JAMES MURRAY COX MEMORIAL PLAQUE

JAMES COX ENLISTED AS A DRUMMER IN CO. G, OF THE 17TH IOWA INFANTRY REGIMENT IN 1862 AT THE AGE OF 16. HE WAS TAKEN PRISONER AND PAROLED ON DECEMBER 20, 1862 AT HOLLY SPRINGS, MISSISSIPPI. HE RE-ENLISTED IN THE SAME REGIMENT IN 1864 AND WAS PROMOTED TO PRINCIPAL MUSICIAN AND WAS THE LEADER OF THE REGIMENT’S BAND. HE AGAIN WAS CAPTURED AT TILTON, GEORGIA ON OCTOBER 13, 1864 AND SENT TO ANDERSONVILLE PRISON WHERE HE REMAINED FOR OVER 7 MONTHS UNTIL THE WAR WAS OVER. THE BAND, ALSO CAPTURED INTACT, OFTEN PLAYED IN PRISON.