Looking for information regarding my GGGrandfather, his company (also known as the 'Watson Guard', any possible photographs of the Wisconsin 11th Volunteers, Company A, etc.Links..etc. Many thanks for your help.

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Born in Maine, lived in Iowa after the war.

Looking for information regarding my GGGrandfather. I believe his company was known as the 'Plow Boys'. Many of them were from Mineral Point, Wisconsin. I am looking for any possible photographs or links of the Wisconsin 11th Volunteers, Company E, Many thanks for your help.

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thomas is my great granduncle he died July 20, 1863.

Lewis was the oldest of four brothers, who all served in the Civil War. Mons in MN 2nd, Company I, Christian and John, both in the MN 8th, Company D. In addition, 2 half-brothers also served, Elling Trulson Thompson [discharge ill and unable to serve under the name Male in Wisconsin] and his brother, Hermund Trulson Thompson [drafted, Wisconsin]. All six sons of Truls Hermundson Mael served in the Civil War.

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# Name: Nicholas Phillips
# Sex: M
# Birth: 3 Apr 1833 in Geisfeld, Trier, Geisfeld, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
# Death: 25 Apr 1893 in Meeme, Manitowoc, WI.
890 Veterans Schedules
about Nicholas Philopps
Veteran's Name: Nicholas Philopps
Home in 1890 (Township, County, State): Meeme, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Year enlisted: 1864
Year discharged: 1865
Rank: Private
COMPANY: I
Regiment or vessel: 11th Wisconsin Infantry
Length of service: 8 Mo 6 Days September 30 1864-JJune 6 1865

1870 United States Federal Census
about Mary Philipps
Name: Mary Philipps
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1862
Age in 1870: 8
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Home in 1870: Meeme, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Race: White
Gender: Female
Value of real estate: View Image
Post Office: Kiel
Household Members:
Name Age
Nicklas Philipps 44
Catherine Philipps 28
Mary Philipps 8
Gertraud Philipps 6
Elisabeth Philipps 3
Matthias Philipps 1
Andreas Philipps

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Nicolaus Phillips

11th WI Infantry, Company I



Born: April 5, 1833
Enlisted: September 30, 1864 as a Private, from Meeme, WI, 31 year-old Farmer, 5’8”, brown eyes, brown hair.
Mustered Out: June 6, 1865

Wife: Catharina Nid, 1842-1887

1890 Veterans Schedule, Manitowoc County: Nicholas Phillips, Pvt 11 I, post office Edwards, Sheboygan Co


Died: April 25, 1893
Buried: St Fidelis Cemetery, Meeme Twp, WI
Gravesite: 5-11: War vet flag holder

Nicolaus Philipps/d. 23 Mar. 1893/age 60 yrs./from record of St. Fidelis

Nickolaus Pfilipps/Geb./d. 5 April/1833/Gest./d. 25 April 1893
Last Updated ( Monday, 24 September 2007 )
Nicholas (3 April 1833 Geisfeld - 25 April 1893 Meeme, WI) married abt 1862 Catherine Nigg (22 Nov 1842 Prussia - 4 Feb 1887) They had 12 children.

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killed Pittman's Ferry Ark

Enlisted 29 Feb 1864. Honorably discharged 04 Sep 1865.

Born on 24 Aug 1839 in West Java, Wyoming Co., NY; Enlisted as Sergeant in Co K, 11th WI Infantry Regiment on 17 Sep 1861; Discharged from Co K, 11th WI Inf Reg on 12 Oct 1863; Comissioned in Co I, 52nd Colored Inf Reg as Captain on 12 Oct 1863; died on 07 Nov 1910 in Connor, Marion Co., FL (drowned in the ferry over the Ocklawaha River); buried at Ocklawaha Baptist Church Cemetery in Lynne, Marion Co., FL. His brother Ezra R. Lisk served in the 1st WI Heavy Artillery. Married Susan Elizabeth Thoman on 29 Dec 1870 in Crestline, Crawford Co., Ohio. Practiced medicine in Lone Tree/Central City, Merrick Co., Nebraska (where he moved in 1868, and was elected Justice of the Peace in 1870) and Marion Co., Florida (licensed in 1885). Five children (only Percy had issue)- Edna Pearl Lisk Gibson; Phillip Clyde Lisk; Baby Boy Lisk; Dr. Percy Franklin Lisk, MD; Dr. Henrietta Lisk, D.Sc. Civil War pension filed under certificate # 722891.