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59th Indiana Infantry

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Company Unknown

Colonel

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Nancy Curtis EurichDate added 7/12/2004

Company Unknown

Private

My ancestor and 3 of his brothers served in this unit from Indiana. One of his bother died while serving.
Contributor Tommy BurgdorfDate added 8/29/2004

Company Unknown

Private

I do have a copy of the discharge paper, though it's difficult to read the name in the 'Captain' field..
Contributor Ryan ThompsonDate added 6/20/2012

Company Unknown

Private

Enlisted in Company U, Indiana 59th Infantry Regiment on 06 Sep 1862.
Contributor Fred RoseDate added 4/8/2009

Company Unknown

Private

Adding Stroud relatives
Contributor Lance StroudHomepage www.acw70indiana.comDate added 7/4/2009

Company A

Corporal

Born in 1829 in TN
Contributor Don ReidDate added 10/13/2006

Company A

Private

Enlisted at Spencer, IN June 1861. Served until death by sniper fire near Darlington, SC 03/03/1865.
Contributor Dennis McClureDate added 7/20/2007

Company A

Sergeant

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

Company A

Corporal

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

Company B

Private

Died btw 1862 and 1864 when wife filed for pension. From Morgan County, Indiana
Contributor Catherine HallDate added 11/2/2009

Company B

Rank unknown

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Carole O'DellDate added 5/11/2013

Company B

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Matthew PorterDate added 5/5/2004

Company B

2nd Lieutenant

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Dori BrunsDate added 7/3/2004

Company B

Rank unknown

I have a letter Elijah wrote describing his account and activity in Company B and will share it to those who also had ancestors in this Company.
Contributor Bonnie SnyderDate added 3/22/2010

Company B

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Larry SchlotterbackDate added 7/4/2010

Company C

Rank unknown

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Ruth Ridge SimpsonDate added 9/28/2012

Company C

Private

Died Jul 1899 in Battle Creek, MI. Buried in Odd Fellows Cem, Sullivan Co, IN.
Contributor Mark AndersonDate added 11/17/2007

Company C

Corporal

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Donn TiptonDate added 10/8/2010

Company D

Sergeant

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Marty CraigDate added 10/5/2010

Company D

Rank unknown

John Amos Gray (b. 1845-1911) was the great-grandson of Daniel Gray (b. 1749-1843) a Revolutionary War soldier. John enlisted in 1862 at Gosport, IN. He fought in numerous battles, including Corinth and Vicksburg, where he was wounded in the arm. He was married twice, with 3 sons and 2 daughters. He was a farmer until the death of his first wife, after which he became a travelling salesman. He met and married his second wife in Illinois and they afterwards ran a boarding house and restaurant for the millworkers in an Illinois town across the river from St. Louis, MO. While in Indiana visiting his daughter from his first marriage, he suffered a heart attack and entered the National Military Home in Grant, IN, where he died. He was buried in the family cemetery in IN next to his first wife.
Contributor Carrie OdumDate added 9/5/2024

Company D

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Jason ShepherdHomepage www.jasonshepherd.comDate added 6/21/2005

Company D

1st Sergeant

I have detailed history of family from Worthington/ Greene County,IN.No photos but looking for them.
Contributor Michael RahimDate added 12/7/2009

Company E

Private

Also in Campany F
Contributor Glenda SchwienebartDate added 7/12/2009

Company E

Private

Died of Typhoid Fever in hospital in Corinth MS
Contributor Donna M. PaszekDate added 3/31/2008

Company E

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Dave LashDate added 11/22/2009

Company E

Private

Joseph was born in Lebanon Pa, 1828 he moved to Indiana 1854 married Elizabeth Borders 1856 they had 10 children. They lived in Mineral Indiana 3 1/2 miles south east of Bloomfield. He was a town Marshal after the war.
Contributor MarcDate added 3/14/2004

Company E

Corporal

Charles H. McBride lived in Greene Co., Indiana; enlisted at Wright, Indiana; after the war moved to Rushville, Nebraska.
Contributor Judy PfaffDate added 7/25/2010

Company E

Private

Permanent Party (Garrison Guard) Indiana 59th Regiment, Indiana Infantry
Contributor Marge ParrillDate added 5/26/2008

Company E

Private

Isaac died in a field hospital in Huntsville, AL. in April of 1864. His body was later moved to the National Military Cemetery in Chattanooga, TN. in 1867. He had lived near Tulip, IN.
Contributor Gene SnyderDate added 8/27/2005

Company E

Private

Looking for information on Isaac Snyder..where died and where buried.
Contributor Sherry (Snyder) JonesDate added 10/25/2010

Company G

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Sherrie MuldoonDate added 4/18/2010

Company H

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Barbara RiddleDate added 7/5/2003

Company H

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor PJ MartinDate added 8/9/2009

Company H

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Charles WillsonDate added 6/26/2010

Company I

Private

looking for information on Co. I and a roster
Contributor Jaye cabeenDate added 10/11/2011

Company K

Corporal

If anyone has any information about my great great great grandfather, please e-mail me at any time. I would like to find out as much as possible about him and if anyone has a picture of company K (which he served in) please send it to me if at all possible. Thank you for your help, Taylor
Contributor Taylor LongacreDate added 10/22/2010

Company K

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor D WillisDate added 1/25/2011

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