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[Bruce Vail]

Hmmm...how do I find your e-mail address? Mine is [email protected].

 

[Keiri]

He initially was in the 18th Illinois Infantry Company K. By order, all of company K was transferred to The MMB in 1863. On the roster, they included John E. "Stoneman" Stamped on the bottom is "Ram: Monarch." Send me your email address in a private message and I will email it to you.

Name: James E Stoneum
Residence: Illinois
Enlistment Date: 24 May 1861
Rank at enlistment: Private
State Served: Illinois
Service Record: Enlisted in Company K, Illinois 18th Infantry Regiment on 24 May 1861.Promoted to Full Corporal.
Sources: Illinois: Roster of Officers and Enlisted Men

As of July 3, 1865, he was on the census for Jackson, Illinois, where he enlisted. So he survived the war.

By the way ... Lydia, his wife, married a man named William Bishop in 1884. So my guess is he had died by then.

 

[Rank and File]

He initially was in the 18th Illinois Infantry Company K. By order, all of company K was transferred to The MMB in 1863. On the roster, they included John E. "Stoneman" Stamped on the bottom is "Ram: Monarch." Send me your email address in a private message and I will email it to you.

Name: James E Stoneum
Residence: Illinois
Enlistment Date: 24 May 1861
Rank at enlistment: Private
State Served: Illinois
Service Record: Enlisted in Company K, Illinois 18th Infantry Regiment on 24 May 1861.Promoted to Full Corporal.
Sources: Illinois: Roster of Officers and Enlisted Men

As of July 3, 1865, he was on the census for Jackson, Illinois, where he enlisted. So he survived the war.

By the way ... Lydia, his wife, married a man named William Bishop in 1884. So my guess is he had died by then.

Thanks so much.
e-mail address is [email protected]

 

[Bruce Vail]

Bruce Vail, please message me privately with your email address. There are a lot of documents on your guys and I will have to email them.

Hello Karen,

Many thanks for this.

FYI - I am slow-walking some research on the Civil War CSA veterans in my wife's family tree. Her name is Carol Eborn Taylor and her extended family has deep roots in Eastern North Carolina, so there are at least five CSA vets among them. My wife's grandfather had done some of genealogical research many years ago, so I have a good starting point as I try to flesh out war service records.

I am a little hampered by the fact that the Taylor name is so common, and that Eastern North Carolina branch of the family was so large. In fact, I need to do further research to determine whether the Jacob W. Taylor in the records you retrieved is actually the same man as the Wells Taylor mentioned in family records. I believe it is, but I need to confirm that fact.

In any event, thanks so much for your help. Whenever I get finished I intend to publish a summary on CivilWarTalk so the info can be shared with the larger community. At the very least, your lookup on Jacob Taylor will be of special interest to the modern Jacob Taylor, my 22-year-old nephew now living in Williamsburg, Va. Like most young men his age, he has no knowledge or interest in family history, but I'm sure that he'll get a kick out learning something about his (accidental) namesake.

With warm regards,
Bruce Vail

 

[Hajnasiewicz]

I would be most grateful for any information you might be able to uncover for the following:

1. Lewis Henry Kniffin Enlisted 12/21/1863 L Co. 2nd Cav Reg. WI Mustered Out on 06/08/1865
2. Charles Livens Enlisted in Company F, 7th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 19 August 1861, Mustered out Company F, 7th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 03 July 1865
3. Martin H Dake enlisted 12/02/1862 as Private, Company K Wisconsin 4th Calvary Regiment, Mustered Out: 07/10/1865, Transferred: 08/22/1865 from Company K to Company F

Thank you for your most generous offer of lookups.

 

[Keiri]

Oo! Wisconsin! You make me so happy. I'll get back to you with it soon.

 

[Deleted User CS]

Hi there: I'm willing to do lookups for free. I have access to Ancestry, Genealogybank, Fold3, Newspapers.com, and Newspaperarchive. I am also in the Madison, WI area and go to the Wisconsin Historical Archives from time to time. Please message @Keiri with your request, as usual, more detail is better than less. If anyone else wants to post their willingness to do lookups in their area or online, I suggest you add it to this post that way others can find out. Thanks to the admins for letting me do this!

Remember, this is a volunteer! Please understand this member is doing this as a kind gesture, please allow some time for them to get back to you. Have fun!

Ami

Hi Keiri. I am presently working on a research project and may need some materials from the Wisconsin Historical Society. I will certainly keep you in mind when I need the materials. Thank You.

 

[Keiri]

I've responded to Hajnasiewicz in a message.

But just in case you folks didn't know, this is how two of the major reference books in Civil War studies work: Dyer and Dornbrush. There are a series of volumes written by Dornbrush which, for each unit, list what primary sources (i.e. personal narratives, diaries, letters) are available for each unit. This is priceless because you can read someone else's diary and figure out what it was like when your guy was in such and such battle. Someone MAY even talk about your guy!

Here's a link to volume 1: http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39076005081166;view=1up;seq=20

Sometimes people just say here's a link to this or that but don't explain the purpose. Dornbrush is one of those. Another is Dyer. Dyer's volumes are regimental histories for every regiment, more specifically, what units they were in (This can change many times) and where they were from each date. Here's a link to a web version: http://www.civil-war.net/searchdyers.asp?searchdyers=Tennessee (use the drop-down menu to change states) and the original books: https://archive.org/details/08697590.3359.emory.edu Now once you figure out what unit your guy was in, you can figure out what LARGER units he was in, for example, 17th Wisconsin Infantry was in Atlanta, GA July 22-27, 1864, August 11-29, 1864, September 6-October 8, 1864, in the third brigade, 3rd division, in the 17th Army Corps, under Leggett. Knowing that lets me figure out who ELSE was in the 3rd B, 3rd D, 17 AC. In this case, it was the 81st IL Inf, 95th IL Inf. Det., & 14th WI Inf. Det. Now go back to Dornbrush and voila, I now have several other units with personal narratives I can read for my guys for those days. In this way you can really get a detailed view of your ancestor's time in the war.

 

[Albert Sailhorst]

Hello Keiri!
I appreciate your offer and hope you can help!

My great great grandfather, from the Civil War, was married to his first wife, who died in 1918. He then re-married and died in 1922 in Bolivar, TN.
Last night, I started thinking about what happened to his second wife.
I believe her name is Zelphia Caroline Flowers, her previous last name might be Baker.
My great great grandfather was Henry V. Flowers, from McNairy County, Tennessee. He was Sergeant, Co. A, 6th TN Cavalry (Federal). His first wife was Margret (maiden name of Curtis). He served with 3 of Margaret's brothers, one of whom died at Jefferson Barracks, MO
Anyway, if you could help in finding out what became of her after Henry died (did she re-marry? When did she die? Where is she buried? Did she have children? Where did she live?), I would appreciate it. .....I believe she was known as Caroline, as I have a copy of Henry's will, where he left her the dinning room furniture and a cow.....

Also, I am looking for info on Albert Sailhorst, Sergeant in Bankhead's/Scott's Tennessee Battery, Confederate. I already have his war record, but I have no census or other information. I think he came from Memphis, TN, but not certain.

Thank you, I appreciate it!

my e-mail is: [email protected]

 

[Keiri]

I think this answers most of your questions on Zelphia: http://imgur.com/ITnEukN
Her name was actually Zelphia Caroline Ammons. She married James Henry Baker in 1869 and had many, many children. He died in 1906. She then married Flowers in 1918.

For what it's worth, I suspect Sailhorst is a corruption of "Sielhorst" or some other German name. Any information in that respect?

 

[Keiri]

Albert, You have a real doozy. That name is not Sailhorst, for sure, not how it was spelled, anyway. All i could get was this:

A. Selhorst
Death Date 10 Nov 1862
Military Branch Artillery
Company Unit B
Company Unit Name Bank Head's Artillery
Enlistment Info Sergeant
Remarks Complaint: Ch. Diarrhea. Date admitted: September 15, 1862. Date returned to duty: Not given. Remarks: Died November 10th at 7 o'clock p.m.
Author Hospital Register of the General Hospital, Selma, Alabama, Hospital Register No. 432

and I was able to learn that his company recruited from Ouachita County, Ark, Lafayette county, Ark, and Memphis. I also don't think his first name was albert, although they put that on his paperwork. Germans (if he is German, which I suspect) have two first names, the first they use as a legal name on documents, the second is what people called them. So He might have been August Albert Sielhurst, or whatever.

Another thing I found was this: Washington Sealhurst marrying a Miss O J Smith in Fayette county, Tennessee, on November 19, 1852. Perhaps an older brother? Cousin? regardless that's as much as I can get, but I am not giving up. If anyone has anything they can add please do.

 

[Albert Sailhorst]

I think this answers most of your questions on Zelphia: http://imgur.com/ITnEukN
Her name was actually Zelphia Caroline Ammons. She married James Henry Baker in 1869 and had many, many children. He died in 1906. She then married Flowers in 1918.

For what it's worth, I suspect Sailhorst is a corruption of "Sielhorst" or some other German name. Any information in that respect?

Thanks for the hard work and info!
As to "Sailhorst" being a corruption, I have thought of that and I agree with you.....However, the spelling on his war record is consistant.....which doesn't necessarily mean it wasn't corrupted....hmmmm!
Thank you!

 

[Albert Sailhorst]

Albert, You have a real doozy. That name is not Sailhorst, for sure, not how it was spelled, anyway. All i could get was this:

A. Selhorst
Death Date 10 Nov 1862
Military Branch Artillery
Company Unit B
Company Unit Name Bank Head's Artillery
Enlistment Info Sergeant
Remarks Complaint: Ch. Diarrhea. Date admitted: September 15, 1862. Date returned to duty: Not given. Remarks: Died November 10th at 7 o'clock p.m.
Author Hospital Register of the General Hospital, Selma, Alabama, Hospital Register No. 432

and I was able to learn that his company recruited from Ouachita County, Ark, Lafayette county, Ark, and Memphis. I also don't think his first name was albert, although they put that on his paperwork. Germans (if he is German, which I suspect) have two first names, the first they use as a legal name on documents, the second is what people called them. So He might have been August Albert Sielhurst, or whatever.

Another thing I found was this: Washington Sealhurst marrying a Miss O J Smith in Fayette county, Tennessee, on November 19, 1852. Perhaps an older brother? Cousin? regardless that's as much as I can get, but I am not giving up. If anyone has anything they can add please do.

He died twice!!.....Once as you have found out, but then again later at a hospital in Chattanooga!!.....I contacted the Head Park Ranger at Chattanooga NP several years ago, and he thinks the "death" at Chattanooga was most likely the correct one. I am open to any new information!!
Again, thank you!.....I have been looking for Sailhorst for 10 years now, and can only find his war record!

 

[Albert Sailhorst]

I think this answers most of your questions on Zelphia: http://imgur.com/ITnEukN
Her name was actually Zelphia Caroline Ammons. She married James Henry Baker in 1869 and had many, many children. He died in 1906. She then married Flowers in 1918.

For what it's worth, I suspect Sailhorst is a corruption of "Sielhorst" or some other German name. Any information in that respect?

What does it say was Caroline's cause of death??....I can't enlarge it or make it out....
Thank you!

 

[Keiri]

double click and it will enlarge...it was myocarditis, basically heart stuff.

 

[Goodpal]

Hi there: I'm willing to do lookups for free. I have access to Ancestry, Genealogybank, Fold3, Newspapers.com, and Newspaperarchive. I am also in the Madison, WI area and go to the Wisconsin Historical Archives from time to time. Please message @Keiri with your request, as usual, more detail is better than less. If anyone else wants to post their willingness to do lookups in their area or online, I suggest you add it to this post that way others can find out. Thanks to the admins for letting me do this!

Remember, this is a volunteer! Please understand this member is doing this as a kind gesture, please allow some time for them to get back to you. Have fun!

Ami

Well, you are very kind!

 

[DixieRifles]

After waiting 150 years, what is one more week??

 

[clayfeeter]

Hi there: I'm willing to do lookups for free. I have access to Ancestry, Genealogybank, Fold3, Newspapers.com, and Newspaperarchive. I am also in the Madison, WI area and go to the Wisconsin Historical Archives from time to time. Please message @Keiri with your request, as usual, more detail is better than less. If anyone else wants to post their willingness to do lookups in their area or online, I suggest you add it to this post that way others can find out. Thanks to the admins for letting me do this!

Remember, this is a volunteer! Please understand this member is doing this as a kind gesture, please allow some time for them to get back to you. Have fun!

Ami

Keiri what amazing kindness! Thank you!

I base almost all my Civil War reading on where my ancestors and cousins fought, it's just so cool to read a book knowing your family was part of it somehow..

BUT the one ancestor (my gr gr gramps) I am COMPLETELY unable to find info on is was a Union army blacksmith...

...it's just unfair that wagoneers and ferriers have army records and even pension files yet I have found zero records of my ancestor, Benjamin EH Mock (also spelled Mauk) of Kentucky.

He served in a Union regiment but I find nothing on him.

Can you help solve a 30 year searching mystery?

Thank you, Clay
[email protected]
York Maine

 

[Al Murray]

this member is doing this as a kind gesture

Well, you are very kind!

Goodpal et al beat me to it, but I'll add my kudos - you are indeed very kind for such an offer, kindness seeming to be on the wane these days. Thank you.

 

[Keiri]

Okay, so for stoneum - he definitely survived the war: Here's a link to an Adjutant's report on IL soldiers (he was originally from Jackson County and eventually transferred into the Mississippi Marines) https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=iau.31858042878003;view=1up;seq=97 also I've found he had a son named Daniel W. Stonum born in 1871 who died in Los Angeles in 1945. He also had another older son named Martin who I cannot find - but I haven't put a lot of time into him. Some reports erroneously say that Daniel's father was Elijah, one of James' brothers, but I have records that show it was James and Lydia Hagler. I'll keep looking for the ship, but there's your answer on him surviving the war Onto the next request!