John W. French died 1898

FRENCH, ROEMER

Posted By: 'LA'
Date: 7/11/2012 at 14:44:35

Hampton Boy Dies in Camp.
Chickamauga Park, Ga., July 12 -- Sergeant John W. French, member of Company D, of Hampton, Ia., died at the second division hospital at 10 o'clock Saturday night from typhoid fever. He first complained of not feeling well on July 4; was taken to the hospital on the 6th and began growing worse. French was 22 years old and was second duty sergeant of the company of which he had been a member five years. He was popular and well liked by his comrades and his death casts a gloom over the entire regiment, his demise being the first to occur in the regiment since it entered the service. The remains were shipped to Hampton leaving here at 2 o'clock today in charge of Corporal Claude Roemer.

~Waterloo Daily Courier, Tues. 12 July 1898 P 4 C 2

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THE FIRST SACRIFICE Iowa Volunteer Who Died in Camp Buried at Home.
Hampton, Ia., July 14 -- he (sic) body of Sergeant John W. French, who died at Chickamauga last Saturday, arrived here and the funeral service was held in the largest church in the city and conducted by all the pastors. The Grand Army turned out in a body, as did the Women's Relief Corps and business houses were closed. Sergeant French is the first soldier from Iowa to die in the field. His father is a veteran of the rebellion and totally blind, and deep sympathy is felt for the family.

~Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette, Thurs. 14 July 1898 P 3 C 3

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