I'm currently researching an ancestor by the name of Ephraim G. Staples who was in the Civil War.
He was born in Bytown, Canada about 1841; family moved to Fayette, Iowa in 1860.
I found two records of an Ephraim G. Staples that could be him but then both are dead-ends.
#1 Record
Enlisted as a Private on 18 May 1861 at the age of 19
Enlisted in Company A, 3rd Infantry Regiment Iowa on 10 June 1861
Received a disability discharge on 22 November 1861 in St Louis, MO
#2 Record
Enlisted May 19, 1862 at Dubuque, Iowa
12th Infantry C
Deserted Sept 3 1862
No age or birth location is listed on his enlistment record
Additionally, there is an Ephraim G. Staples that enlisted in Ohio a year later:
Enlisted as a Private on 06 April 1863 at the age of 20
Enlisted in Company H, 124th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 06 April 1863
Killed on 19 September 1863 in Chickamauga, GA
Cannot verify birth place
Any thoughts as to finding this guy? I can't find him in census records or any death record for him. Could they all be the same guy?
Thanks in advance! Marla
He was born in Bytown, Canada about 1841; family moved to Fayette, Iowa in 1860.
I found two records of an Ephraim G. Staples that could be him but then both are dead-ends.
#1 Record
Enlisted as a Private on 18 May 1861 at the age of 19
Enlisted in Company A, 3rd Infantry Regiment Iowa on 10 June 1861
Received a disability discharge on 22 November 1861 in St Louis, MO
#2 Record
Enlisted May 19, 1862 at Dubuque, Iowa
12th Infantry C
Deserted Sept 3 1862
No age or birth location is listed on his enlistment record
Additionally, there is an Ephraim G. Staples that enlisted in Ohio a year later:
Enlisted as a Private on 06 April 1863 at the age of 20
Enlisted in Company H, 124th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 06 April 1863
Killed on 19 September 1863 in Chickamauga, GA
Cannot verify birth place
Any thoughts as to finding this guy? I can't find him in census records or any death record for him. Could they all be the same guy?
Thanks in advance! Marla