Buitekant & Scheffer Family Tree » Henry J Lum (1832-1863)

Personal data Henry J Lum 

• He was born in the year 1832 in Mississippi, USA.Sources 1, 5, 6, 9, 11
• Resident:
• Ashley, Arkansas.Source 11
• in the year 1860: Marie Saline, Ashley, Arkansas, United States.Sources 5, 10
• in the year 1850: Southern Division, Carroll, Mississippi.Source 6
• in the year 1860: Egypt, Ashley, Arkansas, United States.Source 13
• He died on March 4, 1863 in Camp Douglas, Civil War, Chicago, Illinois, he was 31 years old.Source 9
• He is buried in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA.Source 2
• A child of Samuel Lum and Elizabeth Alford

Household of Henry J Lum

He is married to Frances E Johnson.

They got married on August 25, 1856 at Ashley, Arkansas, Verenigde Staten, he was 24 years old.Sources 4, 11

Child(ren):

1. Jonathan Lum  1862-1947 
2. Martha Lum  1859-1911
3. Melissa Elizabeth Lum  1860-1942 

Notes about Henry J Lum

MS 1850 Carrol Co.left page 472 southern division on right at top 237 dwelling number 572/627 get copy of this one-shows Samuel Lum 75-farmer, Elizabeth 53, b. GA 1797 abt, Henry 18, Wm 14, Joseph Vance 15, John 7, Austin 5.
On previous page Samuel T. Lum 34 farmer b. Miss abt 1816, with Mary 33 b. TN, children Minerva J 8, ms, John b. 7 ms Eliz 5 ms Wm F 3, Jamy (male) 1 all ms born. Middle initials blurred. also Robert Lum 27 farmer b. ms 1823, James or Johnny 21 male laborer ms 1829, Robert and someone else 11 or 13 at school.

Found on the 1860 Hamburg Arkansas Census. The census also showed brother RC and family, William MM, JM, and mother Elizabeth aged 63.

On June 1, 1862, Henry enlisted in Company D, 19th Regiment of the Arkansas Infantry (Dawson's) of the Confederacy. He enlisted in Polk County. On January 11, 1863 he was captured at the Arkansas Post, Fort Hindman. He was taken to Camp Douglas, Illinois by train, and later died on March 3rd, 1863 of typhoid fever.

Arkansas Post was established in 1686. Located originally on the north bank of the Arkansas River. It was under Spanish control until the Louisiana Purchase. The post was then officially transferred to First Lieutenant James B. Many on March 23, 1804. In 1805 a government Indian factory was established at the post. In 1819, Arkansas Post became the first territorial capital of Arkansas and so remained for about two years. Fort Hindman was established at Arkansas Post by the Confederacy. The troops garrisoning here consisted of three brigades, mostly Texan, and commanded by Cols. Garland, Deshler, and Dunnington. The whole division was under the command of Brigadier General T. J. Churchill. On the 9th of January a scout from below brought intelligence to Churchill of a Yankee gunboat having made its appearance on the Arkansas River, thirty miles below the Post. Hours later, on the same day, another scout brought news of other gunboats, and transports making there way up the river, Churchill ordered everything ready for an attack. About 9-10 o'clock the next morning shelling commenced. Our troops held the position. Just as darkness was drawing near four gunboats approached the fort and commenced their bombardment, our guns answered gallantly. The next morning, the enemy renewed the attack with gunboats and land forces. They has also erected a battery on the opposite side of the river. The firing continued until about 4pm when Gen. Churchill, seeing his defenses exposed to a raking fire and storming parties surrendered, making more than three thousand men prisoners. These men were then transferred to Camp Douglas where within a month, 10 percent died due to the fact that the camp was on low ground, the drainage bad, and conditions generally were unsanitary. The high death toll was due to the ignorance or indifference of their keepers. It was not a contemplated part of the war to allow such things to happen, but those in charge of the prisoners were often hampered by lack of appropriations and delay in delivering supplies.

The question of the proper feeding and adequate housing of prisoners in sanitary surroundings remained unsolved by either side until the close of the conflict.

I have numerous articles on Arkansas Post and Camp Douglas. I also have some of Henry civil war documents. I have a copy of his marriage license.
Camp Douglas
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