Individual Details
John E. PRATER
(Abt 1844 - 15 Mar 1865)
Events
| Birth | Abt 1844 | Waynesville, Warren Co., OH | |||
| Census | 1850 | Waynesville, Warren Co., OH |  | ||
| Census | 1860 | Wayne Twp., Waynesville, Warren Co., OH | | ||
| Military | 1862 | US Army, 79th Ohio Infantry Regiment - Civil War | |||
| Death | 15 Mar 1865 | killed - Battle of Avesborough, Harnett/Cumberland Cos., NC | |
Families
| Father | Hugh Ulysses PRATER (1817 - 1873) |
| Mother | Eleanor "Ellen" OGLESBY (1818 - 1863) |
| Sibling | Jonathan PRATER (1846 - 1878) |
| Sibling | William N.O. PRATER (1849 - 1914) |
| Sibling | Eliza E. PRATER (1856 - 1860) |
Notes
Census
Age 7Census
Age 16Death
Begun on March 15, 1865, the battle of Averasboro (also called Averysborough, Smith's Mill and Black River) was the first deliberate, tactical resistance to the infamous march of Federal forces through Georgia and the Carolinas. The battle was fought on the plantation lands of the John Smith family four miles south of the Cape Fear River village of Averasboro.Location Harnett and Cumberland counties,North Carolina, Principal commanders: US Major General Henry Slocum; Lieutenant General William Hardee. Estimated Casualties 1,419