Elizabeth George

[Mike Serpa]

I don't know if this post adds anything new about her.

Indiana. Fort Wayne : Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

From the files of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection

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[lupaglupa]

Is she is some way related to Col. Bass? Or were they just put together due to their War activities?

 

[Mike Serpa]

Is she is some way related to Col. Bass? Or were they just put together due to their War activities?

Yes. Her daughter Eliza M. George married Col. Bass of the 30th Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He was wounded at the Battle of Shiloh on April 7, 1862 and died on the 14th.

Elizabeth E. “Eliza” Hamilton George (1808-1865)...

Mrs. Eliza E. George, Fort Wayne Indiana's noted Civil War nurse, died of typhoid fever in an army camp in Wilmington, N.C., a month after General Lee's surrender at Appomattox. She gave her life, like thousands of others, in the terrible struggle to preserve the Union. She accompanied Indiana...

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Sion St. Clair Bass (1827-1862) - Find a Grave...

Civil War Union Army Officer. He served during the Civil War as Colonel and commander of the 30th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was mortally wounded while leading the 30th at the Battle of Shiloh on April 7, 1862.

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Eliza M. George Bass (1834-1914) - Find a Grave...

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Colonel Sion Bass House – ARCH Fort Wayne – Historic Preservation

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[donna]

Thanks for adding.