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74th Indiana Infantry

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Company A

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Shawn VerdineDate added 1/30/2007

Company A

Corporal

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Stan ReedDate added 5/17/2007

Company C

Corporal

Sam enlisited on July 26, 1862 and was honorably discharged on February 6, 1865. He died December 16, 1886 in Allen County. Sam married Mary Conway in Allen Country on January 18, 1857
Contributor Norm SmithDate added 9/7/2006

Company C

Rank unknown

b. 3/19/1933, d. 3/13/1899, buried Lindenwood Cemetery, Ft. Wayne, IN
Contributor Wilson DeCampDate added 5/17/2008

Company C

Private

Name: John Kridler , Residence: Fort Wayne, Indiana Enlistment Date: 02 August 1862 Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE Side Served: Union State Served: Indiana Unit Numbers: 628 628 Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 02 August 1862 Enlisted in Company C, 74th Infantry Regiment Indiana on 02 August 1862. Mustered out Company C, 74th Infantry Regiment Indiana on 09 June 1865 in Washington, DC Captured September 17,1862 Exchanged November 17,1862 and rejoined Regiment at Castillian, Tenn., December 4, 1862. Born Manor Lancaster Pennsylvania Died Betancourt Michigan Burial Pecktown Cemetery Bentancourt Bloomingdale Van Buren Michigan
Contributor John SeitesDate added 1/5/2006

Company C

Private

My GGGrandfather. His name appears in many spellings: Kull, Call...
Contributor SuzAnne RungeDate added 6/3/2010

Company C

Private

Tombstone found; states PVT CO C 74 REGT IND INF CIVIL WAR. (Prairie Grove Cemetery, Fort Wayne, IN)
Contributor Denise HeffnerDate added 5/26/2008

Company D

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Roger SaulDate added 4/10/2006

Company D

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Floyd CramerDate added 6/26/2012

Company E

Sergeant

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Patrick AlbrightDate added 6/23/2008

Company E

Lieutenant

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Richard DeardoffDate added 7/21/2007

Company E

Private

Name: Lorenzo Nickerson , Residence: Fort Wayne, Indiana Enlistment Date: 01 August 1862 Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE Side Served: Union State Served: Indiana Unit Numbers: 628 628 Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 01 August 1862 Enlisted in Company C, 74th Infantry Regiment Indiana on 01 August 1862. Mustered out Company C, 74th Infantry Regiment Indiana on 09 June 1865 in Washington, DC Name: Lorenzo NICKERSON Sex: M Birth: 22 DEC 1838 in Indiana Death: 10 OCT 1915 in Montcalm County, Michigan Event: Fact ABT 1884 Moved to Montcalm County, Michigan Burial: OCT 1915 Richland Vestaburg, Cemetery, Montcalm County, Michigan, Lot 312, Grave 4 Census: BET 1850 AND 1860 Allen County, Indiana Event: Census 1 1870 Allen County, Indiana Event: Census 2 BET 1894 AND 1900 Richland Township, Montcalm County, Michigan Event: Census 3 1910 Lived with son William, Richland Townsip Note: Name: Lorenzo NICKERSON Sex: M Birth: 22 DEC 1838 in Indiana - moved to Mo ntcalm Co Mi abt 1884 Death: 10 OCT 1915 in Montcalm Co., Michigan (liv Al len Co Ind 1850, 1860 & 1870) 1894 & 1900 Richland Twp, Montcalm Co MI cen sus (liv w/son William in 1910. Richland Twp) Burial: Richland Vestaburg C emetery, Montcalm Co., Michigan-lot 312 grave 4 Note: Lorenzo was married to Louisa Kridler Doubleman 1858 They lived in Allen Co. Indiana. 1850 he is living with his father Hubbard and step mother Margaret - his m other Elizabeth had died 1860 he is married to Louisa, but the three children (Mary A, Catherine El en, and Drusilla have the last name Doubleman) Louisa Doubleman marr Lorenzo Nickerson Aug 1 1858 in Allen Co Ind. These three children must be from her first husband. In the 1870 census Allen Co Ind they are all under the name Nickerson. They now had additional children Christopher ?, Allen and Elizabeth. Then Lorenzo Nickerson married Virginia Hartman July 31 1876 in Henry Co Ohio, and now their new family begins - he has several more children Below is a side note on Lorenzo health and civil War service. Lorenzo reported suffering from diarrhea an eye irritation and red eyes from 1883 until death despite testimony to living an honorable life. Affadivits indicate to his capture by the Rebels in Tennessee and a forced March that according to one affidavit the 74th Indiana lost more people on the march then they did in all their battles. This and the battle of Chickamauga are cited as cause of his illness. Lorenzo was placed in a Newark, NJ hospital at end of war and returned home two months after the regiment. This regiment fought from Tennessee though Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia to arrive in Washington, DC in April 1865 Lorenzo first wife Louisa Kreidler Doubleman Nickerson was the sister of John and Christian Kridler. John seved Co C 74th Indiana. January 3 2006 Richland Township Cemetery Vestaburg Montcalm Michigan Lorenzo is buried in Lot 312 of the old section of the cemetery grave 4. There is one of those round veteran's markers in the ground. She was not sure of a gravestone. 1. NICKERSON, LORENZO PVT US ARMY CIVIL WAR DATE OF BIRTH: 12/22/1838 DATE OF DEATH: 10/12/1915 BURIED AT: RICHLAND TWP CEMETERY 7641 N BIRCH DR ATTN - TODD VESTABURG, MI 48891 (989) 560-2268 Placed September 2006 . VA marker on grave .
Contributor JohnDate added 1/5/2006

Company F

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Karen Barton LukerHomepage lukerk7Date added 10/29/2006

Company F

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Karen Barton LukerHomepage lukerk7Date added 10/29/2006

Company F

Private

Allen survived the war, unlike his brother Levi who died 19 Sep 1863 at the battle of Chickamauga in GA
Contributor Kay LevyDate added 10/8/2011

Company F

Private

Levi was killed in the battle at Chickamauga, GA on 19 Sep 1863
Contributor Kay LevyDate added 10/8/2011

Company F

1st Lieutenant

Lt. Hamlin is the Great-Grand Uncle of my wife Janice Hamlin-Peterson. He is a former Pvt. (age 19), with the 12th Ind. Vol. Inf. Regmt. (1 year), Co. E, from 1861-1862. When mustered out of the 12th Ind. he joined the 74th Ind. Vol. Inf. Regmt. in 1862 and was commissioned as a First Lieutenant in August of 1862. He died of disease in in a Union camp on 27 Dec. of 1862 in Tennessee at age 21. He is buried in Indiana, Marshall Co. Tippecanoe Twp., Summit Chapel Cemetery, Sect. 4 - Row 10. I am the unofficial family historian. His bio and connection is listed on Ancestry.com. Signed: Drew R. Peterson, M.A., Indianapolis, Ind.
Contributor Drew R. Peterson, M.A.Date added 11/3/2011

Company F

Captain

May be found : Film Number M540 roll 56, National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System Captain of Company ''F'', 74 Indiana Volunteer Infantry, from 1862 till June 1865, came home and resumed his law practice ,Milford, Kosciusko Co., Indiana spouse: Mary Egbert, Married: 14 AUG 1862 in Milford,Indiana Daughters: Clara B. NORTH Mary L. NORTH
Contributor Tammy SetterquistDate added 4/29/2002

Company F

Private

Also in Co. F. were 2 Raber brothers, both killed. John C. Smith later married their sister, Silence Raber.
Contributor David NorrisDate added 6/6/2005

Company G

Private

Charles M. Hency died 22 September 1895 in Scott Township, Van Wert County, Ohio.
Contributor Blake A. WilleyHomepage ancestry.comDate added 10/13/2008

Company G

Private

David was my Grandfather and lived until I was 12. I Have his civil war discharge.
Contributor Paul HarringtonDate added 5/21/2012

Company G

Private

At that time the war was raging, and heeding the call to arms, he, with a true patriotic spirit, not conforming to the old Mosaics 1 law ' that he should remain with his wife one year after marriage before going to war,' the following August (1861), enlisted in Co. G, 74th Reg. Ind. Inf., under Capt. Davis and Gen. Sherman. He participated in the terrible conflict at Cliickamanga, the battle of Mission Ridge, Jonesboro and other minor engagements, numbering 14 in all. He also accompanied Sherman's army on their march to the sea. He was honorably discharged in June, 1865, having served nearly four years.
Contributor Richard NusbaumDate added 10/14/2010

Company G

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor dennis h bergerDate added 8/21/2011

Company G

Corporal

He enlisted as a corporal , was promoted to Sgt . And then was promoted to 1st LT. Adj.
Contributor Steven JohnsonDate added 9/11/2013

Company H

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Josh FlowersDate added 9/25/2010

Company H

Private

Pleasant Lake, Indiana. Died 1914. Buried in Clark Cemetery (Steuben County) with his family.
Contributor William VoseHomepage http://members.cox.net/74thhistory/index.htmlDate added 5/21/2008

Company I

Captain

This is a copy of an obituary for E. F. Abbott written from Atlanta , GA., Sept 14th, 1864 by W. B. Jacobs. Copied from a book written by Lois L. Abbott Murray, his older sister, published in 1880. 'Captain Abbott was known as a brave and galliant officer; not by his company alone, but by every officer and man in the regiment. I stood with him the day after Chickamauga, the only captains left in our trgiment, by the side of our galliant leader, eol. Baker, as we lay at Rossville, expeting the approach of the enemy. again, we three stood together on Mission Ridge, on the eening of Nov. 26th, 1863, all unharmed. but when we went into this last charge, our brave leader was not with s, and when the victory was won, I found that of the three, who looked together upon the fields of Chickamauga, and Mission Ridge, I alone was left to see this victory of our brave boys, by which the campaign against Atlanta was ended.'
Contributor Linda AllisonDate added 8/12/2007

Company I

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Joe SharpDate added 6/15/2010

Company I

Private

killed at the seige of Atlanta Aug 13 ,1864
Contributor jerry fisherDate added 6/29/2009

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