When They Died - Death Years of Russell County Veterans

According to recent research, a 20 year old male born in 1840 who lived until 1860 could expect to live 40 more years. This gives an average death date of 1900. As you can see by the below chart, the surviving Civil War veterans of Russell County appear to have lived a good bit longer than you would expect.

This data covers 928 of the 1,257 Confederate Veterans who served from Russell County. I have yet to discover a definitive death date for the remaining soldiers.

Peak years were 1912, 1913, 1915, and 1917 with either 27 or 28 deaths each year.

Approximately 160 soldiers died during the war. It is likely that a good number of the soldiers who don't have a definitive death date also died during the war.

Over 100 soldiers cannot be found on either the 1870 or 1880 censuses anywhere in the United States. This is certainly a good indicator that they didn't survive that long. An upcoming blog post will discuss the causes of death of the veterans, both during war time and post-war.