From Civil War Military Records:
Crispen, William. Age 28. Residence Sidney,Iowa nativity Ohio. Enlisted Aug. 15, 1862 into Co E 29th Iowa Infantry.
Mustered Nov. 12, 1862, Camp Dodge, Council Bluffs,Iowa.
Died of disease Feb. 25, 1863, Helena, Ark. Buried in Mississippi River National Cemetery(Now Memphis National Cemetery) Memphis, Tenn. Section 3, grave 693.
Numbering system was changed therefore does not match current designation.
Based on others who died at Helena, was originally buried Helena, then at later date exhumed and moved to Memphis National Cemetery.
∼Civil War Veteran
Co E 29th Iowa Infantry
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From military records:
Crispen, William.
Age 28.
Residence Sidney,Ia.
Nativity Ohio.
Enlisted Aug. 15, 1862.
Mustered Nov. 12, 1862.
Died of disease Feb. 25, 1863, Helena, Ark.
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Body exhumed. Moved to Memphis Nat. Cemetery in 1867.
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(Large numbers of the soldiers became ill on the several day journey by overcrowded riverboats to Helena. When they arrived they faced inadequate food, clothing and epidemics of Typhoid, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, etc. while living in tents pitched on mud floors. The sick and death list at Helena for all the Iowa regiments was horrendous)
Crispen, William. Age 28. Residence Sidney,Iowa nativity Ohio. Enlisted Aug. 15, 1862 into Co E 29th Iowa Infantry.
Mustered Nov. 12, 1862, Camp Dodge, Council Bluffs,Iowa.
Died of disease Feb. 25, 1863, Helena, Ark. Buried in Mississippi River National Cemetery(Now Memphis National Cemetery) Memphis, Tenn. Section 3, grave 693.
Numbering system was changed therefore does not match current designation.
Based on others who died at Helena, was originally buried Helena, then at later date exhumed and moved to Memphis National Cemetery.
∼Civil War Veteran
Co E 29th Iowa Infantry
---------
From military records:
Crispen, William.
Age 28.
Residence Sidney,Ia.
Nativity Ohio.
Enlisted Aug. 15, 1862.
Mustered Nov. 12, 1862.
Died of disease Feb. 25, 1863, Helena, Ark.
------------
Body exhumed. Moved to Memphis Nat. Cemetery in 1867.
-------------
(Large numbers of the soldiers became ill on the several day journey by overcrowded riverboats to Helena. When they arrived they faced inadequate food, clothing and epidemics of Typhoid, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, etc. while living in tents pitched on mud floors. The sick and death list at Helena for all the Iowa regiments was horrendous)
From Civil War Military Records:
Crispen, William. Age 28. Residence Sidney,Iowa nativity Ohio. Enlisted Aug. 15, 1862 into Co E 29th Iowa Infantry.
Mustered Nov. 12, 1862, Camp Dodge, Council Bluffs,Iowa.
Died of disease Feb. 25, 1863, Helena, Ark. Buried in Mississippi River National Cemetery(Now Memphis National Cemetery) Memphis, Tenn. Section 3, grave 693.
Numbering system was changed therefore does not match current designation.
Based on others who died at Helena, was originally buried Helena, then at later date exhumed and moved to Memphis National Cemetery.
∼Civil War Veteran
Co E 29th Iowa Infantry
---------
From military records:
Crispen, William.
Age 28.
Residence Sidney,Ia.
Nativity Ohio.
Enlisted Aug. 15, 1862.
Mustered Nov. 12, 1862.
Died of disease Feb. 25, 1863, Helena, Ark.
------------
Body exhumed. Moved to Memphis Nat. Cemetery in 1867.
-------------
(Large numbers of the soldiers became ill on the several day journey by overcrowded riverboats to Helena. When they arrived they faced inadequate food, clothing and epidemics of Typhoid, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, etc. while living in tents pitched on mud floors. The sick and death list at Helena for all the Iowa regiments was horrendous)
Crispen, William. Age 28. Residence Sidney,Iowa nativity Ohio. Enlisted Aug. 15, 1862 into Co E 29th Iowa Infantry.
Mustered Nov. 12, 1862, Camp Dodge, Council Bluffs,Iowa.
Died of disease Feb. 25, 1863, Helena, Ark. Buried in Mississippi River National Cemetery(Now Memphis National Cemetery) Memphis, Tenn. Section 3, grave 693.
Numbering system was changed therefore does not match current designation.
Based on others who died at Helena, was originally buried Helena, then at later date exhumed and moved to Memphis National Cemetery.
∼Civil War Veteran
Co E 29th Iowa Infantry
---------
From military records:
Crispen, William.
Age 28.
Residence Sidney,Ia.
Nativity Ohio.
Enlisted Aug. 15, 1862.
Mustered Nov. 12, 1862.
Died of disease Feb. 25, 1863, Helena, Ark.
------------
Body exhumed. Moved to Memphis Nat. Cemetery in 1867.
-------------
(Large numbers of the soldiers became ill on the several day journey by overcrowded riverboats to Helena. When they arrived they faced inadequate food, clothing and epidemics of Typhoid, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, etc. while living in tents pitched on mud floors. The sick and death list at Helena for all the Iowa regiments was horrendous)
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