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51st Indiana Infantry

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Company Unknown

Private

I do not know the company Albert Was in. He was born in Mississippi and joined the Union in Indiana along with two other brothers. James and unknown.
Contributor Suzan Miller-GarrisonDate added 6/21/2007

Company Unknown

Rank unknown

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Howard CobbleDate added 8/4/2011

Company Unknown

1st Lieutenant

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Joseph Alan HolmanDate added 5/18/2013

Company A

Private

Served with the Indiana 51st Regiment Infantry Volunteers - Co A. Enlisted Oct 6th, 1864 and was discharged for wounds suffered in battle at Chatanooga TN May 20th, 1865.
Contributor PatrickDate added 11/18/2010

Company A

Private

John J Ellington caught measles while encamped in Indianapolis. Traveled with his unit to Bardstown KY and was discharged.
Contributor Rex MillerDate added 7/29/2005

Company A

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Jane AlbrightDate added 3/1/2012

Company A

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor erin rothDate added 8/25/2005

Company B

Corporal

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Charles L. FoutDate added 4/22/2011

Company C

Private

Mustered in on Dec.14,1861. Mustered out on Dec.13,1864. Was in Streight's Raid, POW at Libbey Prison and Belle Island. Three other brothers and two future brother in-laws served in several other Indiana regiments.
Contributor Steve HealyDate added 10/7/2010

Company C

1st Sergeant

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Rick DailyDate added 7/23/2007

Company C

Rank unknown

No family notes have been added.
Contributor J.W.HendersonDate added 1/9/2010

Company D

Rank unknown

Birth April 15 1847 Ohio Death 1931 Madison, Indiana Burial, Springdale Cemetery in Madison. Indiana
Contributor John KilgoreDate added 3/2/2009

Company D

Private

Warren served at the Battle at Franklin and at Nashville where he was wounded.
Contributor Jean ThornDate added 8/27/2010

Company E

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Brittany El-ShoukiDate added 1/7/2010

Company E

Private

Lawson enlisted on November 18, 1861 in Knox Co., Indiana under the name Lawson A. Huett. He was mustered into service on December 14, 1862 for a term of 3 years. He was wounded in the knee during the Battle of Stone River in Murfreesboro, Tennessee and died in a hospital there on February 27, 1863.
Contributor Brittany El-ShoukiDate added 1/7/2010

Company E

Corporal

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Ken ColeDate added 4/27/2007

Company F

Private

Mustered in 14 December 1861, discharged 13 December 1865
Contributor Jim LorentzDate added 5/29/2010

Company F

Private

Service: 14 Dec 1861 - 14 Dec 1864 (Discharged). Died after 1869.
Contributor Mark AndersonDate added 12/19/2009

Company F

Sergeant

Have payroll records (copies), Shelby County in the Civil War (History) Looking for more information about his capture, exchange,etc. He was mustered out of service in San Antonio, Texas.
Contributor James W. MontgomeryDate added 8/8/2006

Company F

Private

Copy of Civil War Pension
Contributor Doug PharesDate added 10/11/2009

Company H

Private

Charles was captured at the Battle of Lookout Mountain and spent some time in Libby Prison. After he returned home, he was struck by lightening and died with a heart attach in late 1870 or early 1871.
Contributor Barbara CissoneDate added 4/9/2006

Company H

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Lance RobertsonDate added 5/14/2014

Company H

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Lance RobertsonDate added 5/14/2014

Company H

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Gene MarshallDate added 6/8/2007

Company H

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Elizabeth BolleDate added 6/29/2010

Company K

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Charlotte BarnesDate added 8/8/2004

Company K

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Royce BellDate added 9/28/2007

Company K

Private

Information taken from 'History of the Fifty First Indiana Veteran Volunteer Infantry 1861 to 1864' by Wm R. Hartpence, Sergeant Major, 1889
Contributor Anne ColeDate added 3/7/2010

Company K

Rank unknown

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Tim LangohrDate added 6/11/2010

Company K

Private

Date of Birth and Death unknown, although he died after 1929 in Parsons Kansas. He is buried in Mound Valley Cemetery in Mound Valley Kansas. Daughters: Flossie (Whitted) Taylor, Parsons Kansas Ruth A. (Whitted) Tedstrom, Parsons Kansas Son: L.L. Whitted, Wichita Kansas Grandaughter: Juanita M (Tedstrom)Bailey 1916 - 2003 Son: William Joel Bailey 1948 - Son: Christopher Joel Bailey 1971 -
Contributor William Joel BaileyDate added 10/19/2004

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