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Photographer: Mike Stroud
Taken: July 8, 2008
Caption: General James Screven Marker at Midway Cemetery( Coordinates:31.805984, -81.431072)
Additional Description: This Stone Marks The Spot Where Repose
The Remains Of
Brigadier General
James Screven
In recognition of whose life
and services
The Congress
of the
United States
has reared a monument in
this cemetery
The Congress
of the
United States
has reared a monument in
this cemetery
He was a gallant officer who though but twenty eight years of age at the
time of his death had attained the
rank od Brigadier General.He fell
covered with wounds,at Sunbury,
near this spot, on the 22nd day of
November, 1778, and died from the
effects of his wounds on the 24th
day of November, 1778. He was a native
of Liberty County and a devout
member of Midway Congregational Church
Submitted: February 12, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p52822
File Size: 0.282 Megabytes

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