San Diego County Obituaries

Ralph O. Bates

Submitted by Michael Harris 20 Jan 2008

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San Diego Union; January 5, 1910

                               VETERAN DIES

Santa Clara, Cal. Jan. 4 – The funeral of Ralph O. Bates, said to be the last 
of the eighty union soldiers who escaped from Andersonville prison by tunneling 
a way out and who received honors from President Lincoln, was held here today 
with military honors.