Andersonville National Cemetery, Andersonville, Georgia

Andersonville National Cemetery - Section K
Andersonville National Cemetery – Section K

Only one stop today, Andersonville National Historic Site / National Cemetery and a search for the brother of my great grandmother. Only nineteen years old, Jasper Steel was born in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. He enlisted in the 36th PA Infantry in Mar of 1864; was captured on May 5 at Battle of the Wilderness in Virginia and died on June 19, 1864 at Andersonville, one of more than 12,000 during the Civil War.

Jasper Steel
Jasper Steel
Pennsylvania Memorial at Andersonville
Pennsylvania Memorial at Andersonville