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53rd Indiana Infantry
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Benjamin Blacketer - Private
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Enlisted at Terre Haute as a Substitute Volunteer for one year for Daniel Hepler Jr. on February 7, 1865. Pvt. Blacketer, age 19, had been a farmer in Warren Twp., Putnam Co, Indiana prior to his enlistment. He was mustered out on May 8, 1865 in Indianapolois. His Muster and Descriptive Roll of Detachment of Drafted Men and Substitutes forwarded* form reports his name was not taken up on Company Muster Rolls of Regiment. He served at Camp Morton, an Indianapolis training camp and federal prision for captured Confederate soldiers.
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Contact Name:
Celeste Murphy
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Date Added: 5/22/2006
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Company Unknown
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george washington hays - 2nd Lieutenant
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This is my great great grandfather, He was a member of the 53 indiana infantry regiment ebenezer's knights brigade unit was orginazed at new albany and indianapolis from february 19th 1862 mustered out at indianapolis march 6th 1862
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Contact Name:
douglas mcgraw
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Date Added: 10/15/2013
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Company Unknown
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George Washington Kellams - Unknown
Contact Name:
Kelly Williams
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Date Added: 4/5/2010
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Company Unknown
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Warner L Vestal - Colonel
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Enlisted as a Corporal on 24 February 1862
Enlisted in Company A, 53rd Infantry Regiment Indiana on 24 February 1862.
Promoted to Full Captain on 14 June 1862 effective 12 October 1862
Transfered on 19 September 1863 from company A to company S
Promoted to Full Major on 19 September 1863 (Not Mustered)
Promoted to Full Major on 05 October 1863 effective 19 November 1863
Promoted to Full Lieutenant Colonel on 31 October 1863 effective 30 March 1865
Promoted to Full Colonel on 31 January 1865 effective 01 April 1865
Mustered out Company A, 53rd Infantry Regiment Indiana on 21 July 1865 in Louisville, KY
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Company A
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Levi Gambill - Private
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Enlisted as a Private on 24 March 1865.
Drafted into Company A, 53rd Infantry Regiment Indiana on 24 Mar 1865.
Mustered Out Company A, 53rd Infantry Regiment Indiana on 21 Jul 1865 at Louisville, KY.
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Company A
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Thomas C Gray - Private
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Company A
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Josey Newsom - Private
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Died Jan 1923; buried in City Cem, Columbus, IN.
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Contact Name:
Mark Anderson
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 11/18/2007
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Company A
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John T Swaney - Private
Contact Name:
Larry Williams
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 8/1/2010
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Company B
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George Baughman - Private
Contact Name:
Ann Aukerman
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 11/1/2003
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Company B
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Samuel M. Hatfield - Private
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Samuel M. Hatfield enlisted in Indiana 53rd Infantry Regiment, Company B on September 26, 1864, age 31. Discharged after the war, May 31, 1865. Admitted to Veteran's Home, Marion, Indiana on December 15, 1905. Died June 23, 1907, age 73. Cause of death, Sepsis. Buried Marion National Cemetery.
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Contact Name:
Timothy L. Hatfield
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Date Added: 1/17/2019
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Company C
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charles vonderscher - Unknown
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Company C
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George William Hancock - Private
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George William Hancock was born on 3 JAN 1833 at Worcester County, MD. He enlisted as a private in Captain Townsend's Company, Co. 'C' of the 53rd Indiana Infantry, organized at Grandview, IN in February, 1862 and served in that capacity for seven months. The unit first guarded prisoners at Indianapolis, then was ordered to Savannah, Tennessee. It was attached to the 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, Army of Tennessee. The Unit then advanced on Corinth, Mississippi and laid siege to that important rail junction between April 29 and May 30, 1862. The 53rd then marched on through Tennessee to Memphis via Grand Junction, where Private Hancock became seriously ill in June, 1862 and was honorably discharged. Returned to his home in Indiana. He died on 22 MAR 1877 at his home in Spencer County IN. He married Julia Sargent of Ohio who was eight years his junior. They had eleven children. He was described as 5'10' tall, dark hair, hazel eyes and a fair complexion.
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Contact Name:
William Freeman
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Date Added: 2/10/2007
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Company C
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Jacob Kepler - Private
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Enlisted 2 December 1861 under General Townsend died in Memphis Tennessee between the 27th to 29th of August 1862 of the Flux. Buried Shelby County Tennessee in the Mississippi River National Cemetery.
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Contact Name:
Georgeanna Hallemann
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Date Added: 3/29/2004
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Company C
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James R Reid - Private
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Company C
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John Sibrel - Corporal
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John Sibrel (born ca. 1817 in Maryland);
Corporal in Company C, 53rd Indiana Infantry [National Park Service Civil War soldiers database];
Burial record: John Sibrel; interment #824; private; Company C, 53rd Indiana Infantry; died August 31, 1862; original place of interment Memphis, TN [Roll of Honor. Quartermaster Department index of Civil War Union burials; vol. 21, p. 234; burials in Mississippi River National Cemetery, near Memphis, TN];
Pension record: John Sibrel; Co. C 53 IND Inf; spouse: Lucinda; minor: William H.; widow pension filed April 2, 1864; certificate #49544; minor pension filed July 22, 1872; certificate #160479 [T288 General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; National Archives]
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Contact Name:
Russ Czaplewski
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Date Added: 10/12/2007
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Company C
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Thomas P. Sibrel - Corporal
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Thomas P. Sibrel (born Brown County, OH 1837);
Corporal in Company C, 53rd Indiana Infantry [National Park Service Civil War soldier database];
Pension record: Thomas P. Sibrel; Co C 53 IND Inf; wife: Amanda A.; invalid pension filed February 11, 1884; certificate #329792; widow pension filed December 6, 1917; certificate #841251; minor pension filed May 31, 1910; certificate #707468 [T288 General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; National Archives];
Death record: Thomas P. Sibrell; March 2, 1910; Nutinville, Spencer Co.; pneumonia [Shafer Brothers’ Funeral Home Records, 1885-1919]
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Contact Name:
Russ Czaplewski
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Date Added: 10/12/2007
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Company D
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William Keirn - Private
Contact Name:
Christopher W. Bribiesca Jr.
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 9/11/2008
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Company D
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Dennis Kellums - Private
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Company E
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Charles Jefferson Botts - Corporal
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Jefferson BOTTS was mustered in 19 FEB 1862. He was the son of Sanford BOTTS and Susannah WINSLOW BOTTS. He was born 7 AUG 1841 at Washington Co., IN and died 24 NOV 1907 at Salem, Washington Co., IN. He is buried at Kossuth Cemetery, Monroe Twp., Washington Co., IN.
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Contact Name:
Cindy Gettelfinger
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Date Added: 10/2/2003
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Company E
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Jesse Newton Honn - Private
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Injured his back lifting boxes into munitions wagons the day before General Sherman began his march to the sea. A box fell on him and he spent 8 months recuperating.
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Contact Name:
Maria Buysse
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Date Added: 2/12/2012
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Company E
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Jonathan Minton - Private
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This is my great (several generations of course) grandfather. He died enrolled 02/1862 and died 5/11/1862. He is the paternal grandfather of Indiana state senator Sherman 'Shay' Minton.
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Company E
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Joshua G. Trueblood - Private
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Joshua G. TRUEBLOOD mustered in 19 FEB 1862, he was veteranized, and mustered out 21 JUL 1865. He was born 25 MAR 1839 and died 23 MAY 1906. He is buried at Highland Friends Cemetery, Washington Co., IN. He was the son of Nathan TRUEBLOOD and Mary HOLLOWELL. He married Elizabeth BAYNES.
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Contact Name:
Cindy Gettelfinger
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Date Added: 10/2/2003
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Company F
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Sherid Cromer - Private
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Sherid sometimes spelled Shird substituted for his father Samuel Cromer. He took part in Sherman's 'March to the Sea' but due to illness was transported from Savanah to the hospital at Davids Island New York from which he was later discharged. He was left with lung troubles the rest of his life and died in 1879. He is buried in Horners Chapel Cemetery near Fredericksburg, IN.
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Contact Name:
Michael Barksdale
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Date Added: 6/24/2015
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Company F
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Moses M Hills - Private
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Was from Perry County with Company F and later Company H.
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Contact Name:
Gerald Hills
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Date Added: 12/10/2012
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Company F
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Fernando Wire - Private
Contact Name:
Mark Anderson
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 12/25/2009
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Company G
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Mumford Bicknell - Private
Contact Name:
Carole O'Dell
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 11/30/2012
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Company G
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Thomas Jefferson Garrison - Corporal
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Thomas Jefferson Garrison joined the 53rd Indiana as a Corporal when the unit was formed. He was captured after Kennesaw Mountain, spent time at Andersonville, and was exchanged in Sept 1864, before going with his unit on the March to the Sea.
His son John Wesley Garrison was my Great Grandfather.
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Company G
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John L Hicks - Private
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Company G
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Milton Hicks - Private
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Milton and his brother John L. mustered into Company G 53rd Indiana Volunteer Infantry on February 24, 1862 at New Albany IN.
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Company G
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Abraham Kepler - Private
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Born 8/2/1837, Ohio (probably Green Township, Summit County)
Married 9/30/1855 to wife Catherine in Summit County, OH
Son William born 4/4/1858
1860 Census of Troy Township, DeKalb County, IN lists his occupation as a farmer with Real Estate valued at $2000
Died 8/28/1865 in Odon, Indiana
Will filed 4/14/1865 in DeKalb County, Indiana courthouse - Index book 1
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Company G
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Martin Loftus Jr. - Unknown
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Born 1832 in New York and died feb.12,1915 in Cannelton, Indiana (Perry Co.)
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Contact Name:
Jason Taylor
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Date Added: 6/11/2009
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Company G
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John Sutcliff - Sergeant
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Born in England. Died in Perry County, IN.
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Contact Name:
Sarah K. Hauenstein
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Date Added: 2/15/2006
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Company H
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James Alexander - Unknown
Contact Name:
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Contact Email:
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Date Added: 10/15/2005
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Company H
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Levi Findley Bozell - Colonel
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This information is verified by
Name:
Levi Bozell
Enlistment Date:
28 Feb 1862
Side Served:
Union
State Served:
Indiana
Service Record:
Enlisted as a Corporal on 28 February 1862.
Enlisted in Company H, 53rd Infantry Regiment Indiana on 28 Feb 1862.
Sources:
76
Source Citation: Side served: Union; State served: Indiana; Enlistment date: 28 Feb 1862.
Source Information:
Historical Data Systems, comp.. American Civil War Soldiers [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
Original data: Data compiled by Historical Data Systems of Kingston, MA form the following list of works.
Copyright 1997-2000
Historical Data Systems, Inc.
PO Box 35
Duxbury.
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Contact Name:
Terry D. Wright
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Date Added: 7/5/2012
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Company H
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Samuel Ellsworth - Unknown
Contact Name:
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Contact Email:
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Date Added: 10/15/2005
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Company H
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James A. Markin - Private
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Born: ca. 1827 in Greenup County, Kentucky.
Died: 6 Apr 1862 in Savannah, Hardin, Tennessee of disease.
Enlisted on 28 Feb 1862 in Company H, 53rd Infantry in Edinburgh, Bartholomew, Indiana. Unknown gravesite, but presumed to be buried in either in Savannah or in Shiloh National Cemetery.
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Company H
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Harrison J. Steinberger - 1st Sergeant
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Born 24 May 1837 Taylorsville, Bartholomew, IN.
Died 24 Jan 1916 Seymour, Jackson, IN.
Buried at River View Cemetery Seymour, IN with Military Grave Stone.
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Company H
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Jacob Andrew Taylor - Private
Contact Name:
Charlotte Barnes
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 8/8/2004
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Company H
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Otis Minor Vanpelt - Private
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Company I
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John Scott Knight - Private
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Joined January 1864 in Rockport Indiana..
KIA on 6-27-1864 on Kennesaw Mountian in charge on Rebel lines.
Remains not found
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Contact Name:
Wm David Knight
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Date Added: 12/10/2009
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Company I
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William S Langford - Captain
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Born in Spencer County, Indiana in 1826, the son of James and Jane Lankford. William S. Langford's grandparents were William Lankford (who fought in the American Revolution) and Nancy Dickinson of Stokes County, North Carolina.
Married Susan Angelina Bates on 11 November, 1846 in Spencer County, Indiana. Susan was born 17 August, 1828 in Harrison County, Indiana, the daughter of Lewis Bates and Elizabeth Veatch. She died 10 January, 1864 in Boonville, Warrick, Indiana.
Joined the 53rd Indiana Infantry on 10 October, 1861.
Wounded at the Battle of Hatchie River 5 October, 1862.
Resigned his commission 14 July, 1864 due to surgeons certificate.
Moved to South Union, Kentucky in 1865 with four of his five children and became Shakers.
Moved to Grenada, Mississippi in 1872.
Died in Grenada, Mississippi on 15 January, 1884. His body was shipped back to Boonville, Warrick, Indiana and was buried next to his wife, Susan, at the Old Boonville Cemetery on First Street in Boonville, Indiana
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Contact Name:
Brian S. Lankford
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Date Added: 6/17/2014
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Company I
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Marion B Leslie - Private
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Enlisted as a Private on 24 February 1862.
Enlisted in Company I, 53rd Infantry Regiment Indiana on 24 Feb 1862.
Mustered Out Company I, 53rd Infantry Regiment Indiana on 21 Jul 1865 at Louisville, KY.
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Company I
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John Decker Small - Colonel
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1st. cousin 3 times removed
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Contact Name:
Robert Attkisson
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 6/27/2009
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Company I
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James Strain - Private
Contact Name:
Patricia Banks
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 11/6/2012
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Company I
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Benjamin Franklin Whittinghill - Private
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Mustered in at New Albany, IN as a private on Feb. 28, 1862
Captured at Kennesaw Mountain, GA on July 27, 1864
Imprisoned at Andersonville, GA
Mustered out on June 28, 1865
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Company I
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Robert N. Wilkinson - Private
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Company K
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Isaac Anderson - Private
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enlisted oct 1864, discharged April 1865
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Contact Name:
Mike Anderson
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 4/29/2007
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Company K
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Thomas McCoy Blount - Unknown
Contact Name:
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Contact Email:
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Date Added: 10/15/2005
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Company K
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John G. Herrmann - Unknown
Contact Name:
Historic Woodlawn Cemetery research
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 10/15/2005
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Company K
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Ebenezer Knight - Sergeant
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Born 1833, London, England;
Enrolled in 53rd Indiana as a Sergeant;
Mustered out as a Captain, 1865;
Died August 1911, Elizabeth, Harrison County, IN;
Buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Elizabeth, IN.
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Contact Name:
Mark D. Knight
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Date Added: 2/26/2009
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Company K
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Henry A Mann - Private
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Enlisted as a Private on 13 October 1864.
Mustered out on 21 July 1865 at Louisville, KY.
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Company K
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Elisha Martin - Private
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Elisha enlisted with his father William and brother James
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Contact Name:
Beth M. Tolfree
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 8/8/2011
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Company K
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James Irvin Martin - Lieutenant
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Enlisted in Indiana Volunteer Infantry on 27 Jan 1862. Enrolled as Corporal of Co. K, 53rd Reg. by his uncle Captain Wiley Rufus Reeves. Mustered in 21 Feb 1862. Eventually promoted to Lieutenant.
James was in General Sherman's March to the Sea.
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Contact Name:
Beth M. Tolfree
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Date Added: 7/4/2010
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Company K
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William Martin - Chaplain
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Enlisted in Co.K, 53rd Reg., Indiana Volunteers 27 Jan 1862.
Mustered in 24 Feb 1862 as Private; later Sargeant; finally Chaplain on 23 Jun 1865.
Wounded in the knee by minie ball during the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, GA 1 Jul 1864.
Served in the same unit as son James I. Martin and brother-in-law Wiley Rufus Reeves.
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Contact Name:
Beth M. Tolfree
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 7/4/2010
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Company K
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Wiley Rufus Reeves - Captain
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Served as Captain of Company K, 53rd Regiment, Indiana Volunteers. The same company in which his brother-in-law William Martin, Chaplain, nephews James Irvin Martin, Lieutenant, and Elisha Martin, Private, served.
Some records indicate Wiley enlisted as a Captain on 20 Jan 1862. Commission in Company I 24 Feb 1862. Resigned Company I, 53rd Reg. on 19 May 1862.
Civil War Pension Records list his service in Company K of the 53rd.
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Contact Name:
Beth M. Tolfree
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Date Added: 7/4/2010
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Company K
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Andrew Jackson Searfoss - Private
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A J Searfoss mustered in 26 Sept 1864.
Died 9 June 1865 Harewood G H Hospital Washington DC
Buried in Arlington Cemetary section 13, Grave 11953
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Contact Name:
Karen Searfoss Puhl
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 12/3/2018
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Company K
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Columbus Williams - Private
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Columbus also served as a private in Compant E.
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Contact Name:
Anne M. McCaw
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 7/23/2011
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Company K
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Thomas Wright - Private
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Enlisted at age 26 on January 3, 1862 at Orleans IN. Served with Company K throughout, veteranizing in Jan 1864. Mustered out with regiment at Louisville 21 July 1865. Wounded at battle of Hatchie (Davis) Bridge at Metmora TN 5 October 1862. Was a farm laborer and blacksmith, from Orangeville, Orange County IN and had married Mary Jane Stackhouse in 1860. Extensive penion file from 1880s documents that service significantly affected health for the remainder of his life. Died at Birdseye, Crawford Co IN 23 Mar 1890. Buried with civil war marker at Cuzco Cemetery, Dubois Co IN.
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