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Post by Beth on Jan 30, 2017 19:40:22 GMT
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Post by Beth on Feb 5, 2017 4:54:07 GMT
Notes on Company B. 2nd Lt. Benjamin Hodgeson's grave marker is a great examine of Victorian cemetery art. The broken column is a life cut short, the draping is a sign of mourning. Around the base of the column are the symbols of Hodgson's life, his helmet, berlin gloves and I suspect his orders can be seen on the side view near the gloves. The metal marker is for the Philadelphia GAR. Sadly Hodgson's younger brother died a few weeks later again you see the broken pillar but this one is shattered. The ivy has a double meaning friendship and since it's evergreen, it symbolizes eternal life or immortality. The plants in the stone rubble might be holly which was believed to protect a grave from lightning. Here are the two stones together. You can feel this family's grief. The senior Hodgsons had 9 children and Robert was the last surviving son. One daughter survived to adulthood. SGT James Hill provided an interesting challenge, he occasionally changed his birth year from a range of 1828 to 1833 from the British records I suspect the 1828 one might be closer to the truth. There were also quite a few James Hill in the US military at the same time and often I would have a couple on the same page, luckily one was from Scotland and one from Ireland so it was easy to sort them out. The article on his findagrave memorial gives a lot of information perhaps might be considered a tall story-the account of the Battle of Little Bighorn is problematic. However I did find a James Hill in the 71st Highland Light Infantry and a James Hill on the Utah Expedition. I was unable to locate information about his enlistment during the Civil War but did find his pension card that confirmed the information. Hill was a man who spent his life in the military from the Crimea to LBH and beyond. SGT Rufus D. Hutchinson died on March 31 1913 in Lockland, Ohio. He is buried in Reading Protestant Cemetery. He worked in Lockland as a night watchman. His middle name was Darwin.
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Post by Beth on Feb 8, 2017 4:18:22 GMT
Adam Wetzel appears on the 1860 Missouri Census as being 16 which would put his birthday ~1844 His occupation is listed as a tinner. The census also shows that he is adopted. During the CW Wetzel served in both the 9th Missouri Cav Company B and the 10th Missouri Cav Company B. The 10th was Benteen’s CW Regiment In 1867 Adam (a Wetcel enlists in the 7th on June 17th deserted on June 23, he was apprehended on July 3, 1865 then finished is enlistment being discharged on 6/5/1872 in Unionville SC. He re enlists on July 5th 1872 at Spartanburg SC he lists his occupation as soldier. He died in Bozeman MT in 1908
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Post by yanmacca on Feb 14, 2017 16:19:35 GMT
Beth an old friend (Hunkpapa)of mine noticed that you didn't include Private John McCabe in your B Company roster, he was listed as being with the packs, but Hunk didn't say if he was a as a trooper packer or just with his company as an escort, so he e-mailed me to pass on this info.
I had him in my totals but included him in the company strength as a regular trooper and not a trooper packer, in fact I have no names for any B Company men as trooper packers, but thinking about it, even though Company B escorted the train, they still had Company baggage and six mules to carry it all, so why wouldn't they detach troopers too as every other Company did.
I need to check these guys out and find some names for B Company trooper packers.
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Post by Beth on Feb 17, 2017 23:19:14 GMT
Thanks Ian. It's going to be a few days before I can get back to doing the roster stuff but if you find anything new just let me know.
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Post by yanmacca on Feb 18, 2017 10:45:17 GMT
Beth, Hunk sends his regards and wishes you a speedy recovery.
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Post by Beth on Feb 18, 2017 20:52:18 GMT
Beth, Hunk sends his regards and wishes you a speedy recovery. Thank you, that's very sweet of him.
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Post by herosrest on Mar 3, 2019 20:36:34 GMT
The list below is compiled from the information carried to Ft. Lincoln and wired to the NY Herald by Clement A. Lounsberry.
Chapter 21 Politics in Indian Affairs, p312; Early history of North Dakota; essential outlines of American history by Lounsberry, Clement A. (Clement Augustus) 1919 Edition
archive.org/details/cu31924028873184/page/n415
Killed
Second Lieut. Benj. Hodgson,
Privates Richard Doran and Geo. Mask.
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Post by Beth on Mar 3, 2019 23:43:46 GMT
Boy you can really tell when I got sick can't you--right between Crump and Moore. I swear I will get back to this though.
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