River444's Civil War Ancestry

[river444]

Here's a list of my ancestors, great-uncles and some of my cousins who served. Most of them are from dad's side. Three of my mom's four grandparents were the children/grandchildren of people born in Europe, so there aren't a lot of people to find.

Franklin Field Sanderson- 3rd great-grandfather. 1st Iowa Cavalry .
William MC Alexander - 3rd great-grandfather 24th Indiana (my mom's side)
John Almer Lewin 4th-great-grandfather. 3rd Iowa Infantry. He fought in the Battle of Blue Mills Landing,Shiloh,Vicksburg, Siege of Jackson,MS. He got sick/was wounded in Shiloh and was sent to Indiana, didn't come back to his unit until July 1862. Captured in Dec 1863 outside of Vicksburg (his unit was still there) while foraging. Sent to Fort Morgan and then to Andersonville where he died.
William Preston Guthrie 4th great-grandfather 37th Iowa Infantry discharged for disability
George Lester Pool 3rd Light Artillery from Indiana He lost his eye after getting kicked by a horse


Great-uncles
Henry Clay Blake 4th great-granduncle 1st Iowa Cavalry
Cyrus O. Whetzel 4th great-granduncle 10th Iowa Infantry
Oliver Perry Lewin 4th great-granduncle 10th Iowa Infantry KIA @ Charlestown, MO
John Samuel Hodges 4th great-granduncle 10th Iowa Infantry
Hugh Kilpatrick 3rd great-granduncle 26th Infantry Michigan
David B Kilpatrick 3rd great-granduncle 2nd Infantry Michigan. Discharged due to disability
James Kilpatrick 3rd great-granduncle 3rd Infantry Michigan. Discharged due to disability
Andrew Gould Kilpatrick 3rd great-granduncle 3rd Infantry Michigan
Asbury D Alexander 3rd great-granduncle 24 Indiana died of disease in Missouri (my mom's side)
John Perry Alexander 3rd great-granduncle 117th Infantry Indiana (my mom's side)
Ashbury Hunter Alexander 4th great-granduncle 58th Indiana (my mom's side)
Luther Wesley Sanderson 3rd great-granduncle 1st Iowa Cavalry


Cousins:
Riley Calkins 1st cousin 5x removed 36th Wisconsin Infantry died of Disease in Washington DC
Benjamin F Dow 1st cousin 5x removed 1st Infantry Michigan. Discharged due to disability
Eason W Bull 1st cousin 5x removed 154 NY Inf. Died of disease in Virginia
Ezra Bull 1st cousin 5x removed 188 NY Inf
Cyrus C Bump 1st cousin 5x removed 36 WI survived Andersonville,Libby and Salsbury. Never made it home to his family
William Edmund Midyett 3rd cousin 7x removed 28th Texas Cavalry KIA @ Jenkins Ferry (my mom's side)
Samuel Houston Jr 3rd cousin 6x removed 2nd Regiment, Texas Infantry
Robert A Holt 3rd cousin 5x removed Cherokee Rifles of Georgia
William Joseph Holt 3rd cousin 5x removed 21st Georgia.
William Lillous Guthrie 2nd cousin 7x removed 23rd Regiment, Virginia Infantry One of the Immortal 600
Jesse Ianthus Alexander 2nd cousin 6x removed 59th Indiana Infantry One of the commanders at Vicksburg (my mom's side)

Generals
Frederick Steele 5th cousin 8x removed
James Longstreet 4th cousin 5x removed
Robert E Lee 7x cousin 7x removed
A.P. Hill husband of 4th cousin 5x removed
Nathan Bedford Forrest husband of 6th cousin 6x removed
George McClellan 6th cousin 6x removed
Joseph Hooker 5th cousin six times removed
JEB Stuart 4th Cousin 6x removed

 

[lupaglupa]

How terrific that you know all this!

 

[East Tennessee Roots]

Jesse Ianthus Alexander 2nd cousin 6x removed 59th Indiana Infantry One of the commanders at Vicksburg (my mom's side)

Great Research. I had a distant cousin in the 59th Indiana.

 

[13 IL Cav & 64 GA Inf]

Here's a list of my ancestors, great-uncles and some of my cousins who served. Most of them are from dad's side. Three of my mom's four grandparents were the children/grandchildren of people born in Europe, so there aren't a lot of people to find.

Franklin Field Sanderson- 3rd great-grandfather. 1st Iowa Cavalry .
William MC Alexander - 3rd great-grandfather 24th Indiana (my mom's side)
John Almer Lewin 4th-great-grandfather. 3rd Iowa Infantry. He fought in the Battle of Blue Mills Landing,Shiloh,Vicksburg, Siege of Jackson,MS. He got sick/was wounded in Shiloh and was sent to Indiana, didn't come back to his unit until July 1862. Captured in Dec 1863 outside of Vicksburg (his unit was still there) while foraging. Sent to Fort Morgan and then to Andersonville where he died.
William Preston Guthrie 4th great-grandfather 37th Iowa Infantry discharged for disability
George Lester Pool 3rd Light Artillery from Indiana He lost his eye after getting kicked by a horse


Great-uncles
Henry Clay Blake 4th great-granduncle 1st Iowa Cavalry
Cyrus O. Whetzel 4th great-granduncle 10th Iowa Infantry
Oliver Perry Lewin 4th great-granduncle 10th Iowa Infantry KIA @ Charlestown, MO
John Samuel Hodges 4th great-granduncle 10th Iowa Infantry
Hugh Kilpatrick 3rd great-granduncle 26th Infantry Michigan
David B Kilpatrick 3rd great-granduncle 2nd Infantry Michigan. Discharged due to disability
James Kilpatrick 3rd great-granduncle 3rd Infantry Michigan. Discharged due to disability
Andrew Gould Kilpatrick 3rd great-granduncle 3rd Infantry Michigan
Asbury D Alexander 3rd great-granduncle 24 Indiana died of disease in Missouri (my mom's side)
John Perry Alexander 3rd great-granduncle 117th Infantry Indiana (my mom's side)
Ashbury Hunter Alexander 4th great-granduncle 58th Indiana (my mom's side)
Luther Wesley Sanderson 3rd great-granduncle 1st Iowa Cavalry


Cousins:
Riley Calkins 1st cousin 5x removed 36th Wisconsin Infantry died of Disease in Washington DC
Benjamin F Dow 1st cousin 5x removed 1st Infantry Michigan. Discharged due to disability
Eason W Bull 1st cousin 5x removed 154 NY Inf. Died of disease in Virginia
Ezra Bull 1st cousin 5x removed 188 NY Inf
Cyrus C Bump 1st cousin 5x removed 36 WI survived Andersonville,Libby and Salsbury. Never made it home to his family
William Edmund Midyett 3rd cousin 7x removed 28th Texas Cavalry KIA @ Jenkins Ferry (my mom's side)
Samuel Houston Jr 3rd cousin 6x removed 2nd Regiment, Texas Infantry
Robert A Holt 3rd cousin 5x removed Cherokee Rifles of Georgia
William Joseph Holt 3rd cousin 5x removed 21st Georgia.
William Lillous Guthrie 2nd cousin 7x removed 23rd Regiment, Virginia Infantry One of the Immortal 600
Jesse Ianthus Alexander 2nd cousin 6x removed 59th Indiana Infantry One of the commanders at Vicksburg (my mom's side)

Generals
Frederick Steele 5th cousin 8x removed
James Longstreet 4th cousin 5x removed
Robert E Lee 7x cousin 7x removed
A.P. Hill husband of 4th cousin 5x removed
Nathan Bedford Forrest husband of 6th cousin 6x removed
George McClellan 6th cousin 6x removed
Joseph Hooker 5th cousin six times removed
JEB Stuart 4th Cousin 6x removed

Good job. I have just tried to find out about my direct ancestors and my wife's direct ancestors, and even that has been challenging. We have found perhaps 10 of 14 who would have been the right age to have served.

 

[river444]

Good job. I have just tried to find out about my direct ancestors and my wife's direct ancestors, and even that has been challenging. We have found perhaps 10 of 14 who would have been the right age to have served.

I'm fairly certain that my direct ancestor list is imcomplete. I know nothing about my dad's paternal grandmother's mother's family. I know they lived in Missouri and that's it.

 

[Our Wisconsin Boys]

Here's a list of my ancestors, great-uncles and some of my cousins who served. Most of them are from dad's side. Three of my mom's four grandparents were the children/grandchildren of people born in Europe, so there aren't a lot of people to find.

Franklin Field Sanderson- 3rd great-grandfather. 1st Iowa Cavalry .
William MC Alexander - 3rd great-grandfather 24th Indiana (my mom's side)
John Almer Lewin 4th-great-grandfather. 3rd Iowa Infantry. He fought in the Battle of Blue Mills Landing,Shiloh,Vicksburg, Siege of Jackson,MS. He got sick/was wounded in Shiloh and was sent to Indiana, didn't come back to his unit until July 1862. Captured in Dec 1863 outside of Vicksburg (his unit was still there) while foraging. Sent to Fort Morgan and then to Andersonville where he died.
William Preston Guthrie 4th great-grandfather 37th Iowa Infantry discharged for disability
George Lester Pool 3rd Light Artillery from Indiana He lost his eye after getting kicked by a horse


Great-uncles
Henry Clay Blake 4th great-granduncle 1st Iowa Cavalry
Cyrus O. Whetzel 4th great-granduncle 10th Iowa Infantry
Oliver Perry Lewin 4th great-granduncle 10th Iowa Infantry KIA @ Charlestown, MO
John Samuel Hodges 4th great-granduncle 10th Iowa Infantry
Hugh Kilpatrick 3rd great-granduncle 26th Infantry Michigan
David B Kilpatrick 3rd great-granduncle 2nd Infantry Michigan. Discharged due to disability
James Kilpatrick 3rd great-granduncle 3rd Infantry Michigan. Discharged due to disability
Andrew Gould Kilpatrick 3rd great-granduncle 3rd Infantry Michigan
Asbury D Alexander 3rd great-granduncle 24 Indiana died of disease in Missouri (my mom's side)
John Perry Alexander 3rd great-granduncle 117th Infantry Indiana (my mom's side)
Ashbury Hunter Alexander 4th great-granduncle 58th Indiana (my mom's side)
Luther Wesley Sanderson 3rd great-granduncle 1st Iowa Cavalry


Cousins:
Riley Calkins 1st cousin 5x removed 36th Wisconsin Infantry died of Disease in Washington DC
Benjamin F Dow 1st cousin 5x removed 1st Infantry Michigan. Discharged due to disability
Eason W Bull 1st cousin 5x removed 154 NY Inf. Died of disease in Virginia
Ezra Bull 1st cousin 5x removed 188 NY Inf
Cyrus C Bump 1st cousin 5x removed 36 WI survived Andersonville,Libby and Salsbury. Never made it home to his family
William Edmund Midyett 3rd cousin 7x removed 28th Texas Cavalry KIA @ Jenkins Ferry (my mom's side)
Samuel Houston Jr 3rd cousin 6x removed 2nd Regiment, Texas Infantry
Robert A Holt 3rd cousin 5x removed Cherokee Rifles of Georgia
William Joseph Holt 3rd cousin 5x removed 21st Georgia.
William Lillous Guthrie 2nd cousin 7x removed 23rd Regiment, Virginia Infantry One of the Immortal 600
Jesse Ianthus Alexander 2nd cousin 6x removed 59th Indiana Infantry One of the commanders at Vicksburg (my mom's side)

Generals
Frederick Steele 5th cousin 8x removed
James Longstreet 4th cousin 5x removed
Robert E Lee 7x cousin 7x removed
A.P. Hill husband of 4th cousin 5x removed
Nathan Bedford Forrest husband of 6th cousin 6x removed
George McClellan 6th cousin 6x removed
Joseph Hooker 5th cousin six times removed
JEB Stuart 4th Cousin 6x removed

Bump, Cyrus Co I Wi 36th Infantry Pacific, Columbia Co by owla1 ancestry. M.I. 22 feb 1861 prisoner at Reams Station absent sick at M.O. Died 22 Feb 1865 while on his way home.

 

[JOHN42768]

Fantastic family tree. If they only knew, they wouldn't want to shoot each other.

 

[lupaglupa]

Fantastic family tree. If they only knew, they wouldn't want to shoot each other.

Don't be so sure!

 

[JOHN42768]

Don't be so sure!

One could only hope.