Theodore Greenawalt was born on December 11, 1820, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; he worked as a clerk for various businesses. While working as the manager of a transfer business, Greenawalt assisted in conveying President-elect Abraham Lincoln secretly from his hotel to a train to take him to Washington. With the start of the Civil War, Greenawalt ...
Mexican-American War veteran James Gregg was elected captain of Company C, 23rd Iowa Infantry, on July 24, 1862, and was mustered into the company on September 19, 1862; he resigned on November 25, 1862. Gregg enlisted and was mustered into the 1st Iowa Light Artillery on December 26, 1863; during his term of service, the battery ...
John Grigsby (center) was mustered in as captain of Company I, 48th Missouri Infantry, on November 7, 1864, at Rolla, Missouri for the period of one year. He was mustered out of service on June 29, 1865, at Benton Barracks (St. Louis), Missouri. The 48th Missouri Infantry was organized at Waynesville, Missouri, ...
William Groves enlisted as a private in a cavalry company attached to the 18th Missouri Infantry on August 25, 1861, at Compton’s Ferry, Missouri; he mustered into service on November 14, 1861. His company subsequently became Company L, 7th Missouri Cavalry. Groves was appointed sergeant on November 1, 1862 and promoted to second lieutenant on ...
Francis Gulde enlisted on August 13, 1861, as a first lieutenant and was mustered into Company D, 17th Missouri Infantry on September 20, 1861, at the St. Louis Arsenal. Gulde was promoted to captain on May 1, 1862 and transferred to Company F. During Gulde’s service, the 17th Missouri Infantry fought in the battles of ...
Post-Civil War photograph of Samuel H. Gunter, Company I, 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles, Gunter, a native of the Cherokee Nation, enlisted in the Cherokee Nation as a second lieutenant in Stand Watie’s Regiment on July 2, 1861. An inscription on the back of the photograph reads, “Capt. Sam Gunter, noted Cherokee Bushwhacker.” Watie ...
Robert Hale enlisted as a private in Company D, 8th Kansas Infantry, on October 18, 1861, at Sabetha, Kansas; he was promoted to sergeant on November 9, 1861, and to first sergeant on May 1, 1863. Hale and Company D served at Fort Kearney, Nebraska, and Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, until they joined the rest of the ...
Jeremy Hall enlisted on July 6, 1861, at Adair County, Missouri, as a private in the 1st Northeast Missouri Home Guard Infantry, and was promoted to sergeant that October. In February 1862 the 1st and 2nd Northeast Missouri Regiments were consolidated to form the 21st Missouri Infantry, and Hall became a member of the ...
Aaron Harlan enlisted on July 20, 1861, as the commissary sergeant of the 1st Northeast Missouri Home Guard Infantry. In February 1862 the 1st and 2nd Northeast Missouri Regiments were consolidated to form the 21st Missouri Infantry, and Harlan became the regimental commissary sergeant. On January 1, 1864, he was removed as regimental ...
Robert Harris was mustered into Captain Thomas H. Roseberry’s Company of the 1st Northeast Missouri Home Guard Infantry on October 25, 1861, as a sergeant. In February 1862 the 1st and 2nd Northeast Missouri Regiments were consolidated to form the 21st Missouri Infantry, and Harris became the first sergeant of Company G, 21st Missouri ...
Wyatt Harris enlisted in Company I, 24th Missouri Infantry as a corporal on August 5, 1861, at Marshfield, Missouri. He was promoted to first sergeant on November 1, 1861, to second lieutenant on January 1, 1862, and to captain on February 19, 1863. While serving on detached duty as assistant provost marshal at ...
Twenty-one-year-old Joseph Harrison enrolled in Company E, 8th Enrolled Missouri Militia as a private on July 29, 1863, at St. Louis, Missouri. On July 1, 1864, he was promoted to first lieutenant of Company E, where he served until he resigned on September 22, 1864. Carte-de-Visite by Nichols & Bros, St. Louis, Mo. Image Courtesy ...
Samuel Harrison enlisted as a private in Company B, 7th Minnesota Infantry, at Winona County, Minnesota, on August 17, 1862. He was discharged on December 14, 1864, for promotion to first lieutenant and assigned to Company D, 65th U. S. Colored Infantry. The 65th U. S. Colored Infantry was organized on March 11, 1864, from ...
Robert Hart was born in Ireland about 1838; a record of when he immigrated to the United States has not been found. On August 1, 1862, Hart was commissioned the lieutenant colonel of McNeill’s Regiment, Arkansas Infantry (30th Arkansas Infantry); on November 12, 1862, he was promoted to colonel and assumed command of the ...
