Residence Shellsburg IA; 26 years old when he enlisted on 8/15/1862 as a corporal. On 11/3/1862 he mustered into Co. K, 40th Iowa Infantry. He was discharged for disability on 11/24/1863 at St. Louis, MO.
He was born near a very large reservoir built for the canal system. He served in the Civil War with troops from Iowa under Generals Grant and Sherman. He got ill at the Siege of Vicksburg from drinking contaminated water and was given up for dead at the Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis. His father came and drove him home to Iowa with a wagon load of blankets, quilts and comforters. He went on to celebrate his 50th Wedding Anniversary. He and several other relatives homesteaded in Oakdale, Ross Township, near Downs, Kansas.
He was born near a very large reservoir built for the canal system. He served in the Civil War with troops from Iowa under Generals Grant and Sherman. He got ill at the Siege of Vicksburg from drinking contaminated water and was given up for dead at the Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis. His father came and drove him home to Iowa with a wagon load of blankets, quilts and comforters. He went on to celebrate his 50th Wedding Anniversary. He and several other relatives homesteaded in Oakdale, Ross Township, near Downs, Kansas.
Residence Shellsburg IA; 26 years old when he enlisted on 8/15/1862 as a corporal. On 11/3/1862 he mustered into Co. K, 40th Iowa Infantry. He was discharged for disability on 11/24/1863 at St. Louis, MO.
He was born near a very large reservoir built for the canal system. He served in the Civil War with troops from Iowa under Generals Grant and Sherman. He got ill at the Siege of Vicksburg from drinking contaminated water and was given up for dead at the Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis. His father came and drove him home to Iowa with a wagon load of blankets, quilts and comforters. He went on to celebrate his 50th Wedding Anniversary. He and several other relatives homesteaded in Oakdale, Ross Township, near Downs, Kansas.
He was born near a very large reservoir built for the canal system. He served in the Civil War with troops from Iowa under Generals Grant and Sherman. He got ill at the Siege of Vicksburg from drinking contaminated water and was given up for dead at the Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis. His father came and drove him home to Iowa with a wagon load of blankets, quilts and comforters. He went on to celebrate his 50th Wedding Anniversary. He and several other relatives homesteaded in Oakdale, Ross Township, near Downs, Kansas.
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