Tuesday, July 26, 2011

John Neal, 193 OH Infantry

Headstone, Evergreen Cemetery


John Neal was a member of company K of the 193 Ohio Infantry, which formed in March 1865. It served at Harper's Ferry and then throughout Virginia before mustering out in August 1865

Kentucky State Journal
November 23, 1894

Death of Captain John W Neal
Captain John W. Neal was taken to the Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati yesterday morning to be operated on for a cancerous growth in his left eye. He was placed under the charge of Dr. Conner. The operation was performed, but Captain Neal died in a few minutes thereafter. Captain Neal was a soldier during the late war. Until recently he had been an inmate of the Soldiers’ Home at Dayton, O. His body was removed to the residence of his son in Dayton, Ky., from which place the funeral will be held this afternoon at two o’clock

Rest in peace, soldier

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