John Finlayson Kent.

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John Finlayson Kent. 

Birth: Dec. 22, 1837, Dundee City, Scotland.
Death: Nov. 14, 1923, Montevideo,Chippewa County, Minnesota.

Wife: Ellen P.Kent.

Burial: Sunset Memorial Cemetery,Montevideo, Chippewa County, Minnesota.

New York First Cavalry,"Lincoln Cavalry."

KENT, JOHN.—Age, 23 years. Enlisted July 16, 1861, at NewYork; mustered in as private, Company D, July 16, 1861, to serve three years; promoted corporal and sergeant, dates not known; mustered out with a detachment, August 16, 1864, at Harper's Ferry, Va.

Dudley Avery, Louisiana.

Dudley Avery. 

Birth: Sept. 20, 1842 Baton Rouge East Baton Rouge Parish Louisiana.
Death: Jan. 11, 1917 Avery Island Iberia Parish Louisiana.

Businessman, politician. Born, Baton Rouge, September 20, 1842, eldest son of Daniel Dudley Avery and Sarah Craig Marsh. Education, local schools, attended Princeton University. Civil War: enlisted 1861, served with Fourth Louisiana Infantry; elected lieutenant, 18th Louisiana Regiment. Wounded, Battle of Shiloh. Took part in all engagements of Red River Campaign.

Married, March 23, 1865, Mary Louise Richardson, daughter of Daniel DuBose and Mary Alexander Richardson of Bayside Plantation near Jeanerette, La.

Children: Daniel Dudley, Kate Richardson, John Leeds, and Dudley, Jr.

After war engaged in planting and salt production on Avery Island. Organized the first militia company outside of New Orleans after Civil War, The Iberia Guards. Served in the state senate in the 1890's. Charter member, U. C. V. Camp 1788, New Iberia.

Parents: Daniel Dudley Avery (1810 - 1879) Sarah Craig Marsh Avery (1818 - 1878)

Wife: Mary Louise Richardson Avery (1845 - 1875).

Children: Daniel Dudley Avery (1866 - 1922), Kate Richardson Avery Clark (1868 - 1951), John Leeds Avery (1870 - 1930), Dudley Avery (1874 - 1906).

Siblings: Mary Eliza Avery McIlhenny (1838 - 1915), Sara Marsh Avery Leeds (1840 - 1918), Dudley Avery (1842 - 1917),  John Marsh Avery (1844 - 1891), George Marsh Avery (1846 - 1846), Margaret Henshaw Avery Johnston (1848 - 1925).

Burial: Avery Island Cemetery Iberia Parish Louisiana.

Louisiana 18th., Infantry, Co. D.

Avery. Dudley, 2nd Jr. Lt., 2nd Lt. Co. D. 18th La. Infantry. En. Oct. 5th. 1861, Camp Moore. La. Present on Roll to Oct. 31st. 1861. Roll for Nov. and Dec 1861 "Absent. On Leave for 11 Days, from Dec 21th.,1861" Roll for Jan. and Feb., 1862. "Present." Roll for May and June, 1S62, "Superseded by Order of Reorganization. May 10th. 1862." Roll for Jan. and Feb., 1863, "Absent. Provost Guard at New Iberia. La. Promoted to 2nd Lt. Jan. 0th. 1863 " Rolls from May, 1863. to Aug.. 1863, "Absent on Detached Service with Gen. Mouton Since March 1st, 1863." Also Borne on Rolls of Co. E. 18th (Cons.) and Yellow Jacket Battn. La. Infantry., "2nd Lt." Roll for Jan. and Feb., 1864. "Absent. Detached as Provost Guard Since Dec. 19th. 1863." On Roll of Prisoners of War Paroled New Iberia, La., June 11th. 1865..

Horace Inman.

Horace Inman.

Birth: abt. 1844.
Death: June 24, 1905, age 63.

Occ. Baker Man.

Brother: James H. Inman, Hudson, Michigan.

Note.  It seems that Horace never married.

Burial: Indiana Soldiers Home Cemetery, West Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana.

Indiana State Soldiers Home.

Horace Inman,Age 69; Nativity New York; Rank Private; Michigan Second Infantry, Co. D.; Michigan Fourth Infantry, Co. B.: Months of service 59; Pension $12. per month: Read & Write,Yes; Disability Rheumatism and Diseased Eyes.

Michigan Second Infantry, Co. D.

Imman, or Inman, Horace. Enlisted in company D, Second Infantry, April  20, 1861, at Adrian, for 3 years, age 22. Mustered May 25, 1861.Wounded in action at Knoxville, Tenn., Nov. 24, 1863. On duty with company K, Seventeenth Infantry, from Jan. 3o, 1864, to April 9,  1864. Discharged at expiration of term of service at Detroit, Mich.,  July 9, 1864.

Michigan Fourth Infantry, Co. E.

Inman, Horace. Enlisted in company E, Fourth Infantry, Aug. 23, 1864, at Jefferson, for 3 years, age 26. Mustered Aug. 23, 1864. Sergeant Sept. 14, 1864. Mustered out at Houston, Texas, May 26, 1866.

Author.  His pension files also states he was also in the 17th., U. S.Infantry Co. I. ,and 35th.,U. S. Infantry Co. B.

Charles W. Dick, Wisconsin..

CHARLES W. DICK, of Stockbridge,  Wis., and a member of G. A. R. Post No. 40, was born April 23, 1838, in Brothertown, Calumet Co., Wis. He is the son of Alexander G. and Samantha (Sickter) Dick and the former died in Kansas in 1864. His mother is still living in Brothertown and is 77 years old. Mr. Dick received a common school education and, when he was 14 years of age, he went to the far West and passed some years in traversing the Territories and Southern States, returning to Stockbridge in 1859.

Until 1861 he was interested in farming and lumbering and among the earliest to enroll in the military service of the United States after the war came on. April 27th., he enlisted in Company K, 4th Wisconsin Infantry at Stockbridge for three months in the State service and was afterwards sworn into the U. S. service, joining his command at Racine after re-enlisting for three years. He went with the regiment to Baltimore, passing through experiences while on the way which are of interest aud told in detail in many sketches on other pages.

He was in the marcli to the Eastern shore of Virginia and afterwards went to Fortress Monroe, whence he went with the regiment to Ship Island in the command of Butler. He was in the several movements up and down the Mississippi River in the attempts on Vicksburg and fought at Baton Rouge.

He was in the subsequent movements and took part in the battle of Bisland. He was in the battle of Clinton, La., and there received a bullet through his cap and blouse. He was also in the second assault on the same place and was camping in the vicinity when the fort surrendered. After the conversion of the regiment into cavalry Mr. Dick was in all its experiences and engaged in active skirmishing and scouting in Southern Louisiana. He re-enlisted Jan. 4, 1864, at Baton Rouge in the same company and regiment, and was in the reconnoissance to Clinton, La.

He was seized with jaundice while still an infantry soldier and passed three months in the hospital at Carrollton, La., and went afterwards to Charity and University hospitals at New Orleans. After recovery, he rejoined the regiment at Port Hudson, Jan. 14, 1863. He was with the regiment in all its later experiences and was mustered out at San Antonia, Texas, and discharged at New Orleans, Sept. 14, 1865.

In October he reached Stockbridge where he has since operated as a carpenter. He was married Aug. 30, 1S76, to Emogene Johnson of Stockbridge and their three children are named Lester LHysses, Horace Charles and Roy Alexander. Mr. Dick is a citizen who sustains the record he made as a soldier in his private life. He is a useful member of his Post and enjoys the respect of the community where he resides.

Daniel Hailey,Louisiana

Because of the many different ways of spelling his last name, I was unable to find any personal information on him.

Hailey, Daniel, Pvt. Co. A, 8th La. Inf. En. June 19, 1861, Camp Moore, La. Present on all Rolls to Oct., 1861. Roll for Nov. and Dec, 1861, Absent. Sent to Gen. Hospl., Nov. 13, 1861. Roll for Jan. and Feb., 1862, Absent. Sent to Richmond, sick, from Camp Florida, Dec. 29, 1801. Polls from Feb:, 1862, to June, 1862, Absent, acting as Hospl. Steward. Roll for July and Aug., 1862, Absent. Detailed as Hospl. Steward (now in Richmond, sick). Rolls from Jan., 1862, to Sept., 1862, Absent with the Wounded. Poll to Dec. 30, 1862, Transfd. to Med. Dept. as Hospl. Steward, Hospl. No. 18, Richmond, Va. Rolls from Feb.. 1863, to May. 1863, Absent with- out louve. Returned to Co, from Med. Dept., March 21. I863. Rolls from May, 1863, to Aug., 1863. Dropped as Deserter. Absent without leave since March 21, 1863. Roll for Sept. and Oct., 1863, Present. Returned to Co. from list of Deserters with a valid excuse. Roll for Nov. and Dec, 1863, Absent. Taken prisoner at Rappahannock Bridge. Federal Rolls of Prisoners of War, Captured Rappahannock, Va., Nov. 7, 1863. Admitted to Harewood U. S. A. Gen. Hospl., Washington, D. C, Nov. 8, 1863. Transfd. to Pt. Lookout, Md., Feb. 4, 1864. Paroled at Pt. Lookout, Md, May 3, 1864, until exchanged. Exchanged at "Aikens Landing, Va., May 8, 1864. Polls from April, 1864. to Aug., 1864, Present. Roll for Sept. and Oct., 1864, Absent, wounded, since Feb. 6, 1865. Record copied from Memorial Hall, New Orleans. La., by the War Dept., Washington, D. C, May, 1903, born La., occupation druggist, Res. Baton Rouge, La., age when enlisted 24, single. Severely wounded at Battle of Hatchers Run, Feb. 5, 1865.

William H. Shiers or Shires.

William H. Shiers.

Birth: abt. 1834.
Death: November 29, 1905.

Wife: Mary Shiers.

Burial:  Indian Soldiers Home Cemetery, West Lafayette, Tippecanoe county, Indiana.

Cass County, 1902.

He was recorded as being from Cass couny, but spent the last of his life here:Wabash Township (excl. West Lafayette town incl. Indiana State Soldiers House), Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States

Indiana State Solders Home.

William H. Shiers, Age 68; Nativity Ohio; Private, 20th.,Ohio Infantry, Co. C.; Sergeant, 35th.,Ohio Infantry, Co. E.: Sergeant 18th., Ohio Infantry, Co. C.; 53 month service; Pension $8. per month Read and write, Yes; Disability Old age, Rheumatism.

Author. In his grave record and his pension files his last name is ( Shiers ),however on all company rosters its  ( Shires ).  However I was unable to find him in two regiments under any spelling.

William H. Shires, Ohio 18th.,Infantry, Co. C.; Sergeant;Age 27; Enlisted August 19, 1861, for 3 years.  Transferred from Co. K., 35th.,Infantry, October 20, 1864.  Appointed from Private, January 1, 1863. Mustered out with company, October 9, 1863, Veteran.

John Ham.

John Ham.

Birth:December 5,1845.
Death:December 13,1922.

Wife: Elender Ham, ( 1840-1825 ).
Married 1891.

Children:Non found.

Burial: Mount Hope Cemetery,Logansport, Cass County, Indiana.

New York Eight Cavalry, Co. D.

HAM, JOHN.—Age, 18 years. Enlisted, October 12, 1861, at Rochester; mustered in as private, Co. D, October 28, 1861, to serve three years; captured, March 28, 1863, near Dumfries, Va.; paroled, no date given; re-enlisted, December 1, 1863; captured at Snicker's Gap, September 16, 1864; mustered out with company, June 27, 1865. at Alexandria, Va.

Cass County, Indiana,1902

They were from Cass count, but spent the last of their lives here:Wabash Township (excl. West Lafayette town incl. Indiana State Soldiers House), Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States

John Ham,Age 58;Nativity England; Private; New York, Eight Cavalry, Co. D.;45 Months service; Pension $8. per month; Read and Write, yes; Disability wounded in right hip.

Elender Ham, Wife;Age 62; Nativity Indiana; Disability General weakness.

Soldiers Killed by Bushwhackers.

Iowa Tenth Infantry, Co. F.

Dobbs, Thomas. (Veteran.) Age 23. Residence Millersburg, nativity Indiana. Enlisted Aug. 22, 1861. Mustered Sept. 7, 1861. Promoted Seventh Corporal May 1, 1862; Fifth Corporal. Wounded in thigh severely May 16, 1863, Champion Hills, Miss. Promoted Third Corporal.Re-enlisted and re-mustered March 30, '1864. Killed by bushwhackers Oct. 22, 1864, Kingston, Ga.

Michigan Second Cavalry, Co. F.

Lynch, John, Grand Rapids. Enlisted in company F, Second Cavalry, Sept.13, 1862, at Grand Rapids, for 3 years, age 23. Mustered Sept. 18, 1862. Joined regiment at Crab Orchard, Ky., Nov. 1, 1862. Killed by bushwhackers while on scout near Cleveland, Tenn., April 2, 1864.

Michigan Third Cavalry,Co. K.

Lewis, George A. (Veteran), Raisin. Enlisted in company K, Third Cavalry, Sept. 9, 1861, at Tecumseh, for 3 years, age 31. Mustered Oct.3, 1861. Re-enlisted as Corporal, Jan. 2o, 1864, at La Grange, Tenn.Mustered Jan. 27, 1864. Killed by bushwhackers while on scout, near Searcy, Ark., Aug. 29, 1864. Buried in National Cemetery at Little Rock, Ark. Grave No. 325.

Michigan Eight Cavalry, Co. K.

Cray, or Clary, Charles D. Enlisted in company K, Eighth Cavalry, Jan.1, 1864, at Allegan, for 3  years, age 24. Mustered Jan. 26, 1864.Corporal. Sergeant, Dec. 1, 1864. First Sergeant, Jan. 1, 1865. Commissioned Second Lieutenant April 25, 1865. Killed by bushwhackers near Sugar Creek, Tenn., April 27, 1865. Buried in National Cemetery at Murfreesboro, Tenn. Grave No. 1863. Original place of interment, Pulaski, Tenn.

Michigan Tenth Cavalry, Co. D. 

Brackett, Orlow J. Enlisted in company D, Tenth Cavalry, Aug. 31. 1863.at Grand Rapids, for 3 years, age 18. Mustered Sept. 18. 1863. Killed by Bushwhackers at Statesville, N. C, April 16, 1865.

Michigan Tenth Cavalry,Co. L.

Keller, William, Union County, Tenn. Enlisted in company L, Tenth Cavalry, Oct. 18, 1864, at Strawberry Plains, for 3 years, age 21. Mustered Oct. 31, 1864. Killed by bushwhackers at Clinch
Valley, Tenn.,Jan. 27, 1865.

Michigan Tenth Cavalry, Co. D.

Nagle, Richard. Enlisted in company D. Tenth Cavalry» Oct. 3, 1863, at Grand Rapids, for 3 years, age 18. Mustered Oct. 14. 1863. Killed by bushwhackers at Greenville, S. C, May 2, 1865.

Massachusetts Second Cavalry,Co.  A.

Nixon, Joseph — Priv. — Res. San Francisco, Calif.; occu. —; 23; enl. Nov. 27, 1862; must. Dec. 10, 1862; killed June 20,1863, by bushwhackers, near King and Qusen Court House, Va.

Ohio Thirty-Fourth,Infantry, Co. B.

Frederick Spotts, Private, ,Age 24; Enlisted September 2, 1861, for 3 years; Killed June 3, 1864, at Warm Springs, Virginia by Bushwhackers.

Ohio Forty-Sixth, Infantry, Co. H.

George M. Davis, Private, Enlisted for 3 years; Killed December 11, 1863, near Paint Rook, La. by Bushwhackers.

Ohio 115 Infantry, Co. G.

Charles Tunwell,Private, Age 18;Enlisted October 15, 1863, for 3 years;Died February 10, 1865, at Lavergne, Tennessee; Was shot by Bushwhackers when patrolling, Nashville and Chattanooga, Railroad.

West Virginia Second Cavalry, Co. E.

William M. Hartford, Private; Age 18; Enlisted September 1, 1861, for 3 years.  Killed July 5, 1863; on Coal river, Virginia, by Bushwhackers.  Buried at Winchester Virginia.

Georgia Soldiers Killed by Bushwhackers.

I never thought about Federal Bushwhackers but of course there were.There were Bushwhackers on both sides. Those on this list were Georgia men,although they were killed by Bushwhackers the record doesn't state if they were Federal or one of their own neighbors of the county.
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Georgia Seventh Infantry, Co. D.
Cobb County, Georgia.

Mitchell, David—Private May 4,1861. Killed by bushwhackers in  East Tennessee Feb. 1864.

Georgia Twenty-First, Infantry, ( Old Co. E. ).
Floyd County, Georgia, ( Sardis Volunteers ).

Duke, James A.—Private June 24, 1861. Transferred to Co. G,  Smith's Legion Ga. Cavalry May 8, 1862; to Co. G, 6th Regt. Ga. Cavalry Mar. 1863. Roll for Dec. 31, 1863, last on file, shows  him present. Killed by bushwhackers while on picket duty in  East Tenn.

Georgia 34th., Infantry, Co. D.
Chattooda County, Georgia.

Blackwell, George W.—Elected 1st Lieutenant of Co. F, 8th  Regt. Ga. State Troops Dec. 3, 1861. Mustered out at Savannah, Ga. May 1862. Elected Captain of Co. D, 34th Regt. Ga. Inf. May 14, 1862. Killed by bushwhackers while on way home Apr. 20, 1865.

Georgia 42nd., Infantry, Co. C.
Milton County, Georgia, ( Milton Tigers ).

Webb, Newton—Private Mar. 4, 1862. Roll dated Dec. 11, 1863, last on file, shows him "Absent, left sick in Kentucky  Oct. 17, 1862." Killed there by bushwhackers.

Georgia 52nd., Infantry, Co. C.
Lumpkin County, Georgia.

Baker, William A.—Enlisted as a private in Co. C, 65th Regt. Ga.. Inf. Feb. 18, 1863. Appointed 1st Sergeant. Transferred to Co. C, 52d Regt. Ga. Inf. Dec. 1, 1863. Wounded, left leg  permanently disabled at New Hope Church, Ga., May 25,  1864. Shot by bushwhackers while at home and unable to  return.

Kentucky Soldiers Killed in a Personal Diffculty.

The phrase; ( Killed in a personal difficulty ),could mean anything from a suicide to an accident.All these soldiers were killed by some personal difficulty.In most cases the record does not state what the difficulty was.
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From the Kentucky Adjutant General Report

Names and Regiments are not in any order.

Charles P.Allen, Private,Co.D.,Kentucky First Infantry,Enlisted April 23,1861,at Louisville,Kentucky;was promoted to First Sergeant; Killed Christopher Fraley at Winchester,Virginia, July 12, 1861; was arrested at Winchester and deserted October 30, 1861.

Daniel Clancey, Private, Co. B.Second Kentucky Infantry; Enlisted July 3,1861,at Camp Boon, Tennessee; Taken prisoner at Fort Doneison, February 15, 1862; Killed in a personal difficulty at Vicksburg,Mississippi.

B. F. Clark, Private, Co. G., Kentucky Second Infantry; Enlisted July 23,1861,at Camp Boon; Killed in a private quarrel, at Nashville, Tennessee,1861.

S. P. Hrdee, Private, Co. C.,Seventh Kentucky Infantry; Enlisted April 15, 1864,at Blandville,Kentucky; Killed himself,reason unknown.

David C.  Hart, Private, Co. H. Seventh Kentucky Infantry; Enlisted September 18, 1861 at Columbus Kentucky, November 1861; Killed in a personal difficulty.

Martin Rafter, Private,Cobb's Battery Kentucky Artillery;Enlisted October 12, 1861,at Memphis,Tennessee; Killed in personal difficulty.

Joel Tolliuer, Private,Co.D. Ninth Kentucky Cavalry; Enlisted September 15, 1862, at Kentucky; Killed accidentally at Mt. Sterling Kentucky,October 10,1862.

Charles Carter,Private, Co. K.,Ninth Kentucky Cavalry; Enlisted November 20, 1852,at Murfr' sb"ro, Tennessee; Killed accidentally.

Robert True, Private,Co. A. 12th.,Kentucky Cavalry;Enlisted January 1, 1864, at Northern Mississippi; Accidentally at Corinth, Mississippi, May 21, 1864.

Robert C. Slavghter, Captain,Co. A.,8th., Kentucky Infantry;Enlisted October9,1861, at Hopkinsville,Kentucky;Killed in a Railroad accident, September 28, 1863.

Kentuckians who served with other commands
Milton Elbert,residence Lexington,Kentucky, Private,  Co.I., First Louisiana Cavalry;Enlisted in 1862;Killed by steamboat disaster, 1868.

N. B. Hughes, Private, Co. C.,Jessee's Mount Rifles;Enlisted May 26,1862,at Richmond,Kentucky: Deserted March 21, 1863,having killed Thomas Goodwin.

Fletcher Smith,First Sergeant, Buckner Guards; Enlisted October , 1861,Bowling Green,Kentucky;Promoted Captain,CO.G.,Ninth KentuckyCAvalry;Killed in a explosion.

R. A. Alston, A. A. G.,Captain,Field & Staff of Brigadier General John H. Moran;Killed in a private quarrel at Atlanta,Georgia,in 1868.

Stephen Estell, Private, Co. H. Second Kentucky Infantry;Enlisted August 9, 1861, at Camp Boon;Hospital Nurse;Accidentally at West Point,Georgia,October 27, 1864.

Campbell Cole, Private, Co. B.,Fifth Kentucky Infantry; Enlisted September 11,1862,at Jackson Kentucky; Accidentally killed in Breathill County,Kentucky,October 16, 1862.

John C. Little, Private, Co. B., Fifth Kentucky Infantry; Enlisted September 7, 1862,at  Jackson Kentucky; Transferred to Captain Brad Shaw;s Cavalry; December 1, 1862; Killed by Bushwhackers.

John Fulks, Third Sergeant, Co. I.,Fifth Kentucky Infantry;Enlisted October 25, 1861, at Prestonsburg, Kentucky; Killed by "State Guards",in Owsley County, Kentucky, September, 1862.

William Bridges,Private, Co.E.,Seventh Kentucky Infantry; Enlisted September 15, 1861, at Mayfield,Kentucky;Killed by Railway accident near Goodwin Mississippi, June 27, 1862.

John Jones, Private, Co.E.,Seventh Kentucky Infantry; Enlisted September 15, 1861, at Mayfield,Kentucky;Killed by Railway accident near Goodwin Mississippi, June 27, 1862.

J. W. Stowers, Private, Co. D., First Kentucky Cavalry;Killed by Bushwhackers.

William Russell, Private, Co. E., First Kentucky, Cavalry;Killed by Bushwhackers.

W. B. Carter, Private,Co. A., Second Kentucky Cavalry;Enlisted February 20, 1862, at La Verqne, Tennessee; Promoted to First Lieutenant,Co. D.,Eight Kentucky Cavary, October 14, 1862; Killed by Bushwhackers in Tennessee.

William Diamukes, Private, Co. C.,Second Kentucky Cavalry; Enlisted August 10, 1862,at Sparts,Tennessee; Killed by Bushwhackers.

J. P. Caines, Private, Co. C.,Seventh Kentucky Cavalry; Enlisted September 22,1862, at Taylor County, Kentucky;Killed by Bushwhackers, October 22, 1862.

Frank P. Stone, Secon Lieutenant, Co. A.,Sixth, Kentucky Cavalry; Enlisted August 25, 1861,at Shelby County, Kentucky; Killed in Carter County,Kentucky, by Bushwhackers, September, 1863.

George H. Bier.

George Henry Bier.

Birth: Jul. 11, 1824, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland.
Death: Apr. 13, 1905, Key West, Monroe County, Florida.

Wife: Married three times, names unknown.

Burial: Key West Cemetery, Key West, Monroe County, Florida.

United States Navy.

Bier, George H., Midshipman, 19 October, 1841. Passed Midshipman, 10 August, 1847. Master, 14 September, 1855. Lieutenant, 15 September, 1855. Resigned 23 April, 1861.

Confederate States Navy.

Bier, George H. Born in Maryland. Appointed from Maryland. Resigned as lieutenant, U. S.Navy, April 23, 1861. First lieutenant, November 13, 1861. Resigned June 25, 1863. Died at Key West, Fla. (no date). Ordered to duty at Sewell's Point, Va., February 18, 1862. C. S. S. Chicora, 1862. Charleston naval station, 1862-63. Captured on blockade runner Greyhound, May 10, 1864, oil' Wilmington, N, C, by the U. S. S. Connecticut.

Samuel T. Dodd, Pennsylvania.

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Samuel T. Dodd.

Birth: Unknown.
Death: September 30, 1921.

Wife: Emma L. Dodd.

Children: Unknown.

Burial: Unknown.

Pennsylvania Twenty-Second Cavalry.

Company F.

Samuel T. Dodd, Sergeant; Mustered in October 14, 1862.  Promoted to Hospital Steward May 29, 1864.

Field and Staff.

Samuel T. Dodd, Hospital Steward; Mustered in October 14, 1862.  Promoted from Sergeant, Co. F., May 29, 1864.  Discharged by General Order, July 19, 1865.

Author.  If any one has information on him I would like to hear about it, all information will be posted here.

Winfield S. Collins, Daniel W. Haines, James J. Gray.

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Maine First Cavalry.

Company E.

Left.  Winfield S. Collins.
Center, Daniel W. Haines.
Right, James J. Gray.

Second Lieutenant.

COLLINS, WINFIELD S. — Age 18; res. Houlton; mus. Oct. 19, '61, as  private; pro. corp. and sergt. '62, and 1st sergt. '63; re-en. Dec. 29, '63; com. 2d lieut. July 18, '64; killed at Boydton plank road, Oct. 27, '64.

Winfield S. Collins was one of the first to respond to the call for  men to form a regiment of cavalry in Maine. He enlisted and was assigned to Co. E. Soon afterwards he was made corporal. At Camp Bayard, in 1862, he was made sergeant. His soldierly bearing was a model for his comrades, and his bravery on the battle-field won the highest admiration. ,0n  the thirtieth of December, 1863, he reenlisted as a veteran volunteer; on  the eighteenth of July, 1864, he was mustered as first lieutenant of Co, E,  First Maine Cavalry, and as such served until the first of August, when he was assigned to the command of Co, M, Here was an opportunity to display his military talent, which, with his kindness, won the hearts of all under  his immediate command, and elicited the highest praise of his superior  officers. There was every prospect of his soon receiving higher rank, with  military honors.

Again our columns move on the enemy. The First Maine Cavalry has the advance. It was the afternoon of the twenty-seventh of October, 1864, in  the hottest of the fight, that the First Maine was ordered to charge. At the  head of his company, with stern but cheering words of command, he led them on, until a bullet came crashing through his temples. He fell, never more to give command to his brave followers, and amid the fearful carnage  was carried from the field. He was taken to the Yellow House, where he died the following morning, and near which he was buried. "Young and brave, he sacrificed his life for his country, and in years to come his memory shall lie blessed. — Adjutant General's Report, 1864-5.

Winfield S. Collins. 

Birth: Feb. 1, 1843 Houlton Aroostook County Maine.
Death: Oct. 27, 1864 Petersburg Petersburg City Virginia.
Burial: City Point National Cemetery, Hopewell, Hopewell City, Virginia.

Sergeants.

Haines, Daniel W. —Age 23; res. Fort Fairfield; mus. Oct. 19, '61, as pri vate; pro. corp. '62, and sergt. '63; re-en. .Dec. 29, '63; pro. regt. com'sy sergt. and tr. to non-com. staff, Dec. '64.

Daniel W. Haines. 
No other record found.

Gray, James J. — Age 18; res. Houlton; mus. Oct. 19, '61, as private; pro.corp. '62, and sergt. '63; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser.

James J. Gray.
No other records found.

Arthur L. Swartz, Minnesota.

Arthur L. Swartz, a well-known and well-to-do farmer of Amo township, Cottonwood county, is a native of Iowa, born in Clinton county, that state, October 25, 1863, son of Henry and Eliza (Koch) Swartz, natives of the state of Pennsylvania, who came West about 1852 and settled in Clinton county, Iowa. Henry Swartz was a carpenter by trade, but the most of his life he spent farming. During the Civil War he served as a private in Company F, Tenth Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry, attached to the Fifteenth Army Corps, and during all the period of his service was neither wounded nor taken prisoner.

In 1868 he and his family moved from Clinton county to Cedar county, Iowa, and established their home there.In that latter county Mrs. Swartz died in 1883. Henry Swartz spent his last days in Ida county, same state, where his death occurred in 1906. He and his wife were members of the German Reform church and their children were reared in that faith. There were seven of these children, of whom the subject of this sketch was the sixth in order of birth and the first two of whom died in infancy, the others being Ella F., who died in 1915, George Peter, William J. and Burdette.

Reared on the paternal farm, Arthur L. Swartz early began farming for himself and after awhile located on a farm in Cherokee county. He married in 1890 and in 1895 disposed of his farming interests in Iowa and came to Minnesota, locating in Cottonwood county. He bought the farm of one hundred and fifty acres on which he now resides, in Amo township, and there he and his family have made their home ever since, being very pleasantly and comfortably situated.

Mr. Schwartz is an excellent farmer and his place is well improved and profitably cultivated, he long having been recognized as one of the substantial farmers in that section of the county.It was in 1890 that Arthur L. Swartz was united in marriage to Lizzie Springer, who was born in Pennsylvania, daughter of Harry Springer and wife, natives of that same state, who came West and settled in Ida county, Iowa, where they spent the rest of their lives. Harry Springer was a veteran of the Civil War and a substantial farmer in the community in which he lived in Iowa. To Mr. and Mrs. Swartz eight children have been born, Earl H., Mabel A., Ethel M., Bessie A., Lewis M., Willis C, Coral and Angie Iris Zaida.

Author: Died April 27, 1922, Burial Jeffers Cemetery, Jeffers, Cottonwood County, Minnesota.

Joseph Helon Christy, Missouri.

JOSEPH H. CHRISTY, Post Office Greenton, Mo., is the son of Bainbridge and Dulcina Christy, and was born in this county, Oct. 18, 1839. He was raised and educated in this county and has lived here all his life. His parents were from Kentucky and came to this county in 1837. He has been occupied in farming and stock-raising, and has a fine farm of 440 acres in the Greenton Valley. He was married to Miss Martha Stapp, Oct. 24, 1866 granddaughter of Allen Jennings, who came to this county at an early day. They have four children living Elnora, Alma S., Lucy H. and Joseph Gilbert.

In August 1861 he enlisted in Capt. Keith's company, M. S. G. and was wounded at the siege of Lexington, Mo., which disabled him for a year. He then went south and enlisted in Bullard's company, Gordon's regiment, Shelby's command, C. S, A., and was in the battles of Lexington, Cape Girardeau, Helena, Bayou Metre, Little Rock, Mark's Mills, Poison Springs, Newtonia three times, Westport, etc. surrendered June 12, 1865 at Shreveport. He is a deacon in the C. P. church, and also a member of the Grange.

Death: July 10, 1916.
Burial: Greenton Cemetery, Odessa, Lafayette County Missouri.

Lieutenant Hopkins Hardin.

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Hopkins Hardin. 

Birth: Sep. 19, 1838, Albemarle County, Virginia.
Death: Feb. 13, 1926, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri.

Wife's; Elizabeth S Thomas Hardin (1841 - 1873), Susan Lavina Westmoreland Hardin (1849 - 1918).

Children: Sarah Elizabeth Hardin (1872 - 1944). Infant Son Hardin (1873 - 1873). Amanda Ardelia Hardin Palmer (1875 - 1968). John Hopkins Hardin (1877 - 1972). William Henry Hardin (1878 - 1967). Mary L Hardin Hilliard (1884 - 1969). Martha T Hardin (1887 - 1955).

Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Independence, Jackson County, Missouri.

Lieutenant Hopkins Hardin.

Hopkins Hardin was a Confederate soldier and served in the 19th Virginia, Pickett's Division. He was lieutenant of Company C. Lieutenant Hardin entered the Army in April, 1861, at the age of 23, enlisting at Scottville, Albemarle County, Virginia. He fought in all the principal battles and skirmishes of his division, taking part in such actions as those at Bull Run, first and second battles, Williamsburg, Fredericksburg, Boonsborough, and, last of all, he was in that great decisive battle which determined the fate of the Southern Confederacy, the battle of Gettysburg.

In this battle he was wounded three times. He had been wounded previously at both Fredericksburg and Boonsborough. There was no question as to his bravery, his ardor, his enthusiasm in battle. Young Hardin was a typical Virginia soldier.

At Gettysburg he was unfortunately captured, after an active service of over three years. From that time until his release at Ft Delaware in June, 1865, nearly two years, he suffered the hard ships of a prisoner of war. Some of his privations and sufferings were unusual. He saw the inside of the Federal prisons at Ft. Mc Henry, Point Lookout, Ft. Delaware, Morris Island, and Ft, Pulaski. At the latter place the prisoners were fed on bread and pickles for forty-nine days in retaliation for the treatment of Federal prisonerg at Andersonville. Many died and few were able to walk at the end of the time. Lieutenant Hardin was one of the 600 Rebel prisoners who were placed outside the Federal breastworks at^ Morris Island, where for weeks they were exposed to the shot and shell of their friends who were bombarding the place.

Lieutenant Hardin's life was saved once by a note-book. It arrested the flight of a Minie ball speeding straight for his heart. A jagged hole was torn through a number of the leaves. The bullet stopped when it reached an old yellow paper, which it cracked in four parts without penetrating. The yellow paper was a document authorizing Hopkins Hardin to exhort in the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Lieutenant Hardin has long been a resident of Missouri, and he has been a successful farmer and business man. He resides with his family in Independence, Mo.

James Bosworth Peakes.

First Maine Bugle Magazine

Publish date 1893, p. 69.

Santa Cruz, Cal., Jan. 8th, 1893.

Gen. J. P. Cilley,

When captured 156,lbs. when released 85,lbs.

Dear Sir and Comrade, I have just been reading the last Bugle and think it is about time for me to fall in and pay my dues. Thinking it may be of inteest to some of my old comrades, I send you with this a picture of myself, taken at Alexandria, Va., in Sept. 1863, after being four months a prisoner, two months at Lynchburg and two months on Belle Isle. Enclosed please fmd order for fifteen dollars, four for picture, two fifty for badge of First Maine Cavalry, three dollars for dues, three fifty for Bugle Campaign II., and for Campaign III., and the balance to be applied to subscription for Bugle for Comrade Edmund T. Bangs, who, I see by the Bugle, has been unfortunate. Please inform me as to date of the next reunion, as I intend to visit the East sometime this year and wish to time my visit so as to attend the reunion and fall in line once more with the " boys " and answer to the roll-call," Here."

Yours fraternally,
James B. Peakes,

Maine First Cavalry
Co. A, 1st Me. Cav.

Maine First Cavalry

Peakes, James B.; Age 20; res. Oldtown; mus. Oct. 19, '61; pris. at Middletown, May 24, '62; ex. and rejoined co. in Oct.; on detached duty as scout for Gen. Kilpatrick, Sept. '63; pris. Sept. 20, '63, near Culpepper; ex. Dec. 26, and rejoined co. ; m. o. Nov. 25, '65, ex. of ser.

Author.  To read of his Civil War service and family, go to the site of ( Find a Grave ).

George E. Closson.

GEORGE E. CLOSSON.

George E. Closson, (Hist. p. 597): b.July 5, 1843, at Bluehill; res. E. Surry; oc., followed the sea until the last six years; m. twice; first wife Abbie M.Cole, second wife Ellen F. Turner.

CHILDREN.

Fred H., b. August 23, 1865.
Henry N., b. May 29, 1869.
Charles H., b. Dec. 21, 1871.
Nellie A., b. Nov. 19, 1874.
John H., b. Dec. 2, 1878.

Father, George W. Closson, b. 1822; seaman; res. Bluehill; m. in 1841, Louisa C. Chatto, dau. of Chas. and Martha Chatto. En. Jan. iS, 1864, as private in Co. G, 1st D. C. Cav.; was transferred
to 1st Me. Cav., Co. I, promoted to coporal; was in Cav. Corps Hospital, City Point, Va., and receives a pension by reason of dis. from bronchial and lung trouble; has lived in Bluehill, Sedgwick,
Rockland and Surry; Democrat.

First Maine Cavalry, Company I.p.497.

Closson, George E. — Sailor; age 21; b. and r. Bluehill; en. 1st D. C. Jan.18, '64, Belfast; mus. Jan. 19; wd. Reams' Station, Aug. 25, '64; absence at tr.; joined co. ; pro. corp. '65; m. o. with regt.

George L. Beatty.

George L. Beatty..

Birth: August 26, 1845, Tennessee..
Death: May 5, 1934.

Burial: Live Oak Cemetery, Brady, Mc Culloch County, Texas.

Texas pioneer and Judge and Lawyer, was listed in the Texas State Gazetteer  as being a lawyer in Brady Texas (1890-1891 ).  Was a Civil War Vet.

George L. Beatty, Private, Ninth Kentucky C.S. A. Infantry, Co. A.  Enlisted November 1, 1862 at Fayetteville, Tennessee.  Captured with Captain Hones in the Indiana and Ohio raid.  Prisoner to close of the war.

Colonel John G. Chambers.

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John G. Chambers.

Birth: 1827.
Death: July 15, 1864.

Fathrt: John Chambers.

Wife: Hannah J. Wilson Chambers.
Married October 3, 1852.

Children: William S. Chambers, Charles H. Chambers.

Burial: Unknown..

Massachusetts Twenty-Third Infantry, Regimental History.

Lt. Col. Chambers was in command of the regiment.  One of the diarists records that, during this early time,  he was walking up and down behind the line, clapping his hands, and evidently enjoying the fun.

Lt. Isaac H. Edgett, his acting-adjutant, reports, "when Col. Chambers was hit, we were standing very close together, and he fell against me, forcing me down on the right knee—his body falling across my left. I laid him on the ground, and was proceeding to ascertain the nature of his wound, when he rose to his knees and said 'I guess they have fetched me this time.  Go and find Brewster (Major), and tell him to take command, but don't let anybody else know that I am hit.' He then got upon his feet and, clutching his left breast with both hands, started for the rear. I learned afterwards, that he went only a short.distance when he fell again, was picked up and carried away on a stretcher."  Even then he refused to lie down, but went away, sitting cross-legged on the stretcher, and, with compressed
lips, repressing any sign of the pain he suffered.

John G. Chambers Biography.

John G. Chambers, sou of John and Belinda (Woods) Chambers, was born at Chelsea, Mass., 15 Sept., 1828. At the age of fifteen, he went to work, at first in a printing office at Cambridge, and, after a little, in the office of the Boston Journal. In the spring of 1846 he enlisted, in Co. 'E,' Capt. Crowninshiold, of the Massachusetts Regiment, for service in Mexico, and served through the war. One of his comrades recollects him as "genial comrade and gallant, soldier."

After that war, he was at work, as compositor for the Journal, as reporter for the Atlas, or, as collecting clerk for the Courier. In the spring of 1861, he went out, with the 5th M. V. M. as 1st Lt. in Co. 'E,' and, after a time, was appointed Adjutant.

Author. The following information was put together from, The medical and surgical history of the war of the rebellion, Volume 1.,pt.2 .  I found although Colonel Chambers died of his wounds, it was the oversight of the surgeons which was the biggest cause of his death.

Lieutenant Colonel John G. Chambers, 23rd., Massachusetts Volunteers, Age 37 years was wounded near Fort Darling, on May 16, 1864, by a musket ball.  The missile shattered his watch before entering the walls of the thorax, some parts of the machinery of the watch were driven in with the projectile.  After being wounded the stretcher bearers with great difficulty, hastily carried him from the field.,

He was taken to the landing at Bermuda Hundred, where his friend Surgeon G. Derby, U. S. A., placed him on the evening of the day battle, on one of hospital transports for Fort Monroe.When he reached Fort Monroe  no wound of the stomach was suspected not for a considerable time.  His case was regarded as a cheat wound the ball first striking and disintegrating his watch and entering the chest below the left nipple.

Colonel Chambers was a man of small stature, thin and slender, active and resolve, but with greater strength of will then vigor of body

On a previous occasion at Quaker Bridge, north Carolina, July 6, 1863, he received a shell wound over the left clavicle, and although he was not severely hurt the immediate nervous depression was very marked.

On arriving at Fort Monroe Colonel Chambers entered the Chesapeake Hospital on May 18, 1864, and was put under the care of Assistant Surgeon R. Clellan U. S. A., who on June 9, 1864, extracted the ball.

June 30, 1864, a fistulous opening exists connecting the inferior oritice with the cavity of the stomach, with discharges of partially digested food.  "Orifice of entrance completely cicatrized."  Death came July 15, , 1864, from exhaustion.

From a later report.

When Colonel Chambers, who was then in command of his regiment, went into action, he had in his left breast pocket of his coat a large watch and an comb. His coat was buttoned tightly for the attack of the enemy which was resisting was made at an early hour.  When he was removed from the field, it was found that the ball by which he was wounded had struck and destroyed the watch and had broken to many pieces the iron comb.

It was supposed that the fragments of the watch and comb had been lost when his coat was first opened  An examination made by the ward surgeon failed to determine the presence of any foreign body in the chest; all detached pieces of bone were removed.  The hospital being at the time over crowed with wounded, my attention was not called to the case until June 9th..

When he was opened up it was found that many pieces of the watch was in the cavity of the stomach, after a careful  examination and washing of the cavity the wound was closed.

He was gaining his strength, the wound had closed to nearly its whole.  In early July his health began to fail.  A few days before his death being present as he swallowed some brandy, he exclaimed; "Doctor; it smarts my wound;" and upon examination, the odor of brandy was found upon the dressing.  All fluids taken into the stomach, a small portion was immediately present at the wound.  His exhaustion became more profound, and on July 15th, he died calmly of exhaustion.

The autopsy determined the fact that a prong of iron comb had escaped detection at the time of the operation; that its sharp point had become embedded in the bottom of the cavity and by its means a gastric fistula was established.

Author. You may be wondering about this talk about the stomach when he was struck in the chest.  When the ball had struck the watch the ball had flattened out and upon entering  the chest the flattened ball push everything with it, the ball traveled backwards and downwards and entered the cavity of the stomach.