ROLL OF HONOR
The following Florida Veteran is being honored in this project:
PRIVATE JOHN M. HENDRY - POW
Age at enlistment: Abt. 20
Born: 1841
Died: unknown
Married: unknown
Final Resting Place: unknown
Appearance: 6'4", fair complexion, blue eyes, dark hair
A John Hendry, age 19, appears on the 1860 US Census of Hillsborough Co., (Tampa) as a farm laborer in the household of Mathew Auderman.
Enlisted 7/28/1861 at Tampa and was exchanged to Co. B, 7th Florida Infantry for E. Collins 9/161863. He was wounded in the knee 7/2182/64 and hospitalized in Macon GA, then furloughed 8/4/1864. He was captured 12/7/1864 at Murfreesboro, became a POW at Camp Chase, NY until released on oath 6/13/1865. His name appears on the honor roll of Chickamauga.
No record of a Florida Confederate
Veteran's Pension.