Albert Boedecker
Information comes from Pieces of the
Past-Volume 1, by Jim Reis, page 195
A German immigrant, Albert Boedecker was among the first men to enlist
in Newport for the Spanish American War. He never made it to the battlefield,
becoming ill en route. He was sent to the Chickamauga, Ga. military hospital.
In a diary he wrote of having to sleep outdoors, of running a fever in excess of 104 degrees and being fed meals that consisted of black coffee, hardtack and bacon. Released 12 days later, he was put on guard duty and collapsed in the hot sun. Three day later he died.
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From Evergreen Cemetery records, Albert was 22 years old and born in Germany. He died 4 Feb 1898 in Chickamauga of typhoid fever and was buried 9 Aug.