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- "American Civil War Soldiers
Name: Alexander Ramsey
RESIDENCE: Putnam County, Indiana
Enlistment Date: 29 Jul 1862
Side Served: Union
State Served: Indiana
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 29 July 1862.
Enlisted in Company B, 78th Infantry Regiment Indiana on 29 Jul 1862.
Mustered Out Company B, 78th Infantry Regiment Indiana on 3 Oct 1862at Evansville, IN.
Sources: 76
Source Citation: www.Ancestry.com; Side served: Union; State served:Indiana; Enlistment date: 29 Jul 1862.. Historical Data Systems,comp.. American Civil War Soldiers [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:The Generations Network, Inc., 1999."
"American Civil War Regiments
REGIMENT: 78th Infantry Regiment Indiana
Date of Organization: 5 Aug 1862
Muster Date: 3 Oct 1862
Regiment State: Indiana
Regiment Type: Infantry
Regiment Number: 78th
Enlisted Died of Disease or Accident: 1
Officers Died of Disease or Accident: 0
Enlisted Killed or Mortally Wounded: 1
Enlisted Died of Disease or Accident: 3
Regimental Soldiers and History: List of Soldiers
Regimental History
Seventy-eighth Infantry INDIANA
(60 DAYS)
Seventy-eighth Infantry. -- Lieut.-Col., William L. Farran
This regiment was organized in the summer of 1862 as a 60-days
regiment, to serve against guerrillas. Guerrilla raids were
of frequent occurrence during the summer of 1862 and
volunteers were tendered for their suppression.
The 78th, with six other companies, was mustered in Aug. 5,
and was stationed at Evansville for guard duty, making several
expeditions into Kentucky in pursuit of guerrillas. In one of
these, a Portion of the regiment was captured and paroled at
Uniontown, Ky.
The regiment was employed on picket duty along the border the
greater part of its term.
Its strength was 587 Loss by death, 4; desertion, 2.
Source: Union Army, vol 3, p. 160
Battles Fought
Fought on 1 Sep 1863 at Uniontown, KY.
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