Bliss, James Monroe
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 29, credited to Calais, VT Unit(s): 30th AR INF Service: CAPT/QM, 30th AR INF (CSA), enl 11/14/62, Little Rock, AR, pow, Lake Village, 5/14/64, in prison, Vicksburg, Cairo, Camp Chase, OH, Point Lookout, MD See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 06/09/1833, Calais, VT Death: 12/07/1892 Burial: Oakland Cemetery, Little Rock, AR Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone photographer: Rebecca McCraw Findagrave Memorial #: 65833016 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Not found Portrait?: Unknown College?: Not Found Veterans Home?: Not Found (If there are state digraphs above, this soldier spent some time in a state or national soldiers' home in that state after the war) Remarks: Died in Tisdale, KS DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
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James M. Bliss
James M. Bliss, born in Calais, on 9 June 1833, the son of William J. and Patty Bliss, moved to Arksansas in 1854. In 1860, he was living in Old River, Chicot County. He served as Quartermaster of the 30th Arkansas Infantry. By 1870, he was a clerk in an auditor's office, in Little Rock, AR. At some point after the war, he was living in Tisdale, Cowley Co., Kansas.
Source:Weston A. Cate, Jr., "Forever Calais: A History of Calais, Vermont" (L. Brown & Sons, Barre, Vt., 1999).
30th Arkansas Infantry website.(Contributed by David F. Cross M.D., Charlotte)
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