Born in 1817 at Gemmersheim, Palatinate, Germany, Franz Hassendeubel immigrated to St. Louis in 1844 and worked as a civil engineer. During the Mexican-American War, he commanded an artillery battery in Missouri Colonel Alexander Doniphan’s army. Following the Mexican-American War, he worked as the city engineer of St. Louis. When the Civil ...
Thomas Hatfield enlisted as a corporal in Company B, 18th Missouri Infantry, on June 17, 1861, at Laclede, Missouri. He was promoted to second sergeant on August 31, 1861, to first sergeant on May 1, 1862, second lieutenant on July 29, 1864, first lieutenant on April 30, 1865, and to captain on June 16, ...
John Hauser was commissioned a captain and mustered into the 49th Wisconsin Infantry on February 16, 1865, at Madison, Wisconsin; he assumed command of Company D. The regiment was sent to Rolla, Missouri, for guard and garrison duty, with Company D assigned to the Big and Little Piney areas. In August 1865, the ...
Peter Hawton enlisted as a private in Company E, 7th Kansas Cavalry (“Jennison’s Jayhawkers”) on August 6, 1861, as a private. The 7th Kansas Cavalry was mustered into service on October 26, 1861, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. They fought in the battles of Iuka, Corinth, Little Blue River, Independence, Westport, and Mine Creek. Hawton mustered out ...
Robert Heidelberg enlisted as a private in Battery C, 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery, on September 15, 1862; he was mustered in on September 22, 1862. He was promoted to corporal on March 7, 1863, to sergeant on August 12, 1863, and to first sergeant on November 1, 1864. Battery C became part of the ...
Peter Heil enlisted as a private in Company A, 5th Kansas Cavalry on July 16, 1861, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He was captured on April 25, 1864, at Marks’ Mill’s, Arkansas, and held as a prisoner of war. He was exchanged and returned to company, and was mustered out of the service on ...
William Henley enlisted as a private in Company A, 29th Missouri Infantry, on August 21, 1862, at St. Louis, Missouri; he mustered in with the regiment on September 5, 1862, at Benton Barracks. On September 6, 1862, Henley was promoted to second lieutenant and re-assigned to Company K; promoted to first lieutenant on February ...
Louis Herring enlisted as a private in Company E, 7th Kansas Cavalry (“Jennison’s Jayhawkers”) on September 16, 1861, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He was mustered into the service on October 26, 1861, when the 7th Kansas was organized at Fort Leavenworth. The 7th Kansas was involved in the 1862 battles of Iuka and Corinth, and ...
Born in Pittsburgh in 1837, Herron was a banker in Dubuque, Iowa when the Civil War began. He commanded the “Governor’s Grays” of the 1st Iowa Infantry at the Battle of Wilson’s Creek. Promoted to lieutenant colonel of the 9th Iowa Infantry, Herron was wounded and captured at the Battle of Pea Ridge, but was ...
Hester Newton enlisted in Company G, 4th Missouri Cavalry, on March 24, 1862, at St. Joseph, Missouri. He was promoted to fourth sergeant on April 16, 1862 and to first lieutenant on December 19, 1862. Hester and the 4th Missouri Cavalry saw action at the 1862 Battle of Pea Ridge, and the 1864 battles of ...
Richie Higgins enlisted as a private in Company G, 1st Missouri Cavalry, on August 1, 1861, at Jacksonville, Illinois; he was mustered in on September 6, 1861, at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. The 1st Missouri Cavalry was organized on July 20, 1861; in addition to scout and patrol duties they saw action at Pea Ridge and in ...
Hiram Hiller, from Clark County, Missouri, joined the 2nd Missouri State Militia Cavalry as a private with his brother John in December 1861. Promoted to adjutant in June 1862, Hiller rose to major by the end of 1862 and to lieutenant colonel in July 1863. The 2nd Missouri State Militia Cavalry was organized ...
Martin Himes enlisted as a private in Company H, 34th New Jersey Infantry, on November 9, 1863. The 34th served in Mississippi, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Louisiana, and fought at Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely. Himes was discharged on June 1, 1865, for promotion to second lieutenant with the 65th U. S. Colored Infantry, ...
Thomas Carmichael Hindman was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, in January 1828. He moved to Mississippi in 1841 and served with the 2nd Mississippi Infantry during the Mexican-American War. Hindman was admitted to the bar following the war and was elected to the Mississippi legislature; he then moved to Helena, Phillips County, Arkansas and ...
