73rd Indiana Infantry

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My new book 'The Boys From Lake County' is a history of Company A, 73rd Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment. It lists the name, age, height, complexion, color of hair and eyes, where born, where resided in Lake County and what happened to them during the Civil War for each of the original enlistees of Company A. As a matter of course, the book is also a history of the formation, movements, and battles of the entire regiment.

Robert was my great-great-grandfather. He was born in Lowell, Indiana in 1831 and died in Indianapolis in 1863. I am still searching for the cause of his death since there was no battle anywhere in Indiana during the Civil War.

Enlisted as a Private on 16 August 1862. Died on 1 December 1862 at Nashville, TN.

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73rd Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry

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Albert enlisted on 8/3/1862, as First Sargent of Company E, 73rd Indiana Volunteer Regiment. He was promoted to Captain on 2/17/1863. He was severely wounded in the thigh at the Battle of Days Gap, AL on 4/30/1863 and taken prisoner. He was transported to Libby Prison in Richmond, VA and stayed there until 5/7/1864. He was then transported to Macon, GA where he spent time at Camp Oglethorpe (POW camp next to Andersonville, for officers). In October of 1864 he was transferred yet again to Camp Sorghum, SC and then to Camp Asylum, SC. He escaped from Camp Asylum on 2/13/1865 a day or two before Camp Asylum was liberated by General Sherman's forces. Albert drowned on 2/20/1865 while trying to cross the Catawba River near McCollouch's cotton factory. The factory was located close to Beckhamville, South Carolina, about 40 miles NNE of Columbia.

Mustered in Aug 5, 1862 in Calumet, Indiana, Mustered Out Jul 1, 1865 in Nashville, TN. He had came from the 9th Indiana which he had served in only a few months

b:3-4-1840, Sulphur Springs, Henry Co., Indiana, d:5-27-1923 Los Angeles, California, buried at Newton, Kansas.enlisted at Plymouth, Ind., with Co. F 73, Ind. regiment, Aug 6, 1862, as a private. He fought in several engagements, principally at Stone River and Day's Gap, receiving at the latter place a wound that caused the amputation of his arm. As he lay suffering from loss of blood, two kind and loving women of the south ministered to his wants for days, carrying food to him in the woods, where he fell. He was in time taken prisoner to Libby prison and at Richmond was traded back to the union Army. He was mustered out of the service as a corporal on July 28, 1863, at Annapolis, Maryland.

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Found this info through national park services. 16 Aug 1862 (age 19)- 1 July 1865 Private 73rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry Company G File# M540 Roll 42 http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldier_id=ba1030b1-dc7a-df11-bf36-b8ac6f5d926a

My 4th great-Uncle

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My 2nd Great Grandfather John T. Hood fought with 73 rd Regiment Infantry in Indiana. He was wounded at the battle of Stone River.His brother James fought with Virginia.He was also wounded there.James came to Indiana after the Civil War.

Mustered in with the regiment on July 31, 1862 in Logansport, Indiana as a Private. Present at the Battle of Perryville KY in October 1862. Wounded at Battle of Stone's River on December 31, 1862. Gunshot wound to the pelvis. Accidental GSW in right knee on October 31, 1863 Mustered out July 1, 1865. I also have an original copy of General Order #11 (discharge) on July 1, 1865. The order is signed but I have not been able to identify the signature definitively.

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This is my Great,Great Grandfather. He was wounded in his rignt hand while on picket duty at LaVergne, Tenn. He also was a member of the GAR.

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Was Killed at the Battle of Stones River

enlisted 5 Aug 1862 as 6th corporal, aged 30, married with 4 children (the youngest 3 mos), died of disease 5 Dec 1862 @ Columbia Hospital Nashville, TN