Private James Cleveland of Company G, Massachusetts 54th Voluntary Infantry

Private James Cleveland of Cincinnati, OH (1845 - )

Enlisted from Cincinnati, OH on 14 April 1863. He was 18 years old, single and working as a farmer.

Mustered out in Cincinnati, OH on 20 August 1865.

Private Thomas Clark of Company G, Massachusetts 54th Voluntary Infantry

Private Thomas Clark (1836 - )

Enlisted from Frankfort, KY on 9 April 1863. He was 27 years old, married and working as a cook.

Mustered out 20 August 1865.

Possible grave at Cherry Grove Cemetery, Cherry Grove, KY, inscribed as "Thomas C. Clark", born on 23 July 1836, died 7 July 1927. Buried with wife Mary E. (23 July 1846 - 17 August 1927.) More research needed.

Possible grave at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, NY, inscribed as "Pvt Thomas Clark, Jr", born 1836. More research needed.

Private Charles Clark of Company G, Massachusetts 54th Voluntary Infantry

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Private Charles Clark (1845 - 21 July 1863) WIA

Enlisted from South Framingham, MA on 11 April 1863. He was 18 years old, single and working as a teamster.

Wounded on 18 July 1863 at Fort Wagner.

Died of his wounds 21 July 1863 at the General Hospital in Beaufort, South Carolina.

Private William Cain of Company G, Massachusetts 54th Voluntary Infantry

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Private William Cain of Ohio (10 August 1845 - 6 August 1920)

Enlisted from Xenia, OH on 12 May 1863.

Mustered out 20 August 1865.

His grave is in Kirkwood Cemetery, London, OH.

Private William Cain's grave at Kirkwood Cemetery
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11524644/william-cain

Private Charles Body of Company G, Massachusetts 54th Voluntary Infantry

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Private Charles Body (1835 - ) MIA

Enlisted from Lancaster County, PA on 12 April 1863. He was 28 years old, married and working as a farmer.

He went missing on 18 July 1863 at Fort Wagner.

Private Robert Henry Battles of Company G, Massachusetts 54th Voluntary Infantry

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Private Robert Henry Battles (1825 - )

Enlisted from Dedham, MA on 28 November 1863. He was 38 years old, married and working as a hostler.

Mustered out 20 August 1865.

Possible grave in Conn Cemetery, Gallant, Alabama for Robert H. Battles born 25 March 1825, died 12 October 1906. More research needed.

If the above grave can be confirmed for our Company G private, then we can add the following: father was Archibald Battles, mother Amelia Southerland. They were married in St. Clair County, Alabama on 20 February 1821. Also opens the possibility of a wife Lucy Adaline Thomas Battlesand a son Arch Battles.

Private John Batson of Company G, Massachusetts 54th Voluntary Infantry

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Private John Batson (1843 - )

Enlisted from Peachbottom¹, PA on 12 April 1863. He was 20 years old, single and working as a farmer.

Mustered out in Cambridge, MA on 20 August 1865.

Possible grave in Waggoner Cemetery, Moultrie County, Illinois. More research needed.

¹ Peach Bottom, PA