Lorenzo Meeker.

Lorenzo Meeker.

Birth: 1815.
Death: 1899.

Civil War Union Army Officer. Lieutenant Colonel of the 6th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry

Wife: Mary Adams Meeker (1818 - 1892).

Burial: Woodland Cemetery, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

Civil War Record.

Lorenzo Meeker, Captain, sixth Connecticut Infantry, Company D., Mustered in September 5, 1861, Residence Stamford, Age 45, Married, Painter.  Promoted Lieutenant Colonel November 27, 1863. 

George M. Southmayd.

George M. Southmayd.

Birth: Feb. 25, 1824.
Death: Apr. 8, 1908.

(Capt. Co. A. 11th Regt. Conn. Vols.)

Wife: Caroline B O'Neil Southmayd (1828 - 1902)

Children: Georgianna Southmayd (____ - 1852). Harry Bernard Southmayd (____ - 1873). Mary Adelea Southmayd (____ - 1864).

Burial: Pine Grove Cemetery, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut.

Civil War Record. 

George M. Southmayd, Captain, 11th., Connecticut Infantry, Co. A., Residence Danbury, Age 37, Married, Cabinet Maker, Mustered in November 27, 1861, Resigned July 18, 1862..

Daniel Clarke Rodman.

Daniel Clarke Rodman.


Birth: Oct. 16, 1826.
Death: Oct. 9, 1881.

Wife: Isabella ( Budington ) Rodman, 1848-1902.

Daniel C. Rodman, Captain, Seventh Connecticut Cavalry, Co. B., Residence Hartford, Age 33, Single, Mechanic.   Mustered in September 7, 1861.  Promoted Lieutenant Colonel May 9, 1863.

Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Served in the Civil War as a 1st Lieutenant in the 1st Connecticut Volunteer Infantry before being transferred to the 7th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry. With the 7th Connecticut he rose to Lieutenant Colonel and commander of the regiment. He received brevet of Brigadier General, US Volunteers on March 13, 1865 for "conspicuous gallantry at the first assult on Fort Wagner, Morris Island, S.C.". However, it was not acted upon and confirmed by Congress until March 3, 1869.

Burial: Starr Cemetery, Groton, New London County, Connecticut.

Jacob Bauman & James Weldon, 3rd. Ohio Cavalry.

The information was taken from the Ohio 3rd. Cavalry, Regimental Histry.
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Jacob Bauman, Corporal, Age 28., Enlisted September 4, 1861, for 3 years.  Appointed September 4, 1861.  Died July 3, 1862, of wounds received from guerrillas.

July 3, 1862, Corporal, Jacob Bauman, of Company A., was killed by guerrillas and stripped of all his clothing, as he was returning to camp.
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James Weldon, Private, Company A., Age 26., Enlisted September 4, 1861, for 3 years.  Transferred to Company K., December 11, 1862.  Died August 15, 1862, at Woodville, Ala.

July 20, 1862, James Weldon, Private, Company K., was shot and instantly killed by some one in ambush.  He had gone ahead of the advance guard and the shot was fired from a piece of woods some distance from the road.

Hira W. Curtis or Curtiss, 4th., Iowa Cavalry.

Hira W. Curtis.

Birth: unknown.
Death: Oct. 25, 1864, Pleasanton, Linn County, Kansas.

The only Union officer killed at the battle of Mine Creek, Kansas. He was with Company F, 4th Iowa Cavalry.

Burial: National Cemetery Soldiers Lot, Mound City, Linn County, Kansas.
Plot: National Cemetery Soldiers Lot, grave # 56

Iowa Fourth Cavalry, Regimental History.

 

Second Lieutenant, Hira W. Curtiss or Curtis, Residence Mahaska Co., Enlisted October 17, 1861, appointed Second Sergeant at muster in.  Re-enlisted Veteran March 31, 1864, and reappointed Second Sergeant; Promoted Second Lieutenant May 14, 1864.  Captured in action June 22, 1863, at Bear Creek, Mississippi; exchanged September 6, 1863, and returned to service October 14, 1863.  Kill in action October 25, 1864, at Marais des Cygnes ( "Osage" ), also known as Mine Creek Kansas.  Buried in Mount City Cemetery, Linn County, Kansas.  Range 2, Grave 5.  Served with company in the field until his death, sometime in command of it. 

Colonel Edward Dickinson Baker.

Edward Dickinson Baker.

Birth: Feb. 24, 1811, London, England.
Death: Oct. 21, 1861, Loudoun County, Virginia.
Burial: Balls Bluff National Cemetery, Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia.

Civil War Union Major Colonel, US Senator. He was Abe Lincoln's best friend and Lincoln named one of his children after him. Baker was born in London, England in 1811. He moved to the US with his parents as a child. He lived in Springfield Illinois where he met Lincoln and served as law partners. He served in congress and formed his own regiment in Illinois and saw action in Mexico fighting with Winfield Scott in 1849. He later was instrumental in keeping the western states free from slavery and helped Lincoln become President in 1861.

He rode with Lincoln to the inaugural and introduced Lincoln to the podium for his inaugural speech. He became Senator of Oregon and when the South fired on Fort Summter He formed the California Regiment in New York City. Other regiments were placed in his Brigade and it became known as Baker's Brigade; most men were from Penn. Some of these regiments later evolved into the Penn 71st, and the Irish 69th; both were later instrumental in stopping Pickett's men at Gettysburg on July 3. Baker, however was killed earlier in the war at the battle of Ball's Bluff, Oct 21, 1861. Baker led the Union forces in the field and after being shot and killed, his men lost their spirit and retreated in a disorderly, mob fashion. it turned into one of the Union's greatest war time debacles. It was a small battle but it was a terrible blow for the Union and had dreadful results for the Union Army leadership.

 Actual burial of body is at San Francisco National Cemetery in California.

Twentieth Massachusetts Regimental History.

 

Colonel Baker who had been conspicuously brave was instantly killed in front of the line.  The nearest California and Twentieth Massachusetts men immediately rushed forward, brought in his body, and sent it back across the river.  The Twentieth always thought that he was shot by a sharpshooter in the branches of a single tree in the middle of the field. 

Michael Nugent, 112th., Illinois Infantry.

ILLINOIS STATE ARCHIVES.

Illinois Civil War Detail Report.

Name: NUGENT, MICHAEL. Rank: PVT. Company: G. Unit: 112 IL US INF.

Personal Characteristics. Residence: GALVA, HENRY CO, IL. Age: 26. Height: 5' 11. Hair: DARK. Eyes: BLUE. Complexion: FAIR. Marital Status: SINGLE. Occupation: FARMER. Nativity: IRELAND.

Service Record. Joined When: AUG 14, 1862. Joined Where: GALVA, IL. Joined By Whom: A W ALBRO. Period: 3 YRS. Muster In: SEP 20, 1862. Muster In Where: PEORIA, IL. Remarks: KILLED NOV 18, 1863 AT KNOXVILLE TENN.

112th. Regimental History.

Michael Nugent horse was killed, but he succeeded in getting away; walked to Concord and thence to Campbell's station and two days later was killed in front of Knoxville, Tenn.

Private, Michael Nugent, killed in action at Knoxville, Tenn., November 18, 1863, remains left on the field and buried by the enemy.
See note E.

Note E.  The Confederate officers seem to have kept no record of the names of Union soldiers who died at Florence.  Very few of them are known, and among them not a man of the 112th., can be found.

Lieutenant Colonel August Wentz.

August Wentz.

Birth: 1824, Germany
Death: Nov. 7, 1861, Belmont Landing, Mississippi County, Missouri.
Burial: Oakdale Memorial Gardens, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa.

The death of Lieutenant Colonel August Wentz, as taken from the Seventh Iowa Regimental History.

The following is an extract from a letter from Lieut. J. F. Warner of Co. "K", who was one of the boat guards during the battle which was published in the Charles City Intelligencer Nov. 21st, 1861.

"Lieut. Col. August Wentz was killed by a bullet hitting him in the side he fell mortally wounded. At that time the enemy had received the reinforcements which compelled our forces to retire, and they had just fallen back from the camp. Col. "Wentz, but a short time previous, was urging his men to deeds of valor by referring to the battle of Wilson s Creek, saying: "The Iowa first did well at Springfield, but the Seventh are equaling them." When he fell mortally wounded, the men sprung to bear him away, when he forbade them, saying: "Let me alone, boys, I want to die on the battle held." These were his last words.

The next day the wife of Col. Wentz obtained a pass from one of the staff officers, and went to Columbus on the steamer Memphis for the body of her husband. Every courtesy the occasion demanded was paid her by the rebel officers. A Lieut. Col. of one of the regiments accompanied her to the battle field, where she found the body, robbed of its clothing, and ordered it taken to the boat, on which it returned to Cairo."

Henry Saunder & Richard E. White., 6th., Iowa, Infantry.

State of Iowa Records.

Henry Saunder , Captain, 6th., Iowa Infantry, Co. E.,  Age 39, Residence Albia Monroe, Nativity Indiana, Date of going into quarters July 1, 1861, Mustered in May 29, 1861.  No other information.

Richard E. White, Captain, 6th., Iowa Infantry, Co. K., Age 31, Residence Henry County, Nativity Massachusetts, Mustered in October 19, 1861, from Second Lieutenant.  Killed at Shiloh, April 6, 1861.

From the sixth Regimental History.

Captain Henry Saunders, with his Company E as the color company of the regiment, kept the colors flying amid the storm of bullets, canister, and bursting shells, until nearly one-half of his company was killed or disabled. It was in this maelstrom of battle that Captain Richard E. White was instantly killed by a cannon shot, while directing his company with great skill and cool courage.

Charles Goodrich Olmstead

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 CAPT. CHARLES G. OLMSTEAD.
The subject of this brief sketch was born in Vanderburg county, Indiana, November 1, 1823, and entered the U. S. service as 1st lieutenant of Company A, 42d Regiment, with its organization, at the age of 38 years and 9 months. Before entering the army he was engaged in the saw-mill and lumber business in Evansville, Indiana.   Captain Olmstead was promoted to this rank soon after the organization of the command, his captain (Atchison) being made chaplain.

Captain Olmstead was one of the most painstaking officers. realizing from the beginning the importance of efficiency and proficiency in drill, and he at once became one of the closest
students in tactics.

He was killed at the battle of Perryville, Ky., while urging on his men in the fight. No braver nor better soldier ever belonged to the regiment. His body was removed from the bloody field of Perryville, Ky., to his former home, where it found a last resting-place, on what would have been his 39th birthday.

Captain Olmstead was known as a Christian soldier, and although he was denied the celebration of his 39th birth-day here on earth, let us hope and believe he celebrated it in heaven, hard by the throne of God, for he was a Soldier of the Cross, as well as for the Union.

He left a wife, three sons and one daughter, all living except the second son. By all who knew him, Captain Olmstead was loved.

Captain Chas. G. Olmstead, Company A, fell, shot dead, the ball entering near the center of the forehead. He was urging, encouraging and cheering his men and had just said to them : " This is as good a place to die as any other," and the words had scarcely died on his lips when he fell, killed outright.  He was one of the best drill-masters of the line, and was loved by all. He fell at his post of duty.

James Maytem or Maytum, 83rd. Ohio Infantry.

If your trying to find information on the man you may find it a little hard.  In the Ohio state records it's Maytum but in the official records it's Maytem.  In the National Park Service Index he is listed under both surnames and for the same regiment and company.
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State of Ohio Records.

James Maytum, Private, Age 43, Enlisted 83rd., Ohio Infantry, Company K., August 11, 1862, for 3 years.  Mustered out with company July 24, 1865.

Official Records of the Union Army.

James Maytem, a Company K man afterwards. He was all of 45 years of age which was the limit.

About forty of us were lined up to be sworn in, in a long hall somewhere on Third Street, I think, in Cincinnati. Captain Breslin was the mustering officer. He suspected that Maytem was over age and questioned him rather sharply, but could get out of him only that he was forty years old. At last Captain Breslin, (who was a regular army officer) seemed to give it up and moved along down the line. When he got near the lower end, he suddenly wheeled around and with a firm and most decisive tread, heels clattering on the floor, he came rapidly back and halted as if shot immediately in front of Maytem and with an explosive voice said, "and how old are you now?." The old man did not scare worth a cent, and gave the same reply "forty years old," and he was mustered out with the regiment at the close of the war.

Lieutenant Colonel Henry Merritt.

Henry Merritt.

Birth: Jun. 4, 1819, Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts.
Death: Mar. 14, 1862, New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina.

Burial: Harmony Grove Cemetery, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts.

Henry Merritt son of David and Anne (Ashby) was born in Marblehead, Mass., 4 June, 1819.  14 March, 1836. He enlisted in the Salem Mechanic Light Infantry, and, from that date, his connection with the militia service of his state was unbroken, till he was commissioned to represent her as Major of the 23rd M. V. Infy.  From 1st Serg. of the Mechanics he was promoted to 1st Lieut., and Adjutant of the 6th M. V. M., acted many years in this capacity, and, following his Colonel, Joseph Andrews, when promoted to command of a brigade, he became Brigade Major and Inspector. He served in this
capacity while Gen. Andrews commanded Fort Warren.

He served an apprenticeship to the watchmaker's trade, with Jesse Smith, of Salem, and followed this trade for several years after becoming of age. He afterwards became a partner in the Express business with his father and brothers. Endearing himself to the regiment by his gentle thoughtfulness for its welfare at Lynnfield and Annapolis, he knit these bonds stronger by the self sacrifice, which denied himself till the wants of the men were supplied, and, by the hardiness which made light of night-trips in row boats across the stormy waters of Hatteras. Men noted his coolness under fire at Boanoke, and his cheery persistence in their struggle through its swamp, and, when word of the loss of the Lt. Col. passed along the line at New Berne, men mourned for they loved him as a father.

Henry Merritt death.

The line was hardly, if not quite formed when a round shot or shell hit Lt. Col. Merritt and horribly lacerating the anterior walls of his abdomen, killing him.

A Mother's Love.

When the hour came for removal to a church for the public service a friend stepped forward to cover the face.  The Colonel's aged mother, even then nearly fourscore, gently interposed and performed this last service with the remark  "My son, I have covered you many times before in your cradle, now I do it for the last time and with the flag of your country."

Charles White, A deserter

Illinois Civil War Detail Report.

Name: WHITE, CHARLES. Rank: PVT. Company: C. Unit: 67 IL US INF. Personal Characteristics. Residence: CHICAGO, COOK CO, IL. Age: 27. Height: 5' 6. Hair: LIGHT. Eyes: BLUE. Complexion: LIGHT. Marital Status: SINGLE. Occupation: MASON. Nativity: BARRY, ORLEANS CO, NY. Service Record. Joined When: JUN 2, 1862. Joined Where: ROCKFORD, IL. Period: 3 MO. Muster In: JUN 13, 1862. Muster In Where: CHICAGO, IL. Remarks: DESERTED JUL 23, 1862.

Official Records of the Union Army.

The name of the sentinel who deserted is Private Charles White, Company C, Sixty-seventh Regiment Illinois Volunteers. The man was enlisted in Chicago. I have given notice to the police authorities in the city who will cooperate with my force in endeavoring to capture the escaped prisoners and the deserter.

Authors note.  Charles White was a sentinel guarding prisoners, and who made their escape by digging under a fence, they found White's musket and equipment on the ground by the whole and he was no where to be found.

Charles Ofenloch.

This information is short however I thought the family would like to know what happen to him.
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Charles Ofenloch, Private, Enlisted in the 106th., Ohio Infantry, Company E., August 22, 1862, for three years.  On June 30, 1863, near Buck Lodge, Tennessee, he was in a fight with some guerrillas, and when he tried to out run them his horse give out and he was over taken and killed.

William Wheeler, 13th. N. Y., Artillery.

State Records of New York.

WHEELER, WILLIAM.—Age, 25 years. Enrolled, October 15, 1861, at New York; mustered in as first lieutenant, October 15, 1861, to serve three years; as captain, August 12, 1863; killed in action, June 22, 1864, near Marietta, Ga.; commissioned first lieutenant, May 30,1862, with rank from October 15,1861, original; captain, July —, 1863, with rank from May 26, 1863.

Official Records of the Union Army.

Chief of Artillery, Captain William Wheeler of the Thirteenth New York Battery, fell at ( Kolb's Farm ), shot through the heart by a enemy sharpshooter, whilst gallantly fighting his Battery.  During the short time of his connection with the division he had shown himself a gentleman of refined education and a gallant officer.

Samuel F. McKee.

Samuel F. McKee.

Birth: Jun. 18, 1829, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

Death: Jun. 21, 1864, Georgia.

Burial: Fairview Cemetery, West Catasauqua, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.

State Records of Pennsylvania.

147th., Pennsylvania Infantry, Co. H.

Samuel F. McKee Captain, mustered in October 18, 1862. Promoted from Adjutant, March 12, 1864; died June 25, 1864, of wounds received June 20, 1864.

Official Records of the Union Army.

Captain Samuel F. McKee, Co. H., was in charge of the skirmishers of the regiment and was accidentally shot and mortally wounded by one of his men.  Death ended his suffering the following day.

Joseph W. Hitt.

Joseph W. Hitt.

State Records of Ohio.

Joseph W. Hitt, First Lieutenant, 66th., Ohio Infantry, Company C., Age 17, Enlisted or Mustered in November 6, 1861, for 3 years.  Promoted to Second Lieutenant from Sergeant-Major December 5, 1862; to First Lieutenant April 16, 1863.  Killed May 25, 1864, in the battle of Dallas.

Official Records of the Union Army.

Lieutenant Joseph W. Hitt, 66th., Ohio, acting as Aide-de-Camp, was killed while carrying orders to the right of the line.
Burial: Marietta National Cemetery, Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia.

Colonel John Halliday Patrick

John Halliday  Patrick.

Birth: 1818.
Death: May 25, 1864, New Hope Church.

Burial: Wesleyan Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio.

State Records of Ohio.

John H. Patrick, Colonel, Age 43, Enlisted June 11, 1861, for 3 years.  Killed in action at New Hope Church, Ga., May 25, 1864.

Official Records of the Union Army.

Colonel John H. Patrick, Fifth Ohio Infantry, a brave officer who had served with his regiment since April, 1861, and here fell ( New Hope Church ), mortally wounded by a canister-shot, died within an hour after receiving his wound.

Authors note.  To read more about his service take this link.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=patrick&GSmn=h&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=37&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=17818286&df=all& .

Hiram Upson Jr., Connecticut 7th., Cavalry.

State of Connecticut Records.

Hiram Upson Jr., Sergeant, Seventh Connecticut Cavalry, Co. F., Residence Hartford, Mustered in September 9, 1861.  Killed June 18, 1862, from wounds received at James Island.

Official Records of the Union Army.

Sergeant, ( Acting Second Lieutenant ), Hiram Upson of Company F., was heroically at work when a grape-shot took off three fingers and dashed through his right shoulder.  There are but very slight hopes of his recovery.

Thomas Horton or Hooton, Connecticut Seventh Infantry.

The following Name is spelled two different ways in the records, but it's the same man.
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State Records of Connecticut.

Thomas Horton, Second Lieutenant, Connecticut 7th., Infantry, Co. D., Residence Norwalk, Mustered in September 5, 1861.  Killed in action June 14, 1862.

Official Records of the Union Army.

Lieutenant Thomas Hooton, of Co. D., was doing his whole duty nobly, rallying and regulating his company, when a heavy grape-shot passed entirely through his right thigh nearly up to the body.  He was carried to the rear, passing his men and urging them on, and he lived but a short time.