Private James William Cloer

1829 - 1863  (33 years)

• Name	James William Cloer  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Title	Private
  Birth	2 May 1829	Alabama, USA   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	15 Feb 1863	Fayetteville, Washington, Arkansas, USA   [1, 2]
  	Union Army - War of the Rebellion, Company E, 1st Arkansas Infantry Volunteers
  Death	16 Mar 1863	Washington County, Arkansas, USA   [3, 4]
  	Cause: Killed in Action - Civil War
  	Died while on leave to attend his son with smallpox
  Burial	Cloer Cemetery, Washington, Arkansas, USA   [3, 4]
  	"Pvt ● Co E ● 1 Ark Infantry ● Civil War"
  		Burial-CLOER James James W Cloer "Pvt ● Co E ● 1 Ark Infantry ● Civil War" ~ Killed by disease during Civil War -- Cloer Cemetery, Blue Springs Village AR + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117811341/
  		Cloer Cemetery Blue Springs Village, Washington, Arkansas Find a Grave: #2219766
  Person ID	I23710	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	George Washington Cloer,   b. 1796, Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA d. Aft 1880, Goshen, Washington, Arkansas, USA (Age > 85 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Sarah Elizabeth Woolsey,   b. Abt 1800, South Carolina, USA d. 1880, Washington County, Arkansas, USA (Age 80 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1818	Alabama, USA
  Family ID	F4090	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rhoda Ann Smith,   b. 13 Jan 1829, Missouri, USA d. 12 Jan 1916, Washington County, Arkansas, USA (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F9654	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 2 May 1829 - Alabama, USA Military Service - Union Army - War of the Rebellion, Company E, 1st Arkansas Infantry Volunteers - 15 Feb 1863 - Fayetteville, Washington, Arkansas, USA Death - Cause: Killed in Action - Civil War - 16 Mar 1863 - Washington County, Arkansas, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Arms Icons & Insignia

  Military Grave Marker - Grand Army of the Republic Killed in Action: American Service in the Civil War (Union)

  
  

  Burials

  Burial-CLOER James James W Cloer "Pvt ● Co E ● 1 Ark Infantry ● Civil War" ~ Killed by disease during Civil War -- Cloer Cemetery, Blue Springs Village AR + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117811341/

  
  

  Military Records

  Military-CLOER James (Death) James William Cloer - Company E, 1st Arkansas Infantry -- Statement of Death; from footnote.com

  
  

• Sources

  [S1380] Historical Data Systems, comp., American Civil War Soldiers, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 1999;), Side served: Union; State served: Arkansas; Enlistment date: 15 Feb 1863. [S156] Historical Data Systems, comp, U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2009;). [S233] National Cemetery Administration, U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2006, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2006;). [S10457] Find a Grave (Killed in Action - Civil War), CLOER James William - PVT Confederate Army - 1829-1863 (Veteran) (KILLED IN ACTION). BIRTH: 2 May 1829 Lauderdale County, Alabama DEATH: 18 Mar 1863 (aged 33) Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas BURIAL: Cloer Cemetery, Mayfield, Washington County, Arkansas MEMORIAL ID: 117811341 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117811341/james-william-cloer Burial-CLOER James James W Cloer "Pvt ● Co E ● 1 Ark Infantry ● Civil War" ~ Killed by disease during Civil War -- Cloer Cemetery, Blue Springs Village AR + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117811341/