Memorial Day

It may be easy for some to forget, actually I'm sure its easy for many to forget or not even know, but Memorial Day is a day to remember those who died in the line of duty during our nation's wars. With all the genealogy I've done in the past months, I only know one so far that fits this.

Private William C. Suggs
1st Mississippi Infantry, CSA

died Dec 1861 of typhoid fever
my great(3) granduncle

Found 2 more ancestors that died in the Civil War:

Private David G. Seachrest
Co C, 54th Indiana Infantry
died 25-Aug-1863,at St Louis, MO

Private Francis M Bourland
Co F, 120th Illinois Infantry
died 29-Dec-1863 at Memphis, TN

Colors of the 5th U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery

I posted a link to this on The Family Groit blog which has another version of the colors in a nicely cleaned up graphic.