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My great great grandfather, Jacob B. Baxley, died from disease as a POW at Camp Chase, Ohio on Nov. 14, 1864. He is buried at Camp Chase Cemetery in grave # 463. He is listed in the book, The Story of Camp Chase by William H. Knauss but his name is misspelled in the book. He was a Robeson County, NC native. WAS A FARMER PRIOR TO ENTERING THE SERVICE. ENLISTED AS A PRIVATE IN THE CIVIL WAR ON APRIL 19, 1862. ENLISTED IN COMPANY C. 54TH NC INFANTRY REGIMENT ON MAY 19, 1862. POW ON MAY 4 1863 AT FREDERICKSBURG, VA. TRANSFERRED ON MAY 7, 1863 AT FT. DELAWARE, DE. EXCHANGED ON MAY 23, 1863 AT CITY POINT, VA. RETURNED ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1863. POW ON JUNE 18, 1864 AT LUNCHBURG, VA. CONFINED ON JUNE 20, 1864 AT ANTHENEUM PRISON IN WHEELING, WV. TRANSFERRED ON JULY 11, 1864 TO CAMP CHASE IN COLUMBUS, OH. DIED OF DISEASE WHILE A POW ON NOV. 14, 1864 IN CAMP CHASE, OH. UNIT HISTORY: 54th Infantry Regiment was assembled at Camp Mangum, near Raleigh, North Carolina, in May, 1862. The men were from the counties of Rowan, Burke, Cumberland, Northampton, Iredell, Guilford, Wilkes, Yadkin, Columbus, and Granville. It was assigned to General Law`s, Hoke`s, Godwin`s, and W.G. Lewis` Brigade, Army of Northern Virgina. The 54th was engaged at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, then guarded prisoners captured at Winchester during the Pennsylvania Campaign. Later it took part in Bristoe and Mine Run campaigns, the conflicts at Plymouth and Drewry`s Bluff, Early`s Shenandoah Valley operations, and the Appomattox Campaign. This regiment lost 6 killed and 40 wounded at Fredericksburg, had 3 killed and 38 wounded at Chancellorsville and 2 wounded and 306 missing at the Rappahannock River. It totalled about 700 men in July, 1864, and surrendered with 4 officers and 53 men of which 23 were armed. The field officers were Colonels James C.S. McDowell, Kenneth M. Murchison, and John Wimbish; Lieutenant Colonel Anderson Ellis; and Major James A. Rogers
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