Uncle George

I recently found I have another relative buried in Virginia from the Civil War. Clementine Clark is my g.g. grand mother. Her youngest daughter is my father's grandmother. Clementine had an older brother, George Clark. George was born November 20, 1834 in Gloucester, Massachusetts to John and Esther (Bishop) Clark. He married Harriet E. Tarr on March 19, 1862. I found Harriet died in 1886. According to the federal census, in 1870 and 1880 she was living with her parents as a widow. George and Harriet had a stillborn little boy who was born on October 12, 1862. That meant at some point between 1862 and 1870 Uncle George had died. Further research showed Harriet Clark was living with her parents according to 1865 Massachusetts census. She was a widow. So George died between 1862 and 1865. George was the right age to serve during the Civil War. I found a history of Gloucester that listed the citizens that served during the Civil War. There was a George Clark 3d. Uncle George was listed as George Clark 3d on one of the three records of his marriage. According to this history, George served twice: once in the Massachusetts 8th Regiment as a corporal and then in the Massachusetts 35th Regiment as a private. March 1862 was between the end of the three month enlistment in the 8th Regiment and the beginning of the three year enlistment with the 35th. George Clark 3d died after being shot by a guerrilla fighter on May 18, 1864 in Fredericksburg, Virginia. In the civil war pension records I found Harriet E Tarr Clark. She received a widow's pension until she died in 1886. According to research published by the National Parks, George was initially buried on Gales Farm in Spotsylvania. An 1860 map at the Library of Congress puts Gayles Farm between Massaponax Church and Spotsylvania Courthouse. After the war his body was moved to the Fredericksburg National Cemetery. I have probably walked past Uncle George without knowing we were related. Next time I visit, it will be to visit with Uncle George.