Joseph J. Jordan - Reading, MA
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N 42° 31.667 W 071° 06.206
19T E 327242 N 4710521
The grave Joseph J. Jordan, who was killed during the Civil War at the Battle of Gaines' Mill, VA, is located in Laurel Hill Cemetery at 25 Lowell Street, Reading, MA.
Waymark Code: WMYC5E
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 05/28/2018
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The grave of Joseph J. Jordan is marked by a family monument the front contains the names of his mother and father and the back has his name and the names of six other family members all of whom died before they were adolescents. The back is inscribed:
JOSEPH J.
JULY 1, 1844
KILLED AT GAINES MILL VA.
JUNE 27, 1862
1846 CHARLES G. 1847
1847 THEODORE D. 1847
1848 ALMIRA M. 1850
1860 ALBERT H. 1862
1856 EMMA A. 1862
1851 MARIA D. 1862
The Battle of Gaines' Mill took place on June 27, 1862. It was the third of the Seven Days Battles of the Peninsula Campaign. The Union Army under Generals Commanders and leaders
George McClellanand Fitz John Porter had 6,837 casualties (894 killed, 3,107 wounded, 2,836 missing or captured). The Confederate Army of Northern Virginia under General Robert E. Lee had 7,993 casualties (1,483 killed, 6,402 wounded, 108 missing or captured).
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