James O. Beers
Branch: Army
Rank: Private
Born:
Died: August 14, 1864
Location: Andersonville GA
Unit: 16th Regiment Infantry, Company A
Final Resting Place: Andersonville National Cemetery
James Beers was captured April 20, 1864 in Plymouth NC and held as a prisoner at Camp Sumter, commonly known as Andersonville. 45,000 Union soldiers were imprisoned at Camp Sumter. Private Beers was one of the 13,000 that died there