ROLL OF HONOR
The following Florida Veteran is being honored in this project:
MAJOR JACOB A. LASH - POW -
DIED
Age at enlistment: abt. 31
Born: abt. 1839 in North Carolina
Died: 21 May 1865 at Johnson Island POW Camp, OH
Final Resting Place: Johnson Island POW Camp Cemetery
Married: Misouri (bef. 1852 in GA) B. 1840 in GA
Children: Elizabeth G. and Gertrude
The US 1860 Census of Florida of Madison County shows occupation Engineer
Major in the 4th Florida, until War's end. Was captured at Nashville in early 1865 and was taken to Johnson Island POW Camp, where he perished a month after War's end.
Widow Lash appears on the 1870 Census of Madison Co., FL.
He did not survive to receive a Florida Confederate Veteran's Pension.