Corporal James Dunn - Enfield, CT
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Corporal James Dunn was killed in a charge of Fort Harrison, VA during the Civil War. His military marker and family obelisk is located in Thompsonville Cemetery, Enfield, CT.
Waymark Code: WMYBVP
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 05/27/2018
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The grave of Corporal James Dunn is marked by a brownstone family obelisk and a marble military marker. The brownstone obelisk is inscribed:
JAMES,
SON OF
JOHN & ANN
DUNN
CO.B REGT. C.V.
KILLED IN THE CHARGE ON
FT. HARRISON VA.
SEPT. 29, 1864
AGED 22
The military marker is inscribed:
CIVIL WAR
CORP. JAMES DUNN
CO. B 8TH C.V.I.
DIED SEPT 29, 1864
AE 22
On September 29, 1864, 2,500 Union soldiers, including Corporal James Dunn, from Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler's Army of the James attacked Major Richard Cornelius Taylor's 200-man Confederate force and captured Fort Harrison near Richmond, VA. Brig. Gen. Hiram Burnham was killed in the assault, and the fort was renamed Fort Burnham in his honor. Today the battlefield is part of part of Richmond National Battlefield Park.
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