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46th Indiana Infantry
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Alvin James CrippenRank Unknown
Volunteer-Wounded at Champion Hill on May 16, 1863. Mustered out on Dec. 1, 1864.
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Date Added: 2/14/2011

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julius plant - Private
Julius was killed at Sabine Crossing April 8, 1864. Left behind wife Aurelia and two daughters Louiza and Eliza.Buried in St. Joseph Cemetery in Delphi, Indiana
Contact Name: jerry toepper
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Date Added: 11/26/2004

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William David Schnepp - 1st Lieutenant
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Contact Name: Tom habermehl
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Date Added: 7/6/2010

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Nelson Sippy - Private
Nelson Sippy joined the 46th shortly after his older brother Lewis joined the 40th. He lied about his age as he was only 16. He fought in the battles for Island #10 and Fort Pillow. While his unit was occupying Memphis, TN., he contracted dysentary. He died of this 8/31/1862. I believe he had a cousin by the last name of Shaffer in this unit.
Contact Name: Jeffrey M.Graf
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Date Added: 11/1/2011

Company A
John Shaffer - Private
He Is my Great-Grandfather William D. Shaffer Of 150th Indiana Infantry brother and looking for pictures
Contact Name: Bert Shaffer
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Date Added: 6/8/2008

Company B
Aaron M Flory - Lt. Colonel
Originally Capt of Co. B, 46th Indiana, LTCOL Flory was 1st Brigade commander at battle of Sabine Cross Roads. He was wounded and left for dead on the battlefield. Taken prisoner he was place in CSA Camp Groce, TX. He escaped with a fellow prisoner Nov. 13, 1864 and traveled 115 miles through enemy territory to Federal gunboats on the Red river.
Contact Name: Benjamin Holt
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Date Added: 3/24/2004

Company B
Isaac Grant - Private
Isaac Grant, Logansport, Indiana. Enlisted in Company B, 46th Infantry Regiment Indiana on 5 Nov 1861. Mustered Out Company B, 46th Infantry Regiment Indiana on 4 Sep 1865 at Louisville, KY.
Contact Name: Jack BArnes
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Date Added: 6/20/2009

Company D
Moses M Crockett - 2nd Lieutenant
served as scout for General George Armstrong Custer
Contact Name: Debbie Fain
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Date Added: 12/22/2012

Company D
Perry Springstead - Private
Family records he ran away from home at 15 and was a drummer boy.
Contact Name: Roy A.Smith
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Date Added: 7/25/2010

Company E
Isaac Bonty Shields - Corporal
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Contact Name: Tom Fine
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Date Added: 9/28/2009

Company F
John E Shaffer - Sergeant
He was promoted to Full Captain on June 1865 and discharged on July 1865
Contact Name: Bert Shaffer
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Date Added: 10/22/2008

Company G
Jeremiah Bacon Johnson - Private
Wounded 12 July at the second siege of Jackson. Died 18 July.
Contact Name: Scott Simons
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Date Added: 12/25/2006

Company H
elbert hallRank Unknown
Elbert Hall, was born 1827 NY. DIED Arkansas after 1910 in Crawford county, arkansas. Enlisted in Indiana.
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Date Added: 2/4/2008

Company H
josiah moyerRank Unknown
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Contact Name: joe moyer
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Date Added: 11/28/2004

Company H
william moyerRank Unknown
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Contact Name: joe moyer
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Date Added: 11/28/2004

Company H
Charles N Raver - Private
Enlisted as a Private on 5 November 1861.
Enlisted in Company H, 46th Infantry Regiment Indiana on 5 Nov 1861.
Discharged from Company H, 46th Infantry Regiment Indiana on 31 May 1862.

Enlisted as a Private on 8 March 1864.
Enlisted in Company H, 46th Infantry Regiment Indiana on 8 Mar 1864.
Mustered Out Company H, 46th Infantry Regiment Indiana on 4 Sep 1865 at Louisville, KY.
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Date Added: 8/1/2010

Company H
George Michael Row - Private
George was my great- great grandfather on my mother's side.
Contact Name: William Krasovec
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Date Added: 3/13/2012

Company H
Andrew Jackson Skinner - Private
Military: Civil War Indiana: Enlisted in Company H, Indiana 46th Infantry Regiment on 05 Nov 1861. Andrew fought in the Civil War. Records show he was in Company H, 46 Indiana Infantry. He went into the war as a Private, but his rank was Sergeant upon discharge. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana on Ancestry. His allegiance was to the Union. Film No. MS40 roll 70. Source National Park Service, U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1961-1865. The 46th Regiment of Indiana was organized in Logansport IN on November 1, 1861. The muster date was September 4, 1865 (according to Ancestry’s report from the Adjutant Genera; of Indiana. Promoted to Full Sergeant. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=civilwar_histdatasys&h=3642223&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&tid=6233992&tpid=-1325772672&rhSource=7249 Mustered out on 04 Sep 1865 at Louisville, KY. Or was it December 11, 1861? There were originally 969 men and this expanded to 1,460 when other recruits joined and others reenlisted. Four officers in this regiment were mortally wounded in the war. Three Officers died of disease or accident. Sixty-six of the enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded. 191 of the enlisted men died of disease or accident. The colonel of the infantry was Graham N. Fitch (who later became a senator from Indiana). A total of 251 men were killed. Twenty-two deserted. Fifty six were unaccounted for. He was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), a fraternal organization composed of veterans of the Union Army who served in the American Civil War.
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Date Added: 11/13/2011

Company I
Ephraim EdmondsRank Unknown
Enlisted as a private but have seen documents that he was a sergeant as well. Died July 30, 1864, in New Orleans -- not sure if due to illness or battlefield injuries. Survivors included wife, Lucy, son, George Washington Edmonds, and my g-g-grandmother, Elizabeth Edmonds Bash Allen.
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Date Added: 10/21/2005

Company I
John H Persinger - Private
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Contact Name: Richard R. Swisher
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Date Added: 1/14/2010

Company K
william j oram - Private
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Contact Name: Dick Oram
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Date Added: 3/4/2005

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