Abel Delos Streight
Born: June 17, 1828
Birthplace: Wheeler, New York
Father: Asa Streight 1800 – 1883
Mother: Lydia Spaulding 1804 – 1870
Wife: Lovina McCarthy 1830 – 1910
(Buried: Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana)
Married: January 14, 1849 in Bath New York
Children:
John Streight 1856 – 1905
(Buried: Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana)
Occupation before War:
Publisher of Books and Maps in Indianapolis, Indiana
Civil War Career:
1861: Author of The Crisis of Eighteen Hundred and Sixty – one
1861 – 1865: Colonel of 51st Indiana Infantry Regiment
1861 – 1862: Saw very little service during the first two years.
1863: Proposed a plan to General Garfield to raid the Deep South.
The plan was to disrupt the Weldon and Atlantic Railroad.
1863: Led around 2,000 men on what would be Streight’s raid.
1863: The Command was mounted on mules instead of horses.
1863: Captured by Nathan Bedford Forrest near Rome, Georgia.
1863 – 1864: Prisoner of War held at Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia
1864: Successfully Escaped from Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia
1864: Participated in the Battle of Franklin, Tennessee
1864: Participated in the Battle of Nashville, Tennessee
1865: Resigned from the Union Army on March 16th
Occupation after War:
1866: Confirmed as Brevet Brigadier General to rank from March 1865
Lumber and Manufacturing Businessman in Indianapolis, Indiana
1876: Unsuccessful Candidate for Indiana State Senator
1880: Unsuccessful Republican Candidate for Governor of Indiana.
1888: Indiana State Senator
Died: May 27, 1892
Place of Death: Indianapolis, Indiana
Cause of Death: Bright’s disease
Age at time of Death: 63 years old
Original Burial Place: Front Lawn, 4121 East Washington Street, Indianapolis, Indiana
Burial Place: Since 1902: Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana
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