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Moses A. Culver.
Birth: Jun. 2, 1819.
Death: Apr. 27, 1902.
Co. F., 68th., Indiana, Infantry Aged 82y 10m 25d. Son of Aaron and Cassander (House.)
Wife, Mahala Culver (1830 - 1917),
Burial: Fairview Cemetery, Tipton, Tipton County, Indiana.
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John R. McCormack.
Birth: unknown.
Death: Aug. 11, 1863, Louisiana.
John R. McCormack enlisted in the Union Army in Company I of the 69th Infantry and was mustered into the U.S. service on August 19th, 1862. At the battle of Richmond, Kentucky on August 30th, 1862 he was severely wounded and was taken prisoner. The regiment was soon exchanged and reorganized. It was next sent down the Mississippi River to help reinforce General Grant. After Vicksburg surrendered McCormack became ill and died at Milliken's Bend, Louisiana. He was later moved to the Vicksburg National Cemetery and is buried among the unknown. John was the eldest of four brothers to serve in the Civil War. His younger brother Thomas of Company K, 8th Indiana Infantry was killed at Vicksburg on May 21st 1863. The other two boys, Noah and Andrew also served in the war.
"He was a carpenter by trade, honorable and upright, a good citizen, a brave soldier, highly esteemed by all of his friends and neighbors, and his memory preserved and honored by his comrades in arms."
Wife: Nancy Elizabeth Baughan McCormack (1835 - 1855).
Children: Mary Elizabeth McCormack Callahan (1855 - 1928).
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Alfred B. Wade.
Birth: unknown.
Death: Feb. 27, 1877.
Residence South Bend IN;
Enlisted on 8/27/1862 as a 1st Lieutenant.
On 8/27/1862 he was commissioned into Field & Staff IN 73rd Infantry
He was Mustered Out on 7/1/1865 at Nashville, TN
He was listed as: Prisoner of War 5/3/1863 Rome, GA (Confined at Macon, GA & Columbia, SC)
Promotions:
1st Lieut 8/27/1862 (1st Lieut & Adjutant)
Major 4/25/1863
Lt Col 7/5/1864
Colonel 7/6/1864 (Not Mustered
Burial: City Cemetery , South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana.
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Orville Tyron Chamberlain.
Birth: Sep. 1, 1841.
Death: May 27, 1929.
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Captain in the Union Army. He was awarded the Medal of Honor as a Second Lieutenant in Company G, 74th Indiana Infantry for action on September 20, 1863 at Chickamauga, Georgia. His citation reads "While exposed to a galling fire, Chamberlain went in search of another regiment, found its location, procured ammunition from the men thereof, and returned with the ammunition to his own company."
Burial: Grace Lawn Cemetery, Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana.
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George Grimes.
Birth: Oct. 3, 1826, Loudoun County, Virginia.
Death: Apr. 24, 1896, Indiana.
George, Jr. served in the Civil War for almost three years. He was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the Indiana 85th Regiment on 21 Nov 1862, promoted to 1st Lieutenant on 21 May 1863 and to Captain on 01 Sep 1864. He was captured and sent to Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia. After the war he was a prominent farmer, credited with having "introduced the first improved appliance to manufacture sorghum molasses" in Clay County. He moved to Center Point, Indiana where he operate a hotel, general store, and served as Justice of the Peace.
Son of:
George Grimes,Sr. 1790-1869
Elizabeth Donahoe 1796-1873
Brother of:
Jonathan Taylor Grimes 1818-1903
Sarah Grimes -Tavner-Davis 1820-1898
Thomas Grimes 1823-1876
Nancy Grimes 1825-1825
Mary Grimes-Carrithers 1827-1904
David Smith Grimes 1829-1905
Stephen Grimes 1830-1907
Elizabeth Grimes-Hays 1832-1855
Lydia Janney Grimes-Huff 1833-1921
William Grimes 1835-1924
Henry Grimes 1836-1836
Rodney R. Grimes 1837-1915
Husband of:
Clarissa Kennedy 1826-1849
Father of:
Sarah Ellen Grimes-Gilbert 1847-1914
William Nelson Grimes 1849-1916
Husband of:
Eliza Anderson 1827-1891
Father of:
Emma Jane Grimes 1851-unknown
Laura Ann Grimes 1853-1853
Edwin Ruthwen Grimes 1855-1927
Alice Evelyn Grimes 1857- 1860
Anna Bell Grimes-Hays 1859-1909
Clara Eliza Grimes-Finch 1866-unknown
Mary Elladora Grimes 1869-1872
Georgia Grimes-Mills 1872-1949
Burial: Center Point Cemetery, Center Point, Clay County, Indiana.
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James A. Burnham.
Birth: 1836.
Death: 1910,
Captain, 87th., Indiana, Co. A., Infantry.
Wife: Sarah L. Knox (1838 - 1899)*
F/O Estelle (Burnham) Morlan.
Children: Estelle Burnham Morlan (1867 - 1920)
Burial: Weston Cemetery, Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana.
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John Selleck.
Birth: Unknown.
Death: Unknown.
Lieut. Adjunct 87th Indiana, Infantry.
Burial: Onawa City Cemetery, Onawa, Monona County, Iowa.
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Lewis Sims.
Birth: 1832.
Death: 1914.
Captain, Co. G., 89th., Indiana, Infantry.
Wife: Courtney Sims.
Burial: Sims Cemetery
Middlefork (Clinton County), Clinton County, Indiana.
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Robert Francis Catterson.
Birth: Mar. 22, 1835.
Death: Mar. 30, 1914.
Civil War Union Brigadier General. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he gave up his established medical practice and enlisted in the 14th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment. With the 14th Indiana he served in Virginia, seeing action at Cheat, Shenandoah and Antietam, and was promoted Captain in May 1862. In October 1862, he was appointed Lieutenant Colonel in the 97th Indiana and to Colonel in command the following month. He served at Memphis, took part in the siege of Vicksburg, the Tullahoma Campaign, Battle of Chattanooga and the Atlanta Campaign. When General Sherman started the Carolinas Campaign, Catterson was given a brigade in the XV Corps and saw action at Bentonville, North Carolina, the last major engagement of the Civil War. For meritorious service, he was brevetted Brigadier General of US Volunteers on May 31, 1865. After the war he did not return to the practice of medicine and became commander of the Arkansas Negro militia under Governor Powell Clayton to fight against the Ku Klux Klan. From 1872 to 1874, he served as Mayor of Little Rock, Arkansas.
Burial: San Antonio National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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John Steichelman.
Birth: 1836, New York.
Death: Sep. 23, 1864, Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia.
CIVIL WAR: Co. A. 99th Regiment Indiana, Infantry, rank of Corp. Killed while on picket duty.
Father of Daniel Towl Steichelman (1857-1937) and Hatty Margaret Steichelman (1860-1862).
Married Mary J. Towl (1838-1911), 1855, Lake Co., Indiana.
Burial: Marietta National Cemetery, Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia.
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Jacob Tritt.
Birth: unknown.
Death: May 7, 1905.
Tombstone Inscription: Aged 61y 2m 17d Member Co. D 99 Indiana Infantry, Volunteers.
Burial: Rose Hill Cemetery, New Goshen, Vigo County, Indiana.
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Charles W. Brouse.
Birth: Dec. 30, 1839.
Death: Oct. 26, 1904.
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served in the Civil War as Captain, and commander of Company K, 100th Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He was awarded the C. M. O. H. for his bravery at the Battle of Missionary Ridge, Tennessee on November 25, 1863. His citation reads “To encourage his men whom he had ordered to lie down while under severe fire, and who were partially protected by slight earthworks, himself refused to lie down, but walked along the top of the works until he fell severely wounded”. His Medal was a warded to him on May 16, 1899, 36 years after his brave act. He was one of two 100th Indiana soldiers to be a warded the Medal of Honor for bravery during the Civil War (the other being Major Ruel Johnson).
Burial: Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana.
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Caleb Winfield Peters and James A Peters.
Both of : 101st., Co. H. Indiana, Infantry.
Caleb Winfield Peters.
Birth: Mar. 3, 1844.
Death: Oct. 21, 1900.
Parents: Pernal C Peters (1813 - 1884), Leann Spann Peters (1821 - 1899).
Wife: Minerva Carpenter Peters (1840 - 1931).
Children: Ella Peters Wood (1872 - 1934), Ella Peters Wood (1872 - 1934), Estie M Peters (1876 - 1882), James Ellsworth Peters (1879 - 1950), Estie M Peters (1876 - 1882), James Ellsworth Peters (1879 - 1950).
Burial: Thrailkill Cemetery, Swayzee, Grant County, Indiana.
James A Peters.
Birth: 1846.
Death: Jun. 5, 1899.
Parents: Pernal C Peters (1813 - 1884), Leann Spann Peters (1821 - 1899).
Burial: Ferncliff Cemetery, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio.
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Amos Gronendyke.
Birth: unknown.
Death: Dec. 27, 1864, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee.
Before the Civil War Amos Gronendyke worked as a druggist in New Castle, Indiana. When the Civil War began, Gronendyke was an outspoken supporter for the cause of the Union. He enlisted in the local Indiana Legion outfit, the Middletown Rifles and serves as a Second Lieutenant. After this service was over he joined Company C of the 109th Indiana infantry, serving as a private. This unit was assembled to try and oust John Morgan from Indiana during his raid through the state.
During the winter of 1863 Gronendyke helped to recruit and organize Company F of the 124th Indiana Infantry. Being promoted to First Lieutenant Gronendyke and the 124th regiment left the state and served with the Army of the Cumberland. During the Battle of Franklin, Tennessee, Gronendyke was wounded when a minie ball struck him in the left leg, just below the knee. He was taken off the battlefield and taken to Nashville, Tennessee where his leg was amputated. However, he never recovered from the shock of the amputation. His body was sent home to Indiana and he was laid to rest with full military honors.
"Lieutenant Amos Gronendyke was a fine specimen of young manhood, who well merited the encomiums of his comrades in arms and who held the steadfast good will and affection of a host of relatives and friends. He was a gallant and fearless soldier of the Union and his young life was full of future promise when he was so suddenly cut down."
Burial: Painter Cemetery , Middletown (Henry County), Henry County Indiana.
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John Clapper.
Birth: unknown
Death: unknown
John Clapper died of disease at Nashville, Tennessee on July 17th 1864. He was a member of company A of the 134th Indiana Infantry.
Burial: Nashville National Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee.
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John T. McQuiddy.
Birth: unknown.
Death: unknown.
Civil War Veteran.
Residence New Albany, IN;
Enlisted on 7/15/1861 as a 1st Lieutenant.
On 7/29/1861 he was commissioned into "E" Co. 23rd Indiana Infantry.
He was discharged for promotion on 2/20/1865
On 2/21/1865 he was commissioned into Field & Staff 143rd Indiana Infantry.
He was Mustered Out on 10/17/1865 at Nashville, TN.
Promotions:
Lt Colonel 2/20/1865 (As of 143rd IN Infantry.
Burial: New Albany National Cemetery , New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana.
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Milt Peden.
Birth: 1823.
Death: 1908.
Milton Peden served as the Colonel of the 147th Indiana Infantry during the Civil War.
Residence Knightstown IN;
Enlisted on 10/24/1861 as a 1st Lieutenant.
On 10/24/1861 he was commissioned into "K" Co. IN 36th Infantry
He was Mustered Out on 9/21/1864 at Indianapolis, IN
On 3/15/1865 he was commissioned into Field & Staff IN 147th Infantry
He was Mustered Out on 8/4/1865
Promotions:
Capt 4/26/1862
Colonel 3/15/1865 (As of 147th Indiana Infantry.
Burial: Glen Cove Cemetery, Knightstown, Henry County, Indiana.
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William D. Mull.
Birth: Jan. 7, 1839.
Death: Apr. 25, 1896.
Civil War Veteran.
Residence Rockville, IN;
Enlisted on 7/31/1863 as a Captain.
On 8/5/1863 he was commissioned into "B" Co. 115th Indiana Infantry.
He was Mustered Out on 2/25/1865.
On 5/26/1864 he was commissioned into "I" Co. 137th Indiana Infantry.
He was Mustered Out on 9/21/1864 at Indianapolis, IN.
On 2/21/1865 he was commissioned into "E" Co. 149th Indiana Infantry.
He was Mustered Out on 9/27/1865 at Nashville, TN.
Promotions:
Capt 5/25/1864 (As of Co. I, 137th inf)
Capt 2/21/1865 (As of Co. E, 149th Inf)
Lt Colonel 2/23/1865 (As of Co. S, 149th Inf)
Burial: Rockville Cemetery , Rockville, Parke County, Indiana.
Great site ! Do you know of any information on the following? 1) David Cox born 1835 Indiana and died about 1866. He was taken prisoner in Civil War (so goes family story) and died in Libby Prison. His brother, Mark, also was taken prisoner, however, Mark & others tunneled under the prison and escaped. Mark sadly had to leave his brother David behind, lying on a little straw, dying. They both served in Company C, 75th Reg Indiana. thanks, Karen Foster Montgomery.
ReplyDeleteThis all I have on the Cox brothers.
ReplyDeleteDavid M. Cox, born 1835, Vigo, Indiana.
Mark Cox, born 1838, Vigo, Indiana.
Mother was Arcada Pike Cox.
Father was John Cox.
David M. Cox, enlisted August 15, 1862, age 27, 75th., infantry Co. C. Died on February 16, 1864, while a prisoner of war at Richmond, Va.
Mark Cox, enlisted July 20, 1862, age 24, discharged December 1, 1863. Discharged on Surgeons certiticate of disability.
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