Debusk, James E.

PhotoCSAflagAge at Enlistment:  27

Length of Service: 1864

State:  Virginia

Rank:  Pvt

Unit:   25th VA Cavalry Regiment  (originally 27th Bn partisan rangers)

Service Record:  Enlisted on 28 Feb 1864 in Co. H with his brother; died while in the prison camp at Ft. Delaware.

Survived War:  No

Cemetery / Burial:  Finns Point National Cemetery, Pennsville, Salem County, NJ, Section CM Site 565 (Address: R.F.D. No. 3, Box 542 Fort Mott Road Salem, NJ 08079). His name appears on the list of Soldiers on the plaque as “J.E. Debusk”

Soldier Info:  Born in Washington Co., VA in 1837;  Died in Delaware City, Finn’s Point Natl Cemetery, Salem, NJ in 1864

Relationship to Author:  1st cousin 5x

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