Not sure if this will be of much help, only the slave uprising comes to mind, and bank failures.
Also depends on your actual proof that he did die....
Good luck in your search
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_of_1857http://mshistorynow.mdah.state.ms.us/articles/58/slave-resis...http://usgwarchives.org/la/lafiles.htm"
Baton Rouge National Cemetery
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
http://files.usgwarchives.org/la/eastbatonrouge/cemeteries/b...COOK, GEORGE W." 24 JUN 1863 PVT