John M. Manderville.

John M. Manderville.

 

Birth: abt, 1834,

Death: Unknown.

 

Wife: Sophronia E. Freeland Manderville.

 

Children: Franklin F. Manderville, Laurence W. Manderville or John Lawrence Manderville.

Author. Laurence W. and John Lawrence could be the same son as both were born in March of 1861.

 

Burials: Unknown, no records found.

John M. Manderville, was living in Chelsea, of Suffolk county, Massachusetts in 1861, was a Stair Builder, lived at 62, Shurtleff Street.

 

Massachusetts First Infantry.

 

Battle of Second Bull Run

Company H.

The charge of Company H was made just at dawn of day, over an open field, every foot of which was exposed to battery and rifle-pit fires, yet not a man faltered. " Forward, double-quick," over miry, uneven ground they went, in too much of a hurry to fire, with bayonets fixed, and determined to take the works, or die in the attempt. When within a few yards, the men raised a shout for Old Massachusetts : through the ditch, and up the parapet, over went the gallant company ; and the rebels, who previously had been pouring in a deadly fire, broke and fled in every direction. The picks and shovels of the Eleventh quickly accomplished the destruction of the redoubt.

Company A was out in the field under fire, and Company I in reserve if H should need support ; but H had nobly and thoroughly done its work.

There were about seventy men in Company H, which made the brilliant charge described. They never fired a shot till they reached the ditch in front, when they fired one volley, and leaped the ditch.

Privates Patrick J. Donovan and John M. James, with Orderly-Sergeant Manderville, were the first within the redoubt on the right, and Lieut. Chandler the first on the left, closely followed by Corporals John H. Newling and William A. Smith, and Sergeant C. H. Carruth.

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MANDERVILLE, JOHN M. Corporal Co. H, 1st Regiment Infantry, mustered May 23, 1861, for three years; appointed 1st Sergeant, Sept, 1, 1861 ; discharged for promotion July 17, 1862 ; mustered 1st Lieut., July 17, 1862. Aug. 29, 1862, killed in action at Manassas, Va.

Mandeville, John M., Corporal Residence Chelsea; Age 27; stair builder; enlisted May 22, 1861; mustered in May 23, 1861; commissioned  1st Lieutenant to date July 17, 1861; killed August 29,1862, at second Bull Run, Virginia Va., as 1st Sergeant..

Joshua Bell.

JOSHUA BELL.

Birth: 1844 - 1845.
Death: Unknown.

Wife: Ellen Colvin Bell.

Children: Nellie, Olive, Hannah, Joshua H., Benjamin K., Rollin Singer Bell.

Burial: Unknown.

Author.  He was a Harness Maker and Police Magistrate, was also a Butter Sale man.

Illinois Ninth Cavalry Co. L., Regimental History.

 

JOSHUA BELL was born in Lemont, Cook county, Ill., August 15, 1844, and with his parents removed to Chicago the fall of that year. He received a grammar school education, and graduated from the high school into Company L, Ninth Illinois Cavalry, October 15, 1861. He was small for his age, and barely passed muster on the ground "that he would do for a Bugler." When his company was full he was appointed Saddler Sergeant of Company L. He says: " I did not capture any court houses or Generals, and think I was a hard case," as I was one of the first to be arrested for foraging after leaving Pilot Knob, but dodged the guard house as I had no official notice of the order, and beat the Sergeant-Majcr cut of the hog I shot".

 

Author. I tried to find out about the shooting of the hog and the court house, but it was not stated.

Soon after arriving at Helena he was taken sick in consequence of the hardships and lack of water on the march to that place, and was discharged for disability, September 20, 1862.

After  leaving the Ninth the subject of this sketch was sick for nearly a year,  and January 7, 1864, enlisted in the " Chicago Mercantile Battery," and served in the Department of the Gulf until July 10, 1865, when he was mustered out as a veteran, having taken part in the Red River expedition under General Banks, and other minor movements.

After he returned to Chicago he was married, 1866, to Miss Ellen Colvin, and has a promising  family of six children three sons and three  daughters.

He has had his full share of the ups and downs of life. After twelve years of service in political life in various capacities he obtained the position in 1887 of Superintendent of the Harness contract at the Illinois State Prison, Joliet, Illinois.

Comrade Bell, in all these years of toil, maintains the same cheerful and happy demeanor. He lias many friends and the respect and confidence of all who know his sterling qualities of head, and the goodness of his heart. His address 1888, Joliet, Illinois.

ILLINOIS STATE ARCHIVES.
Illinois Civil War Detail Report.

Name: BELL, JOSHUA. Rank: PVT. Company: L. Unit: 9 IL US CAV.

Personal Characteristics. Residence: CHICAGO, COOK CO, IL. Age: 20. Height: 5' 2 1/4. Hair: BROWN. Eyes: GRAY. Complexion: DARK. Occupation: SADDLER. Nativity: IL.

Service  Record: Joined When: OCT 15, 1861. Joined Where: CHICAGO, IL. Period: 3 YRS. Muster In: NOV 11, 1861. Muster In Where: CHICAGO, IL. Remarks: DISCHARGED SEP 20, 1862.

Henry D. Pope.

Third Massachusetts Cavalry Regimental History.

 

LIEUTENANT HENRY D. POPE.

 

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Lieutenant Henry D. Pope was born in Clinton, Ga., February 10, 1836, and removed with his parents to Fairhaven, Mass., in 1840. He was educated in the public schools of Fairhaven and New Bedford, graduating in 1853 from the Fairhaven High School. He engaged in business in Boston from 1855 to 1861, and enlisted in Read s Mounted Rifle Rangers, September 23, 1861 ; was mustered in as Company Quartermaster-Sergeant, November 15, 1861 ; promoted to Orderly Sergeant, September 1, 1862; promoted, by order of Major-General B. F. Butler to Acting Senior Second Lieutenant, October
29, 1862; commissioned Second Lieutenant January 1st, 1863; First Lieutenant, June 3, 1863, and was mustered out, November 26, 1864.

He was married February 3rd, 1864, to Caroline H. Dexter, of Fairhaven, Mass., at New Orleans, La. Lieutenant Pope s father, mother, and wife were all descended from Plymouth stock. In 1866 he became book keeper for Rice, Kendall, & Co., and was afterwards financial man. When the Rice, Kendall Company was incorporated, he became treasurer, and when it was sold out in 1898, he retired out of health.

In the Shenandoah Valley he served on the staff of General Molineux, and wrote out the reports of the operations and engagements of the brigade. He was in three big battles, and always bore himself bravely. He was president of the Regimental Association in 1896.

Asa W. S. Rix.

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Asa W. S. Rix.

Birth: abt. 1841.
Death: Nov. 26, 1919.

Wife: Julia O'Brien Rix (____ - 1925).

Burial: Greenridge Cemetery, Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, New York.

Massachusetts Fifth Infantry Co. A., Three Months Service. 

 

Asa W. S. Rix, Private, Residence Salem; Age 20: Enlisted April 16, 1861; Mustered in May 1, 1861; Mustered out July 31, 1861. 

Jennie E. "Gauslin " Maish, Civil War Nurse.

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Jennie Gauslin Maish.

Birth: 1840.
Death: March 5, 1926.

Husband: Lewis Maish, July 2, 1840  _-- December 29, 1917.

Children: Nettie L. Maish.

Burial: Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.

CIVIL WAR NURSE.

Miss Jennie E. Gauslin now Mrs  Maish, was living in her father's house at Winchester, Virginia, during the civil war which from 1861 to 1865 was turned into a hospital and kept up by her father and her own means, and where she nursed the sick and wounded Union prisoners left at Winchester.

After General Milroy's defeat she was sent as a prisoner by Confederate authority and confined in Confederate prison at Richmond known as Castle Thunder with other loyal ladies.

She married Mr. Lewis Maish a Union soldier during the war.  She is 64 years ( 1910 ) of age and resides at Stillwater, Minnesota.  She received no pension.

Author: Many nurses received a pension of $12, she had no pension, but after her husband died she got a pension of #10, dollars a month.  If I read the pension records right her pension was sent to the soldier home on Minneapolis.

Eighty - Seventh Pennsylvania Infantry Co. B.

Captain Lewis Maish, of Company B, was born July 2, 1840, within a few miles of York, a lineal descendant of John George Maish, who in 1751, came from Germany, and settled first in Chester county, Pa., and then migrated west of the Susquehanna to Fairview township, York county, where he located in a Quaker settlement. After leaving school Lewis Maish became an apprentice in the Variety Iron Works, of York. He assisted in recruiting Company B, and was made Second Lieutenant when it was organized. He was promoted to First Lieutenant, May 26, 1863, and to Captain Oct. 25, 1863. He was in command of his company in the engagements around Winchester, in the Mine Run campaign, and in the campaign under Grant from the Rapidan to the approaches of Petersburg.

In the afternoon of June 23, 1864, while the Union lines were being: established for action along the Weldon railroad in front of Petersburg, Captain Maish and thirteen of his men were taken prisoners. He now had before him several long and weary months of experience in Southern prisons, after having gallantly led his men in a dozen battles.

He was first taken to Libby prison in Richmond, and soon thereafter, with 3,000 other captives sent to the State of Georgia.  About 250 of the number were officers. These were left for onemonth at Macon, then the leading prison for commissioned. officers in the South. As Sherman's army was moving in that direction. Captain Maish and his fellow prisoners were transferred to Savannah for two months, and then taken to Charleston S. C. They were in that doomed city while it was besieged by the Union forces under Gilmore, from the neighboring islands.

As Sherman's triumphant army was moving from Atlanta to the Sea," Captain Maish and his associates were sent to Columbia, S. C, where they were kept four months, and then moved to Charlotte, N. C. While stopping for a short time at that city together with Captain H. C. Smyser, of the 5th Maryland Regiment, and Lieutenant Anderson, of the 2nd Pennsylvania Artillery, he made his escape into the Union lines. Captain Maish was mustered out of the service March 24, 1865, having served his country three and one-half years.

He resided one year at York, and the following year in Tennessee and Arkansas. In 1867 he removed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he continued to be engaged in the manufacture of machinery until 1900, when he removed to Stillwater, Minnesota. Mrs. Maish was the daughter of a loyal citizen of Winchester. She and the Captain were married in 1863 during the time the regiment was in winter camp at Winchester.

Clay W. Kildow.

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Clay W. Kildow.

Birth: Jun. 28, 1900, Sheffield, Bureau County, Illinois.
Death: Jun. 8, 1919, Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois.

Parents: George Kildow (1858 - 1939), Lucinda Marple Kildow (1864 - 1926).

Siblings: Lucian Kildow (____ - 1920), Logan Kildow (1886 - 1938), Joseph Andrew Kildow (1889 - 1943), Clay W. Kildow (1900 - 1919).

Burial: Sheffield Cemetery, Sheffield, Bureau County, Illinois.

World War I.

KILDOW, CLAY W. 

Seaman. 2nd Class, V. S. Navy. Born June 28, 1899.  Son of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Kildow. Entered service May14, 1918, at Great Lakes. 111. Discharged Nov. 1, 191S. Killed by street car at Rock Island, Ill., June 8, 1919. Home address, Slieffield, Illinois..

Colonel Elias Peissner.

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Elias Peissner.

Birth: Sep. 5, 1825, Vilseck, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany
Death: May 2, 1863, Chancellorsville, Spotsylvania County, Virginia.

Wife: Margaret Lewis Peissner (1836 - 1904).

Children: Barbara Kotzbauer Peissner Hollis (1858 - 1892), Keziah Lewis Peissner (1858 - 1860), Tayler Lewis Peissner (1860 - 1895).

Burial: Riverside Cemetery, Fort Miller, Washington County, New York.

119th., New York infantry.

New York, State Records.

Elias Peissner, Age 35.  Enrolled at New York City, for 3 years, and mustered in as Lieutenant Colonel, August 9, 1862;, as Colonel, September 1, 1862; Killed in action, May 2, 1863, at Chancellorsville Virginia.  Not commissioned Lieutenany Colonel; commissioned Colonel, September, with rank from same date original.

Union College, Schenectady, New York.

 

Elias Peissner, who was Captain, was born March 27, 1826, at Vilseck, Bavaria. His father, Jacob Peissner, held an office under Louis, the old King of Bavaria. He attended the Amberg Gymnasium for eight years, graduating when 17 years of age. He then entered Munich University and studied philosophy two years and law three years, being regularly authorized to practice law in 1849. He then spent part of a year at the University of Giessen. He was suspected of favoring the German
revolution and obtained with difficulty a passport to visit foreign universities.

 

He arrived in New York July 3, 1849. While on a trip to Niagara F'alls on foot, he stopped at Schenectady and began teaching German, fencing and broadsword to professors and students. This led to his teaching Latin and political economy and in 1855 Union College founded for him the Professorship of the German Language and Literature and added the lectureship on political economy. He published the same year an English-German gTammar and in 1858, ''Romance Languages 

 

He married Margaret, daughter of Prof. Tayler Lewis, in April, 1856, and they had three children, one of whom died in 1860. The daughter became the wife of Prof. Ira N. Hollis, and has been dead many years.The son, Tayler Lewis Peissner, then an infant, was made ''child of the company," by the Zouaves. Mrs. Peissner became Registrar of the College, and was known to a great many of the Alumni and students. A Grand Army Post in Rochester, N. Y., is named after Colonel Peissner. 

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In the Fall of 1862, just before the college reopened, Prof. Peissner took command of the One Hundred and Nineteenth New York Volunteers. At last he was fully enlisted in the cause which was the dearest on earth to him, and the full significance of which he understood most thoroughly; first by the quick sympathy of a heart warm with the love of liberty and justice, and then by the profound study which he had made of our political life, and the clear conviction which he had of the value of the Republic to human progress everywhere and always.

His record as a soldier is brief, but it is very characteristic. He was as faithful to his men as he had been to his students, and he mastered every detail of his new profession with the rapid intelligence and the intense application which he had shown in his old one. When his regiment lay in camp facing the enemy one of his superior officers remarked, "We can lie down in safety tonight, for Peissner has command of the pickets." The words were, in little, the description of his admirable character. Whoever came in contact with him instinctively felt this unreserved confidence that whatever a generous sense of duty could demand he would be sure to give.

I need not say that he was brave. His was the courage at once of a strong nature and of a lofty ideal. What were the dangers of the field to a soul which saw in its immediate surroundings scope for the noblest activity, and which saw, beyond, the infinite worth of the cause which it was serving? When he crossed the Rappahannock, the first man of that gallant and ill-fated Army of the Potomac, he knew that whether he lived or died his acts were linking the efforts of all the past to the possibilities of freedom and progress in the continual future.

When, on that terrible morning of the 2d of May, he rode calmly down the lines, holding his men firm against the fierce onset that was scattering those on either side, he knew that those who fell in that fight fell as the seed falls, making the great harvest possible. And yet, when this heroic soldier of universal freedom, this patriot whose patriotism was deeper than love of country, lay mortally wounded, his last words, which a stricken comrade gathered from his lips, were a prayer that touches the deepest spring in our heart, "God protect my wife and children!" Let us bow in silence before this cry of human anguish which so reveals to us the costliness of the sacrifice that had been laid on the altar of our country and its sacred cause.

 

This is the man whose memory the Class of '63 desire to honor in the bust which we present to you. It is a tardy testimony of our love and reverence for him, but its very tardiness is proof that after near a score of years his place is warm in our hearts. We hope that as the students of Union come and go, looking daily on these features, they may feel, even if remotely, some added impulse toward the pure and noble ideal of character and conduct which Col. Peissner so faithfully cherished, and that, in their young and generous souls, his beautiful life may be perpetuated. 

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A history of the Class of 1863 would not be complete that failed to tell of the affection and admiration which prompted its gift of the beautiful bronze bust of Elias Peissner to Union College, at commencement in 1880. As the presentation address of Classmate Edward Cary gives appropriate expression to these feelings, it is given here in full. The inscription on the pedestal is as follows :

In honor of Elias Peissner, Professor in Union College,

Colonel of the 119th New York  Volunteers

Killed at the head of his Regiment at Chancellorsville, Va.,

May 2nd, 1863.

 

Accomplished Scholar.
Beloved Friend.
Heroic Soldier.

 

Offered by the Class of 1863.

 

Richard H. Dickson.

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Richard H Dickson.

Birth: Jan. 7, 1891.
Death: Sep. 29, 1918, France.

Son of Melvin H. and Mamie D. Dickson. Killed in action near Bellicourt, France.

Burial: Lebanon-In-The-Fork Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.

World War I.

 

Dickson, Richard H. Enlisted in the Second Tennessee Infantry in August 1917. Transferred later to Cmpany C, 120th Infantry, 30th Divsion, stationed at Camp Sevier, S. C,Sailed for overseas duty in May 1918, and as a member of the A. E. F.took part in all engagements of his command until September 29, 1918 on which date he was killed. Held the rank of corporal.

John Fanz Staub.

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John Fanz Staub.

Birth: Sep. 12, 1892, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
Death: Apr. 13, 1981, Houston, Harris County, Texas.

Parents: Fritz Staub (1861 - 1934), Anna Fanz Staub (1868 - 1937).

Wife: Madeleine Delabarre Staub (1894 - 1981).

Siblings: Maurisse Staub (1888 - 1888), Infant Staub (1889 - 1889), Amy Staub Galyon (1890 - 1979), John Fanz Staub (1892 - 1981).

Burial: Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas.

World War I

STAUB, JOHN FANZ Enlisted in the Naval Reserve Flying Corps on July 27, 1917, and was commissioned ensign January 24, 1918. Went overseas March 29. 1918, and stationed at Killingholme, England, from which he did submarine search, convoy escort and reconnaissance patrols over the North Sea. Promoted to lieutenant, junior grade, October 1. 1918. and commended by British Admiralty for successful attack on enemy submarine on July 9. 1918. Junior aide to commanding officer. Discharged January 20, 1919. at Nashville. Tenn 

U. S. S.. Edwin A. Howard, ( DE - 346 ).

U.S.S. EDWIN A. HOWARD (DE-346)

The U.S.S. EDWIN A. HOWARD commemorates the Naval career of Corporal Edwin Alfred Howard, U.S.M.C., who was born in Phoenix Arizona, 6 July 1922, and who died as a result of wounds received in action 3 November 1942, at Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands.

Corporal Howard enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps, at Los Angeles, California, on 23 September, 1941. He was awarded the Purple Heart and the Silver Star for service set forth in the following citation:

"For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while in charge of a Communication Wire Team attempting to establish vital lines to the rear in an area under enemy Japanese sniper and artillery fire on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 3 November 1942. When an enemy shell exploded in his immediate vicinity, wounding one of his men, Corporal Howard, having cried for help, quickly ran to the assistance of the injured man. While bravely attempting to remove his comrade to a place of comparative safety, Corporal Howard was struck by fragments of a Japanese shell and was instantly killed. He gallantly gave up his life in the service of his country."

Burial: Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, San Mateo County, California

'Toby" The Ratter.

WAR DOGS of the WORLD WAR.

"TOBY" THE RATTER.

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OF the many annoyances and discomforts of camp and trench life, the rat is the most unwelcome. This species of the rodent family infests these places and not only becomes a pest, but a menace to the health of the soldier. Many a brave man has lost his life from  the poisonous bite of these pesky and annoying creatures. Every effort is made to rid the camp of their presence. Of all breeds of dogs, the fox terrier has been found the most effective in the destruction of rats, and many of these dogs have earned wonderful reputations as "ratters."

In the Refuge in Neuilly there is a dog named Toby, who has passed into the professional rat-killer class.

During his three years' service at the front, four thousand or more "dead ones" have been marked up to his credit, and all previous records have been smashed.

That the rat was not the only enemy that Toby encountered during his service for his country, is evidenced by his gimp. A stray bullet snipped one of his front feet off just below the knee, and now Toby is listed as "wounded but not inactive." He is the most agile three-footed tyke I ever saw, and sets the pace for all the other dogs in their gambols about the grounds.

The soldiers taught Toby many tricks, and on command he says his prayers, rolls over, plays dead, speaks (barks), sings and performs other "stunts" that are truly wonderful

Perry Iles Lyons

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Perry Iles Lyons, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lyons, was born at Vicks
burg, Mississippi, June 19, 1888. His early education and training were received in the public schools of Vicksburg, and in September, 1906, he entered the agricultural course at the Mississippi A. and M. College.

Although privileged to receive only one year of college training, he made a deep impression upon all who knew him. As characteristic of his family, Perry Lyons was known to his instructors and friends by his ability, accuracy, and high regard for the truth.

At the time war was declared Perry was employed as traveling representative of the Sherwin-  Williams Paint Company, with head-quarters in New Orleans, Louisiana. He gave up his position, and entered the aviation section of Uncle Sam's army, and at the time of his death was completing his training at Barron Field, Fort Worth, Texas.

On October 10, 1918, within three days of the day upon which he was to receive his commission, Perry Lyons and two other cadets were flying in "three formation" when his machine collided with one of the others and injured his control. He immediately began a spiral to descend, but owing to the injury to his machine the spiral was not wide enough, and just as a bird wounded in one wing cannot control his flight, so Perry's plane quickly changed to a nose dive, and he crashed to the earth a fall of 3,500 feet. Death was instantaneous.

Possessing an attractive personality, a brilliant mind, and an unselfish heart, Perry Lyons was an exceptional type of man

His mother, Mrs. Jessie D. Lyons, of Vicksburg, two sisters, and two brothers are left to mourn his loss.

His body, in its flag-draped casket, was forwarded to his home at Vicksburg, Mississippi, where he was laid to rest on Saturday after noon, October 12, 1918

Captain Edward Ratchford Geary.

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EDWARD RATCHFORD GEARY was born at Salem, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, on September 1, 1845, and was killed in the midnight battle at Wauhatchie, Tennessee, October 29, 1863, being only eighteen years and two months old when killed. His body was sent home and buried at New Salem, Pa.

He was mustered into Knap's Independent Battery E, Pennsylvania Light Artillery, as Second Lieutenant, on September 8, 1861. He was wounded at the Battle of Cedar Mountain, Virginia, on August 9, 1862. On July 16, 1863, he was promoted from Second to First Lieutenant, and was commissioned Captain of Hampton Battery F on October 20, 1863, but was killed before being mustered in. On March 13, 1865, he was breveted Major and Lieutenant Colonel.

While our Battery was encamped on Maryland Heights in the fall of 1863, Lieutenant Geary was unanimously elected Captain of Hampton Battery. His commission from the State of Pennsylvania, dated October 20, 1863, was forwarded to his father. General John W. Geary, then in command of the White Star Division of the Twelfth Corps. He had his son's commission in his pocket when Captain Geary was killed.

Captain Collins, in his History of the One Hundred and Fortyninth New York Volunteers, of the Twelfth Corps, says :

" When the rays of the rising sun came over Lookout Mountain they fell with a mellow light upon the tall portly form of General Geary standing with bowed head on the summit of the knoll, while before him lay the lifeless form of a Lieutenant of Artillery. Scattered about were cannon, battered and bullet marked caissons and limbers, and many teams of dead horses in harness. There were many other dead, but none attracted his attention save this one. For he was his son. The men respected his sorrow and stood at a distance in silence while he communed with his grief. The Confederates had been instructed to pick off the artillerists. Lieutenant Geary had just sighted a gun and as he gave the command to fire, he fell dead with a bullet through his forehead."

Captain Joseph M. Knap, of Knap's Battery, says: " Captain Geary was one of the bravest, most efficient and devoted soldiers that ever lived." Post 236, G. A. R., County of Allegheny, State
of Pennsylvania, was named after him.

As Captain Geary was never mustered into the Hampton Battery his name does not appear on the rolls of the company, but the surviving members have very properly inscribed his name on the monument erected by them in the Allegheny City Park, to the memory of their fallen comrades.

Jack-Brutus.

Connecticut First Infantry Co. K.

Regiment al History.

Spanish American War.

 

Jack Brutus.

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Page 57,That, in effect, was what General Toral, the Spanish commander at Santiago, said when he learned Brutus had joined Company K.

Jack's ancestors came of good fighting stock and served in many a battle. He himself was born at Cumberland, Maine, in 1891. He had friends in most of the cities in New England through his associations with the traveling public at the West End Hotel at Portland. Frequently he visited them in their own homes, taking passage in some steamer or boarding some train, and returning to Portland in due time. His longest stay was two weeks in Boston, but he also frequently visited New York, New Brunswick and other cities connected with Portland by lines of steamers.

When the company arrived at Portland, Brutus at once enlisted for the war and followed the fortunes of the company faithfully. At Camp Alger he suffered much from the heat and possibly would not have survived but for the tender care of Sergeant Boniface. Upon the muster out of the regiment Wagoner Ahern gave Jack the freedom of his home and during his last sickness had a physician attend him once or twice. Jack died of spinal troubles and constipation, November 20, 1898, and was given a suitable burial.

Personal.

Page 78, Private Knox is elected the loudest snorer, though Jack Brutus snored well, considering the nasal combinations against him. In fact it might be said that "Jack" Knox and Jack Brutus, together, lead the whole company by the nose. One member writes : " Brutus was pushed pretty hard by Corporal Gruener. They slept in the next tent to me and I used to wake up in the middle of the night, hearing an awful noise in Gruener's tent.

I lay there one night and wondered which it was, Brutus or Gruener, till, at last, to satisfy my curiosity, I got up and found that the dog was quiet and all the noise came from Gruener." Another member answers : " Knox and the dog, both. I know them well for I have slept with both dogs." Another member writes: "John Brutus Knox." Another: "McGrath, aside from Jack." The vote is as follows: Knox, 48; Brutus, 33; Fulton, 2; Henry L. Huntington, 2; Gruener, Nunan, S. G. Huntington, Jos. Burnell, Moran, Marvel, McGrath, R. A. Case and Gale, one each.

William Pitt Follansbee.

First Illinois Light Artillery, Battery "A."

Regimental History.

 

WILLIAM PITT FOLLANSBEE.

 

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The subject of this sketch was a native of Chicago, having been born in that city Oct. 29, 1841. His parents were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Follansbee, who were among Chicago's most prominent, old and wealth families. He always lived in the city of his birth, attending her schools during his boyhood days. After leaving school he was engaged as salesman for C H. Beckwith, wholesale grocer, and was so occupied when the war began. He leu his situation and enlisted as private in Battery- "'A," July 2S. [861. He was with the battery continuously, taking a conspicuous part in all its engagements until mustered out at the expiration of his term of enlistment. July 25, 1864.

He then returned to Chicago and engaged in the grocery business with Lewis F. Jacobs, also a member of the battery, both having been messmates in the same squad throughout the war. He quit tins business and went to Larkspur, Colo., where he purchased a large ranch and embarked in the cattle business, in which he was engaged at the time of his death, which occurred Feb. 2?. 1870. his remains were brought home and buried in Graceland.  He had never married. His mother and brothers still live in Chicago

Captain Benjamin F.Rollins.

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Capt Benjamin F Rollins.

Birth: Oct. 28, 1841.
Death: Nov. 14, 1908.

Wife: Rose G. Chick Rollins (1856 - 1912).
Married January 4, 1875.

Children: Adal L., Fred H. Rollins.

Note. Marriage date and children need to be research more before stating as fact.
Marriage date and children birth dates don't seem to match up?

Burial: Sawyer Cemetery, Plymouth, Penobscot County, Maine.

Veteran of the Civil War.

Maine First Heavy Artillery.

Regimental History.

p. 289,Captain Benjamin F. Rollins, Joined from Dixmont as Sergeant. A modest, beardless boy, soldier born, unassuming, brave, and true to every duty. Promoted for merit to Second Lieutenant March 23, 1864, First Lieutenant Oct. 17, 1864, and Captain Dec. 13, 1864. Has, since the war, been prominent and prosperous mmercantile pursuits.

p. 291, Benjamin F. Rollins, 21, Dixmont, s; promoted Second Lieutenant March 23, 1864, First Lieutenant Oct. 17, 1864, and Captain Dec. 13, 1864; wounded May 19, 1864;Gunshot to left arm, resigned July 27, 1865. Resides at Plymouth, Me.
 

William H. C. Smith

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William H C Smith.

Birth: Dec. 3, 1840.
Death: Aug. 26, 1891, Providence County, Rhode Island.

Wife: Mary M Smith (1846 - 1935).

Children: Minnie A Smith (1869 - 1904), Susan M Smith (1870 - 1898).

Burial: Mineral Spring Cemetery, Pawtucket, Providence County, Rhode Island.
 

Battery F., First Rhode Island Light Artillery.

William H. C. Smith, Central Falls, R. I. Enrolled Oct. 10, 1S61 ; mustered Oct. 29, 1S61 : corporal, Oct. 29, 1S61 ; sergeant, Dec. 4, 1862; resigned warrant Jan. 24, 1S64: on detached service with Signal Corps, U. S. A., May 3, 1864; transferred to Signal Corps, U. S. A., Sept. 1, 1864; mustered out of service Oct. 30, 1864.

United States Army Signal Corps.

William H. C. Smith, transferred from First Rhode Island Artillery; Pawtucket, Rhode Island; Department, Va., N. C.; Died August 26, 1891.

Benjamin S. Woods.

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Benjamin S. Woods.

Birth: May 28, 1845.
Death: June 22, 1902.

Parents:  Solomon Woods, ( 1815 - 1879 ), Lucy Shipley Woods, ( 1805 - 1860.

Wife: Jennie F. Woods.

Children: Ernest S. Woods, ( 1871 - 1934 ).

Burial Edgewood Cemetery, Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.

Adjutant General Records.

New Hampshire eighth Infantry.

Benjamin S. Woods. Co. D., born Tyngsborough Massachusetts; Age 18; Residence Londonderry; Enlisted August 21, 1862; Mustered in August 27, 1862, as Private; Appointed Corporal; Transferred Co. A., Vet., Batt'l  S. N. H. V., January 1, 1865; Discharged June 6, 1865, Natches, Mississippi, P. O. address Nashua.

New Hampshire eighth Infantry Regimental History. 

Picture taken at enlistment.

Personal.  Comrade Benjamin S. Woods was born in Tyngsboro', Mass. Enlisted as a recruit in Company D, August 20, 1862, at the age of seventeen years. Joined the regiment at Camp Parapet, La., September 30, 1862, just in time to go in the Bayou La Fourche expedition and take part in the battle of Georgia Landing. Thenceforward he was in all the battles and skirmishes in which his company or regiment was engaged, up to his muster out at Natchez, Miss., on June 6, 1865. During all this time he was not wounded, although narrowdy escaping.

Some instances may be mentioned, as on May 27, 1863, at the first assault on Port Hudson, his file leader and two left hand comrades were shot dead. On the morning of the 14th of June, was struck in the forehead by a spent musket ball and late in the afternoon of the same day, while trying to procure water for some wounded comrades, he ran the gauntlet of the rebel sharpshooters, a whole volley being fired at him alone, through which he escaped unhurt.  At one of the severe skirmishes on the Red river, he exchanged places with a comrade, John Ryan, for a moment, but that moment was fatal to Ryan, a shot striking him in the head and killing him instantly.

After the war closed, he settled in Nashua and engaged in the grocery business. Joined John G. Foster Post, No. 7, G. A. R. in 1874. Was elected its commander in 1887 : was chief marshal on Memorial Day in 1888 ; was elected president of the Eighth New Hampshire Veterans' Association in 1886, and has held that office until the present time, 1891 ; also chosen treasurer of the Regimental Historical Association, helping in a large degree to raise the funds necessary to write and print this history of the
" Old Eighth."

Doctor Jonathan R. Downing.

Jonathan R. Downing.

Birth: October 18, 1844, Logan County Ohio.
Death: 1918.

Father: Israel Downing, ( ? - 1854 ).
Mother: Elizabeth Rector Downing, ( ? - 1939 ).

Wife: Elizabeth "Lizzie " C. West Downing, ( 1850 - 1939.)

Children: Non recorded.

Burial: Yorktown Cemetery, Yorktown, Delaware County, Indiana.

Civil War Veteran.

Jonathan R. Downing, Private, 121st., infantry, Unit 9th., Indiana Cavalry, Enlisted December 25, 1863; Age 20: Residence Delaware Co.; Discharged July 8, 1865.  Mustered out at Camp Chase, Ohio.

He was captured on September 25, 1864, and was kept a prisoner until March 6, 1865. He was on the list of those who were supposed lost on the Steamer Sultana, that exploded on July 27, 1865.

His trade was Blacksmithing.  After the war he went back to blacksmithing for five years.  But the war had impaired his health, so he seek some less laborious way to gain a livelihood.  He started to study medicine  in 1872.

Gilman G Foster.

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Gilman G Foster.

Birth: 1842
Death: 1926.

Wife: Elvira J Harlow Foster (1844 - 1924).

Children: Infant Son Foster (1881 - 1881).

Burial: West Branch Cemetery, Stowe, Lamoille County, Vermont.

Thirteenth Vermont Infantry Regimental History.

GILMAN O. FOSTER, DRUMMER

 

He was son of J. W. and Lucia A. Foster, born in Moretown November 15th, 1842. Was reared on a farm, attended district school, and also select school in Moretown a few terms. In the fall of 1861 a company of the 6th Regiment passed through Moretown on its way to join the Regiment and Foster was very anxious to enlist at that time, but could not gain the consent of his parents. Taught school the next winter. When the call for nine months' men came, however, he enlisted as a drummer and was with the company in its organization and drills till mustered into United States service.

 

Of the journey to Washington, comrade Foster writes: "I well remember the enthusiasm and generosity of the people along our line of travel through Massachusetts and Connecticut. Our train made a short stop at Hartford, when our car was surrounded and we were captured by the ladies, and presented by them the best that the city afforded in the line of eatables. We thanked them, but one of the boys said "You have done nobly, but not quite as well as the girls of Springfield.' They wanted to know wherein they had failed to do as well as the Springfield girls, the answer was, 'They kissed us.' And the girls said, 'We will not be beaten by Springfield.' In February, comrade Foster contracted typhoid pneumonia and was taken to regimental hospital, ) He was soon removed to hospital at Fairfax Court House where he lay unconscious for several days, and where he was at the time Mosby made his visit and carried off General Stoughton and others. He remained in the hospital till May, when he came to the company at Camp Carusi on the Occoquan. Here it was soon apparent that the rest of the drum corps of the regiment had, by their constant practice during the three months of his sickness, left him in the rear so far as musical attainments were concerned, but he strove manfully to recover the lost ground and events proved that Company B had no occasion to be ashamed of its drummer.

 

From his account of the battle of Gettysburg we select the following: "As I belonged to the drum corps I had no gun. but was offered a pistol, which offer I declined fearing it might 'go off' accidentally. I went to a spring to get water for Company B, but before reaching them my canteens would be empty, as I could not resist the call of the wounded rebels, whom 1 had to pass before reaching my company, but necessity on the part of our boys soon compelled me to turn a deaf ear to the gray, and take water to our boys, and the most thirsty of them all was Colonel Randall. He took a drink and said. My good fellow, you have stuck by us all day.' The rest of the day I devoted to the cavalry artillery. I found in the rear of our line a house which had been vacated, and in the pantry some flour, so I mixed some of it with water, put the dough on my plate and backed it over a small fire which I had built, and when done I ate it and pronounced it equal to mother's cream cake. I repeated the operation, and took my product to the boys and they agreed with me that it was the best cake they ever ate. "

 

During the third day of the fight our drummer was still alert, doing what he could for the wounded, bringing them water and helping to carry them off the field, and making himself generally useful. He says: "I remember Lieutenant Kenfield who was wounded toward the close of the battle as a man of courage. I dressed hia wound the best I could on the field, as he would not leave his company. He says 'We are giving it to 'em.' His coat sleeve was covered with blood and brains of Sergeant Major H. H. Smith, who had just been instantly killed by a piece of shell. General Stannard was also wounded by a piece of the same shell. 1 think also that it was the same shell that killed Orson L. Carr of Company E." After the battle was over. Colonel Randall said. "That drummer of Company B who isn't much on music, was worth more than all the rest of the drum corps in the battle." After he returned to Vermont he ment to Stowe where he has remained ever since, engaged in the manufacture of butter-tubs. He was married October 11, 1875 to Mrs, Elvira J. Harlow Peterson at Waterbury, Vt. Wife born in Stowe December 6. 1844. One child, Ethel E., born September 14, 1883. Married Walter A. Sears November 28th, 1901. P. O., Stowe.

John S. Nimmons.

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John S. Nimmons.

Birth: 1840.
Death: April 25, 1871.

Wife: Amella Nimmons ( 1842 - 1883 ).

Children: Samuel E., John W. Nimmons.

Burial: Green lawn Cemetery, Plymouth, Richland County, Ohio.

Was a Civil War Veteran.

124th., Ohio Infantry.

Field & Staff.

John S. Nimmons, Sergeant Major, Age 23; Enlisted October 1, 1862, for 3 years.  Promoted from Sergeant Co. A., May 1, 1864; to First Lieutenant Co. A., October 18, 1864.

Company A.

John S. Nimmons, Second Lieutenant, Co. A., Promoted from Sergeant Major, November 1, 1863; to Frist Lieutenant, Co. F.

Company F.

John S. Nimmons, First Lieutenant, Co. F., Promoted from Second Lieutenant Co. A., September 8, 1864.  Mustered out with company June 27, 1865.

Michigan Soldiers On Steamer Sultana, July 27, 1865.

On this page you will find 91, Michigan Solders and their records. These names cover many regiments. Historical records states that the Steamer Sultana exploded on July 27, 1865.  However on this page you will notice many different months and dates, but they all have one thing in common, they were all on the Sultana when it exploded. 

Although this is to be a list of the dead, not all were killed in the explosion.  One lived through it, and one or two others drowned before the explosion.
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Twenty-First Infantry.
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Third Infantry.

Rankes, Frederick, Ottawa County. Enlisted in company B, Third Infantry,  Jan. 29, 1862, at Grand Rapids, for 3 years, age 18. Mustered Jan. 29, 1862. Transferred to company E, Fifth Infantry, June 1o, 1864. Sup posed to have been killed by explosion of steamer "Sultana," April 24,. 1865.

Fourth Infantry.

Eastick, Newman A., Lenawee County. Enlisted in company G, Fourth Infantry, Feb. 2o, 1862, at Adrian. Mustered Feb. 2o, 1862. Taken  prisoner at Gettysbury, Pa., July 2, 1863. On detached service with company G, First Infantry, by order July 2, 1864. Supposed to have  been lost in explosion of Steamer Sultana, April 28, 1865.

Fifteenth Infantry.

Wells, Willard D., Superior. Enlisted in company H, Fifteenth Infantry, March 13, 1862, at Ypsilanti, for 3 years, age 23. Mustered March 13, 1862. Taken prisoner Jan., 1865. Killed by explosion on board  steamer " Sultana " April 26, 1865.

Seventeenth Infantry.

Briggs, Samuel C, Spring Arbor. Enlisted in company K. Seventeenth Infantry, June 12, 1862, at Jackson, for 3 years, age 25. Mustered Aug. 16, 1862. Taken prisoner at Campbell's Station. Tenn., Nov. 16. 1863. Sergeant. Killed in explosion on Steamer Sultana, on Mississippi  River, April 28, 1865.

Doan, Thomas R., Howard. Enlisted in company B, Seventeenth Infantry, July 2, 1862. at Niles, for 3 years, age 25. Mustered Aug. 26, 1862. Taken prisoner at Knoxville, Tenn., Nov. 29, 1863. Returned to regiment at Annapolis, Md., April 9, 1864. Taken prisoner at Spottsylvania. Va.. May 12, 1864. Killed in explosion on steamer Sultana on  Mississippi River, April, 1865.

Waterbury, Aaron V., Algansee. Enlisted in company H, Seventeenth Infantry, as Corporal, Aug. 9, 1862, at Quincy, for 3 years, age 26. Mustered Aug. 19, 1862. Sergeant. Taken prisoner at Spottsylvania, Va.,  May 12, 1864. Killed by explosion of Steamer Sultana on Mississippi River, April 26, 1865.

Eighteenth Infantry.

Mann, Washington, Cambria. Enlisted in company D, Eighteenth Infantry,  Aug. 21, 1862, at Hillsdale, for 3 years, age 26. Mustered Aug. 26,  1862, Missing in action at Athens. Ala., Sept. 24, 1864. Killed in explosion of steamer " Sultana '" near Memphis, Tenn., April 27. 1865.

Barnum, John P., Franklin. Enlisted in company E. Eighteenth Infantry,  Aug. 6, 1862. at Tecumseh. for 3 years, age 24. Mustered Aug. 26, 1862. Killed in explosion of Steamer " Sultana " near Memphis. Tenn.,  April 27, 1865.

 Barrett, Edward P., Blissrield. Enlisted in company H, Eighteenth Infantry, Aug. 15. 1862, at Hillsdale, for 3 years, age 18. Mustered  Aug. 26, 1862. Corporal Sept., 1864. Missing in action at Athens, Ala.,  Sept. 24, 1864. Killed in explosion of Steamer "Sultana" near Memphis. Tenn., April 27. 1865.

Bradish, James W., Medina. Enlisted in company A. Eighteenth Infantry,  Aug. 6. 1862, at Hudson, for 3 years, age 18. Mustered Aug. 26, 1862. Killed in explosion of steamer "Sultana".' near Memphis, Tenn., April  27, 1865.

Branigan, Patrick, Tecumseh. Enlisted in company E, Eighteenth Infantry, Aug. 17. 1862, at Tecumseh, for 3 years, age 40. Mustered Aug. 26. 1862. Taken prisoner at Athens, Ala.. Sept. 24. 1864. Killed in  explosion of steamer "Sultana" near Memphis, Tenn.. April 27, 1865.

Faurote, William L., Fayette. Enlisted in company G, Eighteenth Infantry,  Aug. 5, 1862, at Jonesville, for 3 years, age 20. Mustered Aug. 26,  1862. Corporal. Taken prisoner at Athens, Ala., Sept. 24, 1864. Killed in explosion of Steamer " Sultana" near Memphis, Tenn., April  27, 1865.

Finch, William H. Enlisted in company D, Eighteenth Infantry, as Corporal, Aug. 15, 1862, at Hillsdale, for 3 years, age 22. Mustered Aug. 26, 1862. Sergeant. Missing in action at Athens, Ala., Sept. 24, 1864.  Killed in explosion of Steamer "Sultana" near Memphis, Tenn ,  April 27. 1865.

Frink, Miles S., Milan. Enlisted in company H. Eighteenth Infantry, July 29, 1862. at Milan, for 3 years, age 19. Mustered Aug. 26, 1862. Taken  prisoner and paroled at Snow's Pond, Ky., Sept. 25, 1862. Missing in  action at Athens. Ala.. Sept. 24, 1864. Killed in explosion of Steamer  "Sultana" near Memphis, Tenn.. April 27. 1865.

Fuller, Alexander, Pittsford. Enlisted in company F. Eighteenth Infantry,  Aug. 7, 1862. at Ransom, for 3 years, age 18. Mustered Aug. 26. 1862.  Missing in action at Athens. Ala., Sept. 24. 1864. Killed in explosion  of Steamer " Sultana" near Memphis, Tenn.. April 27. 1865.

Hampton, Frank. Enlisted in company I. Eighteenth Infantry, Jan. 4, 1864. at Hudson, for 3 years, age 16. Mustered Jan. 12, 1864. Joined regiment at Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 25, 1864. 'Missing in action at Athens, Ala., Sept. 24, 1864. Killed in explosion of steamer "Sultana" near  Memphis, Tenn.. April 27, 1865.

 Hampton, Frank H., or Henry F. Enlisted in company G. Eighteenth Infantry. Jan. 11, 1864, at Scipio, for 3 years, age 18. Mustered Jan. 14. 1864. Taken prisoner at Athens, Ala., Sept. 24, 1864. Killed in explosion of steamer "Sultana" near Memphis. Tenn., April 27, 1865.

Knapp, Andrew J., Hudson. Enlisted in company A, Eighteenth Infantry, July 31, 1862, at Hudson, for 3 years, age 22. Mustered Aug. 26, 1862.Killed in explosion of steamer " Sultana" near Memphis, Tenn., April  27, 1865.

Lackey, Patrick, Somerset. Enlisted in company G, Eighteenth Infantry, Aug. 6, 1862. at Somerset, for 3 years, age 2^. Mustered Aug. 26, 1862. Taken prisoner and paroled while on picket at Snow's Pond. Ky.,  Sept. 23, 1862. Taken prisoner at Athens. Ala., Sept. 24, 1864 Killed  in explosion of steamer "Sultana' near Memphis, Tenn.. April 27,  1865

Millspaugh, David, Tecumseh. Enlisted in company E, Eighteenth Infantry, Aug. 8, 1862, at Tecumseh, for 3 years, age 30. Mustered Aug.  26, 1862. Taken prisoner at Athens, Ala., Sept. 24, 1864. Killed in  explosion of steamer " Sultana" near Memphis, Tenn., April 27, 1865.

Moore, Jacob, Morenci. Enlisted in company C. Eighteenth Infantry, Aug  5, 1862. at Morenci. for 3 years, age 31. Mustered Aug. 26. 1862.  Corporal Sept., 1864. Killed in explosion of steamer "Sultana" near Memphis. Tenn., April 27, 1865.

Patterson, Robert, Raisin. Enlisted in company I. Eighteenth Infantry, Aug. 11, 1862, at Tecumseh, for 3 years, age 23. Mustered Aug. 26. 1862. Missing in action at Athens, Ala., Sept. 24. 1864. Killed in  explosion of steamer "Sultana" near Memphis, Tenn., April 27, 1865.

Rowley, Orson B. Enlisted in company A, Eighteenth Infantry, Aug. 7,  1862, at Hudson, for 3 years, age 21. Mustered Aug. 26, 1862. Killed  in explosion of Steamer "Sultana" near Memphis, Tenn.. April 27. 1865.

Rowley, Warren, Hudson. Enlisted in company A. Eighteenth Infantry,  as Musician, Aug. 8, 1862, at Hudson, for 3 years, age 31. Mustered Aug. 26, 1862. Killed in explosion of Steamer "Sultana"' near
Memphis, Tenn., April 27, 1865.

Upton, Warren S. Enlisted in company I, Eighteenth Infantry, Jan. 4, 1864. at Medina, for 3 years, age 18. Mustered Jan. 12, 1864. Joined regiment at Nashville. Tenn., Jan. 25, 1864. Missing in action at Athens,  Ala., Sept. 24, 1864. Killed in explosion of steamer "Sultana" near  Memphis, Tenn., April 27, 1865.

Vanatta, Jason, Fayette. Enlisted in company G, Eighteenth Infantry, Aug. 15, 1862, at Jonesville, for 3 years, age 21. Mustered Aug. 26, 1862. Taken prisoner at Athens. Ala., Sept. 24. 1864. Killed in explosion  of steamer "Sultana" near Memphis. Tenn., April 27, 1865.

Vancourt, Harrison. Enlisted in company D, Eighteenth Infantry, Jan. 11, 1864. at Medina, for 3 years, age 21. Mustered Jan. 12. 1864. Joined  regiment at Nashville. Tenn., Feb. 23. 1864. Missing in action at  Athens, Ala., Sept. 24, 1864. Killed in explosion of steamer "Sultana" near Memphis, Tenn.. April 27. 1865.

Young, William.. Enlisted in company D, Eighteenth Infantry, as Musician,  July 31, 1862. at Cambria, for 3 years, age 43. Mustered Aug. 26,  1862. Missing in action at Athens, Ala., Sept. 24, 1864. Killed in  explosion of steamer " Sultana" near Memphis, Tenn., April 27, 1865.

Ainsworth, John L. Enlisted in company B, Eighteenth Infantry, Feb. 18. 1864, at Ransom, for 3 years, age 17. Mustered Feb. 25, 1864. Joined  regiment at Nashville, Tenn., April 6. 1864. Taken prisoner at Athens. Ala., Sept. 24, 1864. Killed April 27. 1865, in explosion of steamer  "Sultana," near Memphis, Tenn.

Holmes, Morgan L., Moscow. Enlisted in company F. Eighteenth Infantry. Aug. 2. 1862. at Moscow, for 3 years, age 20. Mustered Aug. 26, 1862. Missing at Athens. Ala.. Sept. 24, 1864. Killed in explosion of  steamer " Sultana " near Memphis. Tenn.. April 27. 1865.

Bird, John E., Allen. Enlisted in company D, Eighteenth Infantry, July 31,  1862. at Hillsdale, for 3 years, age (8. Mustered Aug. 26. 1862. Missing in action at Athens, Ala., Sept. 24. 1864. Killed in explosion of  steamer "Sultana" near Memphis. Tenn.. April 27, 1865.

Brewer, George H., Tecumseh. Enlisted in company E. Eighteenth Infantry, July 30, 1862, at Tecumseh, for 3 years, age 19. Mustered Aug. 26, 1862. Corporal. Taken prisoner at Athens, Ala., Sept. 24. 1864. Killed in explosion of steamer "Sultana" near Memphis, Tenn., April  27, 1865.

Burnes, or Barnes, Michael. Enlisted in company G, Eighteenth Infantry,  Dec. 28, 1863, at Madison, for 3 years, age 29. Mustered Dec. 28, 1863. Joined regiment at Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 23, 1864. Taken  prisoner at Athens, Ala., Sept. 24, 1864. Killed in explosion of  steamer "Sultana" near Memphis, Tenn.. April 27, 1865.

Caldwell, James, Litchf1eld. Enlisted in company G, Eighteenth Infantry,  Aug. 14, 1862, at Jonesville, for 3 years, age 21. Mustered Aug. 26,  1862. Taken prisoner at Athens, Ala., Sept. 24, 1864. Killed in explosion of steamer "'Sultana" near Memphis, Tenn., April 27, 1865.

Crisp, William, Adams. Enlisted in company D. Eighteenth Infantry, Aug.20. 1862. at Hillsdale, for 3 years, age 28. Mustered Aug. 26. 1862. Taken prisoner Sept. 24. 1864. Paroled March 15, 1865. Survivor of  the steamer "Sultana." Discharged at Detroit, Mich., June 21, 1865.

Deline, Orville, Dover. Enlisted in company C, Eighteenth Infantry. Aug.7, 1862, at Adrian, for 3 years, age 26. Mustered Aug. 26, 1862. Corporal Sept., 1864. Missing in action at Athens, Ala., Sept. 24, 1864. Killed in explosion of steamer "Sultana" near Memphis, Tenn., April 27, 1865.

Ford, Edwin. Enlisted in company D, Eighteenth Infantry, Aug. 13. 1862,  at Hillsdale, for 3 years, age 25. Mustered Aug. 26, 1862. Corporal Sept., 1864. Missing in action at Athens, Ala.. Sept. 24, 1864. Killed in  explosion of Steamer "Sultana'' near Memphis. Tenn.. April 27. 1865.  Buried in National Cemetery at Memphis. Tenn. Grave No. 4137.

Gale, Orris, Moscow. Enlisted in company F, Eighteenth Infantry, Aug. 5, 1862, at Moscow, for 3 years, age 18. Mustered Aug. 26, 1862. Missing in action at Athens, Ala., Sept. 24, 1864. Killed in explosion of  Steamer " Sultana" near Memphis, Tenn., April 27, 1865.

Greenfield, Levi, Adrian. Enlisted in company C. Eighteenth Infantry. Aug.6, 1862, at Adrian, for 3 years, age 26. Mustered Aug. 26, 1862. Sergeant. Missing in action at Athens, Ala., Sept. 24, 1864. Killed in  explosion of steamer ''Sultana" near Memphis, Tenn., April 27. 1865.

Hinds, Thomas J., Whiteford. Enlisted in company K, Eighteenth Infantry, as Corporal, Aug. 9, 1862. at Monroe, for 3 years, age 24. Mustered Aug. 26. 1862. Sergeant Jan. 1, 1864. Missing in action at
Athens. Ala., Sept. 24, 1864. Killed in explosion of Steamer "Sultana" near Memphis, Tenn.. April 27, 1865.

Holmes, Morgan L., Moscow. Enlisted in company F. Eighteenth Infantry. Aug. 2. 1862. at Moscow, for 3 years, age 20. Mustered Aug. 26,1862. Missing at Athens. Ala.. Sept. 24, 1864. Killed in explosion of  steamer " Sultana " near Memphis. Tenn.. April 27. 1865.

Horton, Charles E. Enlisted in company C, Eighteenth Infantry, as Corporal. Aug. 6. 1862. at Adrian, for 3 years, age t8. Mustered Aug 26. 1862. Sergeant Sept., 1864. Missing in action at Athens, Ala..
Sept. 24. 1864. Killed in explosion of Steamer " Sultana" near Memphis. Tenn.. April 27. 1865.

Huyck, George B., Riga. Enlisted in company C, Eighteenth Infantry, Aug.2, 1862, at Adrian, for 3 years, age 19. Mustered Aug. 26. 1862. Corporal Sept.. 1864. Killed in explosion of steamer "Sultana' near Memphis. Tenn.. April 27. 1865.

Jones, Alanson, Riga. Enlisted in company B, Eighteenth Infantry, Aug.4, 1862, at Whiteford. for 3 years, age 29. Mustered Aug. 26, 1862.Taken prisoner at Athens, Ala., Sept. 24, 1864. Killed in explosion  of steamer "Sultana" near Memphis. Tenn., April 27, 1865.

Lackler, George. Enlisted in company F, Eighteenth Infantry, Oct. 10, 1863. at Nashville. Tenn., for 3 years, age" 32. Mustered Oct. 10, 1863. Joined regiment at Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 10, 1863. Missing in  action at Athens, Ala., Sept. 24, 1864. Killed in explosion of steamer  "Sultana" near Memphis, Tenn., April 27, 1865.

Lawrence, Albert W., Hillsdale. Enlisted in company I), Eighteenth Infantry, as Corporal, July 23, 1862, at Hillsdale, for 3 years, age 21.Mustered Aug. 26, 1862. Sergeant. Missing in action at Athens, Ala., Sept. 24, 1864. Killed in explosion of steamer "Sultana" near Memphis, Tenn.. April 27, 1865.

Ludlum, Benjamin F., Hudson. Enlisted in company A, Eighteenth Infantry, July 23, 1862, at Hudson, for 3 years, age 25. Mustered Aug. 26, 1862. Killed in explosion of steamer "Sultana" near Memphis. Tenn., April 27, 1865.

McEldowney, Andrew J., Erie. Enlisted in company K, Eighteenth Infantry, as Corporal, Aug. 14, 1862, at Monroe, for 3 years, age 25. Mustered Aug. 26, 1862. Missing in action at Athens, Ala., Sept. 24, 1864. Killed in explosion of steamer "Sultana" near Memphis, Tenn., April  27, 1865

Mason, George R., Franklin. Enlisted in company F, Eighteenth Infantry, Aug. 8, 1862, at Tecumseh, for 3 years, age 23. Mustered Aug. 26, 1862. Taken prisoner at Athens, Ala., Sept. 24, 1864. Killed in explosion of steamer "Sultana" near Memphis, Tenn., April 27, 1865.

Metta, Anthony R., Monroe. Enlisted in company K, Eighteenth Infantry, Aug. 13, 1862, at Monroe, for 3 years, age 26. Mustered Aug. 26, 1862. Missing in action at Athens, Ala., Sept. 24, 1864. Killed in explosion of steamer "Sultana"' near Memphis, Tenn., April 27, 1865.

Nelson, Lemon, Camden. Enlisted in company D, Eighteenth Infantry, July 23, 1862, at Hillsdale, for 3 years, age 19. Mustered Aug. 26. 1862. Missing in action at Athens, Ala., Sept. 24, 1864. Killed in explosion of steamer "Sultana" near Memphis. Tenn., April 27, 1865.

Nichols, Conant, Dundee. Enlisted in company H, Eighteenth Infantry, Aug. 9, 1862, at Dundee, for 3 years, age 19. Mustered Aug. 26, 1862, Taken prisoner and paroled at Snow's Pond, Ky., Sept. 25, 1862. Missing in action at Athens, Ala., Sept. 24, 1864. Killed in explosion of steamer "Sultana" near Memphis, Tenn., April 27, 1865.

Oakley, Eli J., Seneca. Enlisted in company C, Eighteenth Infantry, Aug.5, 1862, at Morenci, for 3 years, age 18. Mustered Aug. 26, 1862. Missing in action at Athens, Ala., Sept. 24, 1864. Killed in explosion  of steamer "Sultana'' near Memphis, Tenn.. April 27, 1865.

Palmer, George N., Somerset. Enlisted in company G, Eighteenth Infantry, Aug. 6, 1862, at Somerset, for 3 years, age 20. Mustered Aug. 26, 1862. Corporal. Taken prisoner at Athens, Ala., Sept. 24, 1864.Killed in explosion of steamer "Sultana" near Memphis, Tenn., April  27, 1865.

Plank, Harrison D., Dundee. Enlisted in company H, Eighteenth Infantry,Aug. 11, 1862, at Dundee, for 3 years, age 21. Mustered Aug. 26, 1862. Corporal. Missing in action at Athens. Ala., Sept. 24, 1864. Killed in explosion of steamer "Sultana" near Memphis, Tenn., April  27, 1865.

Potter, James B., Seneca. Enlisted in company C, Eighteenth Infantry, Aug. 5, 1862, at Morenci, for 3 years, age 19. Mustered Aug. 26, 1862.  Missing in action at Athens, Ala., Sept. 24, 1864. Killed in explosion  of Steamer "Sultana," near Memphis, Tenn., April 27, 1865

Robins, Jonathan, Wheatland. Enlisted in company A, Eighteenth Infantry. July 23, 1862, at Hudson, for 3 years, age 20. Mustered Aug. 26, 1862. Killed in explosion of Steamer "Sultana" near Memphis, Tenn.,  April 27, 1865..

Seeley, Frederick D., Somerset. Enlisted in company G, Eighteenth Infantry, Aug. 6, 1862, at Somerset, for 3 years, age 18. Mustered Aug.26, 1862. Taken prisoner at Athens, Ala., Sept. 24, 1864. Killed in explosion of steamer "Sultana" near Memphis, Tenn., April 27, 1865.

Shafer, Delascus B. Enlisted in company I. Eighteenth Infantry, Jan. 4, 1864, at Medina, for 3 years, age 21. Mustered Jan. 12, 1864. Joined  regiment at Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 25, 1864. Missing in action at Athens. Ala., Sept. 24, 1864. Killed in explosion of steamer "Sultana"  near Memphis, Tenn., April 27, 1865.

Smith, Orson W., Raisin. Enlisted in company B, Eighteenth Infantry, Aug. 13, 1862, at Raisin, for 3 years, age 20. Mustered Aug. 26, 1862. Corporal. Taken prisoner at Athens, Ala., Sept. 24, 1864. Killed in  explosion of steamer "Sultana" near Memphis, Tenn., April 27. 1865.

Snyder, David L., Dundee. Enlisted in company H, Eighteenth Infantry. Aug. 13, 1862, at Dundee, for 3 years, age 23. Mustered Aug. 26,  1862. Missing in action at Athens, Ala., Sept. 24. 1864. Killed in  explosion of Steamer "Sultana." near Memphis, Tenn., April 27, 1865.

Southwick, Eugene, Madison. Enlisted in company C, Eighteenth Infantry, Aug. 26, 1862, at Madison, for 3 years, age 18. Mustered Aug. 26, 1862. Taken prisoner at Danville, Ky., March 24, 1863. Exchanged Aug. 17, 1863. Missing in action at Decatur, Ala., Jan. 3, 1865. Killed  in explosion of Steamer "Sultana," near Memphis. Tenn., April 27, 1865.

Sprague, Franklin, Rome. Enlisted in company B, Eighteenth Infantry.Aug. 20, 1862, at Hillsdale, for 3 years, age 23. Mustered Aug. 26, 1862. Corporal. Taken prisoner at Athens, Ala.. Sept. 24. 1864.
Killed in explosion of Steamer "Sultana." near Memphis. Tenn. April .27, 1865.

Spring, Jeremiah, Medina. Enlisted in company A, Eighteenth Infantry. Aug. 6. 1862, at Hudson, for 3 years, age 18. Mustered Aug. 26, 1862 Corporal. Killed in explosion of Steamer "Sultana," near Memphis, Tenn., April 27, 1865.

Thayer, Charles, Adrian. Enlisted in company B. Eighteenth Infantry, Aug. 5. 1862, at Adrian, for 3 years, age 22. Mustered Aug. 26, 1862. Taken prisoner at Athens, Ala.. Sept. 24, 1864. Killed in explosion of  Steamer Sultana," near Memphis, Tenn., April 27, 1865.

Vangorder, George W., Ransom. Enlisted in company F, Eighteenth Infantry. Aug. 7, 1862. at Amboy, for 3 years, age 19. Mustered Aug.26, 1862. Missing in action at Athens, Ala., Sept. 24, 1864. Killed in explosion of steamer "Sultana" near Memphis, Tenn., April 27,  1865.

Watkins, James, Hillsdale. Enlisted in company D, Eighteenth Infantry, July 30, 1862, at Hillsdale, for 3 years, age 27. Mustered Aug. 26,1862. Missing in action at Athens, Ala., Sept. 24, 1S64. Killed in  explosion of steamer "Sultana," near Memphis. Te1m., April 27, 1865.

West, Charles A., Allen. Enlisted in company G, Eighteenth Infantry, July  26, 1862, at Allen, for 3 years, age 21. Mustered Aug. 26, 1862. Taken  prisoner at Athens, Ala., Sept. 24, 1864. Killed in explosion of  steamer "Sultana" near Memphis, Tenn., April 27, 1865.

Twenty-First Infantry.

Mead, George. Enlisted in company F, Twenty-first Infantry, Aug. 5, 1862, at Greenville, for 3 years, age 20. Mustered Sept. 3, 1862. Taken  prisoner at Chickamauga, Ga. Supposed to have been killed on  Steamer "Sultana" April 27, 1865.

Twenty-Second.

Boice, or Boyce, Edward, Elk. Enlisted in company K. Twenty-second Infantry, Aug. 4, 1862, at Lexington, for 3 years, age 24. Mustered Aug. 22, 1862. Taken prisoner at Chickamauga. Ga.. Sept. 20, 1863. Paroled. Killed by explosion of steamer " Sultana," April 28. 1865.

Lane, James H., Brockway. Enlisted in company C, Twenty-second Infantry, Aug. 12, 1862, at Port Huron, for 3 years, age 28. Mustered Aug. 14, 1862. Taken prisoner at Chickamauga, Ga., Sept. 20. 1863. Returned to regiment Feb. 16, 1864. Corporal Feb., 1864. Killed by  explosion of steamer "Sultana" April 28, 1865.

Smith, Alonzo K., Worth. Enlisted in company K. Twenty-second Infantry, Aug. 7, 1862, at Lexington, for 3 years, age 21. Mustered  Aug. 22, 1862. Sergeant. Taken prisoner at Chickamauga, Ga., Sept 20, 1863. Paroled. Killed by explosion of Steamer Sultana, April 28,
1865.

Second Cavalry.

Corliss, or Cortes, John S. (Veteran), Ottawa County. Enlisted in company C, Second Cavalry, Sept. 9, 1861, at Grand Rapids, for 3 years,  age 22. Mustered Oct. 2, 1861. Taken prisoner Dec. 25, 1862. Returned to regiment April 20, 1864. Re-enlisted Jan. 5, 1864, at Mossy  Creek, Tenn. Mustered June 27, 1864. Killed by explosion of steamer  Sultana, April 28, 1865.

Henry, Charles. Drafted for 3 years, from North, Gratiot County, age 33. Mustered Oct. 28, 1863. Assigned to company E, Second Cavalry.  Joined regiment at Sparta, Tenn., Dec. 3, 1863. Taken prisoner at Florence, Ala., Oct. 30, 1864. Lost on steamer Sultana, April 27, 1865.

Hill, David. Drafted for 3 years, from Lexington, Sanilac County, age 43. Mustered Nov. 17, 1863. Assigned to company D, Second Cavalry. Taken prisoner at Shoal Creek, Ala., Nov. 5, 1864. Supposed to  have died on steamer Sultana, April 28, 1865.

Johnston, John. Drafted for 3 years, from Washington, Macomb County, age 39. Mustered Nov. 23, 1863. Assigned to company D, Second  Cavalry. Taken prisoner at Shoal Creek, Ala., Nov. 5, 1864. Supposed  to have been killed on steamer Sultana, April 28, 1865.

Keendrick, or Hendrick, James. Drafted for 3 years, from Hartland, Livingston County. Mustered Nov. 23, 1863. Taken prisoner at Florence, Ala., Oct. 30, 1864. Lost on steamer Sultana, April 27, 1865.

Sixth Cavalry.

Barnes, Augustus M., Burns. Enlisted in company D, Sixth Cavalry, Sept. 7, 1862, at Burns, for 3 years, age 20. Mustered Oct. 11, 1862. Taken prisoner at Falling Waters, Md., July 14, 1863. Supposed to have  been killed by explosion of steamer Sultana April 26, 1865.

Hulet, James H. Enlisted in company K, Sixth Cavalry, June 3, 1863, at  Detroit, for 3 years, age 22. Mustered June 4, 1863. Taken prisoner  at Brandy Station, Va., Oct. 11, 1863. Supposed killed by explosion  of steamer Sultana April 25, 1865.

Eighth Cavalry.

Noble, John A. Enlisted in company B, Eighth Cavalry, Aug. 18, 1864, at  Jackson, for 1 year, age 2o. Mustered Aug. 18, 1864. Taken prisoner at Henryville, Tenn., Nov. 23, 1864. Killed April 15, 1865, by explosion of steamer Sultana.

Cartwright, Charles. Enlisted in company I, Eighth Cavalry, Feb. 1, 1863, at Mt. Clemens, for 3 years, age 18. Mustered May 21, 1863. Missing on raid to Macon, Ga., Aug. 3, 1864. Killed by explosion of steamer Sultana, April 26, 1865.

Cory, Oliver, Detroit. Enlisted in company I, Eighth Cavalry, Dec. 6,  1862, at Detroit, for 3 years, age 18. Mustered Feb. 4, 1863. Missing on raid to Macon, Ga., Aug. 3, 1864. Killed by explosion of
steamer Sultana, April 26, 1865.

Fort, Lewis R., Coldwater. Enlisted in company E, Eighth Cavalry, Jan. 12, 1863, at Coldwater, for 3 years, age 44. Mustered Jan. 2o, 1863. Transferred to company B, April 3o, 1863. Taken prisoner near Sweetwater, Tenn., Sept. 27, 1863. Supposed killed by explosion of  steamer Sultana, April 28, 1865.

Kinney, John A., Saugatuck. Enlisted in company F. Eighth Cavalry, Dec. 2. 1862. at Saugatuck, for 3 years, age 23. Mustered Jan. 2o, 1863. Corporal. Taken prisoner at Dandridge, Tenn., Jan. 19, 1864. Killed  April 15, 1865, by explosion of steamer Sultana.

Meeker, Clark T. Enlisted in company B, Eighth Cavalry, Aug. 18, 1864, at Jackson, for 1 year, age 2o. Mustered Aug. 18, 1864. Joined regiment at Lexington, Ky., Sept. 2l,v 1864. Corporal Nov. 1, 1864.  Taken prisoner at Henryville, Tenn., Nov. 23, 1864. Killed April 28, 1865, by explosion of steamer Sultana.

Snyder, F. A member of company H, Eighth Cavalry. Supposed to have  been killed by the explosion of the steamer Sultana, April 28, 1865.

Ninth Cavalry.

Warner, Harvey D., Lapeer. Enlisted in company H, Ninth Cavalry, Dec.18, 1862, at Lapeer, for 3 years, age 20. Mustered Dec. 28, 1862. Prisoner of war Jan., 1865. Drowned from steamer Sultana, June  25, 1865.

Engineers and Mechanics.

Bunn, Job T. Enlisted in company L, Engineers and Mechanics, as Sergeant, Dec. 27, 1862, at Albion, for 3 years, age 4o. Mustered April 8, 1863. Taken prisoner Dec. 15, 1864. Paroled. Killed April 26, 1865,  by explosion of Steamer Sultana on Mississippi river.

Decker, Jasper. Enlisted in company L, Engineers and Mechanics, April 11, 1863, at Whiteford, for 3 years, age 18. Mustered April 29, 1863. Taken prisoner Dec. 15, 1864. Paroled. Killed April 28, 1865, by explosion of steamer Sultana on Mississippi River.

Johnson, Henry H. Enlisted in company L, Engineers and Mechanics, as  Corporal, March 15, 1863, at Adrian, for 3 years, age 23. Mustered  June 3, 1863. Taken prisoner Dec. 15, 1864. Paroled. Killed April  28, 1865, by explosion of steamer Sultana, on Mississippi River.

Wait, Henry. Enlisted in company L, Engineers and Mechanics, Dec. 3o,  1863, at Grand Rapids, for 3 years, age 19. Mustered Jan. 5, 1864. Taken prisoner Dec. 15, 1864. Paroled. Killed April 26, 1865, by explosion of steamer Sultana, on Mississippi river.

Ninth Indiana Cavalry On Steamer Sultana, July 27, 1865.

There will be no information on these names, as there are just to many.  However if you see a name of interest you can E. Mail me and I will be glad to send any information I have on him.

These men were made prisoners at Sulphur Branch Trestle, and were lost in the explosion of the Steamer Sultana on the morning of July 27, 1865.

121 / 9th., Indiana Cavalry.

 

Henry Conklin, Co. A.

Patrick Day, Co. A.

 

Frederick Blessinger, Co. B.

Charles E. Church, Co. B.

Ephraim B. Parman, Co. B.

John Stenarl, Co. B.

John Steward, Co. B.

 

Warren A. Huckins, Co. C.

 

Edward Wood, Co. D.

 

Charles W. Clevenger, Co. G.

George Downing, Co. G.

Jonathan R. Downing, Co. G.

William H. Graves, Co. G.

William C. Hoober, Co. G

John M. Maynard, Co. G..

Enoch T. Nation, Co. G.

James C. Olom, Co. G.

John R. Reasoner, Co. G.

Nathan Thornburg, Co. G.

 

Franklin Ballinger, Co. H.

James Bell, Co. H.

Alonzo Dunham, Co. H.

George W. Delano, Co. H.

Josiah Pratt, Co. H.

John W. Shull, Co. H.

 

Hiram Bailey, Co. K.

John W. Emmons, Co. K.

George S. Fisher, Co. K.

Jacob Hurald, Co. K.

Henry Newton, Co. K.

William F. Rea, Co. K.

Joseph Survant, Co. K.

George Shockley, Co. K.,

Joseph Sorvaul, Co. K.

Darius Steveens, Co. K.

Matthew Zix, Co. K.

 

James N. Christian, Co. L.

William R. Glaze, Co. L.

Leander McCartney, Co. L.

Robert A. Moorhouse, Co. L.

Archibald Reed, Co. L.

 

John Armstrong, Co. M.

Joseph Alexander, Co. M.

William Brigg, Co. M.

George Blake, Co. M.

Nathan E. Gruell, Co. M.

Rnis Haloway or Halloway,, Co. M.

William H. Huffman, Co. M.

James M. Isentrager, Co. M.

Samuel King, Co. M.

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