Morehouse Parish Brigade, 3rd Louisiana. His records give an enlistment date of 17 May 1861 in New Orleans, LA. Cemetery record notes show a separation date of 9/8/1861 and that he died of typhoid fever 9/11/1861. He was taken from a grave at Dr. Parish’s lot and reinterred in the Confederate Cemetery, now part of the Springfield National Cemetery. Records show Pvt. Newton was re-interred in 1876 which coincides with an effort to collect and bury remains of soldiers throughout southwest Missouri. He most likely was involved in the Batlle of Oak Hills/Wilson Creek which took place 8/10/1861.
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