Calcedonia Baptist Church Cemetery

Location:

County Road 31

Cherokee County, Alabama

N 34° 10.250   W085° 34.353

FAG: 21930

Date of Visit: May 11, 2021

Pvt

Pearson J Busbin

Co B

Russell’s

4 Ala Cav

CSA

1835

1863

Pvt. P.J. Busbin enlisted are March 10, 1862. He was captured at Chelbyville, Tennessee on June 27, 1863 and sent to Louisville, Kentucky and then to Camp Chase, Ohio in July. On July 14, 1863 he was transferred to Fort Delaware. In October he was sent south to Point Lookout, Maryland.  After arrival he was admitted to Hammond General Hopstial with Scarlatina (scarlet fever). He died October 31, 1863.

The marker is a cenotaph as he was buried at Point Lookout. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for William E. Kirkpatrick, 19th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, June 1, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).

• Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/43597491/pearson-j.-busbin : accessed 9 June 2021), memorial page for Pvt Pearson J. Busbin (1835–31 Oct 1863), Find a Grave Memorial ID 43597491, citing Calcedonia Baptist Church Cemetery, Cherokee County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by Patti Lee (contributor 46799858) .