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- 1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Drury Elkins
Age: 29
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1821
Birth Place: Indiana
Gender: Male
Home in 1850(City,County,State): Van Buren, Brown, Indiana
Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Van Buren, Brown, Indiana;Roll: M432_137; Page: 240; Image: 103.
Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line].
Drury Elkins (First_Last);http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.cfm
Regiment Name 82 Indiana Infantry; Side Union; Company H
Soldier's Rank_In Pvt.
Soldier's Rank_Out 4 Sgt.
Film Number M540 roll 22
UNION INDIANA VOLUNTEERS
82nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry
Organized at Indianapolis and Camp Emerson and mustered in August 30,1862. Ordered to Louisville, Ky., September 1. Attached to 1stBrigade, 1st Division, Army of the Ohio, September, 1862. 1st Brigade,1st Division, 3rd Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 1stBrigade, 3rd Division, Center 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland,to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 14th Army Corps, to June,1865.
SERVICE.-Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1-15, 1862. Battle ofPerryville, Ky., October 8. March to Nashville, Tenn., October16-November 7, and duty there till December 26. Advance onMurfreesboro December 26-30. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31,1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro till June.Expedition toward Columbia March 4-14. Middle Tennessee or TullahomaCampaign June 23-July 7. Hoover's Gap June 24-26. Occupation of MiddleTennessee till August 16. Passage of the Cumberland Mountains andTennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22.Battle of Chickamauga September 19-21. Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn.,September 24-November 23. Reopening Tennessee River November 26-29.Brown's Ferry October 27. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November23-27. Orchard Knob November 23-24. Mission Ridge November 25. Pursuitto Graysville November 26-27. Demonstrations on Dalton, Ga., February22-27, 1864. Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Faced RidgeFebruary 23-25. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1-September 8.Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. Battle of Resaca May14-15. Advance on Dallas May 18-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin VineCreek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona HillsMay 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw MountainJune l0-July 2. Pine Hill June 10-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17.Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siegeof Atlanta July 22-August 25. Utoy Creek August 5-7. Flank movement onJonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1.Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Operations in North Georgia and NorthAlabama against Hood September 29-November 3. March to the seaNovember 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign ofthe Carolinas January to April, 1865. Fayetteville, N. C., March 11.Averysboro March 16. Battle of Bentonville March 19-21. Occupation ofGoldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation ofRaleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston andhis army. March to Washington, D. C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May19. Grand Review May 24. Mustered out June 9, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 65 Enlisted men killed andmortally wounded and 6 Officers and 170 Enlisted men by disease. Total244. [SLJuhl, compiler; SLJuhl1234@yahoo.com]
U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
Name: Drury Elkins/with Andrew J, Elkins
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Indiana
Regiment Name: 82 Indiana Infantry.
Regiment Name Expanded: 82nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry
COMPANY: H
Rank In: Private
Rank In Expanded: Private
Rank Out: Fourth Sergeant
Rank Out Expanded: Fourth Sergeant
Film Number: M540 roll 22
National Park Service. U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [databaseon-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.Original data: National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and SailorsSystem, online <http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/>, acquired 2007.
[Transcribed 12 January 2008, SLJuhl, compiler]
American Civil War Soldiers; www.Ancestry.com
Name: Drury Elkins
Residence: Nashville, Indiana
Enlistment Date: 30 Aug 1862
Side Served: Union
State Served: Indiana
Service Record: Promoted to Full Sergeant.
Enlisted as a Private on 30 August 1862.
Enlisted in Company H, 82nd Infantry Regiment Indiana on 30 Aug 1862.
Mustered Out Company H, 82nd Infantry Regiment Indiana on 9 Jun 1865at Washington, DC.
Sources: 76
Source Citation: Side served: Union; State served: Indiana; Enlistmentdate: 30 Aug 1862..
Historical Data Systems, comp.. American Civil War Soldiers [databaseon-line].
Census Records consulted: 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870. Drury remained inBrown County, Van Buren Township until his death. His wife Nancyremarried to William Roddy who also maintained their residence inBrown County, but in Johnson Township. SOURCE OF CENSUS RECORDS:Joyce Lorraine Clore Elkins of Parke County, Indiana; Records kept inElkins volumes under William & Rhoda Elkins section. [daughter,SLJuhl, Compiler; SLJuhl1234@yahoo.com]
Another Source For the Families Genealogy: www.RootsWeb.comWorldConnect Project; Descendant Register Report of Drury Elkins, b.12 Oct 1819; Dave - buchroeder@telus.net; Updated: 2007-01-01,20:29:31 UTC (Mon); Entries: 1010808; Obtained 11 Jan 2008 [SLJuhl,Compiler & Family Genealogist; sljuhl1234@yahoo.com]
U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907
Name: Drury Elkins
Issue Date: 10 May 1848
State of Record: Indiana
Acres: 40
Accession Number: IN2860__.341
Metes and Bounds: No
Land Office: Jeffersonville
Canceled: No
US Reservations: No
Mineral Reservations: No
Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Document Number: 19387
Legal Land Description: Section Twp Range Meridian Counties
36 8-N 2-E 2nd PM Brown
Ancestry.com. U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907 [databaseon-line].
[Obtained & Transcribed 12 January 2008, SLJuhl, compiler-copy infiles]
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