(Still in progress…)
Civil War Ancestry (& other interesting stuff!)
The "War
between the States". See some interesting tidbits about this war below.
*blue asterik
denotes the direct line of my children.
Civil War Ancestors
Baldwin, Abel (1840 - ?) (husband of Margaret Ann Hobson)
He rendered good service to his country during the Rebellion. (Source: The Genealogy of the Current and
Hobson Families, by Annie E. Current, 1906]
Barringer, Abraham (1839- ?)
Company K, 18th O.V.I.; wounded at Stone River, TN. [Source: The Roush Family In
America, Volume I, by L. L. Roush, 1928, pg 617]
Beam, Darius Calvin (1840- ?)
(husband of Anna Laura Roush) He served in Co. G, 70th Ohio
Infantry. [Source: The
Roush Family In America, Volume I, by L. L. Roush, 1928, pg 119]
Blessing, Calvin Thomas (1844-1927)
(grandson of Mary Roush & Michael Rickard, Sr.) He enlisted in the Union
army in Aug 1862, in Co. B, 13th West Virginia Infantry, & was honorably
discharged Jun 22 1865. He was wounded
at the battle of Cedar Creek, Oct 19 1864, shot through the instep, just before
the arrival of Gen. Philip H. Sheridan on his famous ride that turned victory
into defeat. He served as Sergeant
under Capt. William C. Greenlee & Col. William R. Brown. [Source: The Roush Family In
America, Volume I, by L. L. Roush, 1928, pg 566]
Bird, Daniel (1831-1904)
(husband of Sarah Ellen Current) In Sept. of 1864, he entered the service of
his country, serving eight months in Company K, 21st Regiment,
Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He was
honorable discharged May 22, 1865. His
health became so impaired while in the service that he never fully recovered. (Source: The Genealogy of the Current and
Hobson Families, by Annie E. Current, 1906]
Bowman, Ephraim (Grandson of George Bowman & Elizabeth Roush) [Source: The Roush Family In
America, Volume I, by L. L. Roush, 1928, pg 96]
Bowman, John W. (Grandson of George Bowman & Elizabeth Roush) Soon after his discharge from the Civil War,
he went West. [Source: The Roush Family In
America, Volume I, by L. L. Roush, 1928, pg 96]
Bowman, Thomas (Grandson of George Bowman & Elizabeth Roush) Served in the
Federal Army.
[Source: The Roush Family In America, Volume I, by L. L. Roush, 1928, pg
96]
Burris, David (1842-1864) He served in the
Civil War & died in a Cumberland Hospital. [Source: The Roush Family In America, Volume I,
by L. L. Roush, 1928, pg 619]
Conley, Robert (1844-1927) (husband of Hester
Catherine Roush) He entered the service of the Confederate states during the
Civil War, enlisting in the 10th Virginia Cavalry, & seeing hard fighting
in the battles of Gettysburg, Cold Harbor, Culpeper Court House, at the siege
of Petersburg, in the seven days' fight at Richmond, & in all the battles
of Northern Virginia. He was wounded in
the left leg at Hagerstown, MD, & by a minnie ball at the battle of
Petersburg. He was present at Lee's
surrender. [Source:
The Roush Family In America, Volume I, by L. L. Roush, 1928, pg 484-485]
Current, George Hobson (1845- ?) When he was 18
years old, he volunteered into the service of his country, during the Civil War
in Company H, 130th Ind. Vol. Infantry, Second Brigade, First
Division, 23rd Army Corps, in the Army of the Cumberland. He received an honorable discharge after
serving nearly 2 years. He "was in
some of the hardest battles of the war, but was preserved from injury." (Source: The Genealogy of the Current and
Hobson Families, by Annie E. Current, 1906]
Current, James Alfred (1824-1897) He gave a "ready response to his
country's call for help and in the summer of 1863 enlisted among the State
troops as a Home Guard and for two years served his country faithfully, neither
expecting nor receiving any remuneration." (Source: The Genealogy of the Current and Hobson Families,
by Annie E. Current, 1906]
Danhauer, Jr., Elias* (1828-1873) On Aug 11,
1862, at the age of 30, he enlisted in the Army at Malta, OH, for three years,
and on Sep 2 1862 he was mustered into the 97th Regiment of the Ohio
Volunteer Infantry as a Private in Company "D" at Zanesville,
OH. On June 10, 1865, he was mustered
out of the Army at Nashville, TN.
Elias' Civil War Pension Application bears the following statement by
Elias: "On 17 Dec 1864 while
following the Rebels in their retreat from the battle of Nashville, TN, in
crossing a stream on a log, one of the men slipped, his gun striking me on the
left arm above the elbow, producing or causing a swelling and soreness in the
nature of a white swelling." Dr.
Philip Kennedy stated that soon after Elias arrived home from the war he called
to his attention an affliction of his left arm and received treatment from Dr.
Kennedy. It proved to be
"rebellious to all treatment and gradually assumed a malignant form
rendering amputation at the shoulder joint necessary to save his
life." Amputation was done on Dec
8 1870 . . . on Dec 21 1871, Elias was declared entitled to the value of an
artificial arm and a pension. (Source:
The Ancestry of Jane Alvira McNeal and Arthur Edmund Anderson, 1996]
Darst, John (1860-1908) (husband of
Charlotte Roush) He enlisted in 18th Ohio Battery Aug, 1862 &
served to the close of the war. [Source: The Roush Family In America, Volume I, by L. L.
Roush, 1928, pg 321]
Gibbs, Abalene (1847- ?) He served in the Union
Army. He was a member of the 9th
W. VA Infantry & was killed at Cloyd Mountain. [Source: The Roush Family In
America, Volume I, by L. L. Roush, 1928, pg 560]
Gibbs, Archibald (1840-1913)
He enlisted in the 9th W. VA Infantry, Co. E, serving 3 years as
Sergeant. [Source:
The Roush Family In America, Volume I, by L. L. Roush, 1928, pg 557]
Gibbs, Joseph F. (husband of
Mary Matilda Hart) He was a soldier in the Civil War. [Source: The Roush Family In
America, Volume I, by L. L. Roush, 1928, pg 511]
Gibbs, Michael (1842- ?) He was a Union
soldier, being a member of the 4th West Virginia Volunteers. [Source: The Roush Family In
America, Volume I, by L. L. Roush, 1928, pg 558]
Hobson, Brig. Gen. Edward Henry According to the
introduction to the Genealogy of the Current and Hobson Families, 1906,
the author, Annie E. Current states " . . . as did the service of General
Hobson in resisting and driving out the force of troops in that historical
'Morgan's Raid' through Indiana and Kentucky . . .." I have been unsuccessful in finding the
blood link to General Hobson, but I do know he was born Edward Henry Hobson on
July 11, 1825 in Greensburg, KY. He
died September 14, 1901 in Cleveland, OH.
In July of 1863, several columns of Union Calvary under the overall
direction of Brig. Gen. Hobson pursued Brig. Gen. John Hunt Morgan's Raiders. The end result was a Union victory.
Hobson, George Harrison (1841-1900) (nicknamed
"Tip") was son of Stephen Hobson (listed below). When the Civil War broke out, "so
anxious was he to go that he volunteered at the first call for six month's
service. Later he reenlisted for three
years and then for a second three years or during the war. Out of the thirty-five who enlisted from his
immediate neighborhood with him, he was the only one to go through the whole
war and live to be greeted as a victor, at home. He was wounded at Helena and had on other occasions counted his
life as nothing to serve his country, risking great danger to carry out special
orders, living on beans, hardtack and bacon and suffering all kinds of exposure
and hardship. For his bravery he was
several times promoted, from third to second and then to first lieutenant. He was also Captain a part of the time. The epaulettes thus earned and his sword, he
brought home as memorials of his struggles and narrow escapes." (Source: The Genealogy of the Current and
Hobson Families, by Annie E. Current, 1906]
Hobson, James Perry (1843-
?) He served in the Civil War Company J., 138 Regiment, Indiana Volunteer
Infantry. He died at his home near
Hartford City, May 16, 1888 from a complication of diseases contracted in the
service of the United States during the Civil War. It was said of him that he was strictly honest and upright in his
dealings with his fellow men. (Source:
The Genealogy of the Current and Hobson Families, by Annie E. Current,
1906]
Hobson, Stephen (1819-1898) When the Civil War took place,
Stephen & two of his sons (George H. & Thomas W. Hobson)
volunteered. He and Thomas "served
for some months in the State militia." (Source: The Genealogy of the Current and Hobson Families,
by Annie E. Current, 1906]
Hobson, Thomas Williams (1839- ?) Son of Stephen
Hobson (listed above). Thomas & his
father both "served for some months in the State militia" during the
Civil War." (Source: The
Genealogy of the Current and Hobson Families, by Annie E. Current, 1906]
Hobson, Capt. William Polk (1834-1895) The son of
William Polk Hobson & Frances Colburn.
Capt. Polk's father died on Aug. 2, 1834, the month before Capt. Polk
was born). He came from a sturdy Quaker
stock, opposed to war & loving peace, yet found himself responding to his
country's call in the great Civil conflict, where he enlisted as an
officer. He raised a company of men
& was given the rank of Captain. (Source:
The Genealogy of the Current and Hobson Families, by Annie E. Current,
1906]
Holter, William Jefferson (1845- ?) He
enlisted as a soldier & died while in service. [Source: The Roush Family In
America, Volume I, by L. L. Roush, 1928, pg 473]
Jacobs, Stephen H. (1838-1928)
(husband of Mary H. Roush) He was in Co. D, 141st O.V.I. [Source: The Roush Family In America, Volume I, by L. L.
Roush, 1928, pg 305]
King, Newell (1838-1896) (husband of Electa
Roush) He served in Co. B, 91st O.V.I. [Source: The Roush Family In
America, Volume I, by L. L. Roush, 1928, pg 310]
Luse, Algernon (husband of Rhoda Ellen Hart) He
was a soldier in the Civil War. [Source: The Roush Family In America, Volume I, by L. L.
Roush, 1928, pg 511]
Moore, William Logan (1844- ?)
(husband of Mary Ann Roush) Served in Co. I - 141st O.V.I. Reg. [Source: The Roush Family In
America, Volume I, by L. L. Roush, 1928, pg 107]
Pence, David (1842-1874) He served in Co. A,
89th Reg. O.V.I. with his brother, John. [Source: The Roush Family In
America, Volume I, by L. L. Roush, 1928, pg 186]
Pence, George (grandson of Philip Roush &
Katharine Kelchner) [Source:
The Roush Family In America, Volume I, by L. L. Roush, 1928, pg 99]
Pence, Henry (grandson of Philip Roush &
Katharine Kelchner) [Source:
The Roush Family In America, Volume I, by L. L. Roush, 1928, pg 99]
Pence, John (1837-1918) He enlisted in Co.
A, 89th Reg. O.V.I., serving until the end of the war, receiving an
honorable discharge. He fought in the
battles of Lookout Mountain & Chickamauga, & marched with Sherman to
the sea. [Source:
The Roush Family In America, Volume I, by L. L. Roush, 1928, pg 186]
Pence, Peter (1835-1863) Was killed on the
battlefield of Chickamauga. [Source: The Roush Family In America, Volume I, by L. L.
Roush, 1928, pg 185]
Polk, Gen. Andrew Jackson He
was a captain of a cavalry company during the Civil War. [Source: Electronic version of Memoirs of
a Southern Woman "Within the Lines," and a Genealogical Record by
Mary Jones (Polk) Branch, 1912]
Polk, Col. Cadwalader He was the first with Jackson in Virginia,
afterwards in the western army under General Price; promoted for gallantry from
second lieutenant to colonel. At the
battle of Prairie Grove, he was left for dead on the field, taken to the
Federal Hospital, and a month afterwards liberated in an exchange of prisoners.
[Source: Electronic version of Memoirs
of a Southern Woman "Within the Lines," and a Genealogical Record by
Mary Jones (Polk) Branch, 1912]
Polk,
Gen. Leonidas (Bishop) (1806-1864)
Polk, Gen. Lucius Eugene (1833-1892) Enlisted at
the commencement of the Civil War in Arkansas (where he owned a plantation),
& was elected first lieutenant in Gen. Pat. Cleburne's company, in the
regiment known afterwards as the "First Arkansas." Lt. Polk's first service was with the
Arkansas troops at the capture of the arsenal at Little Rock, Arkansas. His
first fight was at Shiloh, after which battle he was promoted colonel of the
regiment. When the Confederate army
fell back from Corinth, he was ordered to cover the retreat, "if not a man
be left." He defended the bridge so gallantly, that he was complimented in
Gen. Cleburne's report (official report).
He was in the campaign in Kentucky, under Gen. Kirby Smith, & was
wounded in the battle of Richmond, and six weeks later that of Perryville. Col.
Polk was then appointed brigadier-general, in command of Cleburne's old
brigade. He was in the two days' fight
at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, where his uncle, Gen. Leonidas Polk, was in command
of one division of the army; at Chattanooga, where his brigade did valiant
service, & in all the battles in the retreat from Tennessee. His brigade brought up the rear in falling
back from Missionary Ridge, Gen. Cleburne in command of the division,
entrusting him with the charge of the rear guard. In the ambuscade which he formed, by concealing his troops on
each side at Ringgold's Gap, and then ordering a sortie, his brigade fought
most gallantly, capturing two of the enemy's flags, and he was most highly
complimented in the official reports of Generals Johnston and Hardee. In the fight near Hope Church, in Georgia,
he was desperately wounded and crippled for life. In his official report of the battle of Chickamaugua, Gen. Joseph
Johnston said, "But for the valor of Gen. Lucius Polk's brigade we could
not have carried the day." Gen.
Polk did not long survive the war, and died at his residence in Maury
County. Of him could be said not only
"the bravest of men, but the truest and most loyal." [Source: Electronic version of Memoirs of
a Southern Woman "Within the Lines," and a Genealogical Record by
Mary Jones (Polk) Branch, 1912]
Polk, Capt. Rufus Julius Was
a prisoner on his 17th (or 18th?) birthday at Johnson's
Island. He was in the last skirmish of
the war in Alabama. [Source:
Electronic version of Memoirs of a Southern Woman "Within the
Lines," and a Genealogical Record by Mary Jones (Polk) Branch, 1912]
Polk, Thomas Gilchrist An
aide to Gen. Tappan. [Source:
Electronic version of Memoirs of a Southern Woman "Within the
Lines," and a Genealogical Record by Mary Jones (Polk) Branch, 1912]
Pollard, John Kilby (great grandson of Philip Roush, Sr. & Katharine Kelchner) At
18, he enlisted as a private in Co. G. 70 O.V.I. Oct 16, 1861, serving until
Dec 22 1862, when he was honorably discharged because of general disability
incurred in the service. He re-enlisted
in the spring of 1864 as a private in Co. T 182nd O.V.I., was commissioned from
ranks as 2nd Lt. in the same regiment, serving until the close of the war. He participated in the battles of Corinth,
Shiloh, Nashville, & numerous others. [Source: The Roush Family In America, Volume I, by L. L.
Roush, 1928, pg 99]
Price, Levi Moss* (1836-1910) Company E, 59th
Indiana Infantry. Served under Grant
and subsequently under Sherman. Took
part in the siege of Vicksburg, numerous battles around Atlanta and Sherman's
march to the sea.
[Source: newspaper obituary]
Reese, Joseph (? -1925) (husband of Mary Louisa Roush) In
Company B, 134th U.S.W. Vol. [Source: The Roush Family In America, Volume I, by L. L.
Roush, 1928, pg 177]
Rickard, Jr., Michael (1835-1917)
He served as a private in Co. A, 4th West Virginia Infantry. He was shot through the body, the incident
often spoken of - how "the doctor drew a silk handkerchief through the
wound from the front part of his body through to the back." [Source: The Roush Family In
America, Volume I, by L. L. Roush, 1928, pg 574]
Roush, Commodore Perry (1845- ?) He
was Corporal in the 168th Ohio Regiment. [Source: The Roush Family In
America, Volume I, by L. L. Roush, 1928, pg 220]
Roush, D. Levi (1835- ?) Was Major of a
battalion in Illinois Regiment & was killed at the battle of Vicksburg. [Source: The Roush Family In
America, Volume I, by L. L. Roush, 1928, pg 220]
Roush, David Arthur (son of
Nathaniel Roush & Rebecca Charles) He was a soldier in the Union army &
served throughout the Civil War. He was
meritoriously marked on the Chcikamauga battlefield. [Source: The Roush Family In America,
Volume I, by L. L. Roush, 1928, pg 195]
Roush, Ephraim Montaville Dilly (1837-1913)
[Source: The
Roush Family In America, Volume I, by L. L. Roush, 1928, pg 115]
Roush, Frederic C. (1831-1920)
He served in Co. B, 168th O.V.I. [Source: The Roush Family In America, Volume I,
by L. L. Roush, 1928, pg 183]
Roush, Henry L. (1845- ?) He served in the 37th
Virginia Battalion Confederate service during the war & was engaged in a
number of battles. [Source:
The Roush Family In America, Volume I, by L. L. Roush, 1928, pg 437]
Roush, John (1846- ?) [Source: The Roush Family In
America, Volume I, by L. L. Roush, 1928, pg 323]
Roush, Jonas (1837-1877) [Source: The Roush Family In
America, Volume I, by L. L. Roush, 1928, pg 252]
Roush, Joseph (1838-1914) He was a soldier in
the Federal Army. [Source:
The Roush Family In America, Volume I, by L. L. Roush, 1928, pg 319]
Roush, Joseph (1842-1903) Served in Co. I, 59th
Regulars Ohio Volunteer Infantry. [Source: The Roush Family In America, Volume I, by L. L.
Roush, 1928, pg 183]
Roush, Joseph (1842-1927) He enlisted May 3,
1863 in the 141st O.V.I. & served to the close of the war. [Source: The Roush Family In
America, Volume I, by L. L. Roush, 1928, pg 307]
Roush, Jr., Levi (1844-1919) At
the age of 17, he enlisted in Co. A, 36th Virginia Infantry at Buffalo, Putnam
Co., & was chosen 1 of 3 out of his company as sharpshooter. This regiment was part of the McCausland
Brigade, afterward consolidated with Stonewall Jackson's Corps. He was made a prisoner of war at the village
of Woodstock, VA & confined in prison for 9 months at Point Lookout, MD. [Source: The Roush Family In
America, Volume I, by L. L. Roush, 1928, pg 485]
Roush, Michael (1833-1897) Member of Co. C, 140th
Reg. O.V.I., serving mainly in West Virginia. [Source: The Roush Family In America, Volume I,
by L. L. Roush, 1928, pg 355]
Roush, Moses (1837-1913) He served 3 years in
the 13th West Virginia Volunteers, Federal Army. [Source: The Roush Family In
America, Volume I, by L. L. Roush, 1928, pg 384]
Roush, Newton (1845-1919) [Source: The Roush Family In
America, Volume I, by L. L. Roush, 1928, pg 317]
Roush, Permenias (1836-1916)
Fought in Co. B, 4th Ohio Battery. [Source: The Roush Family In America, Volume I,
by L. L. Roush, 1928, pg 145]
Roush, Philip, Jr. (son of
Philip Roush, grandson of Jonas Roush & Elizabeth Wise) He was a soldier in
Co. I, 141st Ohio Infantry. [Source: The Roush Family In America, Volume I, by L. L.
Roush, 1928, pg 255]
Roush, Purnell Brittingham (1833-1881) [Source: The Roush Family In
America, Volume I, by L. L. Roush, 1928, pg 115]
Roush, Robert (1841- ?) He was called into
serving during the Civil War & never returned home. Nothing definite was ever known of him
afterwards. [Source:
The Roush Family In America, Volume I, by L. L. Roush, 1928, pg 116]
Roush, Samuel Andrew Jackson (1834-1864)
He enlisted at Camp Morrow, Portsmouth, OH, with Co. C, 33rd
Regiment, under Col. O. F. Moore & Capt. Brooker. He was wounded at Chaplin Hills, came home on a furlough,
returned to the Army & was taken prisoner at Danville, VA & died of
starvation just before the South moved their prisoners from Danville to
Andersonville prison. [Source: The Roush Family In America, Volume I, by L. L.
Roush, 1928, pg 583]
Roush, Thomas (1844-1864) He served in 13th
West Va. Vol. Fed. Troops. (died of typhoid fever). [Source: The Roush Family In
America, Volume I, by L. L. Roush, 1928, pg 614]
Roush, William (1843-1913) Veteran of the Civil
War. [Source:
The Roush Family In America, Volume I, by L. L. Roush, 1928, pg 116]
Roush, Wilson (1842-1904) Was a soldier. [Source: The Roush Family In
America, Volume I, by L. L. Roush, 1928, pg 253]
Sayre, Nathan M. (1843-1901)
(husband of Nancy M. Roush) He fought in Co. C, 140th Reg. O.V.I. [Source: The Roush Family In
America, Volume I, by L. L. Roush, 1928, pg 350]
Smith, Michael Roush (1840-1920)
Served throughout the Civil War. [Source: The Roush Family In America, Volume I, by L. L.
Roush, 1928, pg 158]
Swisher, Daniel (1842- ?) [Source: The Roush Family In
America, Volume I, by L. L. Roush, 1928, pg 287]
Swisher, Ellis (1830- ?) [Source: The Roush Family In
America, Volume I, by L. L. Roush, 1928, pg 288]
Twibill, Capt. Josiah (1806-1874) He was the
first captain of Company I, 34th Regiment Indiana Volunteers. [Source: Biographical Memoirs of
Blackford County, Ind., by Benjamin G. Shinn, 1900]
Wolfe, Peter (1836-1897) (husband of Nancy Roush) He was
a soldier in the Civil War, answered Lincoln's first Ninety Day Call,
reenlisted Sep 19, 1862 & served as Corporal to the close of the war. O.V.I. Co. B, 116th Regiment. [Source: The Roush Family In America, Volume I,
by L. L. Roush, 1928, pg 554]
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H. L. Hunley
The
first modern submarine & first sub in history to sink an enemy
warship. The Hunley sank (with a crew
of 9 men) on Feb. 17, 1864, in Charleston harbor, after ramming an explosive
torpedo into the hull of the Union blockade vessel Housatonic. It was a hand-cranked sub, 40' long, 4'
wide, 4' high & made from locomotive boilers. It had the speed of 4 knots (4.6 mph). Before the Hunley's final mission, two other crews on the sub had
lost their lives. The first crew
drowned in the fall of 1863 when water from the wake of a passing ship flooded
the sub. A few weeks later, 9 members
of a second crew died during a testing accident (including the sub's creator,
H. L. Hunley). In 1995, the Hunley was
found almost intact. In Aug. 2000, it
was raised and brought to shore to be restored. The conservation of the sub will take about 7 years, & then
it will be on display at the Charleston museum.
Lincoln's Assassination (something new to think about)
Interesting Tidbits
Confederate "Quaker" Guns were logs mounted to deceive Union
forces -- it made the army appear to have more firepower than they truly had!
From The Civil War - Strange &
Fascinating Facts by Burke Davis, pub. 1994 (previsouly
published as Our Incredible Civil War in 1960):
*A confederate cornet player played so
well that both sides would temporarily cease firing to hear his music.
*Capt. S. Isadore Guillet, a young
Confederate officer, was fatally shot on the same horse on which three of his
brothers had been previously killed.
*Slaves in Virginia could be hired for
$30 a month in 1863 - yet the pay of an Army private was $11 per month.