All these men were Sergeants and were in some kind of battle or event. I found these names by going through hundreds of reports. At the time of the reports all these men were Sergeants. After I found the names I looked them up on the rosters. Now most of these rosters were recorded either after or before the battle or event, so many will have different ranks, but no matter what the rosters state all were Sergeants at the time of the battle or event.
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The battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862.
New York, 57th., infantry.
1. First Sergeant Finlason, of Company F (killed.)
Frindlason, William H, Age 31, Enlisted July 22, '61, Sergeant, killed Sept. 17, '62.
2. First Sergt. John S. Paden, Company A (killed.)
Paden, John S., Age 23, Enlisted Aug. 20, '61, Sergeant, 1st Lieutenant, discharged for wounds Nov. 13, '63.
3. Sergeant Stubbe, Company A (wounded)
Stubbe, Nicholas, Age 25, Enlisted Oct. 16, '61, Corproal, 2d-lLieutenant Co D, Mustered out Sept. 23, '64.
4. First Sergeant Hall, Company I., Put in command of companies.
Hall, Wm. E., age 21, enlisted Aug. 14, '61, 1st-Lieutenant, Sergeant, Mustered out Aug 16, '64.
5. Alcoke, Company K., Put in command of companies.
Alcoke, Richard S., age 27, enlisted Nov. 20, '61, Sergeant, Captain, Mustered out Oct. 17, '64.
6. Kelly, Company A., (wounded.)
Kelly, Joseph, age 25, enlisted Aug. 20, '61, corporal.
7. Sergeant Brower, Company K., Put in command of companies.
Bower, Martin V. B , Age 20, Enlisted Aug. 29, '61, 2-Lieutenant, Mustered out Sept. 3, '64.
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HDQRS. COMPANY B, SEVENTH KANSAS CAVALRY,
Farmington, Mo., April 4, 1865.
SIR: I have the honor to report the following information:
Yesterday about 9 o'clock a report was brought to me by citizens that Hilderbrand and his gang, numbering eight men in all, were at Hered's place, near Big River Mills, at daylight and took breakfast. On receiving this report I immediately sent out two details, one under Sergeant Hood, the other under Sergeant Cable, to intercept them. Sergeant Hood proceeded on the Potosi road about four miles, when he struck their trial on the Iron road. They were evidently making their way toward Dent's Station, Iron Mountain Railroad, but hearing of my men being in pursuit changed their course and struck south. Sergeant Hood followed the trial as best he could, now and then getting off the track as they traveled no plain roads, but took through thick woods and by-paths.
They had about fourteen led horses, according to citizens' reports. About two miles from this place they ran in and took out an old black men, and killed him about seven miles from town. They crossed the Pilot Knog plank road about five miles from here, and took six horses from teams on the road. My two details united about noon and followed the trial as far as Burnham's Mills, on the Blairsville road. The horses being so fatigued, having traveled some forty miles. Sergeant Hood thought it advisable not to pursue farther. I afterward learned that they passed on the west side of the Saint Francis River and probably about seven miles east of Pilot Knob, so on through what is called Flat Woods. I sent information by Captain Sanders yesterday to you, that you might telegraph to Fredericktown.
I have the honor to be, your, respectfully,
JOHN NOYES,
Private Hood John H. G. Berlin, Ill. Aug. 29, '61 Sept. 16, '61 Promoted Corporal October 5, 1861. Corporal Hood John H. G. Berlin, Ill. Aug. 29, '61 Sept. 6, '61 Promoted Sergeant February 22, 1863. Sergeant Hood John H. G. Berlin, Ill. Aug. 29, '61 Sept. 16, '61 Re-enlisted Veteran. First Sergeant Hood John H. G. Berlin, Iowa. Jan. 1, '64 Jan. 22, '64 Mustered out with regiment September 29, 1865.
Private Cable Benjamin C. Fort Scott, enlisted Dec. 28, '64, mustered in Jan. 6, '65, Promonted Sergeant. Sergeant Cable Benjamin C. Fort Scott Dec. 28, '64 Jan. 6, '65 Mustered out with regiment September 28, 1865.
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Battle of Gettysburg, July 2, 1863.
121St., Pennsylvania, Infantry.
1. Henry H. Herpst Captain August 23, 1862 Promoted from 1st Sergeant to 1st Lt., January 21, 1863; to Captain, September 18, 1864; mustered out with Company, June 2, 1865
2. Chas. Winkworth Sergeant August 18, 1862 Discharged by General Order, date unknown
3. Robert F. Bates 1st Lt. August. 13, 1862 Promoted from Sergeant to 1st Lt., March 1, 1864; to Adjutant, August 17, 1864
4. William A. M'Coy 1st Sergeant August 8, 1862 Killed at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863
5. Joshua L. Childs 1st Lt. August 18, 1862 Promoted to 1st Sergeant, February 29, 1864; to 1st Lt., September 18, 1864; commissioned Captain, December 22, 1864, not mustered; mustered out with Company, June 2, 1865. (wounded who insisted on remaining with his company),
6. James Allen Captain August. 6, 1862 Promoted from 1st Lieut., August 5, 1864; mustered out with Company, June 2, 185
7. John McTaggart, Company unknown Sergeant.
Authors note. He could not be found on any rosters.
8. Charles Barlow Captain August 18, 1862 Discharged by Special Order, January 31, 1865
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Report of Lieutenant John R. Kelso, Fourteenth Missouri Cavalry (Militia).
CAMP SCHOFIELD, MO., July 25, 1862.
Sergeant Baxter sent a messenger to me to let me know that he had discovered Lofton and his gang and wished more men, Lofton's force being superior to his own. This messenger did not reach me until I had arrived in camp and given up my command. I therefore sent an order for him to come in immediately. He obeyed promptly, traveling all night. He reports a skirmish with some notorious bushwhackers, with whom I am well acquainted and whom he found in arms. He killed one by the name of Arnold; another by the name of Greene was taken prisoner, but broke away and made his escape, badly wounded, it is thought, as he was seen to fall forward at three different shots. Greene's escape is quite unfortunate, as he is a notorious horse-thief as well as rebel, and has broken from prison twice and made his escape. One other prisoner (Isham Case) made his escape. Two others were brought, and I have just sent them to the provost-marshal. These make 28 that we have brought to Springfield. Some of these are dangerous and bad men, and would be no discredit to the Alton prison.
John M. Baxter, Sergeant, 14th., Missouri Cavalry Militia, company H., enlisted March 24, 1861, Springfield Mo., mustered in same place, on muster roll October 31, 1862.
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A interesting side note, Joseph C. Powell, private in Company H, Accidentally shot himself through the left hand, inflicting a dangerous wound.
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NEAR GETTYSBURG, PA., July 5, 1863.
Ohio 8th., Volunteer Infantry.
1. Color Sergeant, James Conlan, Co. B.
2. Color Sergeant, Romeo Foster, Co. E.
Authors note. Could not find any rosters.
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HDQRS. SEVENTH Regiment CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEERS, Bermuda Hundred, Va., May 17, 1864.
LIEUTENANT: I have the honor to report the part taken by my command in the actions of May 12,13, and 14:
First Sergeant English and Sergeant Ripley, of Company H, and First Sergeant Keys, Company A, behaved with great gallantry. Sergeant English had been hit in the foot, which made him quite lame, but he persisted in moving forward.
William S. English, Co. H., Charles H. Ripley, Co. H., David D. Keys, Co. A.
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Number 35. Report of Colonel Hamilton N. Eldridge, one hundred and twenty seventh Illinois Infantry. HDQRS. 127TH REGIMENT ILLINOIS VOLUNTEERS INFANTRY, Chickasaw Bayou, MISS. May 25, 1863.
Among the killed I have to regret the loss of First Lieutenant Hiram McClinton, of Company H, a brave and meritorious officer, who man killed about 2,30 o'clock in the afternoon, and Sergeant Curran, of Company E, a young man of great promise, and one of the most competent non-commissioned officers in the regiment. First Sergeant Newby, of Company H. Has since died of his wounds, another brave and excellent officer. Captain J. S. Riddle, of Company G; First Sergeant Mason, of Company B; First Sergeant Douglass, company I, and Color-Sergt. F. S. Shemmerhorn are among the wounded.
1. Jesse Curran, Co. E., Was not found on any rosters.
2. F. S. Shemmerthorn Co. ?, Was not found on any rosters.
3. Henry Newby, Co. H., KILLED IN BATTLE AT VICKSBURG MISS MAY 19, 1863.
4. Harvey L. Mason, Co. B., PROMOTED SERGEANT, 1SGT, 2LT & 1LT WOUNDED MAY 19, 1863.
5. Ora B. Douglass, Co. I., PROMOTED SERGEANT & 1SGT DIED IN HOSPITAL AT ST LOUIS MO JUL 28, 1863 FROM WOUNDS RECD IN ACTION AT VICKSBURG MISS MAY 19, 1863.
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Numbers 3. Report of Captain Charles Chauncey, Second Pennsylvania Cavalry.
DECEMBER 31, 1862.
I would mention as worthy special notice, Sergeant Merket, Company K, Sergeant Benedict, Company L, and Sergt. Ezra Witmer, Company D. Sergeant Merket, with great gallantry, assisted in rallying and forming the men, till his horse fell and he was captured. Sergeant Benedict commanded the pickets at the ferry, and with his small force held it till the enemy crossed the ford. A call was made for volunteers to defend the ford, and Sergt. Ezra Witmer was the first to offer. I regret to say that he was taken prisoner.
1. Witman, Ezra Private, 2nd., Pennsylvania, Cavalry, Co. D., mustered in October 17, 1861, 3 years, Commissioned 2d Lt., July 1, 1863; not mustered.
2. Benedict, George H. Private, 2nd., Pennsylvania, Cavalry, Co. L., mustered in October 19, 1861 Not accounted for.
3. Murket or Merket, John Private, 2nd., Pennsylvania, Cavalry, Co. K., mustered in December 17, 1861, Not accounted for.
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State of Ohio, 7th day of December, 1863.
Jesse W. Moon, who, being by me duly sworn, deposes and says that he is a sergeant of Company F of the Eighty-eighth Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry; that about the 3rd or 4th day of November last past, as near as this deponent can remember, he was sent by the order of General Mason, through Major Skiles, to the Ohio penitentiary to act as steward to the rebel prisoners confined therein.
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STATE OF OHIO, County of Franklin, 7th day of December, 1863.
I certify that on this 7th day of December, 1863, personally appeared before me, Frederick J. Fay, a notary public in and for said county and State, John A. Gonce, who, being by me duly sworn, deposes and says that the is a sergeant of Company C of the Ninth Regiment of Michigan Volunteer Infantry; that about the 1st of October last this deponent was sent by the verbal order of Major Skiles to take charge of the outside guard at the Ohio penitentiary, said other order being given to this deponent through Sergeant Horne. Deponent never received any instructions in writing. Sergeant Lewis, who preceded this deponent, gave deponent the orders verbally, which were in force, and related to the positing of the guard. Deponent had at that time nothing to do with the inside of said penitentiary. About the 1st of November last deponent was placed in charge of the whole guard of said penitentiary, and has been acting in that capacity since that time, and posted the guard
Note. At the time of enlistment, Gonce, John A., Murfreeboro, Tn. age 18.
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No. 16. Report of Lieutenant William W. Carruth, Sixth Battery Massachusetts Light Artillery.
BATON ROUGE, LA., August 6, 1862.
I desire to make mention of the following names for especial bravery, gallantry, and good conduct: Second Orderly Sergeant Baker; Sergeant Watcher and Acting Quartermaster-Sergeant Hinneman was faithful in the discharge of their duties of their departments removing the dead and wounded and bringing rations and water to our exhausted men.
1. John Bardisk Hinneman.
2. John A Baker.
Author note. Found no record of a Sergeant Watcher.
Saturday, January 08, 2011
Friday, January 07, 2011
Sergeant Thomas McGraw.
Thomas McGraw.
Birth: 1834.
Death: 1899.
Burial: La Crosse Cemetery, La Crosse, Rush County, Kansas.
He was a Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served during the Civil War as a Corporal in Company B, 23rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery at Petersburg, Virginia on April 2, 1865. His citation reads "One of the three soldiers most conspicuous for gallantry in the final assault". His Medal was awarded to him on May 12, 1865.
In 1865, Sergeant Thomas McGraw, Company B, Twenty-third Illinois Volunteers, has been selected in accordance with the within instructions to receive the reward for conspicuous gallantry in the assault on Fort Gregg. He is now absent on furlough.
In July of 1865, U. S. Grant received the sum of $460, which was sent to him by patriotic citizens to be presented as a reward for gallantry to the soldier who should first raise our flag over Richmond. Grant honored the request and Sergeant, Thomas McGraw received the sum of $153.33. The other two men were; Corpl. JACOB R. TUCKER, Company G, Fourth Regiment Maryland Volunteer Infantry and Sergt. DAVID W. YOUNG, One hundred and thirty-ninth Pennsylvania Volunteers.
In 1865, Sergeant, Thomas McGraw was at the presentation at the War Department for the colors surrendered by Lee's army.
Service cards.
Thomas McGraw, Rank CPL., Company D., Unit 23rd., ILL., U. S. Infantry, Residence CHICAGO, COOK CO, ILL., Age 28, Height 5', Hair BROWN, Nativity CLARE, IRELAND, Joined When FEB 28, 1864, Joined Where GREENLAND, W VA., Period 3 YRS., Muster In APR 7, 1864, Muster In Where BURLINGTON, VA., Remarks, VETERAN SEE CO B AS CONSOLIDATED.
Thomas McGraw, Rank CPL, Company B., Unit 23rd., ILL., U. S. Infantry, CONSOLIDATED, Residence CHICAGO, COOK CO, ILL., Age 27, Height 5' 4, Hair BROWN, Eyes BLUE, Complexion LIGHT, Occupation FARMER, Nativity IRELAND, Joined When FEB 28, 1864, Joined Where GREENLAND, VA., Period 3 YRS., Muster In FEB 28, 1864, Muster In Where GREENLAND, VA., Muster Out JUL 24, 1865, Muster Out Where RICHMOND, VA. Remarks, SERGEANT.
Birth: 1834.
Death: 1899.
Burial: La Crosse Cemetery, La Crosse, Rush County, Kansas.
He was a Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served during the Civil War as a Corporal in Company B, 23rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery at Petersburg, Virginia on April 2, 1865. His citation reads "One of the three soldiers most conspicuous for gallantry in the final assault". His Medal was awarded to him on May 12, 1865.
In 1865, Sergeant Thomas McGraw, Company B, Twenty-third Illinois Volunteers, has been selected in accordance with the within instructions to receive the reward for conspicuous gallantry in the assault on Fort Gregg. He is now absent on furlough.
In July of 1865, U. S. Grant received the sum of $460, which was sent to him by patriotic citizens to be presented as a reward for gallantry to the soldier who should first raise our flag over Richmond. Grant honored the request and Sergeant, Thomas McGraw received the sum of $153.33. The other two men were; Corpl. JACOB R. TUCKER, Company G, Fourth Regiment Maryland Volunteer Infantry and Sergt. DAVID W. YOUNG, One hundred and thirty-ninth Pennsylvania Volunteers.
In 1865, Sergeant, Thomas McGraw was at the presentation at the War Department for the colors surrendered by Lee's army.
Service cards.
Thomas McGraw, Rank CPL., Company D., Unit 23rd., ILL., U. S. Infantry, Residence CHICAGO, COOK CO, ILL., Age 28, Height 5', Hair BROWN, Nativity CLARE, IRELAND, Joined When FEB 28, 1864, Joined Where GREENLAND, W VA., Period 3 YRS., Muster In APR 7, 1864, Muster In Where BURLINGTON, VA., Remarks, VETERAN SEE CO B AS CONSOLIDATED.
Thomas McGraw, Rank CPL, Company B., Unit 23rd., ILL., U. S. Infantry, CONSOLIDATED, Residence CHICAGO, COOK CO, ILL., Age 27, Height 5' 4, Hair BROWN, Eyes BLUE, Complexion LIGHT, Occupation FARMER, Nativity IRELAND, Joined When FEB 28, 1864, Joined Where GREENLAND, VA., Period 3 YRS., Muster In FEB 28, 1864, Muster In Where GREENLAND, VA., Muster Out JUL 24, 1865, Muster Out Where RICHMOND, VA. Remarks, SERGEANT.
Thursday, January 06, 2011
Revolutionaey Pensioners Of New Hampshire.
A while back a friend sent me some information from a book he found in some library in some dusty corner. He sent me a couple pages and I found them interesting so I posted them here. However after cross referencing these names with other index’s I found I may have used these names once before. Although I may have used these names before their information is interesting and you may have missed something the first time , while others will find these names all new.
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Note. Most of all these names will have additional information. This additional information will be given on request. My address can be found in my profile.
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1. Caleb Aldrich, Sergeant, in Captain Ellis company under Colonel George Reid, residence, Westmoreland. Disabled by a fall on board a boat in 1781, on the North River; Enlisted March 9, 1778, for the war; On the rolls in April 1783; Full pension.
2. David Robbins, Private, in Captain Hinds company under Colonel James Reid, residence Westmoreland. Disabled by illness at Bunker’s Hill, June 17, 1775.
3. Lemuel Dean, Private, under Colonel Cilley, residence Claremont, wounded by a musket ball in the neck; enlisted March 3, 1777, Three years; discharged March 31, 1780; One-half pension.
4. Ebenezer Fielding, Private, in Captain Olivers company, under Colonel Reid, residence Claremont, disabled by small-pox and the loss of his left eye in 1776; one-third pension.
5. Phineas Parkhurst, Fifer, in Captain Jos: Parkhurst company, residence Lebanon, wounded in his right side by a musket ball at Royalton in 1780; militia, full pension.
6. Richard Lyman, Sergeant, in Captain Troop’s company, under Colonel Prestiss, residence, Lebanon, disabled by illness at Schuylkill in 1777; full pension.
7. Moses Sweat George, Private, in Captain Cloye’s company, under Colonel Hale, residence Lyman, wound by a musket ball in the right elbow at Hubbardstown on July 7, 1777, enlisted April 10, 1777, three years; discharged April 10, 1780; one-half pension.
8. Giles Kelsey, Private, under Colonel Warner, residence Newport, disabled by small-pox in Canada, one-half pension.
9. Phineas Wilcox, Private, under Colonel Warner, residence Newport, disabled by small-pox in Quebec, one-third pension.
10. Job Britton, Private, under Colonel Reid, residence Westmoreland; wounded in his right shoulder by a musket ball at Bunker’s Hill, on June 17, 1775, militia, one-third pension.
11. Morrel Coburn, Private, in Captain Woodbury’s company, under Colonel John Stark, residence Cornish, wounded in left hand by a musket ball in Boston Harbor in June 1775, militia one-fourth pension.
12. Jonas Parks, Private, in Captain Smith’s company, under Colonel Bond, residence Charleston, disabled by small-pox inoculation with the loss in one eye in Canada, one-half pension.
13. Benjamin Knight, Sergeant, in Captain Benjamin Stone’s company under Colonel Scammel, residence Landaff, wounded at Hubbardstown July 1777; enlisted February 27, 1777, for three years, discharged February 1780, one-third pension.
14. James Dean, Private, in Captain Stone’s company, under Colonel Nichols, residence Marlborough, wounded by a musket ball in his right thigh at Bennington in 1777, militia, one-fourth pension.
15. Joel Porter, Private, in Captain Lawrence’s, under Colonel Prescott, residence Marlborough, wounded by a musket ball in his ankle at Bunker’s Hill, June 17, 1775; militia, one-fourth pension.
16. Ebenezer Jennings, Sergeant, in Captain Potter’s company, under Colonel Reid, residence Marlborough, wounded in his left leg by a musket ball at Newtown in 1779, on the Indian expedition under General Sullivan; enlisted June 20, 1778 for two years, discharged April 1, 1778; one fourth pension.
17. William Curtis, Private, under Colonel Whiting residence Stratford, wounded by a musket ball in his left thigh at Ridgefield Conn. In April 1777, militia, one-half pension.
18. William Smart, Private, under Colonel Stark, residence Rumney, disabled by small-pox with the loss of one eye in Canada in 1776, militia, full pension.
19. John Colburn, Sergeant, in Captain House’s company, under Colonel Cilley, residence Hanover, disable by illness at Mohawk, one third pension.
20. Rufus Kempton, Private, in Captain Steven’s company, under Colonel Nichols, residence Croydon, disabled by illness at West Point.
21. Edward Clark, Private, in Captain Prye’s company, under Colonel Hazen, residence, Haverhill, wound in leg by a shell at Yorktown October 1781; on rolls 1780 to January 1782, one-fourth pension.
22. Caleb Hunt, Private, in captain Blodgett’s company, under Colonel Hale, residence Marlow, wounded in both thighs by musket balls at Hubbardstown in July 1777, enlisted March 18, 1777, for three years, wounded in July 1778, one-third pension.
23. Eliphalet Taylor, Private, in Captain Keith’s company, under Colonel Jackson, residence Langdon, injured in July 1778, one-third pension.
24. Ebenezer Tinkham, Frigate Warren, residence Lyme, wounded by a musket ball in the right shoulder at Penobscot in July 1779, one-third pension.
25. Whitman Jacob’s, Private, in Captain Richardson’s compony, under Colonel Hutchinson, residence Croydon, disable by illness in 1778, full pension.
26. John Lapish, Private, in Captain Wait’s company, under Colonel Cilley, residence Lyman, wound in right arm by a musket ball on October 7, 1777, enlisted in November 17, 1776, on rolls 1780, one-fourth pension.
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Note. Most of all these names will have additional information. This additional information will be given on request. My address can be found in my profile.
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1. Caleb Aldrich, Sergeant, in Captain Ellis company under Colonel George Reid, residence, Westmoreland. Disabled by a fall on board a boat in 1781, on the North River; Enlisted March 9, 1778, for the war; On the rolls in April 1783; Full pension.
2. David Robbins, Private, in Captain Hinds company under Colonel James Reid, residence Westmoreland. Disabled by illness at Bunker’s Hill, June 17, 1775.
3. Lemuel Dean, Private, under Colonel Cilley, residence Claremont, wounded by a musket ball in the neck; enlisted March 3, 1777, Three years; discharged March 31, 1780; One-half pension.
4. Ebenezer Fielding, Private, in Captain Olivers company, under Colonel Reid, residence Claremont, disabled by small-pox and the loss of his left eye in 1776; one-third pension.
5. Phineas Parkhurst, Fifer, in Captain Jos: Parkhurst company, residence Lebanon, wounded in his right side by a musket ball at Royalton in 1780; militia, full pension.
6. Richard Lyman, Sergeant, in Captain Troop’s company, under Colonel Prestiss, residence, Lebanon, disabled by illness at Schuylkill in 1777; full pension.
7. Moses Sweat George, Private, in Captain Cloye’s company, under Colonel Hale, residence Lyman, wound by a musket ball in the right elbow at Hubbardstown on July 7, 1777, enlisted April 10, 1777, three years; discharged April 10, 1780; one-half pension.
8. Giles Kelsey, Private, under Colonel Warner, residence Newport, disabled by small-pox in Canada, one-half pension.
9. Phineas Wilcox, Private, under Colonel Warner, residence Newport, disabled by small-pox in Quebec, one-third pension.
10. Job Britton, Private, under Colonel Reid, residence Westmoreland; wounded in his right shoulder by a musket ball at Bunker’s Hill, on June 17, 1775, militia, one-third pension.
11. Morrel Coburn, Private, in Captain Woodbury’s company, under Colonel John Stark, residence Cornish, wounded in left hand by a musket ball in Boston Harbor in June 1775, militia one-fourth pension.
12. Jonas Parks, Private, in Captain Smith’s company, under Colonel Bond, residence Charleston, disabled by small-pox inoculation with the loss in one eye in Canada, one-half pension.
13. Benjamin Knight, Sergeant, in Captain Benjamin Stone’s company under Colonel Scammel, residence Landaff, wounded at Hubbardstown July 1777; enlisted February 27, 1777, for three years, discharged February 1780, one-third pension.
14. James Dean, Private, in Captain Stone’s company, under Colonel Nichols, residence Marlborough, wounded by a musket ball in his right thigh at Bennington in 1777, militia, one-fourth pension.
15. Joel Porter, Private, in Captain Lawrence’s, under Colonel Prescott, residence Marlborough, wounded by a musket ball in his ankle at Bunker’s Hill, June 17, 1775; militia, one-fourth pension.
16. Ebenezer Jennings, Sergeant, in Captain Potter’s company, under Colonel Reid, residence Marlborough, wounded in his left leg by a musket ball at Newtown in 1779, on the Indian expedition under General Sullivan; enlisted June 20, 1778 for two years, discharged April 1, 1778; one fourth pension.
17. William Curtis, Private, under Colonel Whiting residence Stratford, wounded by a musket ball in his left thigh at Ridgefield Conn. In April 1777, militia, one-half pension.
18. William Smart, Private, under Colonel Stark, residence Rumney, disabled by small-pox with the loss of one eye in Canada in 1776, militia, full pension.
19. John Colburn, Sergeant, in Captain House’s company, under Colonel Cilley, residence Hanover, disable by illness at Mohawk, one third pension.
20. Rufus Kempton, Private, in Captain Steven’s company, under Colonel Nichols, residence Croydon, disabled by illness at West Point.
21. Edward Clark, Private, in Captain Prye’s company, under Colonel Hazen, residence, Haverhill, wound in leg by a shell at Yorktown October 1781; on rolls 1780 to January 1782, one-fourth pension.
22. Caleb Hunt, Private, in captain Blodgett’s company, under Colonel Hale, residence Marlow, wounded in both thighs by musket balls at Hubbardstown in July 1777, enlisted March 18, 1777, for three years, wounded in July 1778, one-third pension.
23. Eliphalet Taylor, Private, in Captain Keith’s company, under Colonel Jackson, residence Langdon, injured in July 1778, one-third pension.
24. Ebenezer Tinkham, Frigate Warren, residence Lyme, wounded by a musket ball in the right shoulder at Penobscot in July 1779, one-third pension.
25. Whitman Jacob’s, Private, in Captain Richardson’s compony, under Colonel Hutchinson, residence Croydon, disable by illness in 1778, full pension.
26. John Lapish, Private, in Captain Wait’s company, under Colonel Cilley, residence Lyman, wound in right arm by a musket ball on October 7, 1777, enlisted in November 17, 1776, on rolls 1780, one-fourth pension.
Revolutionaey Pensioners Of Maine & Rhode Island.
A while back a friend sent me some information from a book he found in some library in some dusty corner. He sent me a couple pages and I found them interesting so I posted them here. However after cross referencing these names with other index’s I found I may have used these names once before. Although I may have used these names before their information is interesting and you may have missed something the first time , while others will find these names all new.
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Note. The names with one red star, will have additional information. This additional information will be given on request. My address can be found in my profile.
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District of Maine.
*1. John Bean, Corporal 3d. New Hampshire, pension date March 4, 1789, wounded in left arm August 29, 1779, in the Indian expedition under General Sullivan, transferred from New Hampshire July 31, 1785.
2. Dudley Bandstreet, Private, Invalid’s, Pension date June 22, 1792, wounded September 9, 1777, discharged December 14, 1779.
3. Squire Bishop Jr., Private, Under Colonel S. Webb, Pension date June 22, 1792, wounded in expedition against Penobscot in 1779.
*4. Moses Cass, Private, 3d., New Hampshire, Pension date March 4, 1789, Disabled from inoculation for small-pox at Valley Forge, transferred from New Hampshire July 31, 1785.
*5. Peter Hopkins, Private, Under Colonel Hitchcock, Pension date June 22, 1792, disabled by sickness in service in 1776.
*6. Anthony Starbard, Private, Under Colonel Rose, Pension date June 22, 1792, disabled and lost sight in one eye from inoculation for small-pox in April 1777.
*7. Benjamin Thompson, Lieutenant, Under Colonel Brewer, Pension date June 22, 1792, disabled by sickness in the retreat from Ticonderoga in 1777.
Rhode Island.
*1. Clarke Albro, Private, Regiment Kingston Red’s, Pension date June 14, 1792, wounded at Newport, August 9, 1778.
*2. James Bliven or Blivin, Forage Master, Pension date June 14, 1792, injured while removing hay from the Island Prudence to the main by order Colonel C. Greene in 1779.
*3. John Baggs, Sergeant, under Colonel Deyer, Pension date June 14, 1792, wounded in left hand by a musket splitting.
*4. Robert Carr, Private, Under Colonel Olney, Pension date June 14, 1792, wounded July 2, 1781, near Kingsbridge, New York.
*5. Daniel Eldridge, 2nd, Sergeant, Pension date June 1792, wounded Fort Griswold, on September 6, 1781.
*6. Edward Vose, Sergeant, Under Colonel Barton, Pension date June 14, 1792, injured in August or September.
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Note. The names with one red star, will have additional information. This additional information will be given on request. My address can be found in my profile.
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District of Maine.
*1. John Bean, Corporal 3d. New Hampshire, pension date March 4, 1789, wounded in left arm August 29, 1779, in the Indian expedition under General Sullivan, transferred from New Hampshire July 31, 1785.
2. Dudley Bandstreet, Private, Invalid’s, Pension date June 22, 1792, wounded September 9, 1777, discharged December 14, 1779.
3. Squire Bishop Jr., Private, Under Colonel S. Webb, Pension date June 22, 1792, wounded in expedition against Penobscot in 1779.
*4. Moses Cass, Private, 3d., New Hampshire, Pension date March 4, 1789, Disabled from inoculation for small-pox at Valley Forge, transferred from New Hampshire July 31, 1785.
*5. Peter Hopkins, Private, Under Colonel Hitchcock, Pension date June 22, 1792, disabled by sickness in service in 1776.
*6. Anthony Starbard, Private, Under Colonel Rose, Pension date June 22, 1792, disabled and lost sight in one eye from inoculation for small-pox in April 1777.
*7. Benjamin Thompson, Lieutenant, Under Colonel Brewer, Pension date June 22, 1792, disabled by sickness in the retreat from Ticonderoga in 1777.
Rhode Island.
*1. Clarke Albro, Private, Regiment Kingston Red’s, Pension date June 14, 1792, wounded at Newport, August 9, 1778.
*2. James Bliven or Blivin, Forage Master, Pension date June 14, 1792, injured while removing hay from the Island Prudence to the main by order Colonel C. Greene in 1779.
*3. John Baggs, Sergeant, under Colonel Deyer, Pension date June 14, 1792, wounded in left hand by a musket splitting.
*4. Robert Carr, Private, Under Colonel Olney, Pension date June 14, 1792, wounded July 2, 1781, near Kingsbridge, New York.
*5. Daniel Eldridge, 2nd, Sergeant, Pension date June 1792, wounded Fort Griswold, on September 6, 1781.
*6. Edward Vose, Sergeant, Under Colonel Barton, Pension date June 14, 1792, injured in August or September.
Wednesday, January 05, 2011
Officers Of The United States.
All these officers are from different time periods, but no matter what time they came from all fought for their country honorably.
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Benjamin Gorham, born Massachusetts, appointed from Massachusetts, 2nd., Lieutenant light artillery, June1, 1820, transferred to the 15th., infantry June 1, 1821. Graduated from West Point Military Academy as the 21st in his class, July 17, 1814. Dead October 15, 1821.
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Jesse A. Gove, born December 5, 1824, New Hampshire, appointed from New Hampshire, 2nd., of infantry March 8, 1847; 9th., infantry April 9, 1847. 1St., Lieutenant December 4, 1847. Disbanded August 26, 1848. Captain 10th., infantry March 3, 1855. Colonel 22nd., Massachusetts Volunteers November 9, 1861. Killed at the battle of Gaines Mill, June 27, 1862.
Jesse A. Gove was born in Weare, New Hampshire, the son of Squire and Dolly (Atwood) Gove. In 1845, he entered Norwich University (Norwich, Vermont), but interrupted his studies in 1847 to serve in the Mexican War, first as a Second Lieutenant, then as a First Lieutenant, in the 9th U.S. Infantry Regiment. After the war, he returned to Norwich and graduated with a B.S. degree in 1849.
Gove then moved to Concord, New Hampshire, to study law and was admitted to the bar in 1851. He had his own office there until 1855, and was also Deputy Secretary of State for New Hampshire. In 1852, he married Maria Louise Sherburne of Concord. They had one daughter, Jessie, who married the Hon. John H. Pearson, and one son, Charles A. (U.S. Naval Academy, Class of 1876). Gove was also a member of Mount Horeb Commandery, Knights Templar, in Concord.
In 1855, Gove returned to military service, being commissioned Captain, Company I, 10th U.S. Infantry Regiment, by President Franklin Pierce. Gove served in the Minnesota and Utah Territories before the Civil War erupted. When Col. Henry Wilson returned to his senatorial duties, Gove was commissioned Colonel of the 22nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
In what became known as the Seven Days' Battles, on June 27, 1862, at Gaines's Mill, Virginia, Colonel Gove was shot through his heart by a minie ball and died instantly. One of his non-commissioned officers, who had been taken prisoner of war, recognized the body and removed the colonel's belt, which he later presented to Colonel Gove's widow, but due to the circumstances, could not recover the body. If Colonel Gove's body was ever buried, it was not marked by name.
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Archibald Gracie Jr., born New York, November 1, 1832, appointed from New Jersey, Bvt. 2nd., Lieutenant 4th., infantry, July 1, 1854. 2nd., Lieutenant 5th., infantry March 3, 1855. Resigned May 3, 1856.
Civil War Confederate General. Northern-born Southern General. His family was the one that built "Gracie Mansion", the residence of the Mayor of New York. A West Point graduate, he threw his lot with the CSA after becoming a businessman in the South and marrying a Richmond woman. He was killed while his brigade was manning the Petersburg trenches in 1864.
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George W. Graffam, born Massachusetts, appointed from Army, Sergeant Co. C., 1sSt., Maine Volunteers May 3 to August 5, 1861. 1St., Lieutenant Adj., 5th., Maine Volunteers October 8, 1866. Resigned October 18, 1863. Private and Sergeant Co. G., and Sergeant Major 2nd., Batt. 16th., infantry June 6 to December 1, 1865. 2nd., Lieutenant 16th, infantry, November 24, 1865. Transferred to the 34th., infantry September 21, 1866. Unassigned April 14, 1869. Mustered out January 1, 1871, died on August 11, 1882.
Burial Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia.
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Lawrence P. Graham, born 1815, Virginia, appointed from Virginia, 2nd., Lieutenant, 2nd., Dragoons October 13, 1837. 1St., Lieutenant January 1, 1839. Captain August 31, 1843. Bvt. Major May 9, 1846, for gallant conduct in the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca, de la Palma. Major 2nd., Dragoons June 14, 1858. Brig. General Volunteers August 31, 1866. Lieutenant Colonel 5th., Cavalry October 1, 1861. Colonel 4th., May 9, 1864. Bvt. Brig. General March 13, 1865, for gallant and meritorious service during the war. Mustered out of Volunteer service August 24, 1865. Retired December 15, 1870. Died September 12, 1905.
Civil War Union Brigadier General. A career military officer, at the start of the Civil War, he was appointed Brigadier General of a Brigade in the Army of the Potomac. In 1862, he directed the Siege of Yorktown and was Chief of Cavalry to the camp of instruction near Annapolis, Maryland, in 1863. For the remainder of the war, he acted as President of a General Courts Martial and on the Board for Examination of Invalid Officers at Annapolis. After the war, he served various frontier posts, until retiring in December 1870. He became one of the most Shakesperean scholars in Washington, D.C. where he lived until his death.
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Hyacinth R. Agnel, born November 25, 1799, at New York, appointed from New York. Teacher and Prof., of French at Military Acad., February 4, 1820, and Prof., May16, 1848 to February 10, 1871. Died February 10, 1871.
Famous author:
The Book of Chess", 1848.
Chess for Winter Evenings", 1848.
He served in the Venezuelan army until 1831. In a battle near Caraccas, he received a severe saber wound in his hip.
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George Pahern, born December 29, 1859, New York appointed from New York. 2nd., Lieutenant 25th., infantry, June 13, 1882. 1St., Lieutenant 4th., infantry, February 20, 1891. Transferred to 25th., infantry, July 20, 1891. Captain of the 9th., infantry, June 30, 1898. Died May 13, 1940, Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia.
United States Army Officer, Conservationist. He served in Cuba and the Philippines during the Spanish-American War. After the war, he remained in the Philippines to organize the Office of Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks and later the Bureau of Forestry for the Philippine Government. Earlier in 1890, he explored some of the last areas unmapped in Montana, mapping what would become Glacier National Park. Several areas in the park are named for him including Ahern Creek, Peak, Pass and Glacier. In the military for over 32 years, he saw combat in the Indian Campaigns in the Northwest, the Spanish American War, the Boxer Rebellion, and the Philippines Insurrection. During World War I, he served as the assistant to the Chief of Military Intelligence and then Secretary of the War College. A committed to conservationist, he wrote several books on Forestry.
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Frederick C. Ainsworth, born September 11, 1852, Vermont appointed from Vermont, 1St., Lieutenant Asst. Surg., November 10, 1874. Captain Asst., Surg., November 10, 1879. Major Surg., February 27, 1891. Colonel Chief of Records and Pension Office, May 27, 1892. Brig. General and Chief, March 2, 1899. Died June 5, 1934.
United States Army General. He entered the United States Medical Corps in 1874, serving in Alaska and the Southwest until 1884. Assigned to direct the Records and Pensions division of the Surgeon General's office in 1886, in this capacity he reorganized and brought up to date the records thousands of soldiers files, which made Civil War veteran pension claims faster and easier to process. In 1889 the records of the Adjutant General's office were placed under his control, and in 1892 he was named to head the newly created Records and Pension Office of the War Department. In 1898 he took over the organization and publication of all the "Official Records of the Civil War", which had been published sporadically since 1880.
Through his efforts the records of the War were effectively consolidated and published, thus providing an extremely valuable source of information for Civil War historians and researchers. He was promoted to Brigadier General in 1899, and Major General and Adjutant General of the United States Army in 1904. In his later years as Adjutant, he was very resistant to change and innovation to the point of insubordination, and he was retired in 1912 to avoid a court martial. The United States Navy troop transport ship "USNS Fred C. Ainsworth" (T-AP-181) was named in his honor.
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Jacob W. Albright, born 1782, place unknown appointed from Pennsylvania, Ensinn 1St., infantry, March 6, 1806. 2nd., Lieutenant November 15, 1807. 1St., Lieutenant August 26, 1812. District P. M., September 4, 1813 disbanded June 15, 1815. P. M. 2nd., infantry, July 9, 1816. Major P. M., June 1, 1821. Resigned May 13, 1823. Died June 3, 1823.
Was 41, years when he died, originally buried at the Second Presbyterian Church Cemetery but when that cemetery closed in 1867 more than 2500 burials were moved to Mount Vernon. Burial Mount Vernon Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
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Brad R. Alden, born May 6, 1811, Pennsylvania, appointed from New York. Bvt 2nd., Lieutenant 4th., infantry, July 1, 1831. 2nd., Lieutenant September 15, 1833. 1St., Lieutenant September 1836. Captain June 14, 1842. Resigned September 29, 1853. Died on September 10, 1870.
United States Army Officer. A graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, Class of 1831, he was posted as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 4th United States Infantry. After serving in the Seminole Wars and as an instructor at West Point, he was detailed as an Aide-de-camp to Major General Winfield Scott. His tenure as a staff officer began on September 3, 1840, and ended on June 14, 1842, when he was promoted to Captain and sent back to his regiment for duty in the field. After service commanding his detachment of the 4th Infantry in Texas for three years, he was assigned back to West Point as the Commandant of Cadets, upon the endorsement of General Scott. He served in that duty from December 14, 1845 to November 1, 1852, during which time 263 cadets were graduated that would go on to become Generals during the Civil War (the include such figures as Union Generals George B. McClellan, John Buford, Gouverneur K. Warren and John Gibbon, and Confederate Generals Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, Henry Heth, George E. Pickett and Charles W. Field).
Sent to the Pacific Coast in 1853, he was given command of Fort Jones, located in Northern California. When Indians along the Rogue River in southeastern Oregon threatened an uprising, Captain Alden led an expedition of his Regular troops plus an regiment of volunteers the from local populace (who elected him "Colonel" even though that rank was unofficial and honorary). In severe fighting on August 24, 1853 at the Rogue River, his command defeated the Indians, but he received a gunshot wound through the shoulder that permanently disabled him, and forced him to resign on September 24, 1853, a month later.
His post-military career included travels in Europe, and was one of the first men to drill for oil in the fields of western Pennsylvania in the late 1850s. During the Civil War his great desire to serve was thwarted by his disability, and efforts to raise a regiment of volunteers and to serve as a staff officer both were unsuccessful due to his injuries. He eventually succumbed to his wounds on September 10, 1870 at Newport, Rhode Island.
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Bishop Aldrich, born New York, appointed from Army. Private, Corporal, Sergeant, Co., H., and Q. M. Sergeant, 8th., infantry, July 29, 1855, to November 6, 1863. 2nd., 8th., infantry, October 31, 1863. 1St., Lieutenant July 28, 1866. R. Q. M., October 7, 1869, to May 16, 1877. Died on May 16, 1877. He was Bvt. 1St., Lieutenant May 10, 1864, for gallant and meritorious service at the battle of Spottsylvania Virginia.
His burial is at Prescott National Cemetery, Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona, Plot: 2, 14 ROW D., There are no dates on his tombstone.
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Benjamin Gorham, born Massachusetts, appointed from Massachusetts, 2nd., Lieutenant light artillery, June1, 1820, transferred to the 15th., infantry June 1, 1821. Graduated from West Point Military Academy as the 21st in his class, July 17, 1814. Dead October 15, 1821.
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Jesse A. Gove, born December 5, 1824, New Hampshire, appointed from New Hampshire, 2nd., of infantry March 8, 1847; 9th., infantry April 9, 1847. 1St., Lieutenant December 4, 1847. Disbanded August 26, 1848. Captain 10th., infantry March 3, 1855. Colonel 22nd., Massachusetts Volunteers November 9, 1861. Killed at the battle of Gaines Mill, June 27, 1862.
Jesse A. Gove was born in Weare, New Hampshire, the son of Squire and Dolly (Atwood) Gove. In 1845, he entered Norwich University (Norwich, Vermont), but interrupted his studies in 1847 to serve in the Mexican War, first as a Second Lieutenant, then as a First Lieutenant, in the 9th U.S. Infantry Regiment. After the war, he returned to Norwich and graduated with a B.S. degree in 1849.
Gove then moved to Concord, New Hampshire, to study law and was admitted to the bar in 1851. He had his own office there until 1855, and was also Deputy Secretary of State for New Hampshire. In 1852, he married Maria Louise Sherburne of Concord. They had one daughter, Jessie, who married the Hon. John H. Pearson, and one son, Charles A. (U.S. Naval Academy, Class of 1876). Gove was also a member of Mount Horeb Commandery, Knights Templar, in Concord.
In 1855, Gove returned to military service, being commissioned Captain, Company I, 10th U.S. Infantry Regiment, by President Franklin Pierce. Gove served in the Minnesota and Utah Territories before the Civil War erupted. When Col. Henry Wilson returned to his senatorial duties, Gove was commissioned Colonel of the 22nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
In what became known as the Seven Days' Battles, on June 27, 1862, at Gaines's Mill, Virginia, Colonel Gove was shot through his heart by a minie ball and died instantly. One of his non-commissioned officers, who had been taken prisoner of war, recognized the body and removed the colonel's belt, which he later presented to Colonel Gove's widow, but due to the circumstances, could not recover the body. If Colonel Gove's body was ever buried, it was not marked by name.
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Archibald Gracie Jr., born New York, November 1, 1832, appointed from New Jersey, Bvt. 2nd., Lieutenant 4th., infantry, July 1, 1854. 2nd., Lieutenant 5th., infantry March 3, 1855. Resigned May 3, 1856.
Civil War Confederate General. Northern-born Southern General. His family was the one that built "Gracie Mansion", the residence of the Mayor of New York. A West Point graduate, he threw his lot with the CSA after becoming a businessman in the South and marrying a Richmond woman. He was killed while his brigade was manning the Petersburg trenches in 1864.
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George W. Graffam, born Massachusetts, appointed from Army, Sergeant Co. C., 1sSt., Maine Volunteers May 3 to August 5, 1861. 1St., Lieutenant Adj., 5th., Maine Volunteers October 8, 1866. Resigned October 18, 1863. Private and Sergeant Co. G., and Sergeant Major 2nd., Batt. 16th., infantry June 6 to December 1, 1865. 2nd., Lieutenant 16th, infantry, November 24, 1865. Transferred to the 34th., infantry September 21, 1866. Unassigned April 14, 1869. Mustered out January 1, 1871, died on August 11, 1882.
Burial Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia.
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Lawrence P. Graham, born 1815, Virginia, appointed from Virginia, 2nd., Lieutenant, 2nd., Dragoons October 13, 1837. 1St., Lieutenant January 1, 1839. Captain August 31, 1843. Bvt. Major May 9, 1846, for gallant conduct in the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca, de la Palma. Major 2nd., Dragoons June 14, 1858. Brig. General Volunteers August 31, 1866. Lieutenant Colonel 5th., Cavalry October 1, 1861. Colonel 4th., May 9, 1864. Bvt. Brig. General March 13, 1865, for gallant and meritorious service during the war. Mustered out of Volunteer service August 24, 1865. Retired December 15, 1870. Died September 12, 1905.
Civil War Union Brigadier General. A career military officer, at the start of the Civil War, he was appointed Brigadier General of a Brigade in the Army of the Potomac. In 1862, he directed the Siege of Yorktown and was Chief of Cavalry to the camp of instruction near Annapolis, Maryland, in 1863. For the remainder of the war, he acted as President of a General Courts Martial and on the Board for Examination of Invalid Officers at Annapolis. After the war, he served various frontier posts, until retiring in December 1870. He became one of the most Shakesperean scholars in Washington, D.C. where he lived until his death.
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Hyacinth R. Agnel, born November 25, 1799, at New York, appointed from New York. Teacher and Prof., of French at Military Acad., February 4, 1820, and Prof., May16, 1848 to February 10, 1871. Died February 10, 1871.
Famous author:
The Book of Chess", 1848.
Chess for Winter Evenings", 1848.
He served in the Venezuelan army until 1831. In a battle near Caraccas, he received a severe saber wound in his hip.
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George Pahern, born December 29, 1859, New York appointed from New York. 2nd., Lieutenant 25th., infantry, June 13, 1882. 1St., Lieutenant 4th., infantry, February 20, 1891. Transferred to 25th., infantry, July 20, 1891. Captain of the 9th., infantry, June 30, 1898. Died May 13, 1940, Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia.
United States Army Officer, Conservationist. He served in Cuba and the Philippines during the Spanish-American War. After the war, he remained in the Philippines to organize the Office of Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks and later the Bureau of Forestry for the Philippine Government. Earlier in 1890, he explored some of the last areas unmapped in Montana, mapping what would become Glacier National Park. Several areas in the park are named for him including Ahern Creek, Peak, Pass and Glacier. In the military for over 32 years, he saw combat in the Indian Campaigns in the Northwest, the Spanish American War, the Boxer Rebellion, and the Philippines Insurrection. During World War I, he served as the assistant to the Chief of Military Intelligence and then Secretary of the War College. A committed to conservationist, he wrote several books on Forestry.
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Frederick C. Ainsworth, born September 11, 1852, Vermont appointed from Vermont, 1St., Lieutenant Asst. Surg., November 10, 1874. Captain Asst., Surg., November 10, 1879. Major Surg., February 27, 1891. Colonel Chief of Records and Pension Office, May 27, 1892. Brig. General and Chief, March 2, 1899. Died June 5, 1934.
United States Army General. He entered the United States Medical Corps in 1874, serving in Alaska and the Southwest until 1884. Assigned to direct the Records and Pensions division of the Surgeon General's office in 1886, in this capacity he reorganized and brought up to date the records thousands of soldiers files, which made Civil War veteran pension claims faster and easier to process. In 1889 the records of the Adjutant General's office were placed under his control, and in 1892 he was named to head the newly created Records and Pension Office of the War Department. In 1898 he took over the organization and publication of all the "Official Records of the Civil War", which had been published sporadically since 1880.
Through his efforts the records of the War were effectively consolidated and published, thus providing an extremely valuable source of information for Civil War historians and researchers. He was promoted to Brigadier General in 1899, and Major General and Adjutant General of the United States Army in 1904. In his later years as Adjutant, he was very resistant to change and innovation to the point of insubordination, and he was retired in 1912 to avoid a court martial. The United States Navy troop transport ship "USNS Fred C. Ainsworth" (T-AP-181) was named in his honor.
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Jacob W. Albright, born 1782, place unknown appointed from Pennsylvania, Ensinn 1St., infantry, March 6, 1806. 2nd., Lieutenant November 15, 1807. 1St., Lieutenant August 26, 1812. District P. M., September 4, 1813 disbanded June 15, 1815. P. M. 2nd., infantry, July 9, 1816. Major P. M., June 1, 1821. Resigned May 13, 1823. Died June 3, 1823.
Was 41, years when he died, originally buried at the Second Presbyterian Church Cemetery but when that cemetery closed in 1867 more than 2500 burials were moved to Mount Vernon. Burial Mount Vernon Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
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Brad R. Alden, born May 6, 1811, Pennsylvania, appointed from New York. Bvt 2nd., Lieutenant 4th., infantry, July 1, 1831. 2nd., Lieutenant September 15, 1833. 1St., Lieutenant September 1836. Captain June 14, 1842. Resigned September 29, 1853. Died on September 10, 1870.
United States Army Officer. A graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, Class of 1831, he was posted as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 4th United States Infantry. After serving in the Seminole Wars and as an instructor at West Point, he was detailed as an Aide-de-camp to Major General Winfield Scott. His tenure as a staff officer began on September 3, 1840, and ended on June 14, 1842, when he was promoted to Captain and sent back to his regiment for duty in the field. After service commanding his detachment of the 4th Infantry in Texas for three years, he was assigned back to West Point as the Commandant of Cadets, upon the endorsement of General Scott. He served in that duty from December 14, 1845 to November 1, 1852, during which time 263 cadets were graduated that would go on to become Generals during the Civil War (the include such figures as Union Generals George B. McClellan, John Buford, Gouverneur K. Warren and John Gibbon, and Confederate Generals Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, Henry Heth, George E. Pickett and Charles W. Field).
Sent to the Pacific Coast in 1853, he was given command of Fort Jones, located in Northern California. When Indians along the Rogue River in southeastern Oregon threatened an uprising, Captain Alden led an expedition of his Regular troops plus an regiment of volunteers the from local populace (who elected him "Colonel" even though that rank was unofficial and honorary). In severe fighting on August 24, 1853 at the Rogue River, his command defeated the Indians, but he received a gunshot wound through the shoulder that permanently disabled him, and forced him to resign on September 24, 1853, a month later.
His post-military career included travels in Europe, and was one of the first men to drill for oil in the fields of western Pennsylvania in the late 1850s. During the Civil War his great desire to serve was thwarted by his disability, and efforts to raise a regiment of volunteers and to serve as a staff officer both were unsuccessful due to his injuries. He eventually succumbed to his wounds on September 10, 1870 at Newport, Rhode Island.
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Bishop Aldrich, born New York, appointed from Army. Private, Corporal, Sergeant, Co., H., and Q. M. Sergeant, 8th., infantry, July 29, 1855, to November 6, 1863. 2nd., 8th., infantry, October 31, 1863. 1St., Lieutenant July 28, 1866. R. Q. M., October 7, 1869, to May 16, 1877. Died on May 16, 1877. He was Bvt. 1St., Lieutenant May 10, 1864, for gallant and meritorious service at the battle of Spottsylvania Virginia.
His burial is at Prescott National Cemetery, Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona, Plot: 2, 14 ROW D., There are no dates on his tombstone.
9th., New Jersey Infantry At Ranoke Island.
The battle of Ranoke Island, took place on February 8, 1862. This was a joint operation between the navy and the army. On the side of the navy there were many ships, and one was the United States Steamer HUNCHBACK, on board were troops of the New Jersey 9th., infantry. Three of these men were; Benjamin Clinton, company C., James Herbert company C., and Manning Lyons company E., two were wounded and one was killed.
After the battle Midshipman Benjamin H. Porter, give a report on the battle and what part the crew of the Hunchback, took, and that of the 9th., New Jersey. The following is that report.
Note. To read the report just push on them.
Benjamin Clinton, Private, New Jersey 9th. Infantry, company C., enlisted Sept. 10, '61,Mustered in Sept. 20, '61, for 3 Yrs, Discharged at Newport Barracks, N. C., July 21, '62, Wounds received in action at Roanoke Island, N. C.
Manning Lyons, Private, New Jersey 9th., infantry company E., enlisted Sept. 20, '61, mustered in Sept. 20, '61, for 3 Yrs, discharged Dec. 7, '64.
James Herbert, Private, 9th., New Jersey,infantry,compamy C., enlisted Sept. 10, '61, mustered in Sept. 20, '61, for 3 Yrs. Killed in action at Roanoke Island, N. C., Feb. 8, '62.
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Benjamin Clinton
Birth: Unknown.
Death: April 10, 1882.
Burial: Beverly National Cemetery, Beverly, Burlington County, New Jersey.
Civil War Union Soldier. He was enrolled in the 9th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry on September 10, 1861, and was mustered in as a Private in Company C on September 20, 1861. He was wounded in action on Roanoke Island, North Carolina, and was discharged due to disability from those wounds on July 21, 1862.
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Manning Lyons
Birth: Unknown.
Death: 1922.
Burial: First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Succasunna, Morris County, New Jersey.
Civil War Union Army Soldier. Private of Company E, 9th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry.
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No burial information was found for James Herbert.
After the battle Midshipman Benjamin H. Porter, give a report on the battle and what part the crew of the Hunchback, took, and that of the 9th., New Jersey. The following is that report.
Note. To read the report just push on them.
Benjamin Clinton, Private, New Jersey 9th. Infantry, company C., enlisted Sept. 10, '61,Mustered in Sept. 20, '61, for 3 Yrs, Discharged at Newport Barracks, N. C., July 21, '62, Wounds received in action at Roanoke Island, N. C.Manning Lyons, Private, New Jersey 9th., infantry company E., enlisted Sept. 20, '61, mustered in Sept. 20, '61, for 3 Yrs, discharged Dec. 7, '64.
James Herbert, Private, 9th., New Jersey,infantry,compamy C., enlisted Sept. 10, '61, mustered in Sept. 20, '61, for 3 Yrs. Killed in action at Roanoke Island, N. C., Feb. 8, '62.
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Benjamin Clinton
Birth: Unknown.
Death: April 10, 1882.
Burial: Beverly National Cemetery, Beverly, Burlington County, New Jersey.
Civil War Union Soldier. He was enrolled in the 9th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry on September 10, 1861, and was mustered in as a Private in Company C on September 20, 1861. He was wounded in action on Roanoke Island, North Carolina, and was discharged due to disability from those wounds on July 21, 1862.
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Manning Lyons
Birth: Unknown.
Death: 1922.
Burial: First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Succasunna, Morris County, New Jersey.
Civil War Union Army Soldier. Private of Company E, 9th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry.
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No burial information was found for James Herbert.
Tuesday, January 04, 2011
Revolutionary Pensioners of Massachusetts..
Green, Jonas, Pepperell. Private, Capt. Brown's co.. Col. Michael Jackson's regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Feb. 4, 1777, to Feb. 4, 1780 ; residence, Pepperell ; credited to town of Pepperell ; term, 3 years.
Pension Date, May 19, 1792, wounded at Ticonderoga in 1777.
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Meeritt or Merritt, Asa. List of men mustered by Nathaniel Barber, Muster Master for Suffolk Co., dated Boston, March 2, 1777; Capt. Oliver's co., Col. Greaton's regt.; also, Private, Capt. Edward Cumpston's co., Col. John Greaton's (2d) regt.; return of men who were in camp on or before Ang. 15, 1777, and who had not been absent subsequently except on furlongh, etc.; reported discharged Sept. -, 1777.
Pension Date, May 19, 1792, Lost a eye when inoculated for smallpox, 1777.
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Mason, Aaron, Jr., Woburn. Return dated April 30, 1775, of the train band of 1st Woburn co. under Capt. Josiah Johnson, as returned by Abijah Thompson, Clerk; reported enlisted into the army; also, Capt. Jonas Richardson's co., Col. James Frye's (1st) regt.; receipt for advance pay, signed by said Mason and others, dated Cambridge, June 9, 1775; also, Private, same co. and regt.; company return [probably Oct., 1775]; enlisted April 29, 1775; reported sick; also, order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Camp at Cambridge, Dec. 22, 1775.
Pension Date, May 19, 1792, Health impaired by fatigue on June 6, 1775, and the next day, the battle of Bunker’s Hill.
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Noyes,Simeon (also given Simon), Newburyport. Capt. Benjamin Perkins's co.. Col. Moses Little's (17th) regt. ; order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Prospect Hill, Nov. 14, 1775; also, Corporal, Capt. Stephen Jenkins's CO., Col. Samuel Johnson's regt. ; enlisted Aug. 18 (also given Aug. 16) , 1777 ; discharged Nov. 30, 1777 ; service, 3 mos. 13 days, under Gen. Gates in Northern department ; reported furloughed ; order for payment of amount of roll dated at Newburyport and signed by Capt. Jenkins ; also, Private, Capt. Jonathan Evans's co.. Col. Nathaniel Wade's regt. ; enlisted July 8, 1778; discharged Jan. 1, 1779; service, 6 mos., at North Kingston, R. I., including 6 days (115 miles) travel home; also. Corporal, same co. and regt. ; muster rolls dated East Greenwich, Sept. 17, and Sept. 22, 1778 ; also, same co. and regt.; muster roll dated East Greenwich, Oct. 14, 1778; reported on fur- lough ; also, same co. and regt. ; muster roll dated North Kingston, Nov. 6, 1778; reported absent with leave ; also, same co. and regt. ; muster roll dated East Greenwich, Nov. 13, 1778; enlistment to expire Jan. 1, 1779; also. Ser- geant, Capt. Stephen Jenkins's co., Col. Jacob Gerrish's regt.; entered ser- vice Oct. 14, 1779 ; discharged Nov. 22, 1779 ; service, 1 mo. 20 days, at Claverack, including travel (240 miles) home ; regiment detached from militia of Suffolk and Essex counties to reinforce army under Gen. Washington ; also, Capt. Richard Titcomb's co.. Col. Nathaniel Wade's regt. ; enlisted July 3, 1780; discharged Oct. 10, 1780; service, 3 mos. 21 days, including 13 days (260 miles) travel home ; company raised in Newburyport, Salisbury, and Ames- bury ; regiment raised in Essex Co. to reinforce Continental Army for 3 months ; also, 2d Sergeant, Capt. Joshua French's co., Lieut. Col. Enoch Putnam's regt.; enlisted Aug. 13, 1781; discharged Nov. 27, 1781; service, 3 mos. 28 days, near West Point, including 13 days (260 miles) travel home ; regiment raised in Essex and Plymouth counties to reinforce Continental Army for 3 months.
Pension Date, none, wounded in the battle of Behmus Heights, October 1777, and disabled by camp fever in 1779.
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Presset or Pressey, Benjamin, Haverhill. Private, Capt. Timothy Eaton's co.. Col. Edward Wigglesworth's regt. ; pay abstract for travel allowance, etc., from Ticon- deroga in 1776, sworn to in Suffolk Co. and approved Jan. 31, 1777 ; 220 miles travel allowed said Pressey ; also, list of men raised to serve in the Continen- tal Army from Capt. Timothy Johnson's (3d Haverhill) co. ; residence, Haverhill ; engaged for town of Haverhill ; joined Capt. Carr's co.. Col. Wig- glesworth's regt. ; term, during war; also, Corporal, Capt. Watson's co., Col. James Wesson's (9th) regt. ; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Feb. 11, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; reported transferred to corps of invalids; o/.so, Private, Capt. Samuel Carr's co.. Col. James Wesson's regt.; return dated Jan. 25, 1778; also, Corporal, Capt. McFarland's corps of invalids; Continen- tal Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1780, to June 30, 1780 ; reported discharged.
Pension Date, May 17, 1792, wounded at the battle of Monmouth, June 1778.
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Pior or Pier, Abner. Private, Capt. John Spoor's co.. Col. John Brown's regt. ; entered ' service July 18, 1780 ; discharged Oct. 23, 1780 ; service, 3 mos. 10 days, includ- ing 4 days (80 miles) travel home; regiment raised in Berkshire Co. to rein- force Continental Army for 3 months.
Pension Date, May 17, 1792, wounded at Stone Arabia in October 1780.
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Peabody, Joseph, Boxford (also given Topsfield). Return made by a committee appointed to raise one-seventh part of the male inhabitants of the town of Boxford to serve in the Continental Army; engaged for town of Boxford; joined Capt. Job Whipple's co.. Col. Rufus Putnam's regt. ; term to expire Jan. 1, 1780; also, list of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from Col. Jonathan Cogswell's (3d) Essex Co. regt., as returned by Capt. Stephen Perkins and Capt. Nehemiah Herrick ; residence, Topsfield ; engaged for town of Topsfield; joined Capt. Haffield White's co.. Col. Rufus Putnam's regt.; term, 3 years ; also, Private, Capt. Job Whipple's co., Col. Rufus Putnam's 4th (also given 5th) regt. ; Continental Army pay accounts for service from April 15, 1777, to April 14, 1780.
Pension Date, May 17, 1792, wounded June 29, 1777, near Fort Edward & Fort Miller.
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Shanley, Patrick. List dated Boston, Feb. 24, 1781, signed by Alexander Hodgdon. Secretary of Committee of the town of Boston, of men returned as having been enlisted as the quota of said town, agreeable to resolve of Dec. 2, 1780; said Shanley reported as having been assigned to a class of which William Cunningham was Chairman; enlisted Dec. 29, 1780; also, Private, Col. Benjamin Tupper's (10th) regt.; service from Jan. 1, 1781, 12 mos.
Pension Date, May 18, 1792, wounded at Kingsbridge, 1781.
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Warren, William, Waltham. Order of Provuicial Congress, dated June 16, 1775, directing that commissions be delivered to officers of Capt. Ebenezer Winship's CO., Col. Nixon's regt. ; said Warren to be commissioned as Lieutenant ; receipt for above commissions dated Watertown, June 10, 1775, and signed by Col. John Nixon; also, Capt. Ebenezer Winship's co.. Col. John Nixon's regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775 ; engaged April 23, 1775 ; service, 3 mos. 16 days ; also, company return endorsed " Sep'tr 30th 1775."
Pension Date, May 17, 1792, wounded June 17, 1775, at the battle of Breed’s Hill in Charlestown.
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Pension Date, May 19, 1792, wounded at Ticonderoga in 1777.
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Meeritt or Merritt, Asa. List of men mustered by Nathaniel Barber, Muster Master for Suffolk Co., dated Boston, March 2, 1777; Capt. Oliver's co., Col. Greaton's regt.; also, Private, Capt. Edward Cumpston's co., Col. John Greaton's (2d) regt.; return of men who were in camp on or before Ang. 15, 1777, and who had not been absent subsequently except on furlongh, etc.; reported discharged Sept. -, 1777.
Pension Date, May 19, 1792, Lost a eye when inoculated for smallpox, 1777.
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Mason, Aaron, Jr., Woburn. Return dated April 30, 1775, of the train band of 1st Woburn co. under Capt. Josiah Johnson, as returned by Abijah Thompson, Clerk; reported enlisted into the army; also, Capt. Jonas Richardson's co., Col. James Frye's (1st) regt.; receipt for advance pay, signed by said Mason and others, dated Cambridge, June 9, 1775; also, Private, same co. and regt.; company return [probably Oct., 1775]; enlisted April 29, 1775; reported sick; also, order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Camp at Cambridge, Dec. 22, 1775.
Pension Date, May 19, 1792, Health impaired by fatigue on June 6, 1775, and the next day, the battle of Bunker’s Hill.
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Noyes,Simeon (also given Simon), Newburyport. Capt. Benjamin Perkins's co.. Col. Moses Little's (17th) regt. ; order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Prospect Hill, Nov. 14, 1775; also, Corporal, Capt. Stephen Jenkins's CO., Col. Samuel Johnson's regt. ; enlisted Aug. 18 (also given Aug. 16) , 1777 ; discharged Nov. 30, 1777 ; service, 3 mos. 13 days, under Gen. Gates in Northern department ; reported furloughed ; order for payment of amount of roll dated at Newburyport and signed by Capt. Jenkins ; also, Private, Capt. Jonathan Evans's co.. Col. Nathaniel Wade's regt. ; enlisted July 8, 1778; discharged Jan. 1, 1779; service, 6 mos., at North Kingston, R. I., including 6 days (115 miles) travel home; also. Corporal, same co. and regt. ; muster rolls dated East Greenwich, Sept. 17, and Sept. 22, 1778 ; also, same co. and regt.; muster roll dated East Greenwich, Oct. 14, 1778; reported on fur- lough ; also, same co. and regt. ; muster roll dated North Kingston, Nov. 6, 1778; reported absent with leave ; also, same co. and regt. ; muster roll dated East Greenwich, Nov. 13, 1778; enlistment to expire Jan. 1, 1779; also. Ser- geant, Capt. Stephen Jenkins's co., Col. Jacob Gerrish's regt.; entered ser- vice Oct. 14, 1779 ; discharged Nov. 22, 1779 ; service, 1 mo. 20 days, at Claverack, including travel (240 miles) home ; regiment detached from militia of Suffolk and Essex counties to reinforce army under Gen. Washington ; also, Capt. Richard Titcomb's co.. Col. Nathaniel Wade's regt. ; enlisted July 3, 1780; discharged Oct. 10, 1780; service, 3 mos. 21 days, including 13 days (260 miles) travel home ; company raised in Newburyport, Salisbury, and Ames- bury ; regiment raised in Essex Co. to reinforce Continental Army for 3 months ; also, 2d Sergeant, Capt. Joshua French's co., Lieut. Col. Enoch Putnam's regt.; enlisted Aug. 13, 1781; discharged Nov. 27, 1781; service, 3 mos. 28 days, near West Point, including 13 days (260 miles) travel home ; regiment raised in Essex and Plymouth counties to reinforce Continental Army for 3 months.
Pension Date, none, wounded in the battle of Behmus Heights, October 1777, and disabled by camp fever in 1779.
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Presset or Pressey, Benjamin, Haverhill. Private, Capt. Timothy Eaton's co.. Col. Edward Wigglesworth's regt. ; pay abstract for travel allowance, etc., from Ticon- deroga in 1776, sworn to in Suffolk Co. and approved Jan. 31, 1777 ; 220 miles travel allowed said Pressey ; also, list of men raised to serve in the Continen- tal Army from Capt. Timothy Johnson's (3d Haverhill) co. ; residence, Haverhill ; engaged for town of Haverhill ; joined Capt. Carr's co.. Col. Wig- glesworth's regt. ; term, during war; also, Corporal, Capt. Watson's co., Col. James Wesson's (9th) regt. ; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Feb. 11, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; reported transferred to corps of invalids; o/.so, Private, Capt. Samuel Carr's co.. Col. James Wesson's regt.; return dated Jan. 25, 1778; also, Corporal, Capt. McFarland's corps of invalids; Continen- tal Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1780, to June 30, 1780 ; reported discharged.
Pension Date, May 17, 1792, wounded at the battle of Monmouth, June 1778.
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Pior or Pier, Abner. Private, Capt. John Spoor's co.. Col. John Brown's regt. ; entered ' service July 18, 1780 ; discharged Oct. 23, 1780 ; service, 3 mos. 10 days, includ- ing 4 days (80 miles) travel home; regiment raised in Berkshire Co. to rein- force Continental Army for 3 months.
Pension Date, May 17, 1792, wounded at Stone Arabia in October 1780.
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Peabody, Joseph, Boxford (also given Topsfield). Return made by a committee appointed to raise one-seventh part of the male inhabitants of the town of Boxford to serve in the Continental Army; engaged for town of Boxford; joined Capt. Job Whipple's co.. Col. Rufus Putnam's regt. ; term to expire Jan. 1, 1780; also, list of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from Col. Jonathan Cogswell's (3d) Essex Co. regt., as returned by Capt. Stephen Perkins and Capt. Nehemiah Herrick ; residence, Topsfield ; engaged for town of Topsfield; joined Capt. Haffield White's co.. Col. Rufus Putnam's regt.; term, 3 years ; also, Private, Capt. Job Whipple's co., Col. Rufus Putnam's 4th (also given 5th) regt. ; Continental Army pay accounts for service from April 15, 1777, to April 14, 1780.
Pension Date, May 17, 1792, wounded June 29, 1777, near Fort Edward & Fort Miller.
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Shanley, Patrick. List dated Boston, Feb. 24, 1781, signed by Alexander Hodgdon. Secretary of Committee of the town of Boston, of men returned as having been enlisted as the quota of said town, agreeable to resolve of Dec. 2, 1780; said Shanley reported as having been assigned to a class of which William Cunningham was Chairman; enlisted Dec. 29, 1780; also, Private, Col. Benjamin Tupper's (10th) regt.; service from Jan. 1, 1781, 12 mos.
Pension Date, May 18, 1792, wounded at Kingsbridge, 1781.
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Warren, William, Waltham. Order of Provuicial Congress, dated June 16, 1775, directing that commissions be delivered to officers of Capt. Ebenezer Winship's CO., Col. Nixon's regt. ; said Warren to be commissioned as Lieutenant ; receipt for above commissions dated Watertown, June 10, 1775, and signed by Col. John Nixon; also, Capt. Ebenezer Winship's co.. Col. John Nixon's regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775 ; engaged April 23, 1775 ; service, 3 mos. 16 days ; also, company return endorsed " Sep'tr 30th 1775."
Pension Date, May 17, 1792, wounded June 17, 1775, at the battle of Breed’s Hill in Charlestown.
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Indiana Soldies Book Of The Dead.
Here is a list of Indiana soldiers that were either killed, died or were wounded. I had no reason as to way I picked these men other then I found their information interesting. For those of you who didn’t find a ancestor here and know your ancestor was killed or died in battle but don’t know where or how, can ask for a look up. You can find my address in my profile.
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Note. Be sure to watch for my authors notes.
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Charles Neal.
Age: 25
Date Enrolled: 1861/09/01
Where Enrolled: Bennington, Indiana
Regiment: 6
Company: H
Notes: Sergt. Promoted to 2nd Lt. 04/26/1863. Wounded in battle near Dallas, GA 05/27/1864 and taken prisoner.
Authors note. Died in rebel prison at Atlanta, June 23, 1864.
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William D Sering
Age: 28
Date Enrolled: 15
Where Enrolled: 1861/06/14
Regiment: Lafayette, Indiana
Company: I
Discharge Date: 1863/11/25
Notes: Killed at Mission Ridge, Tenn. Capt, Oct. 24, 1863. 1st Sergt. Sept 10, 1861. 2nd Lt Nov. 9, 1862
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Thomas D. Bryant.
Age: 24
Date Enrolled: 1861/07/24
Where Enrolled: Indianapolis, Indiana
Regiment: 21
Company: H
Discharge Date: 1862/08/15
Notes: Died at New Orleans, LA. of wounds received at Baton Rouge, LA. 8/5/62. 1st Lt.
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William Dickason.
Age: 22
Date Enrolled: 1861/02/13
Where Enrolled: Camp Bullock, Virginia
Regiment: 20
Company: H
Notes: Pvt. Re-Organized. Died at Wilmington, NC, May 25, 1865. Taken Prisoner June 22, 1864, at Petersburg, Virginia. Terrell Volume 4, Page 443: Residence: Perryville
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Douglass Alby.
Age: 21
Date Enrolled: 1861/09/05
Where Enrolled: Hanover, Indiana
Regiment: 6
Company: K
Date: 1861/12/14
Notes: Died of disease. Recruit. Occupation: Farmer.
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Otho C. McCracken.
Age: 19
Date Enrolled: 1861/09/17
Where Enrolled: North Madison, Indiana
Regiment: 6
Company: I
Notes: Gunshot wound to Scalp.
Authors note. Died at Nashville Tenn., June 21 or 27, 1864, from wound.
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John Davenport.
Age: 36
Date Enrolled: 1862/08/21
Where Enrolled: Madison, Indiana
Regiment: 6
Company: C
Discharge Date: 1864/11/26
Notes: Recruit. Pvt. Wounded Slightly on Hand, Battle of Chicamauga, Sept. 19, 1863. Taken Prisoner near Allatoona Ridge, May 27, 1864. Died Nov. 26, 1864. Grave No. (?), Andersonville, GA.
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Thomas D Scarf.
Age: 21
Date Enrolled: 1861/09/20
Where Enrolled: Madison, Indiana
Regiment: 6
Company: D
Notes: Taken Prisoner near Rutledge Tenn while absent without leave, March 24, 1864. Dropped by Gen. Thomas. Died at Andersonville, GA.
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Benjamin R. White
Age: 44
Date Enrolled: 1862/08/22
Where Enrolled: North Madison, Indiana
Regiment: 6
Company: D
Notes: Recruit. Missing at Battle of Chickamauga, Tennessee on Sept. 19, 1863. Died at Richmond, Virginia (no death date given).
Authors note. Died at Andersonville prison Oct. 24, 1864.
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Bazzil or Basil G. Boyce.
Age: 19
Date Enrolled: 1861/08/28
Where Enrolled: Indianapolis, Indiana
Regiment: 7
Company: G
Discharge Date: 1864/10/28
Notes: Died. See: 102 Nat. Cem. Records, Saulsburry, NC. taken prisoner at Yellow House, VA, 8/19/64.
Authors note. Died October 28, 1864.
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Jonathan Curtis
Age: 18
Date Enrolled: 1861/08/28
Where Enrolled: Indianapolis, Indiana
Regiment: 7
Company: K
Notes: Taken prisoner at Wilderness, Virginia on May 5, 1864
Authors note. Died in Andersonville prison. Private, Reported to have died at Andersonville, Capture Date 06/23/1864, Capture Site Weldon Railroad, Va.
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Isaac Higgs.
Age: 21
Date Enrolled: 1861/09/04
Where Enrolled: Indianapolis, Indiana
Regiment: 7
Company: D
Notes: Captured June 21, 1864 while on A Secret Expedition.
Authors note. Died at Wilmington N. C. May 8, 1864.
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Orion W. Donnell.
Age: 39
Date Enrolled: 1861/08/28
Where Enrolled: Indianapolis, Indiana
Regiment: 7
Company: G
Notes: Corporal. Served as Corporal to March 3, 1864. Taken Prisoner at Yellow House, Virginia, Aug. 19, 1864. No discharge/muster out info Given
Authors note. Died in rebel prison at Salisbury N. C. Nov. 14, 1864.
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James D. Walker.
Age: 31
Date Enrolled: 1861/08/30
Where Enrolled: Indianapolis, Indiana
Regiment: 7
Company: B
Notes: Musician. Taken prisoner at Cold Harbor, Virginia on June 30, 1864. See Terrell Volume 8, Page 14.
Authors note. The army records state he died at Andersonville, the prison records says he survived?
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Franklin Williamson.
Indiana 8th., infantry.
Company K.
Notices: Killed by Guerrillas near Raleigh Mo., Feb. 6, 1862.
Authors note. I could not find him in any official records or any rosters.
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John S. Miller
Age: 30
Date Enrolled: 1861/10/24
Where Enrolled: Indianapolis, Indiana
Regiment: 7
Company: G
Notes: Recruit. Retained In Service since September 20, 1864.
Authors note. Died from wound received at Cedar Creek, Va.
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Sidney C Congdon.
Age: 20
Date Enrolled: 1861/08/27
Where Enrolled: LaPorte, Indiana
Regiment: 9
Company: C
Notes: Died in hospital of wounds received in Battle of Shiloh.
Authors note. Died of wounds April 7, 1862.
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George M. Pugh.
Indiana 10th., infantry.
Company B.
Notice: Killed at Chicamauga, September 19, 1863.
Authors note. Could not find him in any records or rosters.
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Samuel H Avary.
Age: 20
Date Enrolled: 1861/09/18
Where Enrolled: Indianapolis, Indiana
Regiment: 10
Company: F
Discharge Date: 1864/07/01
Notes: Killed near Kenesan Mountain, GA., July 1, 1864.
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Alexander S. Berreman.
Age: 18
Date Enrolled: 1861/08/24
Where Enrolled: Indianapolis, Indiana
Regiment: 11
Company: A
Notes: No Discharge Date. Unaccounted for.
Authors note. Killed at Shiloh, Tenn., April 7, 1862.
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William H. Brown.
Age: 18
Date Enrolled: 1861/07/24
Where Enrolled: Indianapolis, Indiana
Regiment: 11
Company: A
Discharge Date: 1862/04/07
Notes: Killed at Shiloh, Tenn., April 7, 1862.
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John Gassey
Age: 28
Date Enrolled: 1861/07/23
Where Enrolled: Indianapolis, Indiana
Regiment: 11
Company: K
Notes: Killed at Helena Arkansas, by Guerrillas Oct. 1, 1862.
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Nathan Key.
Age: 19
Date Enrolled: 1861/07/24
Where Enrolled: Indianapolis, Indiana
Regiment: 11
Company: A
Notes: Killed at Shiloh, Tenn., April 7, 1862.
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Joseph H Reeder.
Age: 21
Date Enrolled: 1861/08/31
Where Enrolled: Indianapolis, Indiana
Regiment: 11
Company: A
Discharge Date: 1862/02/16
Notes: Killed at Fort Donelson, Tennessee, Feb. 16, 1862.
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William M Simpson.
Age: 29
Date Enrolled: 1861/07/24
Where Enrolled: Indianapolis, Indiana
Regiment: 11
Company: B
Notes: Sergt. Not accounted for in muster out rolls.
Authors note. Died at Evansville Indiana, April 2, 1862.
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William H. Bray.
Age: 26
Date Enrolled: 1862/08/09
Where Enrolled: Mooresville, Indiana
Regiment: 12
Company: E
Discharge Date: 1865/06/08
Notes: Mustered out at Camp Chase, OH.
Authors note. There are records that state that he died at Beaufort S. C., May 15, 1865.
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Josiah Arnold
Age: 26
Date Enrolled: 1861/06/19
Where Enrolled: Indianapolis, Indiana
Regiment: 13
Company: D
Notes: Taken prisoner at Chester Station, May 10 1864. Buried at Camp Lawton, Milan, GA.
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Volney Shull
Age: 20
Date Enrolled: 1861/04/23
Where Enrolled: Salem, Indiana
Regiment 13
Company G
Notes: Wounded at Foster's Farm, VA 20 May, 1864. In hospital at Pt Lookout, Md. Mustered out at Indianapolis, IN
Authors note. He died at Point Lookout Md., June 16, 1864.
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Jacob Wessa.
Age: 22
Date Enrolled: 1861/06/19
Where Enrolled: Indianapolis, Indiana
Regiment: 13
Company: I
Discharge Date: 1861/12/13
Notes: Killed in battle at Alleghany, Virginia on Dec. 13, 1861. Per Terrell Volume 4, Page 252: "Res., Ripley County".
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John E. Hutchens.
Age: 25
Date Enrolled: 1861/06/07
Where Enrolled: Terre Haute, Indiana
Regiment: 14
Company: B
Discharge Date: 1862/12/17
Notes: Killed at Fredericksburg, VA., December 17, 1862. Corpl. Promoted to Sgt.,
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Joseph Rush.
Age: 20
Date Enrolled: 1861/04/23
Where Enrolled: Terre Haute, Indiana
Regiment: 14
Company: I
Discharge Date: 1863/05/03
Notes: Killed at Chancellorville, VA., May 3, 1863, Left in the hands of the enemy.
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Update 4-20-2012.
I just recived the information from Lela Curtis.
Otho C. McCracken did not die in Nashville in 1864. He didn't die until 1901 and is buried in Brush Creek Cemetery, Jennings County, Indiana.
See:
http://www.ingenweb.org/injennings/jenbrushcreekcem.html
There is a pension file for him. This is the ancestry.com page that shows it quickly.
http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=4654&path=McCormic%2c+H·--McCume%2c+P·.2301
The other guy that's "mine" is your first on the list - Charles Neal. His mother's pension application (her name was Jerusha Neal) he died on the 22 June (the Surgeon General's Office Record and Pension Division's paper).
Pension certificate #195372 in National Archives.
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Note. Be sure to watch for my authors notes.
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Charles Neal.
Age: 25
Date Enrolled: 1861/09/01
Where Enrolled: Bennington, Indiana
Regiment: 6
Company: H
Notes: Sergt. Promoted to 2nd Lt. 04/26/1863. Wounded in battle near Dallas, GA 05/27/1864 and taken prisoner.
Authors note. Died in rebel prison at Atlanta, June 23, 1864.
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William D Sering
Age: 28
Date Enrolled: 15
Where Enrolled: 1861/06/14
Regiment: Lafayette, Indiana
Company: I
Discharge Date: 1863/11/25
Notes: Killed at Mission Ridge, Tenn. Capt, Oct. 24, 1863. 1st Sergt. Sept 10, 1861. 2nd Lt Nov. 9, 1862
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Thomas D. Bryant.
Age: 24
Date Enrolled: 1861/07/24
Where Enrolled: Indianapolis, Indiana
Regiment: 21
Company: H
Discharge Date: 1862/08/15
Notes: Died at New Orleans, LA. of wounds received at Baton Rouge, LA. 8/5/62. 1st Lt.
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William Dickason.
Age: 22
Date Enrolled: 1861/02/13
Where Enrolled: Camp Bullock, Virginia
Regiment: 20
Company: H
Notes: Pvt. Re-Organized. Died at Wilmington, NC, May 25, 1865. Taken Prisoner June 22, 1864, at Petersburg, Virginia. Terrell Volume 4, Page 443: Residence: Perryville
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Douglass Alby.
Age: 21
Date Enrolled: 1861/09/05
Where Enrolled: Hanover, Indiana
Regiment: 6
Company: K
Date: 1861/12/14
Notes: Died of disease. Recruit. Occupation: Farmer.
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Otho C. McCracken.
Age: 19
Date Enrolled: 1861/09/17
Where Enrolled: North Madison, Indiana
Regiment: 6
Company: I
Notes: Gunshot wound to Scalp.
Authors note. Died at Nashville Tenn., June 21 or 27, 1864, from wound.
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John Davenport.
Age: 36
Date Enrolled: 1862/08/21
Where Enrolled: Madison, Indiana
Regiment: 6
Company: C
Discharge Date: 1864/11/26
Notes: Recruit. Pvt. Wounded Slightly on Hand, Battle of Chicamauga, Sept. 19, 1863. Taken Prisoner near Allatoona Ridge, May 27, 1864. Died Nov. 26, 1864. Grave No. (?), Andersonville, GA.
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Thomas D Scarf.
Age: 21
Date Enrolled: 1861/09/20
Where Enrolled: Madison, Indiana
Regiment: 6
Company: D
Notes: Taken Prisoner near Rutledge Tenn while absent without leave, March 24, 1864. Dropped by Gen. Thomas. Died at Andersonville, GA.
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Benjamin R. White
Age: 44
Date Enrolled: 1862/08/22
Where Enrolled: North Madison, Indiana
Regiment: 6
Company: D
Notes: Recruit. Missing at Battle of Chickamauga, Tennessee on Sept. 19, 1863. Died at Richmond, Virginia (no death date given).
Authors note. Died at Andersonville prison Oct. 24, 1864.
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Bazzil or Basil G. Boyce.
Age: 19
Date Enrolled: 1861/08/28
Where Enrolled: Indianapolis, Indiana
Regiment: 7
Company: G
Discharge Date: 1864/10/28
Notes: Died. See: 102 Nat. Cem. Records, Saulsburry, NC. taken prisoner at Yellow House, VA, 8/19/64.
Authors note. Died October 28, 1864.
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Jonathan Curtis
Age: 18
Date Enrolled: 1861/08/28
Where Enrolled: Indianapolis, Indiana
Regiment: 7
Company: K
Notes: Taken prisoner at Wilderness, Virginia on May 5, 1864
Authors note. Died in Andersonville prison. Private, Reported to have died at Andersonville, Capture Date 06/23/1864, Capture Site Weldon Railroad, Va.
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Isaac Higgs.
Age: 21
Date Enrolled: 1861/09/04
Where Enrolled: Indianapolis, Indiana
Regiment: 7
Company: D
Notes: Captured June 21, 1864 while on A Secret Expedition.
Authors note. Died at Wilmington N. C. May 8, 1864.
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Orion W. Donnell.
Age: 39
Date Enrolled: 1861/08/28
Where Enrolled: Indianapolis, Indiana
Regiment: 7
Company: G
Notes: Corporal. Served as Corporal to March 3, 1864. Taken Prisoner at Yellow House, Virginia, Aug. 19, 1864. No discharge/muster out info Given
Authors note. Died in rebel prison at Salisbury N. C. Nov. 14, 1864.
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James D. Walker.
Age: 31
Date Enrolled: 1861/08/30
Where Enrolled: Indianapolis, Indiana
Regiment: 7
Company: B
Notes: Musician. Taken prisoner at Cold Harbor, Virginia on June 30, 1864. See Terrell Volume 8, Page 14.
Authors note. The army records state he died at Andersonville, the prison records says he survived?
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Franklin Williamson.
Indiana 8th., infantry.
Company K.
Notices: Killed by Guerrillas near Raleigh Mo., Feb. 6, 1862.
Authors note. I could not find him in any official records or any rosters.
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John S. Miller
Age: 30
Date Enrolled: 1861/10/24
Where Enrolled: Indianapolis, Indiana
Regiment: 7
Company: G
Notes: Recruit. Retained In Service since September 20, 1864.
Authors note. Died from wound received at Cedar Creek, Va.
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Sidney C Congdon.
Age: 20
Date Enrolled: 1861/08/27
Where Enrolled: LaPorte, Indiana
Regiment: 9
Company: C
Notes: Died in hospital of wounds received in Battle of Shiloh.
Authors note. Died of wounds April 7, 1862.
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George M. Pugh.
Indiana 10th., infantry.
Company B.
Notice: Killed at Chicamauga, September 19, 1863.
Authors note. Could not find him in any records or rosters.
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Samuel H Avary.
Age: 20
Date Enrolled: 1861/09/18
Where Enrolled: Indianapolis, Indiana
Regiment: 10
Company: F
Discharge Date: 1864/07/01
Notes: Killed near Kenesan Mountain, GA., July 1, 1864.
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Alexander S. Berreman.
Age: 18
Date Enrolled: 1861/08/24
Where Enrolled: Indianapolis, Indiana
Regiment: 11
Company: A
Notes: No Discharge Date. Unaccounted for.
Authors note. Killed at Shiloh, Tenn., April 7, 1862.
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William H. Brown.
Age: 18
Date Enrolled: 1861/07/24
Where Enrolled: Indianapolis, Indiana
Regiment: 11
Company: A
Discharge Date: 1862/04/07
Notes: Killed at Shiloh, Tenn., April 7, 1862.
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John Gassey
Age: 28
Date Enrolled: 1861/07/23
Where Enrolled: Indianapolis, Indiana
Regiment: 11
Company: K
Notes: Killed at Helena Arkansas, by Guerrillas Oct. 1, 1862.
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Nathan Key.
Age: 19
Date Enrolled: 1861/07/24
Where Enrolled: Indianapolis, Indiana
Regiment: 11
Company: A
Notes: Killed at Shiloh, Tenn., April 7, 1862.
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Joseph H Reeder.
Age: 21
Date Enrolled: 1861/08/31
Where Enrolled: Indianapolis, Indiana
Regiment: 11
Company: A
Discharge Date: 1862/02/16
Notes: Killed at Fort Donelson, Tennessee, Feb. 16, 1862.
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William M Simpson.
Age: 29
Date Enrolled: 1861/07/24
Where Enrolled: Indianapolis, Indiana
Regiment: 11
Company: B
Notes: Sergt. Not accounted for in muster out rolls.
Authors note. Died at Evansville Indiana, April 2, 1862.
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William H. Bray.
Age: 26
Date Enrolled: 1862/08/09
Where Enrolled: Mooresville, Indiana
Regiment: 12
Company: E
Discharge Date: 1865/06/08
Notes: Mustered out at Camp Chase, OH.
Authors note. There are records that state that he died at Beaufort S. C., May 15, 1865.
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Josiah Arnold
Age: 26
Date Enrolled: 1861/06/19
Where Enrolled: Indianapolis, Indiana
Regiment: 13
Company: D
Notes: Taken prisoner at Chester Station, May 10 1864. Buried at Camp Lawton, Milan, GA.
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Volney Shull
Age: 20
Date Enrolled: 1861/04/23
Where Enrolled: Salem, Indiana
Regiment 13
Company G
Notes: Wounded at Foster's Farm, VA 20 May, 1864. In hospital at Pt Lookout, Md. Mustered out at Indianapolis, IN
Authors note. He died at Point Lookout Md., June 16, 1864.
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Jacob Wessa.
Age: 22
Date Enrolled: 1861/06/19
Where Enrolled: Indianapolis, Indiana
Regiment: 13
Company: I
Discharge Date: 1861/12/13
Notes: Killed in battle at Alleghany, Virginia on Dec. 13, 1861. Per Terrell Volume 4, Page 252: "Res., Ripley County".
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John E. Hutchens.
Age: 25
Date Enrolled: 1861/06/07
Where Enrolled: Terre Haute, Indiana
Regiment: 14
Company: B
Discharge Date: 1862/12/17
Notes: Killed at Fredericksburg, VA., December 17, 1862. Corpl. Promoted to Sgt.,
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Joseph Rush.
Age: 20
Date Enrolled: 1861/04/23
Where Enrolled: Terre Haute, Indiana
Regiment: 14
Company: I
Discharge Date: 1863/05/03
Notes: Killed at Chancellorville, VA., May 3, 1863, Left in the hands of the enemy.
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Update 4-20-2012.
I just recived the information from Lela Curtis.
Otho C. McCracken did not die in Nashville in 1864. He didn't die until 1901 and is buried in Brush Creek Cemetery, Jennings County, Indiana.
See:
http://www.ingenweb.org/injennings/jenbrushcreekcem.html
There is a pension file for him. This is the ancestry.com page that shows it quickly.
http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=4654&path=McCormic%2c+H·--McCume%2c+P·.2301
The other guy that's "mine" is your first on the list - Charles Neal. His mother's pension application (her name was Jerusha Neal) he died on the 22 June (the Surgeon General's Office Record and Pension Division's paper).
Pension certificate #195372 in National Archives.
Saturday, January 01, 2011
The Black Soldiers Of The Revolutionary War.
The Revolutionary war and the War of 1812, was not only fought by the Whites but Blacks as well, there were hundreds if not thousands in the ranks. The south was against it while the north was for it. It is not known how many Blacks were in the Revolutionary war as race was not recorded on the rosters. This would change in the war of 1812, all races were recorded. I could write a book on the inn’s and out’s on why the blacks should or should not be allowed to fight. But I will not go into it here, instead I well list some of the Black soldiers.
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Ebenezer Hill, a slave at Stonington, Conn., who served throughout the war, and who took part in the battles of Saratoga and Stillwater, and witnessed the surrender of Burgoyne.
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Prince Whipple acted as bodyguard to General Whipple, one of Washington’s Aids. Prince is the Negro seen on horseback in the engraving of Washington crossing the Delaware, again pulling the stroke oar in the boat which Washington crossed in.
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At the storming of fort Griswold Major Montgomery was lifted upon the walls of the fort by his soldiers, and called upon the Americans to surrender. John Freeman, a negro soldier, with his pike, pinned him dead to the earth. Among the American soldiers who were massacred by the British, After the surrender of the fort, were two negro soldiers, Lambo Latham and Jordan Freeman.
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Quack Matrick, a negro, fought through the Revolutionary war, as a soldier, for which he was pensioned.
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Jonathan Overtin, was at the battle of Yorktown.
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Samuel Charlton was born in the state of New Jersey, a slave, in the family of Mr. M.,, who owned, also, other members belonging to his family. All residing in the English neighborhood. During the progress of the war, he was placed by his master ( as a substitute for himself ) in the army then in New Jersey, as a teamaster in baggage train. He was in active service at the battle of Monmouth, not only witnessing, but taking a part in, the great struggle of the day.
He was also in several other engagements in different sections of that part of the state. He was a great admirer of General Washington, and was, at one time, attached to his baggage train, and received the General’s commendation for his courage and devotion to the cause of liberty.
Samuel Charlton was about fifteen or seventeen years of age when placed in the army, for which his master rewarded him with a silver dollar. At the expiration of his time, he was returned to his master, to serve again in bondage, after having toiled, fought and bled for liberty in common with the regular soldiery. Mr. M., at his death, by will, liberated his slaves and provided a pension for Charlton to be paid during his life.
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“James Easton, of Bridgewater, a colored man, participated in the erection of the fortifications on Dorchester Heights, under the command of Washington, which the nex morning so greatly surprised the British soldiers then encamped in Boston.”
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Among the brave blacks who fought in the battles for American liberty was Major Jeffrey a Tennesseean who, during the campaign of Major-General Andrew Jackson in Mobile, filled the place of “regular” among the soldiers. In the charge made by General Stump against the enemy, the Americans were repulsed and thrown into disorder, Major Stump being forced to retire in a manner by no means desirable, under circumstances.
Major Jeffrey who was but a common, soldier, seeing the condition of his comrades, and comprehending the disastrous results about to befall them, rushed forward, mounted a horse, took command of the troops, and by an heroic effort, rallied them to the charge completely routing the enemy, who left the American masters of the field. He at once received from the General the title of “Major,” though he could not, according to the American policy so commission him.
To the day of his death, he was known by that title in Nashville, where he resided, and the circumstances which entitle him to it were constantly the subject of popular conversation. Major Jeffrey was highly respected by the whites generally, and revered, in his own neighborhood, by all colored people who knew him.
A few years later receiving an indignity from a common ruffan, he was forced to strike him in self defense; for which act, in accordance with the laws of slavery in that, as well as many other of the slave states, he was compelled to received on his naked person, nine and thirty lashes with a raw hide! This, at the age of seventy odd, after the distinguished services rendered his country, probably when the white ruffian for whom he was tortured was unable to raise an arm in it’s defense, was more then he could bear; it broke his heart, and he sank to rise no more, till summoned by the blast, of the last trumpet to stand on the battle field of general resurrection.
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James Armisted during the war acted as a scout and spy for LaFayette during his campaign in Virginia, and at one time give information of an intended surprise to be made upon the forces of the Marquis, thereby saving probably a rout of the army. Armisted after the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, was returned to his master three years after the close of the war. He was manumitted by especial act of the Virginia Legislatures, whose attention was called to the worthiness of the service rendered by Armisted.
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Ebenezer Hill, a slave at Stonington, Conn., who served throughout the war, and who took part in the battles of Saratoga and Stillwater, and witnessed the surrender of Burgoyne.
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Prince Whipple acted as bodyguard to General Whipple, one of Washington’s Aids. Prince is the Negro seen on horseback in the engraving of Washington crossing the Delaware, again pulling the stroke oar in the boat which Washington crossed in.
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At the storming of fort Griswold Major Montgomery was lifted upon the walls of the fort by his soldiers, and called upon the Americans to surrender. John Freeman, a negro soldier, with his pike, pinned him dead to the earth. Among the American soldiers who were massacred by the British, After the surrender of the fort, were two negro soldiers, Lambo Latham and Jordan Freeman.
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Quack Matrick, a negro, fought through the Revolutionary war, as a soldier, for which he was pensioned.
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Jonathan Overtin, was at the battle of Yorktown.
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Samuel Charlton was born in the state of New Jersey, a slave, in the family of Mr. M.,, who owned, also, other members belonging to his family. All residing in the English neighborhood. During the progress of the war, he was placed by his master ( as a substitute for himself ) in the army then in New Jersey, as a teamaster in baggage train. He was in active service at the battle of Monmouth, not only witnessing, but taking a part in, the great struggle of the day.
He was also in several other engagements in different sections of that part of the state. He was a great admirer of General Washington, and was, at one time, attached to his baggage train, and received the General’s commendation for his courage and devotion to the cause of liberty.
Samuel Charlton was about fifteen or seventeen years of age when placed in the army, for which his master rewarded him with a silver dollar. At the expiration of his time, he was returned to his master, to serve again in bondage, after having toiled, fought and bled for liberty in common with the regular soldiery. Mr. M., at his death, by will, liberated his slaves and provided a pension for Charlton to be paid during his life.
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“James Easton, of Bridgewater, a colored man, participated in the erection of the fortifications on Dorchester Heights, under the command of Washington, which the nex morning so greatly surprised the British soldiers then encamped in Boston.”
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Among the brave blacks who fought in the battles for American liberty was Major Jeffrey a Tennesseean who, during the campaign of Major-General Andrew Jackson in Mobile, filled the place of “regular” among the soldiers. In the charge made by General Stump against the enemy, the Americans were repulsed and thrown into disorder, Major Stump being forced to retire in a manner by no means desirable, under circumstances.
Major Jeffrey who was but a common, soldier, seeing the condition of his comrades, and comprehending the disastrous results about to befall them, rushed forward, mounted a horse, took command of the troops, and by an heroic effort, rallied them to the charge completely routing the enemy, who left the American masters of the field. He at once received from the General the title of “Major,” though he could not, according to the American policy so commission him.
To the day of his death, he was known by that title in Nashville, where he resided, and the circumstances which entitle him to it were constantly the subject of popular conversation. Major Jeffrey was highly respected by the whites generally, and revered, in his own neighborhood, by all colored people who knew him.
A few years later receiving an indignity from a common ruffan, he was forced to strike him in self defense; for which act, in accordance with the laws of slavery in that, as well as many other of the slave states, he was compelled to received on his naked person, nine and thirty lashes with a raw hide! This, at the age of seventy odd, after the distinguished services rendered his country, probably when the white ruffian for whom he was tortured was unable to raise an arm in it’s defense, was more then he could bear; it broke his heart, and he sank to rise no more, till summoned by the blast, of the last trumpet to stand on the battle field of general resurrection.
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James Armisted during the war acted as a scout and spy for LaFayette during his campaign in Virginia, and at one time give information of an intended surprise to be made upon the forces of the Marquis, thereby saving probably a rout of the army. Armisted after the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, was returned to his master three years after the close of the war. He was manumitted by especial act of the Virginia Legislatures, whose attention was called to the worthiness of the service rendered by Armisted.
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Peter Salem.
I kind of remember reading something about Peter Salem when I was in High School but that’s been a good 45, years ago. Then today I ran a cross a site with a copy of a book called; ( The Black Phalanx, A History of the negro soldier of the United States.) written by Joseph T. Wilson, 1888. I did some research and found a lot is on the internet about him. I found him very interesting and decided I would like to have a page on my web site.
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Peter Salem, once a slave, fought side by side in the ranks with white soldiers, when the British Pitcairn mounted the redoubt, upon that memorable occasion shouting “The Day is Ours! “ Peter Salem poured the contents of his gun into that officers body killing him instantly, and checking temporarily the advance of the British.
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Major Pitcairn, caused the first effusion of blood at Lexington. In that battle his horse was shot under him, while he was separated from his troops. With presence of mind he feigned himself slain; his pistols were taken from his hostlers, and he was left for dead, when he seized the opportunity and escaped.
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A Biographical account of Peter Salem is given in the following newspaper extract.
“April 1882, the town of Framingham to place a memorial stone over the grave of Peter Salem, alias Salem Middlesex, whose last resting place in the old burail ground an Framingham centre has been unmarked for years. For this purpose $150, was appropriated by the town. The committee in charge of the matter has placed a neat granite memorial over his grave, and it bears the following inscription: “Peter Salem, a solider of the revolution, Died Aug. 16, 1816. Concord, Bunker Hill, Saratoga. Erected by the town 1882.”
Peter Salem was the colored man who particularly distinguished himself in the revolutionary war by shooting Major Pitcairn at the battle of Bunker Hill, as he was mounting a redoubt and shouting “This day is ours!” this being the time when Pitcairn fall back into the arms of his son, and tenderly bore him to the boats.
A contribution was made in the army for the colored soldier, and he was presented to Washington as having performed this feat.
Peter Salem served faithfully in the war for seven years in the companies of minute men under Captain John Nixon and Captain Simon Edgell of Framingham, and came out of it unharmed. He was a slave, and was owned originally, by Captain Jeremiah Becknap of Framingham, being sold by him to Major Lawson Buckminster of that town, he becoming a freeman when he joined the army. Salem was born in Framingham, and in 1783, married Katie Benson, Granddaughter of Nero living for a time near what is now States mustered field. He removed to Leicester after the close of the war. His last a bode in that town being a cabin on the road leading from Leicester to Auburn. He was removed to Framingham, where he had gained a settlement and there died.
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Peter Salem, once a slave, fought side by side in the ranks with white soldiers, when the British Pitcairn mounted the redoubt, upon that memorable occasion shouting “The Day is Ours! “ Peter Salem poured the contents of his gun into that officers body killing him instantly, and checking temporarily the advance of the British.
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Major Pitcairn, caused the first effusion of blood at Lexington. In that battle his horse was shot under him, while he was separated from his troops. With presence of mind he feigned himself slain; his pistols were taken from his hostlers, and he was left for dead, when he seized the opportunity and escaped.
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A Biographical account of Peter Salem is given in the following newspaper extract.
“April 1882, the town of Framingham to place a memorial stone over the grave of Peter Salem, alias Salem Middlesex, whose last resting place in the old burail ground an Framingham centre has been unmarked for years. For this purpose $150, was appropriated by the town. The committee in charge of the matter has placed a neat granite memorial over his grave, and it bears the following inscription: “Peter Salem, a solider of the revolution, Died Aug. 16, 1816. Concord, Bunker Hill, Saratoga. Erected by the town 1882.”
Peter Salem was the colored man who particularly distinguished himself in the revolutionary war by shooting Major Pitcairn at the battle of Bunker Hill, as he was mounting a redoubt and shouting “This day is ours!” this being the time when Pitcairn fall back into the arms of his son, and tenderly bore him to the boats.
A contribution was made in the army for the colored soldier, and he was presented to Washington as having performed this feat.
Peter Salem served faithfully in the war for seven years in the companies of minute men under Captain John Nixon and Captain Simon Edgell of Framingham, and came out of it unharmed. He was a slave, and was owned originally, by Captain Jeremiah Becknap of Framingham, being sold by him to Major Lawson Buckminster of that town, he becoming a freeman when he joined the army. Salem was born in Framingham, and in 1783, married Katie Benson, Granddaughter of Nero living for a time near what is now States mustered field. He removed to Leicester after the close of the war. His last a bode in that town being a cabin on the road leading from Leicester to Auburn. He was removed to Framingham, where he had gained a settlement and there died.
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
John William Mack.
John W. Mack.
Birth: 1843 Near Dalton, Whitfield, Ga.
Death: 21 or 27 Dec 1864, Georgia.
Father: Henry MACK
Mother: Martha Ann SWEENEY OR SWEENIE OR SWENIE
Wife: Ella GIBSON, married 1887, Georgia.
Military Enlistment:
Residing in Whitfield County, GA at time of enlistment
Enlisted on Dec 17 1861 as Private.
Mustering information:
Enlisted into C Company, 60th Infantry (Georgia) on Dec 17 1861. Died while serving in 60th Infantry (Georgia) on Dec 27 1864 at Point Lookout, MD.
Listed as:
POW on May 23 1864 at Spotsylvania Court House, VA.
Burial: Point Lookout Confederate Cemetery, Scotland, St. Mary's County, Maryland.
Major Thomas J. Berry.
In a report Major Thomas J. Berry, he states; Private John W. Mack, 60th., Georgia, Company C, Fourth Battalion Georgia Volunteers, while unarmed, captured in the woods 1 lieutenant, 1 sergeant, and 2 privates, of the First New Jersey Regiment, all armed; disarmed them, brought them into camp alone, and delivered them to his captain.
Birth: 1843 Near Dalton, Whitfield, Ga.
Death: 21 or 27 Dec 1864, Georgia.
Father: Henry MACK
Mother: Martha Ann SWEENEY OR SWEENIE OR SWENIE
Wife: Ella GIBSON, married 1887, Georgia.
Military Enlistment:
Residing in Whitfield County, GA at time of enlistment
Enlisted on Dec 17 1861 as Private.
Mustering information:
Enlisted into C Company, 60th Infantry (Georgia) on Dec 17 1861. Died while serving in 60th Infantry (Georgia) on Dec 27 1864 at Point Lookout, MD.
Listed as:
POW on May 23 1864 at Spotsylvania Court House, VA.
Burial: Point Lookout Confederate Cemetery, Scotland, St. Mary's County, Maryland.
Major Thomas J. Berry.
In a report Major Thomas J. Berry, he states; Private John W. Mack, 60th., Georgia, Company C, Fourth Battalion Georgia Volunteers, while unarmed, captured in the woods 1 lieutenant, 1 sergeant, and 2 privates, of the First New Jersey Regiment, all armed; disarmed them, brought them into camp alone, and delivered them to his captain.
Men Of The Alamo.
The following men fight and died at the Alamo, most of these men can be easily found on the internet, however you may only find one or two names at a time. I decided it would be more helpful to the researcher if one could go to one place and find them all, or at lest as many as I can find. I would like to thank ( John Griffith Aka, J-Cat, ) for allowing me to use his information.
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Juan Antonio Badillo.
Native Texan Alamo Defender. He was one of twenty-four native Texans known as Tejanos, who enlisted for six months' service during the Texas Revolution. Under the command of Captain Juan N. Seguin, he took part in the siege of Bexar. After the battle, he accompanied Captain Seguín back to Bexar and entered the Alamo garrison in February 1836. He remained in the Alamo after Captain Seguin was sent out to rally reinforcements and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: Unknown.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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William Charles Baker.
Alamo Defender. He came to Texas as a volunteer during the Texas Revolution, joined Captain Thomas F. L. Parrott's company at Bexar on November 26, 1835 and took part in the siege of Bexar. During the reorganization of the Texan forces he became a Captain in command of the the volunteers accompanying James Bowie to the Alamo on January 19, 1836. He died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: Unknown.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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John J. Ballentine.
Alamo Defender. He was a single man and lived several years in Bastrop, Texas before the Texas Revolution. He served in the Alamo garrison as a member of Captain William R. Carey's artillery company and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: Unknown, Pennsylvania,
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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John J. Baugh.
Alamo Defender and Adjutant of the Alamo Garrison. He traveled to Texas in 1835 as a First Lieutenant of Thomas H. Breece's company of the New Orleans Greys Volunteers and took part in the siege of Bexar. After the battle he was promoted to Captain and served as Lieutenant Colonel James C. Neill's adjutant with the Texan force left to garrison the town. He entered the Alamo garrison as adjutant under Lieutenant Colonel William Barret Travis on February 23, 1836, when the Mexican army arrived. He died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1803, Virginia.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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John Blair.
Alamo Defender. On February 19, 1835, he registered as a married man for a league of land in Texas. He was one of the volunteers who accompanied James Bowie to Bexar and the Alamo garrison in early 1836. He died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1803.Tennessee.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Samuel Blair.
Alamo Defender. He registered as a single man for a quarter league of land in the Power and Hewetson colony on August 4, 1834. On September 10, 1834, he registered for a head right of land in James McGloin's colony and took part in the siege of Bexar. He later entered the Alamo garrison, served as Captain assistant ordnance chief and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1807.Tennessee.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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George Brown.
Alamo Defender. He immigrated to America and lived in Yazoo, Mississippi, before settling in Gonzales, Texas. He was one of four George Browns in the Texas army during the Texas Revolution. He died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1801, England.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Pvt. Samuel L. Burns.
Alamo Defender. He immigrated to America and was a resident of Natchitoches, Louisiana, at the beginning of the Texas Revolution. He served in the Alamo garrison as a member of Captain William R. Carey's artillery company and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1810, Ireland.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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George D. Butler.
Alamo Defender. He traveled to Texas by way of New Orleans and volunteered to aid in the Texas Revolution. He served in the Alamo garrison and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1813, Missouri.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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John Cain.
Alamo Defender. He became a resident of Gonzales, Texas, took part in the siege of Bexar and was issued a donation certificate for 640 acres of land for his service. After the battle he remained in Bexar as a member of Captain William R. Carey's artillery company. He left Bexar before the siege of the Alamo began and returned with the relief force from Gonzales on March 1, 1836 and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1802, Pennsylvania.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Lemuel Crawford.
Alamo Defender. He enlisted in the Texas Army in October 1835, served until December 26, as a artilleryman under Colonel James C. Neill and took part in the siege of Bexar. He reenlisted on February 11, 1836, served in the Alamo garrison, as a member of Captain William Carey's artillery company and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1814, South Carolina.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Robert Crossman.
Alamo defender. He traveled to Texas by way of New Orleans as a member of Captain Thomas H. Breece's company of New Orleans Greys, took part in and was wounded in the siege of Bexar. He later served in the Alamo garrison as a member of Captain William Blazeby's infantry company and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1810, Pennsylvania.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Robert W. Cunningham.
Alamo Defender. March 4, 1833, he had moved to Texas where he received title to a league of land on Skull Creek in Austin's colony. In 1836, he joined the Texas army and took part in the siege of Bexar as a Sergeant and second gunner in Captain Thomas L. F. Parrott's artillery company. He remained in Bexar after the battle as a private in Captain William R. Carey's artillery company and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: Oct. 18, 1804, Ontario County, New York.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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John Davis.
Alamo Defender. He immigrated to Texas and on October 28, 1831, he received title to a quarter league of land on Lavaca Creek in DeWitt's colony, where he gained a reputation as an Indian fighter. On February 23, 1836, he was mustered into the Gonzales Ranging Company of Mounted Volunteers. With this unit he arrived at the Alamo garrison on March 1, 1836 and died five days later in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1811.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Freeman Day.
Alamo Defender. He took part in the siege of Bexar, later served in the Alamo garrison as a member of Captain Robert White's Infantry company, the Bexar Guards and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1806.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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William Dearduff.
Alamo Defender. He immigrated to Texas and on November 5, 1831, registered for a quarter league of land in DeWitt's colony. He entered the Alamo with the relief force from Gonzales on March 1, 1836, and died in the battle of the Alamo five days later. His sister was married to James George, also a Alamo defender.
Birth: unknown, Tennessee.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Stephen Dennison.
Alamo Defender. He was a glazer and painter by trade who traveled to Texas by way of New Orleans as a member of Captain Thomas H. Breece's company of New Orleans Greys. He took part in the siege of Bexar, later served in the Alamo garrison as a member of Captain William Blazeby's infantry company and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1812, England.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Charles Despallier.
Alamo Defender. He reached San Antonio de Béxar by mid-February 1836 and distinguished himself during the siege of the Alamo by sallying from the fort under fire to burn huts that were affording the Mexican army cover. His actions were praised by Lieutenant Colonel William B. Travis. He left the Alamo as a courier on February 25, 1836, returned with the Gonzales Ranging Company of Mounted Volunteers on March 1, 1836, and died five days later in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1812, Louisiana.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Almeron Dickinson.
Alamo Defender. He served as an artilleryman in the United States Army and later became a Mason in the area of Bolivar, Tennessee. On May 24, 1829, he eloped with Susanna Wilkerson, moved to Gonzales, Texas, in 1831 and had a daughter. As a colonist in Green DeWitt's colony, he received a league of land on the San Marcos River. He participated in the battle of Gonzales on October 2, 1835, which began the Texas Revolution. At the siege of Bexar he distinguished himself as a Lieutenant of artillery and was promoted to Captain. In the Alamo garrison he was the Captain in charge of artillery. On the morning of March 6, 1836, as the troops of General Antonio López de Santa Anna stormed the mission, he ran to his wife, reported that all was lost, and expressed hope that she could save herself and the child. Although he died at the Alamo, his wife and child survived and General Santa Anna had them escorted from the Alamo mission.
Birth: 1800, Pennsylvania.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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John Henry Dillard.
Alamo Defender. He immigrated to Texas and settled at Nashville-on-the-Brazos. He served in the Alamo garrison and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1805, Smith County, Tennessee.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Robert Evans.
Alamo Defender. He traveled to Texas from New York by way of New Orleans and served in the siege of Bexar, December 1835. He later served as master of ordnance in the Alamo garrison. Survivor Susanna W. Dickinson, Captain Dikinson’s wife, stated that during the final moments of the battle of the Alamo, Evans attempted to blow up the Texans' remaining supply of gunpowder with a torch. He was shot down before he could do so.
Birth: 1800, Ireland.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Samuel B. Evans.
Alamo Defender. His grandfather, Samuel Evans, was a general in the colonial army during the American Revolution. His uncle, General Jacob Brown, was at one time commander of the United States Army. Samuel B. Evans was a member of the Alamo garrison and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: Jan. 16, 1812, Jefferson County, New York.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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James L. Ewing.
Alamo Defender. He took part in the siege of Bexar as a member of Captain William R. Carey's artillery company and later served as secretary to Lieutenant Colonel James C. Neill, commander of the Texan forces occupying Bexar. When the Mexican Army arrived, he entered the Alamo garrison and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1812, Tennessee.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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William Keener Fauntleroy.
Alamo Defender. He traveled to Texas with other volunteers in late 1835. On January 14, 1836, he and his companions took the oath of allegiance to Texas and were mustered into the Volunteer Auxiliary Corps at Nacogdoches. He traveled to the Alamo as a member of Captain William B. Harrison's company, which included David Crockett. He arrived on or about February 9, 1836, and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1814, Logan County, Kentucky.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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John Flanders.
Alamo Defender. He was in business with his father in Massachusetts until they argued over foreclosing on a mortgage held by a widow. He left for Texas and never communicated with his family again. He settled in Gonzales and was part of the force from that town that rode to the relief of the Alamo. He entered the Alamo garrison on March 1, 1836 and died in the battle of the Alamo five days later.
Birth: 1800, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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James Hannum.
Alamo Defender. He served in the Alamo garrison and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: Aug. 8, 1815, Pennsylvania.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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John Harris.
Alamo Defender. In 1836, he was a resident of Gonzales, Texas and took part in the siege of Bexar. He later served in the Bexar garrison in Captain Robert White's infantry company, the Bexar Guards. Sometime before the siege of the Alamo began, he returned to his home in Gonzales, where he was mustered into the Gonzales Ranging Company of Mounted Volunteers on February 23, 1836. He returned to the Alamo with this group on March 1, 1836, and died in the battle of the Alamo five days later.
Birth: 1813, Kentucky.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Joseph M. Hawkins.
Alamo Defender. He traveled to Texas by way of Louisiana, was a strong supporter of Governor Henry Smith and a advocate of the Texas Revolution for independence. Before the Alamo siege he served as an express rider to General Sam Houston. He was one of the volunteers who accompanied James Bowie to San Antonio de Béxar and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1799, Ireland.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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John M. Hays.
Alamo Defender. He moved to Texas from Nashville, Tennessee and joined Captain John Chenoweth's company at Bexar on January 14, 1836. He ran for one of the two positions for delegates to the Texas convention representing the garrison at Bexar but was unsuccessful. He died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1814, Tennessee
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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William Daniel Hersee.
Alamo Defender. He traveled to Texas by way of Louisiana and was wounded in the siege of Bexar. He later served in the Alamo garrison, as a Sergeant in Captain William R. Carey's artillery company and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1805, England.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Dr William D. Howell.
Alamo Defender. He was a doctor and lived in New York before traveling to Texas by way of New Orleans in 1835 as a member of Captain Thomas H. Breece's company of New Orleans Greys. He took part in the siege of Bexar, later served in the Alamo garrison as a member of Captain William Blazeby's infantry company and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1797, Massachusetts.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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John Benjamin Kellog.
Alamo Defender. He was a resident of Gonzales, Texas, when he joined the Gonzales Ranging Company of Mounted Volunteers in late 1835. He rode to the relief of the Alamo with this group, arrived on March 1, 1836 and died five days later in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1817.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Jonathan L. Lindley.
Alamo Defender. He entered Mexican Texas in November 1833, as a livestock raiser and applied for a land grant in Joseph Vehlein's colony on November 4, 1834. His quarter-league grant, located on land now in Polk County, Texas, was surveyed on June 21, 1835, and the grant was issued on July 17, 1835. When the Texas Revolution broke out in the fall of 1835, he joined Captain John Crane's company of volunteers and participated in the siege of Bexar in November 1835. On December 14, 1835 he joined William R. Carey's artillery company and helped garrison the Alamo’s canon defense. He died in the battle of the Alamo, his death probate inventory listed his possessions as including eighteen head of cattle, eleven hogs, and a "Brand Iron."
Birth: Feb. 12, 1814, Sangamon County, Illinois.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Dr Edward F. Mitchusson.
Alamo Defender. He was a doctor who enlisted in the Texas Army on November 30, 1835, as a Private in Captain Edwards's company. It is not known if he served the Texan forces in the capacity of a physician and he was severely wounded in the siege of Bexar. On January 1, 1836, he was listed as a member of Captain John Chenoweth's company in the Alamo garrison. His wounds prevented him from playing an active role in the defense of the Alamo, he died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1806, Virginia.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Dr John Purdy Reynolds.
Alamo Defender. He graduated from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in 1827 and practiced medicine in Mifflin County for seven years. He traveled to Texas in 1835 and joined the Volunteer Auxiliary Corps of Texas on January 14, 1836, at Nacogdoches. He went to San Antonio de Béxar as a member of Captain William B. Harrison's company, which included David Crockett. They arrived at Bexar on February 9, 1836 and he died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: Mar. 7, 1806, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Richard Lucius Stockton.
Alamo Defender. With a group of Tennessee volunteers, he reached Nacogdoches Texas, in December 1835 and enlisted in the Texas Volunteer Auxiliary Corps. He was sent to San Antonio de Béxar with David Crockett and was killed with the others in the battle of the Alamo. He was unmarried at the time of his death and his sister Emma Matilda Stockton Cox filed a bounty land certificate on the basis of his service in 1845. The land was ultimately patented on land in Bosque and Hamilton County. In 1849 Emma married Commodore Edwin Ward Moore of the Texas Navy.
Birth: 1817, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Edward Taylor.
TAYLOR, EDWARD (ca. 1812-1836). Edward Taylor, Alamo defender, son of Anson and Elizabeth (Maley) Taylor, was born in Tennessee about 1812. He was the older brother of Alamo defenders George and James Taylor. At the outbreak of the Texas Revolution, he and his brothers were employed picking cotton for a Captain Dorsett on a farm near Liberty, Texas. Upon finishing the job they left to join the revolutionary army. It is believed the brothers died in the battle of the Alamo on March 6, 1836. Though some evidence suggests that Taylor and his brothers were victims of the Goliad Massacre, their names were carried on a list of the Alamo casualties a week before the Goliad executions occurred.
Birth: 1812, Tennessee.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Henry Thomas.
Alamo Defender. He came to Texas by way of New Orleans as a member of Captain Thomas H. Breece's company of New Orleans Greys in 1835. He took part in the siege of Bexar and later served in the Alamo garrison as a member of Captain William Blazeby's infantry company. He died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1811, Germany.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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John W. Thomson.
Alamo Defender. He was a doctor by profession, traveled to Texas from North Carolina in late 1835 and joined the Volunteer Auxiliary Corps of Texas at Nacogdoches on January 14, 1836. From Nacogdoches, he traveled to Washington on the Brazos as a member of Captain Gilmer's company. There he left the company and traveled on to San Antonio de Béxar. He served the Alamo garrison in the capacity of surgeon and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1807, Louisa County, Virginia,
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Henry Warnell.
Alamo Defender. He emigrating to Texas from Arkansas after his wife died in childbirth. In January 1835 he settle in Bastrop, took part in the siege of Bexar and later served in the Alamo garrison as a member of Captain William R. Carey's artillery company. There is some evidence that he escaped from the Alamo during the battle on March 6, 1836, but died in Port Lavaca in June 1836 from wounds received in the battle. His son John his only heir, in 1860 received two-thirds league and one labor of land, plus a donation grant of 640 acres.
Birth: 1812.
Death: Jun., 1836, Port Lavaca, Calhoun County, Texas
Burial: Unknown.
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William Wells.
Alamo Defender. He traveled to Bexar and to the Alamo garrison as a member of Captain William H. Patton's company. On his way to the Alamo he borrowed twenty dollars from the Alamo's courier, Dr. John Sutherland to purchase a Yeager rifle. He died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1798, Hall County, Georgia.
Death: Jun., 1836, Port Lavaca, Calhoun County, Texas
Burial: Unknown.
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Juan Antonio Badillo.
Native Texan Alamo Defender. He was one of twenty-four native Texans known as Tejanos, who enlisted for six months' service during the Texas Revolution. Under the command of Captain Juan N. Seguin, he took part in the siege of Bexar. After the battle, he accompanied Captain Seguín back to Bexar and entered the Alamo garrison in February 1836. He remained in the Alamo after Captain Seguin was sent out to rally reinforcements and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: Unknown.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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William Charles Baker.
Alamo Defender. He came to Texas as a volunteer during the Texas Revolution, joined Captain Thomas F. L. Parrott's company at Bexar on November 26, 1835 and took part in the siege of Bexar. During the reorganization of the Texan forces he became a Captain in command of the the volunteers accompanying James Bowie to the Alamo on January 19, 1836. He died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: Unknown.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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John J. Ballentine.
Alamo Defender. He was a single man and lived several years in Bastrop, Texas before the Texas Revolution. He served in the Alamo garrison as a member of Captain William R. Carey's artillery company and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: Unknown, Pennsylvania,
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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John J. Baugh.
Alamo Defender and Adjutant of the Alamo Garrison. He traveled to Texas in 1835 as a First Lieutenant of Thomas H. Breece's company of the New Orleans Greys Volunteers and took part in the siege of Bexar. After the battle he was promoted to Captain and served as Lieutenant Colonel James C. Neill's adjutant with the Texan force left to garrison the town. He entered the Alamo garrison as adjutant under Lieutenant Colonel William Barret Travis on February 23, 1836, when the Mexican army arrived. He died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1803, Virginia.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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John Blair.
Alamo Defender. On February 19, 1835, he registered as a married man for a league of land in Texas. He was one of the volunteers who accompanied James Bowie to Bexar and the Alamo garrison in early 1836. He died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1803.Tennessee.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Samuel Blair.
Alamo Defender. He registered as a single man for a quarter league of land in the Power and Hewetson colony on August 4, 1834. On September 10, 1834, he registered for a head right of land in James McGloin's colony and took part in the siege of Bexar. He later entered the Alamo garrison, served as Captain assistant ordnance chief and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1807.Tennessee.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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George Brown.
Alamo Defender. He immigrated to America and lived in Yazoo, Mississippi, before settling in Gonzales, Texas. He was one of four George Browns in the Texas army during the Texas Revolution. He died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1801, England.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Pvt. Samuel L. Burns.
Alamo Defender. He immigrated to America and was a resident of Natchitoches, Louisiana, at the beginning of the Texas Revolution. He served in the Alamo garrison as a member of Captain William R. Carey's artillery company and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1810, Ireland.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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George D. Butler.
Alamo Defender. He traveled to Texas by way of New Orleans and volunteered to aid in the Texas Revolution. He served in the Alamo garrison and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1813, Missouri.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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John Cain.
Alamo Defender. He became a resident of Gonzales, Texas, took part in the siege of Bexar and was issued a donation certificate for 640 acres of land for his service. After the battle he remained in Bexar as a member of Captain William R. Carey's artillery company. He left Bexar before the siege of the Alamo began and returned with the relief force from Gonzales on March 1, 1836 and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1802, Pennsylvania.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Lemuel Crawford.
Alamo Defender. He enlisted in the Texas Army in October 1835, served until December 26, as a artilleryman under Colonel James C. Neill and took part in the siege of Bexar. He reenlisted on February 11, 1836, served in the Alamo garrison, as a member of Captain William Carey's artillery company and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1814, South Carolina.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Robert Crossman.
Alamo defender. He traveled to Texas by way of New Orleans as a member of Captain Thomas H. Breece's company of New Orleans Greys, took part in and was wounded in the siege of Bexar. He later served in the Alamo garrison as a member of Captain William Blazeby's infantry company and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1810, Pennsylvania.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Robert W. Cunningham.
Alamo Defender. March 4, 1833, he had moved to Texas where he received title to a league of land on Skull Creek in Austin's colony. In 1836, he joined the Texas army and took part in the siege of Bexar as a Sergeant and second gunner in Captain Thomas L. F. Parrott's artillery company. He remained in Bexar after the battle as a private in Captain William R. Carey's artillery company and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: Oct. 18, 1804, Ontario County, New York.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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John Davis.
Alamo Defender. He immigrated to Texas and on October 28, 1831, he received title to a quarter league of land on Lavaca Creek in DeWitt's colony, where he gained a reputation as an Indian fighter. On February 23, 1836, he was mustered into the Gonzales Ranging Company of Mounted Volunteers. With this unit he arrived at the Alamo garrison on March 1, 1836 and died five days later in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1811.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Freeman Day.
Alamo Defender. He took part in the siege of Bexar, later served in the Alamo garrison as a member of Captain Robert White's Infantry company, the Bexar Guards and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1806.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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William Dearduff.
Alamo Defender. He immigrated to Texas and on November 5, 1831, registered for a quarter league of land in DeWitt's colony. He entered the Alamo with the relief force from Gonzales on March 1, 1836, and died in the battle of the Alamo five days later. His sister was married to James George, also a Alamo defender.
Birth: unknown, Tennessee.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Stephen Dennison.
Alamo Defender. He was a glazer and painter by trade who traveled to Texas by way of New Orleans as a member of Captain Thomas H. Breece's company of New Orleans Greys. He took part in the siege of Bexar, later served in the Alamo garrison as a member of Captain William Blazeby's infantry company and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1812, England.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Charles Despallier.
Alamo Defender. He reached San Antonio de Béxar by mid-February 1836 and distinguished himself during the siege of the Alamo by sallying from the fort under fire to burn huts that were affording the Mexican army cover. His actions were praised by Lieutenant Colonel William B. Travis. He left the Alamo as a courier on February 25, 1836, returned with the Gonzales Ranging Company of Mounted Volunteers on March 1, 1836, and died five days later in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1812, Louisiana.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Almeron Dickinson.
Alamo Defender. He served as an artilleryman in the United States Army and later became a Mason in the area of Bolivar, Tennessee. On May 24, 1829, he eloped with Susanna Wilkerson, moved to Gonzales, Texas, in 1831 and had a daughter. As a colonist in Green DeWitt's colony, he received a league of land on the San Marcos River. He participated in the battle of Gonzales on October 2, 1835, which began the Texas Revolution. At the siege of Bexar he distinguished himself as a Lieutenant of artillery and was promoted to Captain. In the Alamo garrison he was the Captain in charge of artillery. On the morning of March 6, 1836, as the troops of General Antonio López de Santa Anna stormed the mission, he ran to his wife, reported that all was lost, and expressed hope that she could save herself and the child. Although he died at the Alamo, his wife and child survived and General Santa Anna had them escorted from the Alamo mission.
Birth: 1800, Pennsylvania.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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John Henry Dillard.
Alamo Defender. He immigrated to Texas and settled at Nashville-on-the-Brazos. He served in the Alamo garrison and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1805, Smith County, Tennessee.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Robert Evans.
Alamo Defender. He traveled to Texas from New York by way of New Orleans and served in the siege of Bexar, December 1835. He later served as master of ordnance in the Alamo garrison. Survivor Susanna W. Dickinson, Captain Dikinson’s wife, stated that during the final moments of the battle of the Alamo, Evans attempted to blow up the Texans' remaining supply of gunpowder with a torch. He was shot down before he could do so.
Birth: 1800, Ireland.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Samuel B. Evans.
Alamo Defender. His grandfather, Samuel Evans, was a general in the colonial army during the American Revolution. His uncle, General Jacob Brown, was at one time commander of the United States Army. Samuel B. Evans was a member of the Alamo garrison and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: Jan. 16, 1812, Jefferson County, New York.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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James L. Ewing.
Alamo Defender. He took part in the siege of Bexar as a member of Captain William R. Carey's artillery company and later served as secretary to Lieutenant Colonel James C. Neill, commander of the Texan forces occupying Bexar. When the Mexican Army arrived, he entered the Alamo garrison and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1812, Tennessee.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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William Keener Fauntleroy.
Alamo Defender. He traveled to Texas with other volunteers in late 1835. On January 14, 1836, he and his companions took the oath of allegiance to Texas and were mustered into the Volunteer Auxiliary Corps at Nacogdoches. He traveled to the Alamo as a member of Captain William B. Harrison's company, which included David Crockett. He arrived on or about February 9, 1836, and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1814, Logan County, Kentucky.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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John Flanders.
Alamo Defender. He was in business with his father in Massachusetts until they argued over foreclosing on a mortgage held by a widow. He left for Texas and never communicated with his family again. He settled in Gonzales and was part of the force from that town that rode to the relief of the Alamo. He entered the Alamo garrison on March 1, 1836 and died in the battle of the Alamo five days later.
Birth: 1800, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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James Hannum.
Alamo Defender. He served in the Alamo garrison and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: Aug. 8, 1815, Pennsylvania.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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John Harris.
Alamo Defender. In 1836, he was a resident of Gonzales, Texas and took part in the siege of Bexar. He later served in the Bexar garrison in Captain Robert White's infantry company, the Bexar Guards. Sometime before the siege of the Alamo began, he returned to his home in Gonzales, where he was mustered into the Gonzales Ranging Company of Mounted Volunteers on February 23, 1836. He returned to the Alamo with this group on March 1, 1836, and died in the battle of the Alamo five days later.
Birth: 1813, Kentucky.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Joseph M. Hawkins.
Alamo Defender. He traveled to Texas by way of Louisiana, was a strong supporter of Governor Henry Smith and a advocate of the Texas Revolution for independence. Before the Alamo siege he served as an express rider to General Sam Houston. He was one of the volunteers who accompanied James Bowie to San Antonio de Béxar and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1799, Ireland.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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John M. Hays.
Alamo Defender. He moved to Texas from Nashville, Tennessee and joined Captain John Chenoweth's company at Bexar on January 14, 1836. He ran for one of the two positions for delegates to the Texas convention representing the garrison at Bexar but was unsuccessful. He died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1814, Tennessee
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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William Daniel Hersee.
Alamo Defender. He traveled to Texas by way of Louisiana and was wounded in the siege of Bexar. He later served in the Alamo garrison, as a Sergeant in Captain William R. Carey's artillery company and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1805, England.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Dr William D. Howell.
Alamo Defender. He was a doctor and lived in New York before traveling to Texas by way of New Orleans in 1835 as a member of Captain Thomas H. Breece's company of New Orleans Greys. He took part in the siege of Bexar, later served in the Alamo garrison as a member of Captain William Blazeby's infantry company and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1797, Massachusetts.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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John Benjamin Kellog.
Alamo Defender. He was a resident of Gonzales, Texas, when he joined the Gonzales Ranging Company of Mounted Volunteers in late 1835. He rode to the relief of the Alamo with this group, arrived on March 1, 1836 and died five days later in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1817.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Jonathan L. Lindley.
Alamo Defender. He entered Mexican Texas in November 1833, as a livestock raiser and applied for a land grant in Joseph Vehlein's colony on November 4, 1834. His quarter-league grant, located on land now in Polk County, Texas, was surveyed on June 21, 1835, and the grant was issued on July 17, 1835. When the Texas Revolution broke out in the fall of 1835, he joined Captain John Crane's company of volunteers and participated in the siege of Bexar in November 1835. On December 14, 1835 he joined William R. Carey's artillery company and helped garrison the Alamo’s canon defense. He died in the battle of the Alamo, his death probate inventory listed his possessions as including eighteen head of cattle, eleven hogs, and a "Brand Iron."
Birth: Feb. 12, 1814, Sangamon County, Illinois.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Dr Edward F. Mitchusson.
Alamo Defender. He was a doctor who enlisted in the Texas Army on November 30, 1835, as a Private in Captain Edwards's company. It is not known if he served the Texan forces in the capacity of a physician and he was severely wounded in the siege of Bexar. On January 1, 1836, he was listed as a member of Captain John Chenoweth's company in the Alamo garrison. His wounds prevented him from playing an active role in the defense of the Alamo, he died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1806, Virginia.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Dr John Purdy Reynolds.
Alamo Defender. He graduated from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in 1827 and practiced medicine in Mifflin County for seven years. He traveled to Texas in 1835 and joined the Volunteer Auxiliary Corps of Texas on January 14, 1836, at Nacogdoches. He went to San Antonio de Béxar as a member of Captain William B. Harrison's company, which included David Crockett. They arrived at Bexar on February 9, 1836 and he died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: Mar. 7, 1806, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Richard Lucius Stockton.
Alamo Defender. With a group of Tennessee volunteers, he reached Nacogdoches Texas, in December 1835 and enlisted in the Texas Volunteer Auxiliary Corps. He was sent to San Antonio de Béxar with David Crockett and was killed with the others in the battle of the Alamo. He was unmarried at the time of his death and his sister Emma Matilda Stockton Cox filed a bounty land certificate on the basis of his service in 1845. The land was ultimately patented on land in Bosque and Hamilton County. In 1849 Emma married Commodore Edwin Ward Moore of the Texas Navy.
Birth: 1817, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Edward Taylor.
TAYLOR, EDWARD (ca. 1812-1836). Edward Taylor, Alamo defender, son of Anson and Elizabeth (Maley) Taylor, was born in Tennessee about 1812. He was the older brother of Alamo defenders George and James Taylor. At the outbreak of the Texas Revolution, he and his brothers were employed picking cotton for a Captain Dorsett on a farm near Liberty, Texas. Upon finishing the job they left to join the revolutionary army. It is believed the brothers died in the battle of the Alamo on March 6, 1836. Though some evidence suggests that Taylor and his brothers were victims of the Goliad Massacre, their names were carried on a list of the Alamo casualties a week before the Goliad executions occurred.
Birth: 1812, Tennessee.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Henry Thomas.
Alamo Defender. He came to Texas by way of New Orleans as a member of Captain Thomas H. Breece's company of New Orleans Greys in 1835. He took part in the siege of Bexar and later served in the Alamo garrison as a member of Captain William Blazeby's infantry company. He died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1811, Germany.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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John W. Thomson.
Alamo Defender. He was a doctor by profession, traveled to Texas from North Carolina in late 1835 and joined the Volunteer Auxiliary Corps of Texas at Nacogdoches on January 14, 1836. From Nacogdoches, he traveled to Washington on the Brazos as a member of Captain Gilmer's company. There he left the company and traveled on to San Antonio de Béxar. He served the Alamo garrison in the capacity of surgeon and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1807, Louisa County, Virginia,
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Henry Warnell.
Alamo Defender. He emigrating to Texas from Arkansas after his wife died in childbirth. In January 1835 he settle in Bastrop, took part in the siege of Bexar and later served in the Alamo garrison as a member of Captain William R. Carey's artillery company. There is some evidence that he escaped from the Alamo during the battle on March 6, 1836, but died in Port Lavaca in June 1836 from wounds received in the battle. His son John his only heir, in 1860 received two-thirds league and one labor of land, plus a donation grant of 640 acres.
Birth: 1812.
Death: Jun., 1836, Port Lavaca, Calhoun County, Texas
Burial: Unknown.
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William Wells.
Alamo Defender. He traveled to Bexar and to the Alamo garrison as a member of Captain William H. Patton's company. On his way to the Alamo he borrowed twenty dollars from the Alamo's courier, Dr. John Sutherland to purchase a Yeager rifle. He died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1798, Hall County, Georgia.
Death: Jun., 1836, Port Lavaca, Calhoun County, Texas
Burial: Unknown.
Monday, December 27, 2010
Good New Jersey Soldiers.
Henry W. Sawyer.
New Jersey 1st., cavalry, Companies D. & K.
Birth: Mar. 16, 1829, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
Death: Oct. 16, 1893, Cape May, Cape May County, New Jersey.
Burial: Cold Spring Presbyterian Cemetery, Cape May, Cape May County, New Jersey.
In youth he received a plain education, and, as he was advanced in years, he learned the carpenter's trade. In 1848 he removed to Cape Island, where he worked at his trade until the Rebellion broke out. On April 15, 1861, when President Lincoln issued his proclamation calling for volunteers, he was among the first to offer his services.
Henry W. Sawyer, 1st Lieut. enlisted April 7, '62, mustered in April 7, '62, for 3 Yrs, Remarks. 2d Lieut. Aug. 14, '61; 1st Lieut. vice Worsley resigned; promoted Capt. Co. K, Oct. 8, '62.
Henry W. Sawyer, Captain enlisted Oct. 8, '62 mustered in Oct. 8, '62, for 3 Yrs, Remarks. 1st Lieut. Co. D, April 7, '62; Capt. vice Broderick promoted; promoted Maj. Oct. 12, '63.
In a report of July 12, 1863, Henry W. Sawyer, and another officer had been selected by lot and reserved for execution, later it was found that two other officer took their place.
Note. There’s a lot more information and two photo’s of him at the site of ( Find a grave.)
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Captain Thomas K. Eckings. New York
New Jersey 3rd., infantry, Companies A. C. & H.
In a statement given by Captain Frank E. Moran, of the 23rd. New York Volunteers, he states that a Captain Ecking, of the 3rd., Cavalry, was murdered by a guard whom he had bribed to allow him to escape.
It should be noted that Captain Moran was in error Captain Eckings was not in the cavalry but the infantry.
Co. A. Thomas K. Ekings, 2d Lieut. enlisted Oct. 19, '62, mustered in Nov. 10, '62, for 3 Yrs. Remarks. Serj. Co. C; 2d Lieut. vice Hewitt resigned; promoted 1st Lieut, Co. H, Aug. 6, '63.
Co. C. Thomas K. Ekings, Sergeant, enlisted May 25, '61, mustered in May 25, '61, for 3 Yrs, Remarks. Corp. May 25, '61; Serj. Sept. 29, '62; promoted 2d Lieut. Co. A, Oct. 19, '62.
Co. H. Thomas K. Ekings, 1st Lieut. enlisted Aug. 6, '63, mustered in Nov. 13, '63, for 3 Yrs, Remarks. 2d Lieut. Co. A, Oct. 19, '62; 1st Lieut. vice Wahl promoted; killed Nov. 25, '64, while attempting to escape from rebel prison at Columbia, S. C.
Update 8-15-2013.
The following information on Thomas K. Ekings, is given by Tere Pistole.
I am transcribing a manuscript written by Reuben Bartley who was a Signal Corps Officer from Pennsylvania and beside Dahlgren when he was shot and killed in King and Queen County, Va. He wrote this about Thomas K. Eckings 3d NJ Inft..."was trying to make his way out through the line of guards having made arrangments with one of them to let him pass when about half way bet the dead line and the sentinels he was shot and Instantly Killed by the guard that gave him the signal that all was right. He was shot through the heart with a musket ball and never groaned. he was one of the finest young men in the army, an enthusastic soldier and a staunch patriot. he always said a soldier should not to be exchanged but use every exertion to make his escape and in that way injure the enemy. Poor Fellow! he was one more victim to Rebel treachery. for the signal was given him to come out and he was deliberatly murdered but he recd a double exchange he was releaved of all his earthly trouble at the same time he was released from the rebel outrages. The next day some of his friends were allowed to go out and BUry him. We dug his grave on a small hill near our camp overlooKing the Saluda River at the foot of a small Persimmon Tree. His was the third grave of our camp one before him having been shot through carlesness of the guards on duty. some of which were only fifteen and others sixty years old. The funeral service was performed by Lieut Abbot a young Methodist minister who was in our camp and any who thinK the American citizen Soldier devoid of feeling ought to have been there and I think they would have their notion...
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A George B. Halsted, give a statement that Lieutenant William B. Hatch was promoted in command of the 4th., New Jersey, as bravely as he nobly suffered in rebel prison, “died December 18, 1862, of wounds received at the battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862.”
William B. Hatch.
William B. Hatch.
Birth: 1838.
Death: Dec. 15, 1862.
Burial: Evergreen Cemetery, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey.
William B. Hatch, Colonel enlisted Aug. 28, '62, mustered in Aug. 28, '62, for 3 Yrs, Remarks. Maj. Aug. 17, '61; Lieut. Col. Sept. 7, '61; Col. vice Simpson re-called; died at Field Hosp., near Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 15, '62, of wounds received in action at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, '62.
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Colonel James H. Simpson & Major William M. Birney.
Field and Staff, Fourth, New Jersey Regiment.
James H. Simpson Colonel Aug. 12, '61 Aug. 17, '61 3 Yrs Maj. Topographical Engineers, U. S. Army; re-called to Regular Army Aug. 26, '62.
William M. Birney, Colonel enlisted Jan. 8, '63, mustered in Jan. 13, '63, for 3 Yrs, Remarks. Capt. Co. C, 1st Reg., May 22, '61; Maj. Sept. 27, '61; Lieut. Col. Aug. 26, '62; Col. vice Hatch died; resigned June 7, '63, to accept appointment as Col. 2d Reg., U. S. C. T.; promoted Brig. Gen. U. S. Vols., to date May 22, '63.
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George B. Halsted, was of Newark New Jersey, was a soldier and a Assistant Adjutant General to General Christopher C. Augur… Mr. Halsted also give a statement about two other New Jersey soldiers and how he felt about prison life and the war, which reads;
“of many Union men, whose only crime was refusal to join in treason against the United States, I recall a father, quite old, and his two sons, about middle age, names forgotten. They were originally from the North; residence for many years near Norfolk, Virginia. It was painful to see that old man suffering in that confined, over crowded room, with so little of food to nourish him, and clothing day or night.
The heroism which could endure for months and months, ( then notice of such cases had not been taken by our government), with little prospect of release, except by swearing allegiance to the bogus and traitor government of that damnable miscreant and villain, Jeff Davis, and his equally detestable compeers. This courage and heroism I felt was more worthy of protection by our government then any I could exhibit as a soldier.
Yet those men remained in that prison long after we were paroled. Others suffering for the same were there, I will state their names; First Lieutenant William B. Hatch, Fourth New Jersey Volunteers, and Colonel James H. Simpson, a graduate of West Point and Major William Birney and others of the Fourth New Jersey, were in apartments appropriated to officers.”
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William B. Mitchell.
William B. Mitchell, give his statement, at the time he was 25, years and resided at Port Elizabeth, Cumberland county, New Jersey, his occupation at that time was that of a glass blower. He enlisted on the 14th., of September of 1861, in the New Jersey 10th., infantry Volunteers of company K. as a private. He was captured in the Wilderness on the morning of the 7th., of May 1864, by Ewell’s Corps., which he thought was of the twenty-second Virginia. He was mustered out on May 28, 1865, he was discharged at Trenton New Jersey.
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Authors Note. As you may have noteiced there has been a lot of talk about statements, these statements were given for a report called; ( Treatment of Prisoners of War by the Rebel Authorities) this information can be found in the 40th., Congress 1867-1869, which was also known as No. 1391 -- House Report No. 45. Pages 470, 975-977, 978-985, 1089-1090.
New Jersey 1st., cavalry, Companies D. & K.
Birth: Mar. 16, 1829, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
Death: Oct. 16, 1893, Cape May, Cape May County, New Jersey.
Burial: Cold Spring Presbyterian Cemetery, Cape May, Cape May County, New Jersey.
In youth he received a plain education, and, as he was advanced in years, he learned the carpenter's trade. In 1848 he removed to Cape Island, where he worked at his trade until the Rebellion broke out. On April 15, 1861, when President Lincoln issued his proclamation calling for volunteers, he was among the first to offer his services.
Henry W. Sawyer, 1st Lieut. enlisted April 7, '62, mustered in April 7, '62, for 3 Yrs, Remarks. 2d Lieut. Aug. 14, '61; 1st Lieut. vice Worsley resigned; promoted Capt. Co. K, Oct. 8, '62.
Henry W. Sawyer, Captain enlisted Oct. 8, '62 mustered in Oct. 8, '62, for 3 Yrs, Remarks. 1st Lieut. Co. D, April 7, '62; Capt. vice Broderick promoted; promoted Maj. Oct. 12, '63.
In a report of July 12, 1863, Henry W. Sawyer, and another officer had been selected by lot and reserved for execution, later it was found that two other officer took their place.
Note. There’s a lot more information and two photo’s of him at the site of ( Find a grave.)
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Captain Thomas K. Eckings. New York
New Jersey 3rd., infantry, Companies A. C. & H.
In a statement given by Captain Frank E. Moran, of the 23rd. New York Volunteers, he states that a Captain Ecking, of the 3rd., Cavalry, was murdered by a guard whom he had bribed to allow him to escape.
It should be noted that Captain Moran was in error Captain Eckings was not in the cavalry but the infantry.
Co. A. Thomas K. Ekings, 2d Lieut. enlisted Oct. 19, '62, mustered in Nov. 10, '62, for 3 Yrs. Remarks. Serj. Co. C; 2d Lieut. vice Hewitt resigned; promoted 1st Lieut, Co. H, Aug. 6, '63.
Co. C. Thomas K. Ekings, Sergeant, enlisted May 25, '61, mustered in May 25, '61, for 3 Yrs, Remarks. Corp. May 25, '61; Serj. Sept. 29, '62; promoted 2d Lieut. Co. A, Oct. 19, '62.
Co. H. Thomas K. Ekings, 1st Lieut. enlisted Aug. 6, '63, mustered in Nov. 13, '63, for 3 Yrs, Remarks. 2d Lieut. Co. A, Oct. 19, '62; 1st Lieut. vice Wahl promoted; killed Nov. 25, '64, while attempting to escape from rebel prison at Columbia, S. C.
Update 8-15-2013.
The following information on Thomas K. Ekings, is given by Tere Pistole.
I am transcribing a manuscript written by Reuben Bartley who was a Signal Corps Officer from Pennsylvania and beside Dahlgren when he was shot and killed in King and Queen County, Va. He wrote this about Thomas K. Eckings 3d NJ Inft..."was trying to make his way out through the line of guards having made arrangments with one of them to let him pass when about half way bet the dead line and the sentinels he was shot and Instantly Killed by the guard that gave him the signal that all was right. He was shot through the heart with a musket ball and never groaned. he was one of the finest young men in the army, an enthusastic soldier and a staunch patriot. he always said a soldier should not to be exchanged but use every exertion to make his escape and in that way injure the enemy. Poor Fellow! he was one more victim to Rebel treachery. for the signal was given him to come out and he was deliberatly murdered but he recd a double exchange he was releaved of all his earthly trouble at the same time he was released from the rebel outrages. The next day some of his friends were allowed to go out and BUry him. We dug his grave on a small hill near our camp overlooKing the Saluda River at the foot of a small Persimmon Tree. His was the third grave of our camp one before him having been shot through carlesness of the guards on duty. some of which were only fifteen and others sixty years old. The funeral service was performed by Lieut Abbot a young Methodist minister who was in our camp and any who thinK the American citizen Soldier devoid of feeling ought to have been there and I think they would have their notion...
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A George B. Halsted, give a statement that Lieutenant William B. Hatch was promoted in command of the 4th., New Jersey, as bravely as he nobly suffered in rebel prison, “died December 18, 1862, of wounds received at the battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862.”
William B. Hatch.
William B. Hatch.
Birth: 1838.
Death: Dec. 15, 1862.
Burial: Evergreen Cemetery, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey.
William B. Hatch, Colonel enlisted Aug. 28, '62, mustered in Aug. 28, '62, for 3 Yrs, Remarks. Maj. Aug. 17, '61; Lieut. Col. Sept. 7, '61; Col. vice Simpson re-called; died at Field Hosp., near Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 15, '62, of wounds received in action at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, '62.
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Colonel James H. Simpson & Major William M. Birney.
Field and Staff, Fourth, New Jersey Regiment.
James H. Simpson Colonel Aug. 12, '61 Aug. 17, '61 3 Yrs Maj. Topographical Engineers, U. S. Army; re-called to Regular Army Aug. 26, '62.
William M. Birney, Colonel enlisted Jan. 8, '63, mustered in Jan. 13, '63, for 3 Yrs, Remarks. Capt. Co. C, 1st Reg., May 22, '61; Maj. Sept. 27, '61; Lieut. Col. Aug. 26, '62; Col. vice Hatch died; resigned June 7, '63, to accept appointment as Col. 2d Reg., U. S. C. T.; promoted Brig. Gen. U. S. Vols., to date May 22, '63.
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George B. Halsted, was of Newark New Jersey, was a soldier and a Assistant Adjutant General to General Christopher C. Augur… Mr. Halsted also give a statement about two other New Jersey soldiers and how he felt about prison life and the war, which reads;
“of many Union men, whose only crime was refusal to join in treason against the United States, I recall a father, quite old, and his two sons, about middle age, names forgotten. They were originally from the North; residence for many years near Norfolk, Virginia. It was painful to see that old man suffering in that confined, over crowded room, with so little of food to nourish him, and clothing day or night.
The heroism which could endure for months and months, ( then notice of such cases had not been taken by our government), with little prospect of release, except by swearing allegiance to the bogus and traitor government of that damnable miscreant and villain, Jeff Davis, and his equally detestable compeers. This courage and heroism I felt was more worthy of protection by our government then any I could exhibit as a soldier.
Yet those men remained in that prison long after we were paroled. Others suffering for the same were there, I will state their names; First Lieutenant William B. Hatch, Fourth New Jersey Volunteers, and Colonel James H. Simpson, a graduate of West Point and Major William Birney and others of the Fourth New Jersey, were in apartments appropriated to officers.”
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William B. Mitchell.
William B. Mitchell, give his statement, at the time he was 25, years and resided at Port Elizabeth, Cumberland county, New Jersey, his occupation at that time was that of a glass blower. He enlisted on the 14th., of September of 1861, in the New Jersey 10th., infantry Volunteers of company K. as a private. He was captured in the Wilderness on the morning of the 7th., of May 1864, by Ewell’s Corps., which he thought was of the twenty-second Virginia. He was mustered out on May 28, 1865, he was discharged at Trenton New Jersey.
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Authors Note. As you may have noteiced there has been a lot of talk about statements, these statements were given for a report called; ( Treatment of Prisoners of War by the Rebel Authorities) this information can be found in the 40th., Congress 1867-1869, which was also known as No. 1391 -- House Report No. 45. Pages 470, 975-977, 978-985, 1089-1090.
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