Martin County Gold Star Honor Roll - Civil War
As Published in
Footprints of Martin County, Indiana
Martin County Genealogical society
November 16, 2015
Vol. 28, No. 2, 2015


Courtesy of Cathy Clark Beard



GOLD STAR HONOR ROLL FOR CIVIL WAR
(April 12, 1861 to July, 1865) 

Pvt. Samuel Adams – Died London, Kentucky, March 28, 1862
Pvt. Nelson Adkins – Died Nashville, Tenn., July 9, 1864
Pvt. Isaac L. Alford – Died St. Louis, Mo., Nov, 3, 1861
Cpl. James W. Alford – Killed Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, 1862
Sgt. Abraham M. Baker – Died New Orleans, La., Sept. 6, 1862
Pvt. Hamelton G. Baker – Died Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 17, 1863
Pvt. Lewis J. Baker – Died Nashville, Tenn., Mar. 31, 1864
Pvt. William Ball – Died Jan. 14, 1864
Pvt. Francis Ballard – Killed Magnolia Hills, Ala.
Pvt. Jackson Ballard – Killed Martin Co., Mar. 18, 1864, while in pursuit of a deserter.
Pvt. Wesley Banks – Died Bardstown, Ky., Dec. 31, 1861
Pvt. Alfred Bell – Died of wounds Oct. 1863
Pvt. John T. Bertrand – Killed Clinton, Miss., Feb. 5, 1864
Cpl. Greenup Blanford – Died Elizabethtown, Ky., Mar. 8, 1863
Pvt. Thomas Bledsoe – Died St. Louis, Mo., June 25, 1862
Pvt. George W. Boner – Died Frederick, Md., of wounds received Antietam, Md., May 11, 1863
Pvt. Pleasant Bowman – Died of wounds Jan. 25, 1863
Pvt. Amos Boyd – Killed Greenbrier, Va., Oct. 3, 1861
Pvt. David E. Boyd – Died Madisonville, Tenn., April 13, 1864
Pvt. Samuel Brewer – Died of wounds Oct. 16, 1862
Cpl. Cuthburth Bridwell – Died Holly Springs, Miss., Jan. 5, 1863
Capt. Thomas J. Brooks – Died of wounds received at Perryville, Kentucky, Mar. 1863
Pvt. Fletcher Buner – Died Munfordville, Ky., Oct. 24, 1862
Sgt. Robert Bryant – Killed Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, 1862
Pvt. Michael A. Burch – Drowned in Mississippi River, April 1863
Pvt. Samuel F. Burnett – Killed Chickasaw Bayou, Miss., Dec. 28, 1862
Pvt. Henry Bussinger – Captured Wilderness, Va. Died Andersonville prison, Sept. 10, 1864
Pvt. William P. Cannon – Died Lebanon, Ky., 1862
Pvt. Francis Chapman – Died of wounds received at Baton Rouge, La., Aug. 5, 1862
Sgt. James Chattin – Died Murfreesboro, Tenn., Apr. 4, 1865
Pvt. William Clarke – Died Murfreesboro, Tenn., July 2, 1863
Pvt. William G. Coffil – Killed Selma, Ala., April 2, 1865
Cpl. William Cole – Died New Orleans, La., Aug. 14, 1861
Pvt. Stephen H. Collins – Killed Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, 1862
Pvt. William H. Collins – Killed Perryville, Ky., Oct. 8, 1862
Cpl. James T. Cooney – Died of wounds Oct. 17, 1862
Pvt. John Crites – Died at home Nov. 11, 1862
Pvt. Alfred H. Crooke – Died at home in 1863 of wounds
Pvt. William Dailey – Killed Baton Rouge, La., Aug. 5, 1862
Musician Caliph Davis – Died at home May 15, 1862
Pvt. Henry Davis – Died Romney, Va., Jan. 1862
Pvt. John Davis – Killed Selma, Ala., April 2, 1865
Sgt. Everett A. Delemater – Accidentally killed near New Orleans, La., 1862
Wag. Nathaniel Dickerson – Died Knoxville, Tenn., Dec. 16, 1863
Pvt. Thomas Dinkens – Died at home, Mar. 18, 1864
Pvt. Clement Dorsett – Died New Albany, Ind., June 6, 1865
Cpl. John R. Douglass – Died Feb. 18, 1864
Pvt. Jacob H. Dumond – Died Andersonville prison Apr. 7, 1864
Pvt. Joseph N. Dumond – Killed in accident Montgomery, Tenn.
Pvt. Thomas Dunn – Died Danville, Ky., Nov. 1, 1862
Pvt. Eli Easterwood – Killed Kennesaw Mt., Ga. June 15, 1864
Pvt. Francis Edington – Died LaGrange, Tenn., Mar. 3, 1863
Pvt. James Edmondson – Died New Orleans, La., Feb. 7, 1864
Pvt. Asa Evans – Killed Magnolia Hills, Ala.
Pvt. James W. Farris – Died at home in 1862
Pvt. John Fields – Died Cheat Mt., Va., Oct. 9, 1861
Pvt. William A. Fisher – Died Louisville, Ky., Jan. 28, 1864
Pvt. John W. Fitzgerald – Died Feb. 8, 1865
Pvt. Edward Flanagan – Died Aug. 5, 1863
Pvt. Nathan L. Fox – Killed Selma, Ala., April 2, 1865
Pvt. Andrew Franklin – Died Evansville, Ind., June 3, 1862
Pvt. John A. Froman – Died Huron, Ind. Feb. 10, 1865
Pvt. Daniel Gerkin – Died at home July 24, 1865
Pvt. William Gerkin – Died Murfreesboro, Tenn., June 12, 1863
2nd Lt. Charles Gibson – Died of wounds received at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 14, 1862
Pvt. William Gilkerson – Missing; supposed killed Fredericksburg, Va. Dec. 14, 1862
Pvt. Archibald Gilkison – Died at home Feb. 15, 1865
Pvt. Thomas Grissom – Died Dalton, Ga. Mar. 14, 1865
Pvt. David Grow – Died Camp Denison, Ohio May 10, 1862
Pvt. James Harbison – Died at home Mar. 8, 1865
Pvt. William Harris – Killed Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 186-
Pvt. William Hastings – Died Evansville, Ind.
Pvt. Daniel Heckler - Died Murfreesboro, Tenn. Mar. 8, 1863
Pvt. George Hemsel – Died of wounds – no date
Pvt. Macum Henry – Died Harper’s Ferry, Va. April 5, 1865
Pvt. Adam Hensome – Died of wounds received Nashville, Tenn. Dec. 20, 1864
Pvt. Daniel Herrin – Died New Orleans, La. Aug. 25, 1862
Pvt. Joseph Hoggatt – Died Winchester Va. Mar. 21, 1862
Pvt. George W. Holder – Died Nashville, Tenn. Nov. 1864, wounds
Pvt. Caswell Holt – Died Chattanooga, Tenn. July 7, 1865
Pvt. Zacheus B. Huff – Died Madisonville, Ky. Jan. 7, 1863
Pvt. James L. Hurt – Died Jefferson Barrack, Mo. Feb. 1863
Pvt. Argyle Inman – Wounded at Cedar Creek, Va., died Winchester from wounds.
Pvt. John Inman – Died March 11, 1865
Pvt. Aaron J. Jackman – Died at home Oct. 23, 1862
Pvt. Lewis James – Died Andersonville prison June 28, 1864
Pvt. Jacob Jennings – Died Buckhannon, Va. July 19, 1861
Pvt. Nathan Jennings – Died March 11, 1865
Pvt. Morison D. Johnson – Died at home Nov. 16, 1862
Pvt. Daniel Jones – Died of wounds received at Champion Hill June 5, 1863
Pvt. John T. Jones – Died of disease New Orleans, La., Sept. 22, 1863
1st Sgt. John Keck – Killed Resaca, Ga., May 14, 1864
Capt. McHewet Keck – Killed Vicksburg, Miss. Dec. 28, 1862
Pvt. Enoch Keffer – Died Carroll Co., Ohio Feb.17, 1864
Sgt. John R. Kelley – Died from wounds Oct. 17, 1862
Pvt. John H. Kidwell – Died Columbia, Ky., Dec. 1862
Cpl. Henry Kilburn – Died at home Oct. 14, 1862
Pvt. Hannibal Kimble – Died Gallatin, Tenn. Jan. 27, 1863
Pvt. Harrison King – Died London, Ky. Feb. 1862
Pvt. Daniel Laha – Died Baton Rouge, La. July 1862
Pvt. Joseph Lawyer – Died Andersonville prison Aug. 14, 1864
Pvt. Ansulm L. Lee – Died St Louis, Mo. Dec. 19, 1861
Pvt. Spinner Lee – Mortally wounded Pea Ridge, Ark. March 8, 1862
Pvt. Willis Lemmons – Died of wounds April 19, 1864
Pvt. Acquilla Lewis – Died Dec. 30, 1862
Pvt. William A. Lindley – Died of wounds at Farmington, Tenn., Oct. 7, 1863
1st Sgt. George G. Lord – Killed Rome, Ga., Oct. 13, 1864
Pvt. Alexander J. Lentz – Murdered Lexington, Ky. Aug. 14, 1865
Pvt. James Lyons – Died St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 28, 1864
Pvt. Charles McBride – Died May 10, 1865
Cpl. John McCord – Killed Antietam, Md. Sept. 17, 1862
Capt. Samuel F. McGuffin – Killed Shiloh, Tenn. April 7, 1862
Pvt. Boyd McKeyen – Died Nashville, Tenn. March 8, 1863
Sgt. George S. McMahan – Killed Pea Ridge, Ark. March 8, 1862
Pvt. Benjamin F. McPherson – Died of wounds Chickamauga, Ga. Sept. 22, 1863
Pvt. Samuel McWherter – Died of accidental wounds Sept. 1862
Pvt. Asbury Marrow – Died Martin Co., In. March 19, 1863
Pvt. John A. Marx – Died of wounds Winchester, Va. April 8, 1862
Pvt. Elza B. Miles – Died Louisville, Ky. Feb. 24, 1863
Pvt. Stephen N. Miles – Died Knoxville, Tenn. May 27, 1864
Pvt. Wilford Miles – Died Louisville, Ky. Jan. 27, 1863
Pvt. David Mitchell – Died Milliken’s Bend, La. June, 1863
Pvt. Martin V. Monroe – Died of wounds Winchester, Va. Nov. 15, 1864
Pvt. William Morgan – Killed Selma, Ala. April 2, 1865
Sgt. James W. Murray – Killed Pea Ridge, Ark. March 8, 1862
Pvt. Joseph L. Nelson – Died Nashville, Tenn. Dec. 15, 1862
Pvt. Thomas Noland – Died of wounds July 4, 1862
Pvt. Levi Norcross – Died Nashville, Tenn., March 16, 1863
Pvt. John Norman – Died Murfreesboro, Tenn. Jan. 16, 1863
Pvt. John Norris – Died Munfordville, Ky. April 1, 1863
Sgt. Robert Owens – Died Louisville, Ky. Nov. 15, 1862
Pvt. Benedict A. Padgett – Died Indianapolis, Ind. March 14, 1865
Pvt. James B. Padgett – Killed Antietam, Md. Sept. 17, 1862
Pvt. William Padgett – Died at home Sept. 10, 1864
Pvt. Andrew Parker – Died Knoxville, Tenn. Dec. 31, 1863
Pvt. William G. Parker – Died Annapolis, Md. Feb. 14, 1865
Sgt. Jonathan Perry – Killed Cedar Creek, Va. Oct. 19 1864
Pvt. Alexander C. Porter – Died at home Jan. 21, 1865
Pvt. David R. Porter – Died Andersonville prison Aug. 26, 1864
Pvt. Levi Porter – Died Keokuk, Iowa Feb. 29, 1863
Pvt. James M. Queen – Died Danville, Ky. Nov. 28, 1862
Pvt. Alfred Ragsdale – Died Helena, Ark. Aug. 20, 1862
Pvt. Asa Redyard – Died Andersonville prison Aug. 21, 1864
Musician John M. Riley – Died Baton Rouge, La. Nov. 3, 1863
Pvt. Alexander Robertson – Died St. Louis, Mo. Dec. 5, 1861
Pvt. Owen Rollins – Died Young’s Point, La. March 9, 1863
Pvt. William Rollins – Died at home Dec. 31 (year not given)
Pvt. Richard Sanders – Died Madisonville, Ky. Nov. 26, 1862
Pvt. Canaan Sellers – Died Knoxville, Tenn. Dec. 27, 1863
Pvt. Henry Sexton – Killed Hoover’s Gap, W. Va. June 24, 1863
Pvt. Charles Sholts – Killed Fredericksburg, Va. Dec. 13, 1862
Pvt. George Sides – Died Andersonville prison
Pvt. Moses Simmons – Killed Winchester, Va. Sept. 19, 1864
Sgt. Thomas Simmons – Died Lagrange, Tenn. Feb. 15, 1863
Pvt. William S. Simmons – Died of accidental wounds Dec. 26, 1864
Cpl. Charles Sinclair – Died Milliken’s Bend, La. Aug. 4, 1863
Pvt. Joseph Sinclair – Died in hospital July 5, 1863
Pvt. Jonathan Smith – Died Rome, Ga. Aug. 20, 1864
Pvt. Julius Smith – Died Henderson, Ky. Nov. 13, 1862
Pvt. Samuel Smith – Died Young’s Point, La. Feb. 10, 1863
Pvt. Levi Springer – Died Camp Denison, Ohio Jan. 20, 1863
Pvt. Thomas W. Strange – Died Point Peasant, Va. Dec. 1862
Pvt. Joseph Street – Died (date not stated) buried Vicksburg, Miss.
Pvt. Simon J. Sullender – Died at St. Louis, Mo. Feb. 5, 1863
2nd Lt. William Sullivan – Died Indianapolis, In. April, 1864
Pvt. Clayton Taylor – Died Fredericksburg, Md. June 2, 1862
Pvt. Hiram Taylor – Died Memphis, Tenn. Sept. 18, 1863
Cpl. George Tenney – Died Murfreesboro, Tenn. March 8, 1863
Pvt. Henry Tenney – Killed Chickamauga, Ga. Sept. 19, 1863
Pvt. David Todd – Died Baltimore, Md. Oct. 1861
Sgt. David Toon – Died Cumberland Gap, Va. Aug. 1862
Pvt. Edwin S. Trainer – Killed Antietam, Md. Sept. 17, 1862
Pvt. James W. Walker – Killed Vicksburg, Miss. June 29, 1863
Pvt. Francis Wallace – Killed Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1864
Pvt. James Wallace – Missing; supposed killed Fredericksburg, Va. Dec. 14, 1862
Pvt. John L. Walls – Died at home Feb. 17, 1863
Pvt. Robert Walton – Died St. Louis, Mo. Aug. 1863
Cpl. Abraham Watson – Killed Spotsylvania, Va. May 12, 1864
Pvt. Solomon Way – Died Murfreesboro, Tenn. July 2, 1863
Pvt. Boaz Westhafer – Died Henderson, Ky. April 20, 1863
Cpl. James A. Wilson – Died March 15, 1864
Cpl. Thomas Wilson – Killed Pea Ridge, Ark. March 8, 1862
Pvt. Lewis Witcher – Killed Fredericksburg, Va. Dec. 14, 1862
Pvt. Starling Woody – Died at home Oct. 20, 1863
Pvt. Joshua Wright – Died Murfreesboro, Tenn. Aug. 12, 1863
Pvt. George Yenne – Died Murfreesboro, Tenn. April 14, 1863

  

Footprints of Martin County, Indiana
Martin County Genealogical society
November 16, 2015
Vol. 28, No. 2, 2015