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Company Unknown
Jesse Alexander
- Colonel
No comments
Contact Name: Nancy Curtis Eurich
Date Added: 7/12/2004

Company Unknown
John S Hooten
- Private
My ancestor and 3 of his brothers served in this unit from Indiana. One of his bother died while serving.
Contact Name: Tommy Burgdorf
Date Added: 8/29/2004

Company Unknown
John B Lockhart
- Private
I do have a copy of the discharge paper, though it's difficult to read the name in the 'Captain' field..
Contact Name: Ryan Thompson
Date Added: 6/20/2012

Company Unknown
Anthony Sandusky Milam
- Private
Enlisted in Company U, Indiana 59th Infantry Regiment on 06 Sep 1862.
Contact Name: Fred Rose
Date Added: 4/8/2009

Company Unknown
Jeremiah Stroud
- Private
Adding Stroud relatives
Contact Name: Lance Stroud
Contact Homepage: www.acw70indiana.com
Date Added: 7/4/2009

Company A
Robert V or possibly b Kerr
- Corporal
Born in 1829 in TN
Contact Name: Don Reid
Date Added: 10/13/2006

Company A
John Mcclure
- Private
Enlisted at Spencer, IN June 1861. Served until death by sniper fire near Darlington, SC 03/03/1865.
Contact Name: Dennis McClure
Date Added: 7/20/2007

Company A
Charles Markley Taylor
- Sergeant
No comments
Contact Name: Charlotte Barnes
Date Added: 8/8/2004

Company A
James Irvin Taylor
- Corporal
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Contact Name: Charlotte Barnes
Date Added: 8/8/2004

Company B
Warren Baldwin
- Private
Died btw 1862 and 1864 when wife filed for pension. From Morgan County, Indiana
Contact Name: Catherine Hall
Date Added: 11/2/2009

Company B
Stephen H Chenoweth
Rank Unknown
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Contact Name: Carole O'Dell
Date Added: 5/11/2013

Company B
John N Dunnington
- Private
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Contact Name: Matthew Porter
Date Added: 5/5/2004

Company B
Samuel Willie Minter
- 2nd Lieutenant
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Contact Name: Dori Bruns
Date Added: 7/3/2004

Company B
Elijah Bingham Reese
Rank Unknown
I have a letter Elijah wrote describing his account and activity in Company B and will share it to those who also had ancestors in this Company.
Contact Name: Bonnie Snyder
Date Added: 3/22/2010

Company B
Edward Zane Williams
- Private
No comments
Contact Name: Larry Schlotterback
Date Added: 7/4/2010

Company C
John S. Clerk
Rank Unknown
No comments
Contact Name: Ruth Ridge Simpson
Date Added: 9/28/2012

Company C
Jacob Nelson Land
- Private
Died Jul 1899 in Battle Creek, MI. Buried in Odd Fellows Cem, Sullivan Co, IN.
Contact Name: Mark Anderson
Date Added: 11/17/2007

Company C
John Need Tipton
- Corporal
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Contact Name: Donn Tipton
Date Added: 10/8/2010

Company D
Marion Bennett
- Sergeant
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Contact Name: Marty Craig
Date Added: 10/5/2010

Company D
John Amos Gray
Rank Unknown
John Amos Gray (b. 1845-1911) was the great-grandson of Daniel Gray (b. 1749-1843) a Revolutionary War soldier. John enlisted in 1862 at Gosport, IN. He fought in numerous battles, including Corinth and Vicksburg, where he was wounded in the arm. He was married twice, with 3 sons and 2 daughters. He was a farmer until the death of his first wife, after which he became a travelling salesman. He met and married his second wife in Illinois and they afterwards ran a boarding house and restaurant for the millworkers in an Illinois town across the river from St. Louis, MO. While in Indiana visiting his daughter from his first marriage, he suffered a heart attack and entered the National Military Home in Grant, IN, where he died. He was buried in the family cemetery in IN next to his first wife.
Contact Name: Carrie Odum
Date Added: 9/5/2024

Company D
T. Hamilton Shepherd
- Private
No comments
Contact Name: Jason Shepherd
Contact Homepage: www.jasonshepherd.com
Date Added: 6/21/2005

Company D
Henry R. Strong
- 1st Sergeant
I have detailed history of family from Worthington/ Greene County,IN.No photos but looking for them.
Contact Name: Michael Rahim
Date Added: 12/7/2009

Company E
William Followell
- Private
Also in Campany F
Contact Name: Glenda Schwienebart
Date Added: 7/12/2009

Company E
Allen C. Graves
- Private
Died of Typhoid Fever in hospital in Corinth MS
Contact Name: Donna M. Paszek
Date Added: 3/31/2008

Company E
Henry William Lash
- Private
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Contact Name: Dave Lash
Date Added: 11/22/2009

Company E
Joseph Lehman
- Private
Joseph was born in Lebanon Pa, 1828 he moved to Indiana 1854 married Elizabeth Borders 1856 they had 10 children. They lived in Mineral Indiana 3 1/2 miles south east of Bloomfield. He was a town Marshal after the war.
Contact Name: Marc
Date Added: 3/14/2004

Company E
Charles Hamilton Mcbride
- Corporal
Charles H. McBride lived in Greene Co., Indiana; enlisted at Wright, Indiana; after the war moved to Rushville, Nebraska.
Contact Name: Judy Pfaff
Date Added: 7/25/2010

Company E
William C Mccoskey
- Private
Permanent Party (Garrison Guard) Indiana
59th Regiment, Indiana Infantry
Contact Name: Marge Parrill
Date Added: 5/26/2008

Company E
Isaac Snyder
- Private
Looking for information on Isaac Snyder..where died and where buried.
Contact Name: Sherry (Snyder) Jones
Date Added: 10/25/2010

Company E
Isaac Snyder
- Private
Isaac died in a field hospital in Huntsville, AL. in April of 1864. His body was later moved to the National Military Cemetery in Chattanooga, TN. in 1867. He had lived near Tulip, IN.
Contact Name: Gene Snyder
Date Added: 8/27/2005

Company G
Johnson Owens
- Private
No comments
Contact Name: Sherrie Muldoon
Date Added: 4/18/2010

Company H
Thomas D Bedwell, jr.
- Private
No comments
Contact Name: Barbara Riddle
Date Added: 7/5/2003

Company H
James Criss
- Private
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Contact Name: PJ Martin
Date Added: 8/9/2009

Company H
George J Pullen
- Private
No comments
Contact Name: Charles Willson
Date Added: 6/26/2010

Company I
James Hadden
- Private
looking for information on Co. I and a roster
Contact Name: Jaye cabeen
Date Added: 10/11/2011

Company K
William W Longacre
- Corporal
If anyone has any information about my great great great grandfather, please e-mail me at any time. I would like to find out as much as possible about him and if anyone has a picture of company K (which he served in) please send it to me if at all possible.

Thank you for your help,
Taylor
Contact Name: Taylor Longacre
Date Added: 10/22/2010

Company K
Josiah Struble
- Private
No comments
Contact Name: D Willis
Date Added: 1/25/2011

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