Jacob W. Parnell

[dylan.56th]

Looking for info,on Jacob W. Parnell of the 29th Va infantry, thanks

 

[Allie]

I'm sorry but the only thing I'm finding on fold3 is two index cards, one that states he was a private in co. D and one that says the same and that he sometimes spelled it Purnell.

From ancestry.com

Name:Jacob W Parnell
Residence: Carroll, Virginia
Enlistment Date: 1 Jun 1861
Rank at enlistment: Private
Enlistment Place: Carroll, Virginia
State Served: Virginia
Survived the War?:mYes
Service Record:Enlisted in Company D, Virginia 29th Infantry Regiment on 01 Jun 1861.
Sources:The Virginia Regimental Histories Series

 

[rhettbutler1865]

I'm sorry but the only thing I'm finding on fold3 is two index cards, one that states he was a private in co. D and one that says the same and that he sometimes spelled it Purnell.

From ancestry.com

Name:Jacob W Parnell
Residence: Carroll, Virginia
Enlistment Date: 1 Jun 1861
Rank at enlistment: Private
Enlistment Place: Carroll, Virginia
State Served: Virginia
Survived the War?:mYes
Service Record:Enlisted in Company D, Virginia 29th Infantry Regiment on 01 Jun 1861.
Sources:The Virginia Regimental Histories Series

Allie, I joined ancestry.com and got nowhere...is there a place to go to look up how to use the site? or a different site? All I've found out so far, was my grgrandpa was in the 1st Minnesota........cavalry (Mounted Rangers). I must have others somewhere!

 

[rhettbutler1865]

And I got that information from a cousin I've never even met, who lives in Canada!

 

[Allie]

Allie, I joined ancestry.com and got nowhere...is there a place to go to look up how to use the site? or a different site? All I've found out so far, was my grgrandpa was in the 1st Minnesota........cavalry (Mounted Rangers). I must have others somewhere!

There are definitely tricks to using their search engine, and it really helps if other people have also been researching your ancestors. Andy Hall made a great thread called how not to ancestry, there needs to be one on how to ancestry!

 

[East Tennessee Roots]

Looking for info,on Jacob W. Parnell of the 29th Va infantry, thanks

Jacob W. Parnell

Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 6/1/1861 at Carroll, VA as a Private.

On 6/1/1861 he mustered into "D" Co. VA 29th Infantry
He Re-enlisted on 4/15/1862
(date and method of discharge not given)
(Estimated day of reenlistment)


He was listed as:
* Sick 12/15/1862 (place not stated) (At home)
* Returned 2/15/1863 (place not stated)
* Hospitalized 3/15/1863 Petersburg, VA
* On rolls 4/15/1863 (place not stated)
* On rolls 12/15/1864 (place not stated)
* Deserted 1/17/1865 Bermuda Hundred, VA (Deserted to the enemy)
* Oath Allegiance 2/15/1865 Bermuda Hundred, VA (Estimated day, and released)


Intra Regimental Company Transfers:
* 4/15/1862 from company D to company F (Estimated day of transf
Other Information:
born in Stokes County, NC
(Born 1846. Brother of John R. and William G.)
- The Virginia Regimental Histories Series

 

[East Tennessee Roots]

And I got that information from a cousin I've never even met, who lives in Canada!

I may not find anymore personal info than what you have, but I'll be glad to try if you don't mind to share his name.

MINNESOTA
FIRST CAVALRY
(One Year)
First Cavalry.--Col., Samuel McPhaill; Lieut.-Col.,
William Pfaender; Majs., John H. Parker, Solomon S. Buell,
Orrin T. Hayes. This regiment was made up of twelve companies,
organized in the fall of 1862 and was composed largely of men
who had lost their wives, children or relatives in the Sioux
massacre the previous August and September. The first
battalion of three companies was sent out as soon as organized
for guard and patrol duty. In the spring of 1863 nine
companies under Col. McPhaill assembled at Camp Pope for the
campaign of the Missouri, the other three companies remaining
for patrol duty. The regiment was in the battle of Big Mound,
where the 1st battalion led the attack. It fought its way up
the steep hill, put the Indians to flight and followed them for
15 miles. The regiment was in the battle of Dead Buffalo lake,
and was at Stony lake, when the Indians attacked in great
force. It reached the Missouri July 29, and returned to Fort
Abercrombie. Col. McPhaill, with several companies of cavalry,
was sent to Fort Ridgely, which place he reached Sept. 1. The
1st battalion was sent to Fort Ripley and the various companies
of the 1st cavalry were mustered out during the fall and winter
of 1863-64.

Source: The Union Army

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Report of Col. Samuel McPhaill, First Minnesota Mounted Rangers.

IN CAMP ON THE PLAINS, August 5, 1863.
GEN.: On the 24th of July, 1863, pursuant to your order to recover the body
of Dr. J. S. Weiser, surgeon First Minnesota Mounted Rangers, murdered by
the Indians, I proceeded to the hills in rear of Camp Sibley with Companies
A and D, of my regiment. When some 500 yards from camp, we were fired upon
by the Indians occupying the summit of the hill. I immediately ordered
Company A, under Capt. E. M. Wilson, to advance and fire upon the enemy,
which was done in good style. The ground being rocky and broken, Companies
A, D, and E were ordered to dismount and skirmish the hills, Companies B
and F, under major [O. T.] Hayes, and Company L, under Capt. [P. B.] Davy,
to support them. The First Battalion, under Maj. [J. H.] Parker, cleared
the hills and drove the Indians some 2 miles, followed by Companies B and
F, mounted. Here I met Lieut. Col. W. R. Marshall, Seventh Minnesota
Volunteers, and requested him to protect my right flank, which he did in
gallant style. Maj. Parker was then ordered to rally the companies of his
battalion and prepare to engage the enemy, mounted. I then moved forward of
the Skirmishers with Companies B and F, and ordered a charge upon the
enemy posted on the highest peak of the range known as the "Big Hills."
This order was promptly obeyed, and the Indians dislodged from their
position and driven toward the plains
west of the hills. While descending the hills, I ordered another charge
by Company B, under Capt. [Horace] Austin. While in the act of
carrying out this order, 1 man was instantly killed by lightning and
another seriously injured. This occasioned a momentary confusion;
order, however, was soon restored, and we pushed the enemy from their
positions on the hills and in the ravines in our front to the plains below.
I then ordered a rally. Companies A, B, F, and L assembled, and we
pushed forward upon the Indians, who has taken refuge behind a few
rude and hastily constructed intrenchments in their encampments, from
which they were quickly dislodged, and a running fight commenced. At
this juncture, Lieut. J.[C.] Whipple, Third Minnesota Battery,
reached us with one 6-pounder, his horses entirely given out, in
consequence of which he could only give the fleeing enemy two shots,
which apparently threw them in still greater confusion. I then again
ordered the charge, which was kept up until we had reached at least 15
miles from the first point of attack, and during which we drove them
from their concealment in the rushes and wild rice of Dead Buffalo Lake
by a well-directed volley from the deadly carbines, ran into their lines
five times, concealment in the rushes and wild rice of Dead Buffalo
Lake by a well-directed volley from the deadly carbines, ran into their
lines five times, continuing the fight till nearly dark, when Companies
H, D, and G arrived, and I received your order to return to Camp
Sibley, at the Big Hills; and some time having been consumed in
collecting our wounded and providing transportation for them, we
attempted to return, and only succeeded in reaching camp at 5 a. m. on
the morning of the 25th, having in the darkness been unable to preserve
our course, and having been in the saddle twenty-four hours without
guide, provisions, or water. The number of Indians engaged could not
have been less than 1,000, and would doubtless reach 1,500 warriors.
The losses of my regiment, including a skirmish on Sunday evening,
the 26th, at Dead Buffalo Lake, are as follows:*

Dr. J. S. Weiser, surgeon, and Lieut. A. Freeman, Company D,
were murdered by the Indians.

The number of Indians known to have been killed by the Mounted Rangers is
31, all found with the peculiar mark of cavalry upon them. Doubtless many
more were killed by the Rangers, as the wounded concealed themselves in
the marshes, where it was impossible to follow them with cavalry.

In this report I esteem in a duty, and it affords me great pleasure, to say
of the officers and men under my command who were engaged in this series of
fights and hand-to-hand encounters, that, without exception, the utmost
coolness and bravery was displayed, the only difficulty I encountered being
that of restraining the wild enthusiasm of the troops during the succession
of cavalry charges, and I can only say of them further that they have won
for themselves a reputation of which veteran troops might well be proud.

It is also a duty and gratification to mention favorably the name of First
Lieut. E. A. Goodell, acting adjutant, whose aid in the hottest of
the fight rendered me great service; also the name of John Martin, of
Company F, who bore dispatches with certainty, celerity, and security.

I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

SAM. McPHAILL,
Col., Cmdg. Mounted Rangers.

Brig. Gen. H. H. SIBLEY,
Cmdg. Expeditionary Force.


Source: Official Records
PAGE 359-32 MO., ARK., KANS., IND. T., AND DEPT. N. W. [CHAP. XXXIV.
[Series I. Vol. 22. Part I, Reports. Serial No. 32.]

 

[East Tennessee Roots]

Allie, I joined ancestry.com and got nowhere...is there a place to go to look up how to use the site? or a different site? All I've found out so far, was my grgrandpa was in the 1st Minnesota........cavalry (Mounted Rangers). I must have others somewhere!

Here's a battle with the Sioux he may have took part in :

Big Mound, Dak. Ter.
July 24, 1863

1st Minnesota Cavalry, 3rd Minnesota Battery, and 6th, 7th,
and 10th Minnesota Infantry.

The troops, under command of Gen. H. H. Sibley, had been in
pursuit of some Sioux Indians for several days, when about 1
p. m. on the 24th, some of Sibley's scouts brought the
information that a large body of Indians were just in advance.

The Indians sent out a party to ask a council, intending to
murder Sibley and his officers and then attack the camp, but
Sibley, having been warned by a half-breed scout, declined.

Dr. J. L. Weiser, surgeon of the 1st Minnesota, was
treacherously shot by one of those sent out to urge a council,
and this wanton deed precipitated a conflict.

By order of Sibley Lieut. J. C. Whipple planted his artillery
on a hill opposite Big Mound and in a short time drove them
from their position to the open prairie where the cavalry
could get at them.

After two or three futile attempts to make a stand the Indians
fled in the direction of Dead Buffalo Lake.

Source: The Union Army, vol. 5, p. 126
...........................................................................................
Here's the General he served under :

Sibley, Henry H., brigadier-general, was born in Detroit,
Mich. Feb. 20, 1811. He was graduated at Detroit Academy,
took a special course in Greek and Latin and read law, but in
1829 became clerk to the sutler at Sault Ste. Marie. Soon
afterward he took a local agency of John Jacob Astor's fur
company, and, after being in 1832-34 a purchasing agent, he
was given an interest in the company and took charge of its
business in the territory north of Lake Pepin, extending to
the British line and west to the head waters of the
tributaries of the Missouri river. In 1834 he reached the
mouth of the Minnesota river, on a trip for the company, and,
establishing his headquarters at St. Peters (now Mendota),
built the first stone house within the present limits of
Minnesota. Two years afterward he was appointed by Gov.
Chambers of Iowa, a justice of the peace. In 1848 he was
elected a delegate from Wisconsin territory to Congress, and
there secured the passage of a bill for the creation of
Minnesota territory. He was re-elected to Congress for two
terms; in 1857 took part in the constitutional convention and
was elected to the territorial legislature; and on the
admission of Minnesota as a state, in 1858, he was elected its
first governor, as a Democrat. In 1862, at the time of the
Sioux Indian outbreak, he organized and commanded the troops
raised for the protection of the frontier settlers and was
commissioned a brigadier-general. During this campaign he
took about 2,000 Indian prisoners, tried more than 400 of them
by court-martial, and on Dec. 26 executed thirty-eight at one
time, only President Lincoln's direct orders preventing the
execution of many more. Gen. Sibley was brevetted major-
general, Nov. 29, 1865, was relieved of his command in
Minnesota in Aug., 1866, and was detailed as a member of a
commission to negotiate treaties with the Sioux and other
hostiles along the upper Missouri river. In 1871 he served
another term in the legislature, and afterward lived quietly
in St. Paul. He was a regent of the state university,
president of the state normal school board, and a member of
the United States board of Indian commissioners. He died in
St. Paul on Feb. 18, 1891.

Source: The Union Army, vol. 8

 

[dylan.56th]

Jacob W. Parnell

Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 6/1/1861 at Carroll, VA as a Private.

On 6/1/1861 he mustered into "D" Co. VA 29th Infantry
He Re-enlisted on 4/15/1862
(date and method of discharge not given)
(Estimated day of reenlistment)


He was listed as:
* Sick 12/15/1862 (place not stated) (At home)
* Returned 2/15/1863 (place not stated)
* Hospitalized 3/15/1863 Petersburg, VA
* On rolls 4/15/1863 (place not stated)
* On rolls 12/15/1864 (place not stated)
* Deserted 1/17/1865 Bermuda Hundred, VA (Deserted to the enemy)
* Oath Allegiance 2/15/1865 Bermuda Hundred, VA (Estimated day, and released)


Intra Regimental Company Transfers:
* 4/15/1862 from company D to company F (Estimated day of transf
Other Information:
born in Stokes County, NC
(Born 1846. Brother of John R. and William G.)
- The Virginia Regimental Histories Series

Any info on his brothers?

 

[East Tennessee Roots]

Any info on his brothers?

William Gaston Parnell

Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 3/5/1862 at Carroll, VA as a Private.

On 3/5/1862 he mustered into "C" Co. VA 29th Infantry
(date and method of discharge not given)


He was listed as:
* On rolls 4/15/1863 (place not stated)
* Hospitalized 1/8/1864 (place not stated)
* Furloughed 4/15/1864 (place not stated)
* On rolls 12/15/1864 (place not stated)


Intra Regimental Company Transfers:
* 4/15/1862 from company C to company F (Estimated day of transfer)


Other Information:
born in Stokes County, NC


(Born 1843. Living in Carroll, VA in 1910)
...............................................................................................................
John Rufus Parnell

Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 5/29/1861 at Wytheville, VA as a Private.

On 5/29/1861 he mustered into "E" Co. VA 45th Infantry
(date and method of discharge not given)


He was listed as:
* On rolls 4/15/1862 (place not stated) (No further record)


Other Information:
born in Gilford County, NC
died 10/21/1913 in Carroll County, VA

(Born in1839.)

He was also listed in the 29th Va. Infantry
* On rolls 4/15/1863 (place not stated)
* On rolls 12/15/1864 (place not stated)
Intra Regimental Company Transfers:
* from company C to company F
He also had service in:
VA 45th Infantry (Later served)
"C" Co. VA 29th Infantry (Enlisted in 1863)
Other Information:
born in Stokes County, NC
died 10/2/1913 in Carroll, VA