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- U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865; www.Ancestry.com
Name: William A. Elkins/with Joseph & Andrew J. Elkins
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Indiana
Regiment Name: 22 Indiana Infantry.
Regiment Name Expanded: 22nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry
COMPANY: E
Rank In: Private
Rank In Expanded: Private
Rank Out: Private
Rank Out Expanded: Private
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]
NOTATION BY JOYCE LORRAINE CLORE ELKINS: "(Union) Rec. Co. E. 22 Reg.Enl. 3-5-1862 at Columbus, Ind., age 26. died at hands of enemy. 29Dec 1863, Civil War, Richmond, Va."
William A. Elkins (First_Last);http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.cfm
Regiment Name 22 Indiana Infantry.
Side Union
Company E
Soldier's Rank_In Pvt.
Soldier's Rank_Out Pvt.
Alternate Name
Notes
Film Number M540 roll 22
UNION INDIANA VOLUNTEERS
22nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry
Organized at Madison, Ind., and mustered in at Indianapolis, Ind.,August 15, 1861. Moved to St. Louis, Mo., August 17. March to reliefof Colonel Mulligan at Lexington, Mo., September. Action at Glasgow,Mo., September 19. Fremont's advance on Springfield, Mo., September22-October 15. Duty at Otterville, Mo., till January, 1862. Attachedto Army of the West and Dept. of Missouri September, 1861, to January,1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of Southwest Missouri, to May,1862. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, Army of Mississippi, to September,1862. 30th Brigade, 9th Division, Army of the Ohio, September, 1862.30th Brigade, 9th Division, 3rd Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November,1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Right Wing 14th Army Corps, Army ofthe Cumberland, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 20th ArmyCorps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1stDivision, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, October, 1863. 1stBrigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps, to April, 1864. 3rd Brigade,2nd Division, 14th Army Corps, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.-Pope's Expedition to Milford, Mo., December 15-19, 1861.Action at Milford (or Shawnee) Mound on Blackwater Creek and captureof 1,300 prisoners December 18. Advanace on Springfield, Mo., January24-February 14. Pursuit of Price to Cassville, Ark. Battles of PeaRidge, Ark., March 6-8. March to Batesville, Ark., April 5-May 3.Moved to Cape Girardeau, Mo., thence to Corinth, Miss., May 20-28.Siege of Corinth, Miss., May 28-30. Pursuit to Booneville May 31-June6. Duty at Jacinto and other points in Northern Mississippi tillAugust 17. March to Louisville, Ky., August 17-September 26. Pursuitof Bragg into Kentucky October 1-15. Battle of Perryville, Ky.,October 8. Lancaster October 14. March to Nashville, Tenn., October16-November 28. Scout to Harpeth Shoals November 26-30. At Nashvilletill December 26. Wilson's Creek Pike December 25. Advance onMurfreesboro December 26-30. Nolensville December 26-27. Battle ofStone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty atMunfreesboro till June. Operations on Edgeville Pike nearMunfreesboro, June 4. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June23-July 7. Liberty Gap June 24-27. Occupation of Middle Tennessee tillAugust 16. Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River andChickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Guard supply trainsover Mountains in rear of Bragg's army during battle of Chickamauga.Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 22-November 23. BeforeChattanooga September 22-26. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November23-27. Orchard Knob November 23-24. Mission Ridge November 25. Pursuitto Graysville November 26-27. March to relief of Knoxville, Tenn.,November 28-December 8. Re-enlisted at Blain's Cross Roads December23, 1863. Operations in East Tennessee till February, 1864. Veteranson Furlough February and March. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1-September8. Tunnel Hill May 6-7. Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11.Buzzard's Roost Gap May 8-9. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Rome May17-18. 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 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17.Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Station July 4. Chattahoochie RiverJuly 5-17. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta July22-August 25. Utoy Creek August 5-7. Flank movement on JonesboroAugust 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Operationsagainst Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November3. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Louisville November 30.Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January toApril, 1865. Taylor's Hole Creek, Averysboro, N. C., March 16. Battleof Bentonville March 19-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advanceon Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett'sHouse April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March toWashington, D. C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 19. Grand ReviewMay 24. Moved to Louisville, Ky.. June and duty there till July.Mustered out July 24, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 14 Officers and 139 Enlisted men killedand mortally wounded and 190 Enlisted men by disease. Total 343.[Transcribed 14 January 2008, SLJuhl, compiler]
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