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15th Indiana Infantry

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Company Unknown

Private

William F. Hartman, Indaina 15th Regiment Infantry, Wounded during the battle of Stones River, Tenn
Contributor Jerry L. MillerDate added 9/26/2005

Company Unknown

Chaplain

Awarded Medal of Honor for service at Stone's River.
Contributor Lewis HuntDate added 7/6/2012

Company A

Corporal

He served from 1861-1864, became sick with typhoid after campain in western virginia. Was present during perryville, ky, talahoma campain, missionary ridge battle was train guard at one point and was promoted to corp in jany. 1864.
Contributor William LynchDate added 7/11/2004

Company B

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor CatherineDate added 12/2/2011

Company B

3rd Sergeant

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Mike0301Date added 3/13/2008

Company B

Private

Enlisted as a Private on 14 June 1861 at the age of 19. Died on 17 November 1861 at Huttonville, VA. Buried at Grafton National Cemetery.
Contributor Eric StoneDate added 8/18/2010

Company D

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Jay MuseDate added 12/27/2016

Company D

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Marty CraigDate added 11/27/2011

Company E

Private

George W. Kearns 4/18/1847 - 8/6/1916. At the age of 15, George joined Co. C, 15th Indiana Regiment, Indiana Volunteers. He was discharged at Indianapolis, Indiana on Feb. 25, 1864. George returned home to Kahoka, MO and there lived out the rest of his life. Buried at Kahoka Cemetery, Kahoka, Clark County, Missouri.
Contributor Tom FagartDate added 8/4/2008

Company E

Captain

My maternal great-great-grandfather, lived out his life in Waynetown, Montgomery Co., IN
Contributor Elaine WilkersonHomepage sophie98Date added 7/8/2010

Company E

Private

Enlisted 3/14/1862. Transfered to 17th Indiana 5/3/1864. Mustered out Co K 17th Indiana 8/8/1865 in Macon, GA
Contributor Fred RoseDate added 2/1/2005

Company F

Sergeant

This is my great-great grandfather; he enlisted in the service of his country, June 7, 1861, in Company F, Fifteenth Ind. Vols., and served faithfully until June 25, 1864, having been promoted to the rank of sergeant. He was severely wounded in the heat at the battle of Missionary Ridge, Nov. 25, 1863, from which wound he never fully recovered. He did however return home to live until his death in 1909 in Greene county Indiana.
Contributor Don WilsonDate added 9/21/2006

Company F

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Glenda McCarthyDate added 6/7/2009

Company F

Major

My wife, Karen's, great-great grandfather was Major Frank White, of the 15th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment. He was the field commander of the 15th Indiana during their heroic assault on Missionary Ridge, under Wagner's Brigade. He was later transferred to the 17th Indiana Mounted Infantry Regiment, as a Lieutant Colonel. He was in Wilder's Brigade, and personally accepted the surrender of Macon, Georgia in April 1865. He was brevitted Brigidier General soon afterwards, for his service to his country.
Contributor Samuel A. PassoDate added 6/3/2006

Company F

Corporal

Enlisted in Company F, Indiana 15th Infantry Regiment on 14 Jun 1861. Mustered out on 30 Aug 1861 at Elkwater, Randolph Co., WV. Sources: Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana
Contributor Mary AndersonDate added 7/11/2010

Company H

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Jean WoodsDate added 1/9/2009

Company I

Corporal

Name spelled incorrectly as Salronn in some records. Wounded twice. After mustering out of Army joined the Navy for two years----on Western rivers I believe. Farmed in SE Kansas. Died 1908
Contributor T. J. HillDate added 1/15/2016

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