Hardin County, Iowa Gilbert Vandewark - Roll of Honor Gilbert Vandewark Gilbert Vandewark, of the 6th Iowa Vols., died a prisoner in the hands of the rebels at Macon, Georgia, August 28th, 1862. Gilbert was the son of John and Elizabeth Vandewark, old residents of Ellery, where the deceased was born Sept. 13, 1838. He emigrated from Ellery to Minnesota in 1855 with his sister and family and remained there about two years. He then moved to Hardin Co., Iowa, where his eldest brother lived, and where he enlisted July 4th, 1861, in the 6th Iowa Vols. They went to Missouri and served there until March last—being in five different actions. He was at the battle of Springfield and saw Gen. Lyon fall. The regiment went thence to Tennessee at the battle of Pittsburgh Landing, April 6th, 1862, he was taken prisoner, and remained in the hands of the enemy till he died. One of his comrades and fellow prisoners writes the following glorious but melancholy account of his death: “He suffered everything and died a good man. He said all he wanted to live in this world for was to see his relatives—his Father and Mother especially. The rebels would not bury him; they threw him out of his cell window. The prisoners prevailed on them to let us bury him. We buried him the best we could.” The deceased has two brothers now in the service---one in Memphis and another (Porter) in the Jamestown Company of the 9th Cavalry. The funeral services of deceased will be held at Fluvanna Dec. 7, at 11 o’clock a.m. (Jamestown Journal, Jamestown, Chautauqua Co., New York, Published November 28, 1862) Submitted by Cathy Danielson Copyright © Genealogy Trails All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.