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Pvt Sylvester Deen

Birth	:	1843 Illinois, USA
Death	:	22 May 1863 Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi, USA
Burial	:	Shueyville Cemetery, Shueyville, Johnson County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.8436012, -91.6461029
Inscription	:	Son of B & S. Pvt Co H 22 Iowa Vol Inf. Killed at Vicksburg 22 May 1863
Description	:	Information from Civil War Military Records: Sylvester Deen, Age 19, Residence Jefferson, nativity Illinois. enlisted 22nd Ia Infantry Co H Aug 11, 1862. Killed in action May 22, 1863 during ill-advised suicidal frontal assault of heavily fortifed Ft Beauregard,Vicksburg, Miss. The following report is of 22nd Iowa adjutant concerning frontal assault of Fort Beauregard,Vicksburg, May 22 1863: "The enemy were on the alert and, as our colors rose above the crest of the hill, a thousand bayonets glistened in the sunlight above the parapet at Fort Beauregard. The strong work against which the main attack was directed covered about half an acre... Read More	Information from Civil War Military Records: Sylvester Deen, Age 19, Residence Jefferson, nativity Illinois. enlisted 22nd Ia Infantry Co H Aug 11, 1862. Killed in action May 22, 1863 during ill-advised suicidal frontal assault of heavily fortifed Ft Beauregard,Vicksburg, Miss. The following report is of 22nd Iowa adjutant concerning frontal assault of Fort Beauregard,Vicksburg, May 22 1863: "The enemy were on the alert and, as our colors rose above the crest of the hill, a thousand bayonets glistened in the sunlight above the parapet at Fort Beauregard. The strong work against which the main attack was directed covered about half an acre of ground, the walls being about fifteen feet high, surrounded by a ditch ten feet wide. A line of rifle pits connected it with others of the same kind, each of which was so arranged as to enfilade the approach to the other. The regiment succeeded in reaching—under a concentrated fire of grape and musketry—an almost impenetrable abatis, forty yards from. the works, where it became necessary to reform the line, the men having become separated in crossing the obstructions. They promptly rallied to the flag and were again led to the charge. A few officers and about fifty men, succeeded in reaching the ditch surrounding the fort, but, having no scaling ladders, they were unable to enter the works. Sergeant Joseph E. Griffith of the 22nd, with some fifteen or twenty men, succeeded—by raising one another up the wall—in gaining an entrance and capturing a number of prisoners, but the fire from the enemy's rifle pits in rear of the fort, and the lack of reinforcements coming to their aid, rendered the place untenable." Only two men of the 22nd Iowa who entered the fort survived. This was the last frontal assault of Fort Beauregard ever attempted. Afterwards Vicksburg was defeated using long term siege tactics. Few of the men killed outright or who died shortly afterward of wounds are listed in Vicksburg National Cemetery. Believe they were, in all probability, buried in a mass grave with many remains unidentified.

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Where is Pvt Sylvester Deen's memorial?
Pvt Sylvester Deen's memorial is located at: Shueyville Cemetery, Shueyville, Johnson County, USA.
When did Pvt Sylvester Deen death?
Pvt Sylvester Deen death on 22 May 1863 in Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi, USA
Where are the coordinates of the Pvt Sylvester Deen's memorial?
Latitude: 41.8436012
Longitude: -91.6461029

Family Members:

Parent

Benjamin James Deen

(1814 - 1866)

Siblings

David Deen

(1836 - 1912)

Elvira Melvina Melvira “Zilvery” Deen Smith

(1839 - 1912)

Levina Deen Kline

(1840 - 1862)

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