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23rd Indiana Infantry
Company Unknown
Alonzo Brown - Private
Alonzo enlisted 1 Oct 1862. Regiment was organized at New Albany, Indiana.
Contact Name: Angie Smith
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Date Added: 4/15/2016

Company Unknown
John L. MartinRank Unknown
May have been killed 1864-65
He was from Parke CO, IN
Born Fauquier CO, VA Lived in Muskingham and Licking CO OH, moved to Parke CO, IN in 1852.
Married to Hannah Jones, had 3 sons by 1864. Hannah remarried to George Washington Current in Indiana and Illinois.
Had 3 Parke CO relatives in the war: b/law Geo Hutzel and his son Sam'l Hutzel, brother Henry T. Martin. Also his father William Martin was vet of War of 1812.
Contact Name: David Martin
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Contact Homepage: davemartin38@msn.com
Date Added: 1/19/2016

Company B
Abraham Caylor - Private
signed on Nov 21,1864 mustered out on Nov 20, 1865
Contact Name: Ken Cherry
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Date Added: 4/3/2010

Company B
Samuel Messenger - Private
Enlisted private 27 July 1861. Promoted to full Corporal. Mustered out 28 July 1864.
Contact Name: Jean A. Woods
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Date Added: 1/1/2009

Company B
John (Johan) Rader (Roader) - Sergeant
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Contact Name: Bryan Rader
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Date Added: 2/1/2007

Company C
Samuel T. Collins - Private
Samuel T. Collins enlisted in Greenville, Floyd Co., Indiana on July 12, 1861. Re enlisted in Hebron, Mississippi on January 5, 1864.
Contact Name: Brirrany El-Shouki
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Date Added: 3/29/2010

Company C
Thomas J. Motsinger - Private
Born September 22, 1840 in Washington Co., Indiana. Enlisted as a Private in company C, 23, Indiana Infantry. Personal description: Age:26 years, Height: 6 feet,1/2 inches; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Farmer.. Tombstone inscription: Fought in the memorable Battle of Pittsburgh Landing, April 7, 1862. Died in hospital at Bolivar, Tennessee on July 24th, 1862 of chronic dysentery.
Find A Grave Memorial # 37475079
Contact Name: Will Motsinger
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Date Added: 12/2/2011

Company D
john shepherd coleman - Private
My great great grandfather
Contact Name: cheri (coleman) hopkins
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Contact Homepage: http://thoseoldmemories.blogspot.com/
Date Added: 11/8/2011

Company D
Peter Bronson Messinger - Musician
Sometimes called Bronson. Brother to Samuel Messenger same company.
Contact Name: Jean A. Woods
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Date Added: 1/1/2009

Company D
Thomas R Paris - Corporal
No comments
Contact Name: David W Lehman
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Date Added: 9/19/2005

Company E
Thomas Clark - Captain
I am the great grandson of the above listed officer. I have documents supporting this fact.
Contact Name: Thomas
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Date Added: 6/24/2008

Company E
Hezekiah Pray - Private
Hezekiah Pray is my 2nd great grand uncle. He was born 1842 in Indiana; died March 1, 1880 in Decatur Co., Iowa. Buried Young Cemetery, Decatur Co., Iowa.
Contact Name: Kelley Bunting
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Date Added: 3/5/2015

Company E
Joseph Smith - Private
Joseph Smith is my 2nd great grandfather. He was born 1838 in Vigo County, Indiana; died February 5, 1876. Wounded May 12,1863 at Raymond, Mississippi. Attacked with consumption at Vicksburg, Mississippi on July 20, 1863. Wound never healed and he was never well again.
Contact Name: Kelley Bunting
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Date Added: 3/5/2015

Company E
Cyrus S. White - Private
No comments
Contact Name: gregg white
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Date Added: 8/7/2009

Company F
Jacob C. Graves - 1st Lieutenant
Papers show him as 1st Lieutanant and Regiment Quarter Master
Contact Name: Donna M. Paszek
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Date Added: 3/31/2008

Company G
John Friedman - Private
Last name was incorrectly spelled as 'Friedmann' and 'Freedman' on several muster sheets. Served as a blacksmith.
Contact Name: Jim Lorentz
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Date Added: 5/29/2010

Company H
Christopher Byer - Private
Brother of Johann Jasper Byer.
Contact Name: Andy Gappa
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Date Added: 8/9/2011

Company H
Johann Jasper Byer - Private
Brother of Christopher Byer.
Contact Name: Andy Gappa
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Date Added: 8/9/2011

Company H
Paul F Strickland - Private
No comments
Contact Name: Donna Chapman
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Date Added: 10/31/2010

Company I
Charles W. Bankester - Private
No comments
Contact Name: Robert Attkisson
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Date Added: 6/27/2009

Company I
Peter Edward Duzan - Private
Died Feb 1906, Dora, Lagro Twp, Wabash Co, IN. Buried in Center Grove Cem, Wabash Co, IN.
Contact Name: Mark Anderson
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Date Added: 11/17/2007

Company I
Alonzo Francony - Private
Son of Louis and Harriet (Jones Ward) Franconi born 9 Dec 1838 in Clark County, Indiana. Enlisted at New Albany, Indiana in Company I 23rd Indiana Infantry on 27 Jul 1861; mustered out 29 Jul 1864. Applied for Civil War Pension, invalid status, on 5 Jun 1885. Widow, Sarah E. (Maxwell)Francony, applied for pension 5 Sep 1933 in Ohio (probably Miami County).
Contact Name: Vicki Klein
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Date Added: 5/16/2008

Company I
James Monroe Townsend - Private
James Townsend was killed in action on June 25, 1863 while assaulting a confederate position at Vicksburg. He is buried in the Vicksburg National Cemetary. He was the brother of my great-great grandmother
Contact Name: Fred Thompson
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Date Added: 3/12/2011

Company K
Hiram Dinius - Private
No comments
Contact Name: Jim Dinius
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Date Added: 3/12/2012

Company K
Israel Macklin - Private
Drafted into Company K, 23rd Infantry Regiment Indiana as a private on 22 October 1864.
Mustered out on 23 July 1865 at Louisville, KY.
Contact Name: Eric Stone
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Date Added: 5/16/2010

Company K
William R. Montgomery - Private
fever and a rupture contracted while in service
Contact Name: Historic Woodlawn Cemetery research
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Date Added: 10/15/2005

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