Union look-up needed

[John Winn]

I'm researching the family of a local pioneer - one of whom is a Union vet buried in the cemetery where I volunteer - and have a question regarding a cousin who came out to Oregon on a wagon train in 1853 from Indiana, fought in the Indian wars of 1854, but returned to Indiana in 1859. This cousin died at Andersonville and is buried at the national cemetery there. What I'd like to know is where and when was he taken prisoner.

He is:

John H. Hoffman
Pvt Co C 86 Indiana Vol. Infantry
enlisted 13 Aug 1862
died Andersonville 1 Oct 1864

Thanks !

 

[UCVRelics]

Indiana only has index cards

 

[John Winn]

Indiana only has index cards

That's rather what I suspected but thank you for looking; much appreciated. It wasn't worth a subscription to find out.

I've sent a message to the folks at the national cemetery asking what records they've got and maybe I'll luck out that way.

 

[SJU5]

No info on when and where sorry

 

[SJU5]

Researching this more, it seems as if many of the men that were POW's were from 12/31 at Stones River where 99 men went missing on the first days action according to the after battle report. This was the first real action that the

 

[General Casey]

Check with Kevin Frye. He used to volunteer at Andersonville and has done a lot of research on the prisoners. Give him the name and regiment and he'll look up their record. His email is [email protected]

 

[John Winn]

Check with Kevin Frye. He used to volunteer at Andersonville and has done a lot of research on the prisoners. Give him the name and regiment and he'll look up their record. His email is [email protected]

Thank you very much. I've sent him an email.

 

[lelliott19]

You can actually search Andersonville POW records online, by name, at the link below. There is no information about where John Hoffman was captured, but perhaps a search of alternate spellings might turn up something?I'd try Hofman, Huffman, Haffman, Hafman, etc. Or maybe Mr Frye whose contact info @General Casey provided will have more information?
http://www.civilwarprisoners.com/search.php?database=andersonville

http://www.civilwarprisoners.com/se...name=Hoffman&regiment=&database=andersonville

 

[John Winn]

You can actually search Andersonville POW records online, by name, at the link below. There is no information about where John Hoffman was captured, but perhaps a search of alternate spellings might turn up something?I'd try Hofman, Huffman, Haffman, Hafman, etc. Or maybe Mr Frye whose contact info @General Casey provided will have more information?
http://www.civilwarprisoners.com/search.php?database=andersonville
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http://www.civilwarprisoners.com/se...name=Hoffman&regiment=&database=andersonville

Thanks but I've got that (and a photo of his stone). I've also got some unit records that pretty much say the same thing. I've sent Mr. Frye an email and we'll see if he has anything else. It's not worth it to me in this case to pay the Archives $30 and wait two months just to find out where he was taken prisoner. He isn't really the focus of my research but I expanded a little because of the family's history here in Oregon.

 

[Zella]

Didn't see this until now but hope you hear something useful back from Mr. Frye!

 

[Package4]

Researching this more, it seems as if many of the men that were POW's were from 12/31 at Stones River where 99 men went missing on the first days action according to the after battle report. This was the first real action that the

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Reading the history of the regiment, all of those captured at Stones River were taken to City Point, going on a very circuitous route and paroled.

 

[Package4]

It appears as if the 86th had 15 that went missing during Chickamauga, so I would bet on it being that or Missionary Ridge. The losses for Missionary Ridge were listed with no men missing, so my bet is Chickamauga.

 

[RhinehartRoots]

Did you order the complete service records from the National Archives? There is usually information about when and where the solider was captured and held within those records. I see them all the time in there. Here's one that I found for someone on a recent trip to the National Archives

 

[Taylin]

After some digging I haven't found anything that references him specifically being captured or going missing. Only that he died as POW in Andersonville. Your best bet is to order his records