Company Unknown
1st Lieutenant
was in Co S. 70th Infantry Regiment from july 18 1862 thru jan 8 1865
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70th Indiana Infantry
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Company B
Rank unknown
MGinity, Sylvester
Jul 16, 1862, transferred to Engineer Corps, Aug 24, 1864.
Company B
Private
Enlisted as a Private on 4 August 1862.
Mustered out on 8 June 1865 at Washington, DC.
Company B
Rank unknown
Buried Shelbyville, IN.
Company D
Private
No family notes have been added.
Company D
Private
My Great Great Grandfather - Private Ward enlisted at the age of 27 on 22 July,1862.
He served with the 70th and was killed in the battle of Resaca, GA 15 May 1864.
Company E
Corporal
No family notes have been added.
Company F
Corporal
Buried at Abilene Cemetary in Kansas. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Day&GSiman=1&GScid=91894&GRid=75097879&
Company G
Corporal
My great-grandfather served 3 yrs in the Civil War. He enlisted Aug 9, 1862 at 36 yrs. He and Col. Benjamin Harrison became friends during the war and corresponded once or twice when Harrison became President. Fisher also took part with Sherman in
Company H
Private
No family notes have been added.
Company H
Private
Born 1840 Washington twp. Martinsville, Morgan County, Indiana.
son of John Thomas McGowan and Malinda Thomas.
Company H
Private
My 2nd Great-grand uncle.First served in the 70th then transfered to the 33rd Indiana Infantry Co.C.
Company H
Private
Served from 2 Aug. 1862 to 8 Jun. 1865
Company I
Corporal
Enlistment age 21. 27Aug.1862-08June 1865. Was in the Grand Review at Washington D.C.
Company I
Private
01Aug.1862-08June 1865 Burial Greenlawn Cem. Franklin,Johnson Co.IN
Company I
1st Sergeant
James H. Kelly (b. 1838), son of Madison and Eliza Paterson Kelly, was born in Franklin Township, Johnson County, Indiana. He was mustered into the 70th Indiana Infantry Regiment, Company I, on August 1, 1862, and served with that regiment for the duration of the Civil War. He was mustered out on June 8, 1865 as First Sergeant. He returned to Johnson County, where he married Mary A. Henderson. After a career in farming, he spent his last years on East Pearl Street, Greenwood, Indiana.
The 70th Indiana Infantry Regiment was organized in Indianapolis, and mustered into service in August, 1862, with Benjamin Harrison as colonel. Three days later, the regiment reported to Col. Sanders D. Bruce, the commanding officer at Bowling Green, KY. The soldiers of the 70th Indiana participated in engagements throughout Kentucky and Tennessee. In May of 1864, they entered upon the Atlanta campaign, and participated in Sherman's march throughout Georgia. They then continued with Sherman through the Carolinas. The 70th Indiana Regiment was mustered out on June 8, 1865.
Sources: Collection Guide - SC 0900, James H. Kelly Papers
Terrell, W.H.H. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana. vol. 6. p. 134; vol. 2. p. 645-647.
The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union Confederate Armies. (See Index for Bruce, S.D.).
Company I
Private
01Aug.1862-09Nov.1863 Died from Typhoid Fever Nashville,TN burial Nolin Cem.Johnson Co.IN
Company K
Private
No family notes have been added.
Company K
Private
No family notes have been added.
Company K
Rank unknown
Enlisted Aug 10, 1862, discharged Jan 22, 1863. Died in LeRoy, Mclean Co, IL. Oak Grove Cem, LeRoy, Mclean Co, IL. Information from the Oak Grove Cemetery book at the 'J.T. & E. J. Crumbaugh Spiritualist Church and Memorial Library, LeRoy, Illinois.