Timeline
A chronology of key events in the life of Samuel J. Gibson (1833-1878), a Union soldier held prisoner at Camp Sumter (Andersonville Prison), Georgia, during the Civil War.
Samuel J. Gibson (1833-1878)
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1833, Aug. 6
Born in Pennsylvania (location unknown)
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1858, Sept. 16
Married Rachel A. McKee (1835-1916), Armstrong County, Penn.
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ca. 1860, Feb.
Daughter Alice E. Gibson born
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1861, Nov. 1
Enlisted, Co. B, 103rd Pennsylvania Infantry
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1864, Apr. 20
Captured as prisoner of war at Plymouth, N.C.
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1864, Dec. 16
Paroled, Charleston, S.C.
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1865, Mar. 14
Discharged from army
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1866, Mar. 24
Daughter Etta Nora Gibson born
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1868, Apr. 29
Daughter Mary Ada Gibson born (d. 1888)
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1873
Daughter Mercy Gibson born (d. 1875)
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1878, Dec. 2
Died, Altona, Knox County, Ill.