- Born: 19 Aug 1833, , Warren Co., Ohio, USA 1601,2114,2712
- Marriage (1): Clarisa Maria HATFIELD on 31 Aug 1855 in Corydon, Wayne Co., Iowa, USA 1601,2114
- Marriage (2): Abbie CAGLE on 31 Oct 1892 in Topeka, Shawnee Co., Kansas, USA 1601
- Died: 25 Mar 1925, Osage City, Osage Co., Kansas, USA at age 91
General Notes:
Enlisted at Wyreka, Putnam Co., Missouri 14 Nov. 1861 as a private, Co. G. 18th Missouri Inf. Commissioned 2nd Lieut. 1st Lt., Captain, 5 Mar 1864. Taken prisoner at Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee, 31 Oct 1862. Released and exchanged. Mustered out 14 Nov. 1865.
Was a Captain, Co F, 18th Reg Missouri Inf Vol, Civil War. Enlisted with his father and brother George. His brother, David H., enlisted early in the war, and brothers William and Lewis enlisted when they became old enough.
18th Missouri, "The Eighteenth Missouri," by Leslie Anders. Published in 1968 at Indianapolis, Indiana, this book costs around $ 50.00.
18th Missouri Volunteer Infantry Regiment: Organized at Laclede, Mo., July to November, 1861. Attached to District of St. Louis, Dept. of Missouri, to March, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 6th Division, Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 6th Division, District of Corinth, Miss., to November, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 6th Division, District of Corinth, 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, District of Corinth, 13th Army Corps, to December, 1862. 3rd Brigade, District of Corinth, 17th Army Corps, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, District of Corinth, 16th Army Corps, to March, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 16th Army Corps, to November, 1863. Fuller's Brigade, 2nd Division, 16th Army Corps, to January, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 16th Army Corps, to March, 1864. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 16th Army Corps, to September, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 17th Army Corps, to July, 1865.
SERVICE--Duty on Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad during summer and fall of 1861. At Weston, Mo., until December. Ordered from St. Louis to Cairo, Ill., December 22. At Bird's Point, Mo., until March, 1862. Ordered to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. At Corinth and Bolivar until December. Battle of Corinth October 3-4 (Cos. "A," "B," "C" and "E"). Pursuit to Ripley October 5-12 (Cos. "A," "B," "C" and "E"). On duty in District of Corinth guarding Railroad toward Bethel until June, 1863. Affairs at Camp Sheldon February 8 and 10, 1863. Operations in Northeast Mississippi June 13-22. Skirmishes at New Albany June 19. Mud Creek June 20. At Corinth until November. March to Pulaski, Tenn., November 2-12. Duty there and guard duty on Railroad until April, 1864. Veterans on furlough January and February, 1864. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1-September 8. Demonstrations on Resaca May 8-13. Sugar Valley May 9. Near Resaca May 13. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Advance on Dallas May 18-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2, Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Ruff's Mills July 3-4. Chattahoochie River July 6-17. Battle of Atlanta July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Monteith Swamp December 9. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Pocotaligo, SC, January 14-16. Reconnaissance to Salkehatchie River January 25. Skirmishes Rivers' and Broxton's Bridges, Salkehatchie River, February 2. Rivers' Bridge, Salkehatchie River, February 3. Binnaker's Bridge, South Edisto River, February 9. North Edisto River February 12-13. Columbia February 15-17. Juniper Creek, near Cheraw, March 3. Fayetteville, N. C., March 11. Battle of Bentonville March 20-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, VA., April 29-May 20. Grand Review May 24. Moved to Louisville, KY., June, and duty there until July. Mustered out July 18, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 75 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 164 Enlisted men by disease. Total 245.
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Noted events in his life were:
• He appeared on the census on 20 Jul 1870 in Corydon, Wayne Co., Iowa, USA. 2713
• He worked as a hotel keeper on 20 Jul 1870 in Corydon, Wayne Co., Iowa, USA. 2713
• He worked as a carpenter in 1880 in Topeka, Shawnee Co., Kansas, USA. 2712
James married Clarisa Maria HATFIELD, daughter of Jacob HATFIELD and Nancy KEESTER, on 31 Aug 1855 in Corydon, Wayne Co., Iowa, USA 1601.,2114 (Clarisa Maria HATFIELD was born on 2 Apr 1836 in , Parke Co., Indiana, USA 2114,2712 and died in 1920.)
James next married Abbie CAGLE on 31 Oct 1892 in Topeka, Shawnee Co., Kansas, USA.1601 (Abbie CAGLE was born in 1849.)
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