Civil War This is a partial list of Knox County residents who have enlisted into the armed forces of the United States and fought during the Civil War. The information is from old newspapers and submissions from users. ACKERLY, TH Co B 14th Ind Inf DAR listing ACKERLY, WM Co B 14th Ind Inf DAR Listing AGNEW, John H Co B 143 Ind Infantry, died 1-12-1869 age 24y 11m BUCKLES, Andrew Jackson Company B 26th Inf. Regt. Union Army. He was born in 1833 in Bicknell, IN, to Robert Buckles and Sarah Bicknell. BUCKLES, John Company B 26th Inf. Regt. Union Army. He was born in 1827 in Bicknell, IN, to Robert Buckles and Sarah Bicknell. He was killed on 29 Oct 1862 at Camp Au Reverie, MO. BUCKLES, Joseph (James) Company I 29th Regular Indiana Infantry. He was born 1824 in Edwardsport, IN, to Robert Buckles and Sarah Bicknell. He died in 1904. BUCKLES, Martin Van Buren Company B 26th Inf. Regt. Union Army. He was born in 1828 in Knox County, IN, to Robert Buckles and Sarah Bicknell. He also went by Van Buren and Martin V. Buckles. BUCKLES, William Company B 26th IN Inf. Regt. Union Army. Born in 1829 in Bicknell, IN, to Robert Buckles and Sarah Bicknell. He was wounded in battle on 7 Dec 1862. He died on 23 Dec 1862 in Prairie Grove, Arkansas, when he was wounded in the leg. He is buried in the Edwardsport Town Cemetery in a unmarked grave. BUCKLES, William Company B 26th IN Inf. Regt. Union Army DAFFRON, John Wesley 16 when he enrolled in the Union Army in Vincennes on Sept. 3, 1862, but he gave his age as 18 and mustered in as a private in Captain Lewis' 80th Reg't, Indiana Inf, Co. FERGUSON, William H. Private, served in Company C of the 144th Indiana Infantry. He was a private and was only 16-17 years old from all evidence during his 1865 service, marrying local girl Elizabeth A. McWilliams. He died in 1917, and is buried in the city cemetery. HEDRICK, William P. Wheatland, IN, army during the civil war and was a member of Company R (sic), 44th Indiana regulars HENNON, John Charles corporal in Company D of the 148th Indiana Regiment during the Civil War. HULEN, William served as a musician in Company H, 56th Illinois Infantry Regiment from 27 Feb 1862 to 29 Sep 1862. Born Aug 1823 Edwardsport, IN, died 28 Oct 1902 in Sanborn, IN, with burial in the Sanborn Cemetery. JENKINS, Samuel Served with Company F, 13th Indiana Infantry from December 1864 to September 1865. He participated in the 2nd Assault and Capture for Fort Fisher, North Carolina, the Assault and Capture of Raleigh, NC, and "other duties throughout the Carolinas." He was mustered in by a Captain Johnson at Evansville. This information is documented in the National Archives and I have a certified copy of his military papers. MILLER, Allen Co K 121 Ind Volunteer Cavalry. Allen enlisted Feb 1864 and was in the battles of Pulaski, Columbia, Franklin, Nashville, Spring Hill, and Sugar Creek. He was taken prisoner near Columbia and also near Franklin but managed to escape both times. He was mustered out at Vicksburg Mississippi in Aug 1865 and was discharged at Indianapolis. He then returned home and resumed farming. He was born 31 Aug 1847 and died in 1889. He is buried in Miller Cemetery in Decker Township in what once was the front yard of the Miller Home. PATTEN, George Washington Served with 17th reg. vol inf. Co. I in Wilders Brigade, was with his brothers in the war, and moved on to Kansas. PATTEN, Henry Harry Harrison Served with 17th reg. vol inf. Co. I in Wilders Brigade and went on to Kansas. The son, James Bonaparte Patten, was Capt. Co I 17th. reg.inf., then 137th. Co. C U.S. Col'd Inf. Then became a lawyer in Sullivan Co. md. Sarah Griffith on 10-2- 1865. (the son of Joshua Thomas Patten listed here) PATTEN, Joshua Thomas, Jr Served in Co. F, 115th. Reg. Indiana Infantry between 1 Jul 1863 - 25 Feb 1864. Joshua was a newspaper reporter/editor and a Presbyterian minister. He was a pilot of flat bottom boats, which he made 21 trips out of Wabash River to New Orleans. (Which his Father before him made them at Edwardsport on the White River, where one fell on him and killed him.) He married Barbara Crooks in Knox CO. 10-8-1835. they later moved to Kansas. PIERCE, Converse Bacon Sandborn Indiana, Civil War - compiled by John Stangle If you have data to add or correct, please contact the Knox County Coordinator at inknoxco@gmail.com