Oliver D. Kinsman, 1920

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• Title: O. D. Kinsman
• Date Created/Published: 1920 May 8.
• Medium: 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller
• Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-npcc-01549 (digital file from original)
• Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.
• Call Number: LC-F8- 7824 [P&P]
• Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
• Notes:
  • Caption from caption list: AGED EMPLOYEES OF THE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS IN WASHINGTON WHO WILL BENIFIT [sic] BY THE RETIREMENT BILL. O. D. Kinsman, eighty five years of age, a Civil War veteran for 48 years employed in the Civil war section of the Pension Bureau.

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Oliver D. Kinsman

Residence Clinton IA; 26 years old.

Enlisted on 9/17/1861 as a Sergeant.

On 10/18/1861 he mustered into "K" Co. IA 11th Infantry
He was discharged for promotion on 8/31/1864

On 8/31/1864 he was commissioned into
US Volunteers Adjutant General
He was Mustered Out on 10/1/1866


Promotions:
* Sergt Major 10/18/1861
* 2nd Lieut 1/1/1862 (As of Co. K)
* 1st Lieut 3/15/1863
* 1st Lieut 7/2/1863 (1st Lieut and Adjutant)
* Capt 8/31/1864 (Captain and Asst. Adjutant General)
* Major 3/13/1865 by Brevet
* Lt Colonel 3/13/1865 by Brevet


Intra Regimental Company Transfers:
* 10/18/1861 from company K to Field & Staff
* 1/1/1862 from Field & Staff to company K
* 7/2/1863 from company K to Field & Staff


Other Information:
born in Maine


Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:

- Roster & Record of Iowa Soldiers in the War of Rebellion
- Heitman: Register of United States Army 1789-1903
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