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David Doty - Private
Buried Independence Cemetery,Independence,Warren County, Indiana
Contact Name: Carole O'Dell
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Date Added: 11/17/2012

Company B
Andrew Collignon - Private
Andrew was my Great-Great Uncle. He was wounded at the Battle of Chickamauga on Sept 20, 1865 and died from his wounds.
Contact Name: Tony Collignon
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Date Added: 8/18/2005

Company C
Ephraim Cummins Grigsby - 2nd Lieutenant
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Contact Name: Saundra Cox
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Date Added: 2/19/2013

Company C
Henry Clay Gurnsey - Private
Henry C. Gurnsey is my 3 Greats Uncle. He was killed at the battle of Perryville on October 8, 1862
Contact Name: Phil Alman
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Date Added: 11/11/2008

Company D
Talbot S Crow - Private
Enlisted as a Private on 10 October 1861.
Enlisted in Company D, 42nd Infantry Regiment Indiana on 10 Oct 1861.
Contact Name: Fred Rose
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Date Added: 5/8/2011

Company D
Henry Thomas Hart - Private
Enlisted in October, 1861. Contracted Typhus while in the army and hospitalized at Evanville, Indiana. Received medical discharge for arthritic hip in January, 1863.
Contact Name: Wayne E. Turner
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Date Added: 8/12/2010

Company D
Joshua Jackson Hart - Private
Joshua Jackson Hart was the nephew of Henry Thomas Hart (also a member of Company D). Henry Thomas Hart was the youngest son in the family and Joshua Jackson Hart was the son of the oldest son in the Hart Family, so he was only two years younger than his uncle. Reenlisted as a veteran and was discharged in 1865.
Contact Name: Wayne E. Turner
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Date Added: 8/22/2010

Company D
Martin Lowman - Private
Martin is buried in Kosciusko County, Indiana.
Contact Name: Eric Lowman
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Date Added: 12/6/2006

Company D
Daniel Jackson Tennison - Private
Daniel Jackson Tennison was the brother-in-law of Henry Thomas Hart, also a member of Company D.
Contact Name: Wayne Turner
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Date Added: 8/22/2010

Company D
Wilson Wire - Private
Killed at Chickamauga, Sep 1863.
Contact Name: Mark Anderson
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Date Added: 12/25/2009

Company E
Watson C Atchison - Private
Died, Wilmington, N.C. at Wilmington U.S. Hospital, May 8, '65. Substitute for Alonzo Snyder
Contact Name: Kevin Jones
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Date Added: 2/26/2008

Company E
John Allen Brown - Private
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Contact Name: Greg Grisham
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Date Added: 7/24/2008

Company E
Simon Weidenhammer - Private
AKA Simeon A. Weidenhammer. Enlisted 30 October 1861. Captured at Battle of Perryville, Kentucky October 1862; exchanged and discharged 1863. Distinguished Service.
Contact Name: Vicki Klein
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Date Added: 9/13/2004

Company F
David W Barns (Burns) - Private
On almost all transcribed records my 2nd ggrandfathers name is spelled incorrectly. His name was Burns but transcribed as Barns.
Contact Name: Barbara (Burns) Bay
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Date Added: 6/26/2009

Company F
William D Gillium - Private
William D Gillum was my great great great grandfather
Contact Name: Brian Harrison
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Contact Homepage: 42nd Indiana
Date Added: 6/10/2015

Company F
James Riley Reavis - Corporal
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Contact Name: Patricia Banks
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Date Added: 11/6/2012

Company F
William Alexander Reavis - Private
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Contact Name: Patricia Banks
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Date Added: 11/6/2012

Company F
John Durham Spencer - Private
In 1864, John was at the Battle of Peach Tree Georgia, north of Atlanta, when he collapsed on the field. He suffered from flu like symptons and had difficulty breathing. After the war he applied for a pension stating that could only do the work of 'half a hand'. He was granted a pension based on military service and received it until his death. At that time, his widow, Loucinda Davis Spencer made application for the pension and received it until her death.
Contact Name: Ruth Montgomery
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Date Added: 5/6/2008

Company G
Simeon M Johnston - Corporal
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Contact Name: Bret Gossard
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Date Added: 3/12/2005

Company G
james p wallace - Private
James P. Wallace is my great grandfather. He served first with co.c 6th In infantry, was wounded and returned to serve with co G, 42nd In infantry and was discharged in 1864 because of wounds he again received.
Contact Name: jacqueline wallace mellinger
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Date Added: 2/26/2006

Company H
James McGregor - 1st Corporal
Captured 9/30/1963 at Chichamauga. Held at Andersonville, Richmond, and Danville. Paroled 12/10/1864
Contact Name: Andrew Laymon
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Date Added: 3/12/2008

Company H
James Carl Roberts - Sergeant
I am the 3rd great grandson of James Carl Roberts, of Gentryville Indiana (1832). Served until Chickamauga. Take to Richmond, Libby, and Andersonville Prison. He paroled out at end of the war. Moved to Lauderdale Co. Alabama in 1887.
Contact Name: Cody Henson
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Date Added: 4/25/2022

Company I
Michael Farrell Farrow Faro - Private
Born-01 Nov 1819 Longford, Ireland
Died-21 Dec 1908 Currie, Murray County, Minnesota

Name: Michael Faro Residence: Shelby County, Indiana Enlistment Date: 26 Sep 1864 Side Served: Union State Served: Indiana Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 26 September 1864.
Drafted into Company I, 42nd Infantry Regiment Indiana on 26 Sep 1864.
Mustered Out Company I, 42nd Infantry Regiment Indiana on 18 Jul 1865. Sources: 76 U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles about Michael Faro

Name: Michael Faro
Residence: Shelby County, Indiana
Enlistment Date: 26 Sep 1864
Rank at enlistment: Private
State Served: Indiana
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Drafted to Company I, Indiana 42nd
Infantry Regiment on 26 Sep 1864.
Mustered out on 18 Jul 1865.
Sources: Report of the Adjutant General of the State
of Indiana
Contact Name: L R Byrne
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Date Added: 11/6/2011

Company K
George Baum - Sergeant
Married to Lucy Fay 14 Feb 1864 while on regt furlough. A son named William Tecumseh Sherman Baum was born 18 Nov 1864. My dad, George W. Baum was born in 1914, thus I'm a G-Grandson.
Contact Name: Kenneth R. Baum
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Date Added: 8/3/2011

Company K
Edmund M Knowles - Lieutenant
Murdered in prison.
Contact Name: Ruth Montgomery
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Date Added: 9/6/2008

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