Timothy Martindale, a young man from the Great Lakes region, died miles away from home and family in the sweltering heat of a Georgia August. (I used to visit family in Georgia in late July and early August – I referred to Atlanta in the summer as hell.) I don’t know whether he died of wounds or disease, but his unit, the 1st Ohio Light Artillery, Battery C, was engaged in the siege of the city of Atlanta at the time of his death.
A Grave Concern 