A One-Name Study for the BARNUM/BARNHAM Surname
Military service: Co. C., 23rd, Michigan Inf., Civil War.
John died during the Battle of Resaca, which was part of the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War. The battle ranged through Gordon and Whitfield Counties, Georgia, from May 13 to May 15, 1864, and ended inconclusively.
The battle was fought between the Military Division of the Mississippi (led by William T. Sherman) on the side of the Union and the Army of Tennessee (Joseph E. Johnston) for the Confederates. There were 5,547 casualties: 2,747 for the Union and 2,800 for the Confederacy.
John was buried on the battlefield after the battle of Resaca.
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