bef 1863--Elias S. Rouse Escapes and Joins Military
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bef 1863--Elias S. Rouse Escapes and Joins Military
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1863-01-01
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1863
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Event type
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Escape
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Description
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Born in KY, Elias S. Rouse enlisted in the 54th MA infantry, Company K, in 1863 at Readville MA. He had escaped to MA prior to enlistment and listed his place of birth as Malden, CN. Records give a variety of information, possibly to protect him from being identified as a freedom seeker. He was wounded in South Carolina but continued to serve until the end of the war. He settled in Ypsilanti, MI after the Civil War, and married Mary Gay, a widow of another soldier who was lost in the war.
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