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IOTH CAVALRY.
Flemmon W. Painter enlisted in Company F, 10th Cavalry. and was mustered into the service January S, 1864, and appointed Company Com- missary Sergeant.
The company did garrison duty in Tennessee until the Hood campaign in the fall of 1864, when it was called into active service, participating in the battles of Pulaski, Nashville, Little Harpeth, Reynolds Hill and Sugar Creek, and later in the battles of Flint River, Indian Creek, Courtland and Mount Hope.
In February the roth was sent to Mobile, Ala., and participated in the siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely.
Painter was mustered out with the regiment August 31st, 1865.
137TH OHIO INFANTRY.
In May. 1864, Lafe J. Burr, of Middletown, was attending commercial college at Cincinnati. When the call was made for enlistments for 100 days, he enlisted in Company A. 137th Ohio.
The regiment was sent to Baltimore, Md., and placed on garrison duty at the historical Fort McHenry; and Burr was detailed as copying clerk at General Lew Wallace's headquarters, then commanding the Depart-
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ment. Burr acted as orderly for the General at the battle of Monocacy, Md., July 9. 1864, in which the regiment participated. Wallace's forces were defeated by the overwhelming numbers of the enemy, but there is no doubt that the delay caused by the stubborn resistance made here saved the Nation's Capital from capture.
Burr was mustered out with the regiment in September.
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WAR WITH MEXICO.
In this war the State of Indiana furnished five regiments of infantry. There were no enlistments from Fall Creek township in response to President Polk's call for volunteers in 1846, but under the call of 1847 eleven men were recruited in the township for Company H, 5th Infantry.
The company was recruited in Grant, Henry and Jefferson counties, and was commanded by Captain Carey until his death in Mexico, and then by Captain David Shunk, of Marion, Ind., until its muster-out,
Following is the roster of those from Fall Creek township:
Sergeants- Shank, Henry. Fifer, Charles.
Mustered out with regiment. Mustered out with regiment.
Privates-
Armfield, Elam.
Mustered out with regiment.
Brown, Amos.
Mustered out with regiment.
Fleming, Norvel,
Mustered out with regiment.
Gossett, Jeremiah.
Mustered out with regiment.
Mann, William.
Mustered out with regiment.
Mann, Chapman.
Mustered out with regiment.
Roby, William H.
Died at San Augustine. May 28, IS4S.
Tarkleson, George.
Mustered out with regiment.
Warner, David.
Died at city of Mexico, date unknown.
The company was organized and mustered into service at Madison, Ind., in October, IS47.
The regiment went by water from Madison to Vera Cruz, Mexico, and from there marched to the City of Mexico, forming part of the rein- forcing column sent forward under command of General Joseph Lane.
There was no fighting after the arrival of these forces at the City of Mexico, and the 5th Infantry did garrison duty there until the spring of IS48, when the organization returned to the United States and was mus- tered out at Madison, July 28, IS4S.
The only information to be obtained from records in regard to the ser- vice of this company, is the muster-out rolls, and those being somewhat indefinite, no correct account can be given.
The roster at the beginning of this sketch, however, is complete. ex- cept as to date of death of David Warner, which it is impossible now to obtain.
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GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.
All who have read the history of America are aware of the fact that the people of the United States are more given to the cultivation of the arts of peace, than to the science of war, hence they wage no wars of aggression or conquest, but only take up arms in defense of their liberties or for the enforcement of the laws.
Our standing army is but little greater in point of numbers than the body-guard of some of the crowned sovereigns of Europe, but with this little force, numbering less than 25,000 men, the peace and security of more than 55.000,000 people is maintained. Our domestic and foreign difficulties are settled, if possible, by legislation or arbitra- tion, but when the exigencies demand that force be resorted to, the Government calls upon the people, and our volunteer soldiery are ready to respond, and have never been found wanting at the battle's front.
The experience common to the volunteer in the camp, the march, the battle, the hospital and the prison pen, knit them together in so close a bond of brotherhood and comradeship, that the soldier who survives is wont to continue these close relations for the benefit of the living and in memory of the dead. Thus sprung the order of Cincinnatus after the Revolution, the society of Mexican Veterans after the war with Mexico, and the Loyal Legion and the Grand Army of the Republic after the war of the Rebellion.
The first expression of the possible formation of an organization com- posed of Union soldiers and sailors after they should have suppressed the Rebellion and returned to their homes, was made by Dr. B. F. Stephen- son, surgeon of the 14th Illinois Infantry, to some brother officers at their camp in Mississippi, during Sherman's retreat from Meridian to Vicks- burg in February. 1864.
After the close of the war, Dr. Stephenson returned to the practice of his profession at Springfield, Ill., and at once set to work to carry his ideas into practical effect. He drafted a ritual, and soon after Post No. I was organized at Decatur, Ill., followed by Post No. 2 at Springfield, both Posts having been established in February, 1866.
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From this beginning the order spread rapidly, not only in Illinois, but to other States, and when a National Convention was called, which met at Indianapolis. November 20, 1866, eleven States were represented, and within the next year the order had gathered a membership of many thousands, and just as it was ready to congratulate itself on the rapid ad- vance, politics, the enemy of all organizations not strictly political, took possession and began the work of destruction, many having become mem- bers for the sole purpose of prostituting it to the furthering of their schemes for political preferment, This, together with some of the laws laid down in the Rules and Regulations distasteful to the soldier, caused a rapid de- cline in the organization, and after a feeble struggle it ceased to exist in many States.
Those who had the good of the order at heart, made a gallant fight, and finally succeeded in having the odious laws expunged, and a section adopted banishing politics forever. The order now began to revive, but many who had been members of the infant organization in 1866 had lost confidence in its ability to protect itself against the attacks of its old-time enemy, and its advance was slow.
.But the slow and steady growth from 1872, the time of the amend- ment to the laws, to ISSo, has given the order such a healthy foundation that it is now destined to exist so long as there are soldiers enough alive to form a Post.
In ISSo the order began to show signs of vigorous life, and from that date until the present the growth has been almost phenomenal, and at the time of the last National Encampment, held at San Francisco, Cal., Aug- ust 4, 5 and 6, 1886, the total membership in good standing was 295,337.
The report of the Adjutant General for the year ending March 31, ISS6, showed that there had been expended by the order for the relief of comrades, their families and soldiers not members of the order, $205,673.90, making the total disbursements for this purpose from July 1, 1871, to March 31, ISS6, $1,173,6SS.60.
From the time of the organization in Illinois in February, 1866, until the National convention at Indianapolis in November of that year, Com- rade Stephenson acted as Provisional Commander-in-Chief, and super- vised the formation of Posts in other States.
Under John A. Logan's administration as Commander-in-Chief. the general order was first issued establishing the beautiful and honored cus. tom of decorating soldiers' graves on the 30th of May. This custom will be continued by the G. A. R. and the organizations which will follow it until the Nation shall have lost its patriotism and the love of free govern- ment.
The Grand Army of the Republic is strictly a charitable institution, having for its purpose not only the relief of its own members, but the ex. tension of aid to all worthy soldiers and their families who may need it> assistance, not only in a financial way, but in many ways by which one comrade may assist another. Through its various channels of gathering testimony, many worthy soldiers have secured pensions justly due them. but which could not have been obtained but for the evidence collected and furnished by the order.
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DEPARTMENT OF INDIANA, G. A. R.
The order is composed of Posts, Departments and the National En- campment. A State is usually a Department, but in the Southern States and the Territories, where the order is weak, two or more are consolidated to form a Department.
All officers of the Grand Army are elected or appointed for one year, and since the organization of the National Encampment in 1866 the fol- lowing comrades have been elected Commanders-in-Chief :
Place of holding National
Year. Encampment.
Commander-in-Chief Elected. Residence.
IS66 Indianapolis, Ind.
Stephen A. Hurlbut.
Illinois.
Stephen A. Hurlbut.
Illinois.
John A. Logan. Illinois.
IS69 Cincinnati, Ohio.
John A. Logan.
Illinois.
IS70 Washington, D. C.
IS71 Boston, Mass.
1872 Cleveland, Ohio.
IS731 New Haven, Conn.
IS741 Harrisburg, Penn.
IS75 Chicago, Illinois.
IS76 Philadelphia, Penn.
IS77 Providence, R. I.
John C. Robinson.
New York.
IS7S Springfield, Illinois.
IS79 Albany, New York. ISSo Dayton, Ohio.
ISSI Indianapolis, Ind.
ISS2 Baltimore, Maryland.
ISS3 Denver, Colorado.
ISSA Minneapolis, Minn.
ISS5 Portland, Maine.
ISS6|San Francisco, Cal.
Lucius Fairchild.
District of Columbia. Wisconsin.
DEPARTMENT OF INDIARA, G. A. R.
Was organized Nov. 22, 1866, but owing to the causes already related, was of short duration. Many Posts were organized, but soon ceased to exist, and the Department organization became a thing of the past.
In IS79 several Posts were organized under the Department of Illinois, and on the 11th of August of that year enough were in existence in the State to form a Department, and the first encampment was held at Terre Ilaute on the date named and elected Comrade John B. Hager, of Morton Post No. 1, Terre Haute, Department Commander. There are now more than 400 Posts in the Department. with a membership of over 20,000.
The places of holding the encampments and the Commander elected for each year, will be shown by the following:
Year. Place.
IS79 Terre Haute. ISSo Brazil. ISSI Indianapolis.
Department Commander. John B. Hager. S. E. Armstrong. William W. Dudley.
Residence. Terre Haute. Greencastle. Richmond.
Massachusetts.
Charles Devens, Jr. .
Massachusetts.
John F. Hartranft.
Pennsylvania.
John F. Hartranft.
Pennsylvania.
John C. Robinson.
New York.
William Earnshaw.
Ohio.
Louis Wagner.
Pennsylvania.
George S. Merrill.
Massachusetts.
Nebraska.
Pennsylvania.
John S. Kountz.
Ohio.
Samuel S. Burdett.
Illinois.
Ambrose E. Burnside. Rhode Island.
Ambrose E. Burnside. Charles Devens, Jr.
Rhode Island.
IS67 None held.
ISOS Philadelphia, Penn.
John A. Logan.
Paul Van Dervoort. Robert B. Beath.
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GEORGE W. RADER POST NO. 119.
ISS2|Greencastle. ISS3 Indianapolis. ISS+ Indianapolis. ISS5 Indianapolis.
ISS6 Indianapolis.
James R. Carnahan. James R. Carnahan.
Edwin Nicar.
David N. Foster.
Thomas W. Bennett.
Lafayette. Lafayette. South Bend. Fort Wayne. Richmond.
GEORGE W. RADER POST NO, 119.
George W. Rader Post No. 119, Department of Indiana, G. A. R., was organized at Odd Fellows' Hall, Middletown, on Tuesday night, Decem- ber 12, 1SS2, by Comrade Joseph P. Iliff, of Sol Meredith Post No. 55, Richmond, with the following charter members: John Baker, Samuel Barrett, Jonathan Brattain, Burton W. Castetter, Isaac N. Chenoweth, Enoch Craig. John Dutton, Joseph Dutton, Benjamin H. Davis, Theophi- lus Everett, Thomas J. Ginn, Joseph Graves, James Graham, Joseph G. Gustin, Abraham B. Hopper, David Jones, Peter Mackenzie, Josiah Mc- Cormack, Thomas Morton, William M. Moore, John A. Munnell, Flem- mon W. Painter, Collier M. Reed, David Stewart, George W. Tarkleson, Frederick Tykle, Richmond Wisehart and Joseph A. Young.
The Post has been very successful, and has lost no comrades by death; has mustered 119 comrades and now has a membership of SI; has paid for relief, $152.25.
Following is a complete roster of all who have been members of the Post, with a short biographical sketch of each:
ABSHIRE, JAMES T .- Born in Roanoke county, Virginia, June 3, IS44. Enlisted as private in Company F, 2d Indiana Cavalry, September 2, IS61. Captured at Newman, Ga., July 23, 1864, imprisoned at Ander- sonville and Florence; paroled Nov. 24, 1864. Mustered out in January, 1865. Was in battles at Shiloh, Chattanooga, Resacca, Big Shanty and Buzzard Roost. Served 41 months.
ALSPAUGH, HENRY .- Born in Indiana in IS39. Enlisted in Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry, January S, 1864. Mustered out September 11, IS65. Was in the battle of Franklin, December 17, 1864. Served 19 months.
BAKER, JOHN .- Born in Tennessee as a slave in IS46. Enlisted as pri- vate in Company E, Ist Tennessee Heavy Artillery, U. S. C. T., April 15. IS6.1. Was in the battles of Bull's Gap, Dandridge, Sweet Water and Saulsbury. Mustered out as Corporal March 31, 1866. Served 24 months.
BARKDULL, PHILIP .- Born in Indiana in 1835. Enlisted in Company I, 14ed Indiana Infantry, October 24, 1864, as private. Mustered out July 14, IS65. Served 9 months.
BARRETT, SAMUEL .- Born in Indiana in IS42. Enlisted as private in Company B, ISth Indiana Infantry, August 1, 1863. Mustered out March 4, 1864. Served 6 months.
BARRETT, PHILIP .- Born in Ohio in 1838. Enlisted as private in Company I, 193d Ohio Infantry, February 1, 1865. Mustered out August 12, 1865, Served 6 months.
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BARTOW, JOHN G .- Born in Madison county, Indiana, in 1844. En- listed in Company G, 139th Indiana Infantry, as private, May 1, 1864, and mustered out in September, IS64 Re-enlisted in Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry, as private, in February, IS65, and was mustered out August 4, 1865. Served TI months.
BELL, LA FAYETTE .- Born in Campbell county, Kentucky, October S. IS49. Enlisted as private in Company F, 53d Kentucky Infantry, Oc- tober 1, 1864. Was in the battles incident to the raid on the salt works in western Virginia. Mustered out as Sergeant September 27, IS65. Served 12 months.
BOWERS, SAMUEL .- Born in Henry county, Indiana, December IS, IS39. Enlisted as private in Company B, 130th Indiana Infantry, March 11, IS64, and was in the battles of the Atlanta campaign and at Kingston, N. C. Mustered out December 2, 1865. Served 21 months.
BRANDON, GEORGE W. - Born in Delaware county, Indiana, in IS46. Enlisted as private in Company G, 7th Indiana Cavalry, August 21, 1863. Was in the battles of Okolona, Guntown, Verona and Egypt Station. Mustered out May 13, 1865. Served 21 months.
BRATTAIN, JONATHAN .- Born in Hamilton county, Indiana, February 4, IS.44. Enlisted as private in Company E, 34th Indiana Infantry, Oc- tober 10, IS61. Discharged January 5, 1863. Re-enlisted in same com- pany and regiment in the spring of 1864. Mustered out February 3, IS66. Served 36 months.
BURTON, THOMAS T .- Born in Union county, Indiana, in IS37. En- listed as private in Company E, 50th Indiana Infantry, October 4, IS61. Mustered out January 5, 1865. Served 39 months.
CAMPBELL, JOHN B .- Born in Virginia in 1845. Enlisted as private in the 4th Indiana Battery, August 24, 1863. Mustered out July 20, 1865. Was in the battles at Chicamauga, Lexington and Bentonville. Served 23 months.
CASTETTER, BURTON W .- Born in Ohio in IS4S. Enlisted in Com- pany B, 4Sth Indiana Infantry, as private, March 16, 1864. Was in the battles of Nashville and Huntsville. Mustered out July 15, 1865. Served 16 months.
. CHENOWETH, ISAAC N .- Born in Ohio in ISI9. Enlisted in Com- pany F, 124th Indiana Infantry, as Sergeant, December 23, IS63. Was in battles of Atlanta campaign, Franklin and Nashville, Tenn., and Wise's Forks, N. C. Mustered out as Sergeant August 31, 1865. Served 22 months.
CLEVINGER, JONATHAN J .- Born in Delaware county, Indiana, in IS42. Enlisted as private in Company H, 134th Indiana Infantry, May 24, 1864. Mustered out Sept. 24, 1864. Served four months.
CLEVINGER, JOHN R .- Born in Henry county, Indiana, in IS.10. Enlisted in Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry, as private August 28, 1861; re-enlisted in the same organization as veteran, January 1, 1864. Was in battles of Cotton Plant, Ark., Austin, Port Gibson, Jackson, Champion Hills, Big Black River, Siege of Vicksburg and Siege of Jackson, Miss., Atchafalaya, La., Fort Esperanza, Tex., Opequan, Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek, Va. Mustered out August 28, 1865. Served 4S months.
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CONN, ADAM E .- Born in Henry county, Indiana, in 1835. En- listed in Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry as private, November 4, IS61. Discharged June 28, 1862; re-enlisted as Corporal in 25th Indiana Battery, October, 1864. Was in battles of Shiloh and Nashville, Tenn .. Mustered out as Corporal July 20, 1865. Served IS months.
COLLINS, ROBERT K .- Born in Indiana in IS32. Enlisted as private in Company B, Sth Indiana Infantry, April 16, 1861. Mustered out Au- gust 6, IS61; re-enlisted as Captain Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry in August, 1862. Was in battles of Rich Mountain, Va., Richmond, Ky., Port Gibson, Champion Hills, Big Black River, Siege of Vicksburg and Siege of Jackson, Miss. Mustered out January 5, 1865; entire loss of sight. Served 31 months.
COOPER, IMLA W .- Born in Henry county, Indiana, in 1846. En- listed as Sergeant in Company D, 147th Indiana Infanty, January 20, 1865. Mustered out as Sergeant August 4, 1865. Served 7 months.
CRAIG, ENOCH .-- Born in Indiana in IS40. Enlisted in Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry as private, May 20, 1864. Was in battles of Ope- quan, Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek, Va. Mustered out August 28, 1865. Served 16 months.
CRAIG, SAMUEL .- Born in Indiana in IS43. Enlisted as private in Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry, August 14, 1861. Re-enlisted in same organization January 1, 1864. Was in battles at Cotton Plant, Ark., Aus- tin, Port Gibson, Champion Hills, Jackson, Big Black River, siege of Vicksburg, and siege of Jackson, Miss., Atchafalaya, La., Fort Esperanza, Texas, and Opequan, Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek, Va. Mustered out August 28, 1865. Served 49 months.
CRISHER, PETER .-- Born in Ohio in IS41. Enlisted in Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry, as private, May 13, 1864. Was in battles of Ope- quan, Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek, Va. Mustered out August 28, IS65. Served 16 months.
DAVIS, BENJAMIN H .-- Born in Fulton county, Indiana, September 26, 1846. Enlisted as private in Company C, 155th Indiana Infantry, February 28, 1865. Mustered out August 4, 1865. Served 6 months.
DILTZ, JAMES R .- Born in Preble county, Ohio, March 21, IS43. Enlisted as private in Company I, 44th Indiana Infantry, September 10, 1861. Was in battles of Fort Donelson, Shiloh, seige of Corinth, Perry- ville, Crab Orchard, Stone River and Chicamauga. Wounded in shoul- der at Chicamauga. Mustered out November 28, 1864. Served 3S months.
DUTTON, JOSEPH .- Born in Columbiana county, Ohio, November S. IS37. Enlisted as Sergeant in Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry, Aug- ust S, 1862. Was in battles of Richmond, Ky., Chicasaw Bluffs, Miss., Arkansas Post, Ark., and Fort Blakely, Ala. Mustered out July 5. 1865. Served 36 months.
DUTTON, JOHN .- Born in Columbiana county, Ohio, in 1844. En- listed in the 3d Ohio Independent Battery, as private, January 14, 1862. Was in the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Iuka, Chicasaw Bluffs, Port Gibson, Raymond, Jackson, Champion Hills, Black River, siege of Jackson and siege of Vicksburg. Mustered out August 29, 1864. Served 31 months.
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EDDLEMAN, RICHARD J .- Born in Indiana in 1841. Enlisted in 12th Indiana Battery, as private, February 5, 1862. Discharged January 23, IS63. Served 12 months.
ELLINGWOOD, CYRUS .-- Born in Indiana in IS46. Enlisted as private in Company I. 39th Indiana Infantry (afterward Sth Cavalry ), August 19, IS61. Was in battles of Shiloh, Chicamauga and Black River, N. C. Mustered out as Corporal (veteran enlistment), July 23, 1865. Served 47 months.
EVERETT, THEOPHILUS .- Born at Wooster, Ohio, in ISO6. Enlisted in Colonel Dodge's regiment of Dragoons when about twenty-five years old, and served on the frontiers about two years. Enlisted in Magruder's Battery in IS47 and served in the war with Mexico two years. Enlisted as Saddler in Company D, 2d Indiana Cavalry, November 28, 1861, and was discharged March 28, 1863; re-enlisted as private in Company K, 124th Indiana Infantry, in December, 1863. Was in the battles of Shiloh, Atlanta campaign, Franklin, Nashville and Wise's Forks. Mustered out August 28, 1865. Served in the war of the Rebellion 42 months; total service, 7 years and 6 months.
FLEMING, WILLIAM R .- Born in Henry county, Indiana, in IS29. En- listed in Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry, August 20, 1861, as private. Was in battles of Cotton Plant, Ark., Austin, Port Gibson, Jackson, Champion Hill, Big Black River, siege of Vicksburg, siege of Jackson, Miss., Atchafalaya, La., and Fort Esperanza, Texas. Mustered out Sep- tember 4, 1864. Served 36 months.
FLEMING, ANDREW J .- Born in Henry county, Indiana, July 14, 1842. Enlisted in Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry, August 20, 1861. Was in the battles of Cotton Plant, Ark., Austin, Port Gibson, Jackson, Cham- pion Hills, Big Black River, siege of Vicksburg, siege of Jackson, Miss, Atchafalava, La., and Fort Esperanza, Texas. Mustered out September 4, 1864. Served 36 months.
GARDNER, WILLIAM M .- Born in Indiana in ISIS. Enlisted in Com- pany G, 69th Indiana Infantry, as private, September 27, 1864. Was in siege of Mobile, Ala. Mustered out July 5, 1865. Served 9 months.
. GIBSON, JOHN .- Born in White county, Indiana, September 11, IS.45. Enlisted as private in Company K, 12th Indiana Cavalry, December 12, 1863. Was in battles of Murfreesboro, Huntsville, Stevenson and Gur- ley's Tank. Mustered out June 17, 1865. Served IS months.
GINN, THOMAS J .- Born in Campbell county, Ky., August 17, 1833. Enlisted in Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry, November 9, 1861. Was in battles of Shiloh, Perryville, Stone River and Franklin. Was captured at Franklin and imprisoned at Andersonville; exchanged, and was on the steamer Sultana at the time of the explosion, a full account of which will be found elsewhere in this book. Mustered out May 19, 1865. Served 42 months.
GINN, JONATHAN T .- Born in Indiana in IS19. Enlisted in Com- pany H. moth Indiana Infantry, September 20, 1864. Was in the battles of Murfreesboro. Tenn., Fort Anderson, Fort Fisher and Town Creek, N. C. Mustered out June 1, 1865. Served S months.
GINN, JOB B .-- Born in Henry county, Indiana, April 26, 1839. En-
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listed in Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry, August 20, IS61; re-enlisted as veteran, January 1, IS64. Was in battles of Cotton Plant, Ark .. Aus- tin, Port Gibson, Jackson, Champion Hills, Big Black River, siege of Vicks- burg, seige of Jackson, Atchafalaya, Fort Esperanza, Opequan, Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek. Mustered out August 28, 1864. Served 4S months.
GOSSETT, RICHARD S .- Born in Henry county, Indiana, in IS41. Enlisted in Company G, 17th Indiana Infantry, June 12, IS61; re-enlisted as veteran January 1, IS64. Was in battles of Chatahoochie River, Chi- camauga, Corinth, Ebenezer Church, Elkwater (Va.), Farmington, Green Briar (Va.), Hoover's Gap, Kenesaw Mountain, Macon, Marietta, New Hope Church, Rome and Selma. Mustered out as Corporal August S, IS65. Served 50 months.
GRAHAM, JAMES .- Born in Union county, Indiana, in IS21. Enlisted in Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry, August 15, 1862. Was in the bat- tle of Richmond, Ky. Discharged December 1, 1862. Served 4 months.
GRAVES, JOSEPH-Born in Henry county. Indiana, in IS39. Enlisted in Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry, August S, 1862. Was in the bat- tles of Richmond, Chicasaw Bluffs, Arkansas Post, Port Gibson, Cham- pion Hills, Big Black River, siege of Vicksburg, seige of Jackson, and seige of Mobile, Mustered out July 5, 1863. as Corporal. Was slightly wounded at Champion Hills. Served 36 months.
GRIFFITH, WILLIAM .- Born in Henry county, Indiana, in IS41. En- listed in Company E, 40th Indiana Infanty, October 10, 1864. Was in the battles of Franklin and Nashville. Mustered out October 20, IS65. Served 12 months.
GROVE, ISAAC .- Born in Pennsylvania in IS27. Enlisted in Company K, Sth Indiana Infantry, as Musician, April 17, 1861. Mustered out August 6, IS61. Re-enlisted in Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry, as Musician, in August, 1862. Discharged March 5, 1863; re-enlisted as Musician in Company F, 124th Indiana Infantry, in November, 1863. Was in the battles of Rich Mountain, Richmond. Arkansas Post and the Atlanta campaign. Discharged Aril 10. 1865. Served 2S months.
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