Benjamin Rubber

Benjamin Rubber    Native American

Enlisted as Pvt 37 Wis Inf Co K on 16 May 1864 at Milwaukee

Wounded in Abdomen on 30 Jul 1864 at Petersburg, VA

Died of Wounds on 8 Aug 1864 at Douglas Hospital in Washington DC

Buried Arlington National Cemetery, Washington D C

Time Served 2m 23d

Wife Mary

Pension 

Service Record - Organized at Madison, Wis., April 9, 1864. Left State for Washington, D. C., April 28 (Cos. "A" to "F"). Two more Companies, "H" and "I," join at Maryland Heights May 17. Duty at Washington, D. C., till May 30. Moved to White House, Va., May 30-June 1, and guard duty there till June 10. Guard supply train to Cold Harbor June 10. Attached to Casey's Brigade, 22nd Army Corps, to June, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to September, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, to July 1865.

Movement across James River to Petersburg, Va., June 12-15. Assaults on Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30, 1864.