Battle of Nashville DEATH CERTIFICATES of 13 Civil War Survivors, UNION Soldiers

Description: HISTORICAL CIVIL WAR RESEARCH DOCUMENTS NEVER BEFORE SEEN ON EBAY!!! Are you writing a book, paper or otherwise just conducting research on the Civil War? Then you will want to get a look at these fantastic research documents. The Battle of Nashville (fought between Dec. 15-16, 1864 at Nashville, Tennessee) is arguably one of the most famous of all Civil War battles between the Union and Confederate forces. Many thousands from each side perished or were wounded. Now you can get your very own copies of the death certificates of some of these remarkable men who ACTUALLY PARTICIPATED IN AND SURVIVED the battle and lived for many years after!!!!! Total of 13 death records copies provide much interesting information about each survivor including date and place of birth and death, residence, occupation at time of death, place of burial and cause of death and much more. Please see the example pic for a good idea of info you can expect to glean from these amazing research items. Col. Alexander Gardner Hequembourg: Served at age 16 in the Mexican-American War. At the outbreak of the Civil War he organized Company B, Fourth Regiment, United States Reserve Corps of which he was appointed Captain. At the expiration of three months' service he became captain of Company of the Missouri engineers and served in the Fifteenth Corps under Colonel Flad. He became ill and was told that his death was certain, so he resigned. After regaining his health, he reenlisted and was appointed Lieutenant Colonel of the 40th Missouri Volunteer Infantry under General John Schofield. He fought in twenty-three Civil War battles, among them being the siege of Vicksburg and the battles of Franklin, Nashville, Mobile Bay and the first and second Battles of Bull Run. After the war he was re-employed by the art firm and was appointed a gauger in the revenue service. He died at age 80 in St. Louis. Edmund Billingslea (Billingsley): Born in Trenton, Illinois in 1843. Private, Co. E, 117th IL Infantry Volunteers. Mustered out on Aug. 5, 1865. Died at age 79 in Neck City, Missouri. Edward T. Curtis: 2nd Lieutenant, Co. K, 117th IL Volunteer Infantry. Mustered in as Sergeant, on Sep. 19, 1862. Mustered out on Aug. 5, 1865. After the war he worked as a Livestock Dealer and died in Clinton, MO in 1914. George W. Davis: Born in Illinois in 1841. Corporal, Co. D, 117th IL Volunteer Infantry. Mustered out on Aug. 5, 1865. Died in Texas on Jan. 12, 1917. Henry Clay Fike: Born in Belleville, IL Quartermaster Captain Staff, Mustered into 117th IL Infantry Volunteers Co. K as Private at age 29. Was a schoolteacher and principal in Illinois. Fike died on April 1, 1919 in Warrensburg, MO at the age of 86. (His death record erroneously lists his birth date as 1853 but should be 1833) Israel Newton Stiles: Brigadier General. He was prosecuting attorney in Lafayette, Indiana when he enlisted as Private in the 20th Indiana Infantry on July 22, 1861. In September, as adjutant with the rank of 1st Lieutenant, he saw combat at Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina. In a battle at Malvern Hill, Virginia May 1862, he was captured and spent six weeks in Libby Prison. Upon his release, he was a Major in the newly formed 63rd Indiana Infantry, performed guarding the railroads in Kentucky and was promoted Lieutenant Colonel in the summer of 1863. In Feb. 1864, as Colonel in command, he led the 63rd Indiana in actions at Rocky Face Ridge, Snake Creek Gap and Resaca during the Atlanta campaign. His last engagements were during the battles of Franklin and Nashville, Tennessee, December 1864. On January 31, 1865, he was brevetted Brigadier General of U.S. Volunteers and moved the 63rd to Raleigh, North Carolina for garrison duties in February. He mustered out of the service with his regiment at Indianapolis in June 1865 and resumed the practice of law until his death in Chicago, IL in 1895. James Harrison Wilson: Union Major General. One of the most distiguished Cavalry commanders. General Harrison was promoted to field command in October 1863. He became commander of a Cavalry Division under Philip Sheridan, with whom he particiapated in the relentless cavalry fights and skirmishes in the Spring and Summer of 1864. Transferred to the Western Theatre, he commanded over 17,000 cavalrymen in the battles with John B. Hood's Army of Tennesse. He particiapted in the destruction of Hood's army at the Battles of Franklin and Nashville. In the spring of 1865 General Wilson put an end to famous Confederate cavalryman Nathan Bedford Forrest's command by overwhelming him and destroying his troops at the Battle of Selma (April 2, 1865). He died at Wilmington, Delaware on Feb. 23, 1925 at the age of 87. James R. Hauptly: Born in Switzerland in 1838. Private Co. C, 117th IL Volunteers. Mustered out on Aug. 5, 1865. Lived to be 83 years old and died in Kansas City, MO. Jerry (Jeremy) Rion: Private, Co. K, 117th IL Volunteers. He worked as a farmer after the war. Died in Fredericktown, MO at the age of 84. John M. Crow: Born in Illinois in 1843. Private, Co. B, 117th IL Volunteer Infantry. After the war he worked as an engineer. He died in 1912. John William Lewis: Private, Co. C. Mustered out on Aug. 5, 1865. Died inJoplin, MO on Nov. 4, 1925. William Henry Seese: Born in Pennsylvania in 1845. Private, Co. A, 117th IL Volunteers. One of several men who marched on the Tupelo, MS Campaign without shoes!!! Died of acute bronchitis in 1917. William Robert Warnock: US Congressman, Judge, Civil War Union Officer. After graduating from Ohio Wesleyan University, he became a schoolteacher while studying law until the Civil War began. He recruited a company for the 95th Ohio Volunteer Infantry and was commissioned as its Captain. Following service during the Vicksburg Campaign, he was promoted to Major. Warnock fought with distinction at the Battle of Nashville, where he was wounded, and was promoted to Brevet Lieutenant Colonel for gallant and meritorious service on March 15, 1865. He was then assigned as chief of staff for the Eastern District of Mississippi from April to August, 1865, when he was mustered out with his regiment. He returned to Ohio and resumed law studies, was admitted to the bar in 1866, and began to practice as an attorney in Urbana. He held several political positions, most notably as Republican to represent Ohio's 8th District in the US House of Representatives from 1901 to 1905. He died in Ohio at the age of 79. Total of 13 death records copies provide much interesting information about each survivor including date and place of birth and death, residence, occupation at time of death, place of burial and cause of death and much more. Please see the example pic for a good idea of info you can expect to glean from these amazing research items. 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