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Artesia News
Tombstone for Civil War veteran
On March 29, 1909, Civil War veteran Corporal John W. Miller of the 118th Illinois Infantry, died of pneumonia. Two days later he was buried in an unmarked grave at Artesia Cemetery.
That grave has remained unmarked for over 100 years. Through the efforts of Margaret Alley of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, assisted by Floyd Farrar of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW), the cemetery has received a headstone from the Department of Veteran Affairs.
On Appomattox Day, April 9, General W.S. Rosecrans Auxiliary and the SUVCW conducted a Headstone Dedication Service for Corporal Miller. The SUVCW saw to it that Corporal Miller was rendered full military funeral honors.
The SUVCW is a volunteer, non-profit, charitable, fraternal, patriotic, and educational organization similar to the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), which was the largest Union Civil War veterans' organization. The SUVCW is offiically recognized as the GAR's legal successor, receiving its Congressional Charter in 1954 (Public Law 605).
For more information about the SUVCW, visit us on the web at www.suvcw.org.
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