Civil War
1861 – 1865
Ashby, George A.
Family Line: Ashby, Uncle
Unit: 72nd Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Company G
Rank: Private
Ashby, William R.
Family Line: Ashby, Uncle
Unit: 72nd Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Company E
Rank: Sergeant
Dates of Service: July 19, 1862 to December 27, 1862.
Description: Died of typhoid during service.
Brooks, Samuel
Family Line: Klinefelter, Uncle
Unit: Army
Carson, William H.
Family Line: Thomas, Uncle
Unit: 1st Missouri Cavalry
Rank: Private
Conner, Benjamin F.
Family Line: Conner, Uncle
Unit: 32nd Illinois Infantry, Company I
Rank: Private
Dates: – Dec 31, 1864
Conner, John M.
Family Line: Conner, Uncle
Unit: 19th Kentucky Infantry, Company H
Rank: Musician 2nd Class, Sergeant
Conner, Willis Alexander
Family Line: Conner, Direct Ancestor
Unit: 133 Illinois Infantry, Company C
Rank: Private
Dates of Service: May 31, 1864 – September 24, 1864
Description: Measles settled on lungs.
Unit: 152nd Illinois Infantry, Company I
Rank: Private
Dates of service: February 15, 1865 – September 11, 1865
Unit: 19th Kansas Volunteer Calvary, Company G
Service Dates: October 18, 1868 – April 18, 1869
Description: Served in Western Kansas under Col. Crawford
Crawford, Alfred W.
Family Line: Pellett, Uncle
Unit: 23rd Ohio Infantry, Company H, Company F
Rank: Corporal
Dates of Service: October 14, 1861 – October 14, 1864
Crawford, Croco Henry
Family Line: Pellett, Cousin
Unit: 102nd Ohio Volunteers, Company A
Rank: Corporal (Mar 16, 1863)
Dates of Service: July 30, 1862 – June 6, 1865
Description: In September 1864, he was assigned to a group that was to assist Ft. Henderson, which was under attack. The fort surprisingly surrendered and General Forrest then attacked the group the Croco was in. Many of the men surrendered. However, Croco escaped despite having a wounded knee.
Crawford, Cyrus
Family Line: Pellett, Uncle
Unit: 166th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Company A
Rank: Private
Dates of Service: May 13, 1864 – September 9, 1864
Crawford, Ezra
Family Line: Pellett, Uncle
Unit: 102nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company A
Rank: Corporal, Sergeant (February 22, 1863)
Dates of Service: August 11, 1862 – May 20, 1865
Description: In September 1864, he was assigned to a group that was to assist Ft. Henderson, which was under attack. The fort surprisingly surrendered and General Forrest then attacked the group the Ezra was in. Ezra was sent to Cahaba Prison. Then, on April 27, 1865, he survived the explosion of the steamship Sultana near Memphis, Tennennesse.
Crawford, John M.
Family Line: Pellett, Cousin
Unit: 166th Ohio Infantry, Company A
Crawford, Lewis Henry
Family Line: Pellett, Cousin
Unit: 166th Ohio Infantry, Company A
Dates of Service: 1864
Donaldson, John Marshall
Family Line: Thomas, Uncle
Unit: Missouri Engineers, Union Army
Dates of Service: December 13, 1861 –
Doolittle, Ormas R.
Family Line: Ellis, Spouse of Aunt
Unit: 13th Indiana Cavalry, Company G (Union Army)
Rank: Private
Dates of Service: March 9, 1864 – November 18, 1865
Ellis, Notley David
Family Line: Ellis, Cousin
Unit: 7th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, Company E
Dates of Service: August 15, 1862 – October 27, 1864
Description: Died at Memphis, TN.
Fortney, John H.
Family Line: Thomson, Spouse of Aunt
Unit: Wisconsin 31st Infantry Regiment
Rank: Corporal
Dates of Service: Aug 20, 1862 – June 20, 1865
Description: Public Information Officer
Johnson, Eleazer “Ail” W.
Family Line: Peelle, Uncle
Unit: 63rd Illinois Infantry Company A
Rank: Private
Date of Enlistment Dec 1, 1861
Dates of Service: Apr 1, 1862 to Oct 12, 1862
Discharge: Discharged for disease of the throat.
Description: Member of G.A.R.
Kirkpatrick, John
Family Line: Ellis, Spouse of Aunt
Unit: Union Army
Dates of Service: 1860 – 1865
Description: Slipped away from British Navy to join the U.S. Army before the start of the Civil War. Was wounded twice during the war.
Klinefelter, George Jesse
Family Line: Klinefelter, Sibling of Direct Ancestor
Unit: 28th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company F
Rank: Private
Dates of service: Feb 1, 1865 – June 15, 1865
Klinefelter, Joseph Gazzan
Family Line: Klinefelter, Direct Ancestor
Unit: Pennsylvania Light Artillery
Enlistment Date: Aug 27, 1862
Dates of Service: 1861 – 1865
Muster Place: Pennsylvania
Muster Regiment: Batty E LA
Muster Regiment Type: Artillery
Muster Information: Enlisted
Casualty Date: Sep 17, 1862
Casualty Place: Antietam, Maryland
Type of Casualty: Wounded
Muster Out Date: Jun 14, 1865
Muster Out Place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Muster Out Information: Mustered Out
Side of War: Union
Survived War: Yes
Injured in Line of Duty: Yes
Last of known Residence Place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Title: History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865; Roster McPherson Post 117, Dec 15, 1894
Description: POW Libby Prison, Richmond Virginia. Received a leg wound
Klinefelter, Judge Sharpless
Family Line: Klinefelter, Uncle
Unit: 28th Pennsylvania Infantry, Atlantic Campaign, Company H; Army of the Potomac, 1st Brigade 2nd Division; 12th and 20th Corp
Rank: Private
Dates of Service: July 7, 1861 – Feb 8, 1865
Description: Enlisted day before his 15th birthday. He was wounded in the left shoulder at Wauhatchie and was a POW at Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia
Long, Abram L (Abraham Lewis)
Family Line: Ellis, Cousin
Unit: 39th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company D
Rank: Private
Dates of Service: November 20, 1862 – June 5, 1865
Details: POW
Macklin, John
Family Line: McCracken, Spouse of Half-Aunt
Unit: 15th Illinois Infantry, Company E
Mateer, Francis, M.
Family Line: McCracken, Uncle
Unit: 7th Missouri Calvary, Company D
Rank: Private
Dates of Service: October 3, 1861 – September 19, 1862
Mateer, William
Family Line: McCracken, Uncle
Unit: 7th Missouri Calvary, Company D
Dates of Service: October 3, 1861 – August 1, 1863
Description: Killed in action at Independence, Missouri.
Mawhinney, William G.
Family Line: Klinefelter, Cousin
Unit: Third Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company G
Dates of Service: From Outbreak of War to the End of the War
Description: Enlisted for 3 months then re-enlisted joining the Third Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company G
McCracken, Lemuel Lawrence
Family Line: McCracken, Direct Ancestor
Description: Registered for the draft and received a call to serve in the Union Army. One distant cousin believes that he did serve. However, to date, no documentation confirms his service.
Norris, Andrew
Family Line: Klinefelter, Cousin
Norris, John
Family Line: Klinefelter, Cousin
Rank: Captain
Description: POW, Camp Asylum, Columbia, SC
Peelle, Stanton Judkins
Family Line: Peelle, Cousin
Unit: 8th Indiana Volunteers, Company G
Unit: 57th Indiana Infantry, Company K
Rank: 2nd Lt.
Pellett, Allen J.
Family Line: Pellett, Uncle
Unit: 128th Infantry Ohio Regiment, Company H
Rank: Private
Service Dates: Jan 10, 1864 – July 13, 1865
Pellett, Seth
Family Line: Pellett, Direct Ancestor
Description: Drafted, unclear if he served
Snowden, Jonathon
Family Line: Thomas, Spouse of Sibling
Rank: Private
Dates of Service: April 1, 1862 – March 31, 1865
Stetler, Miles G.
Family Line: Klinefelter, Uncle
Unit: Pennsylvania Light Artillery, Independent Battery E
Rank: Private
Dates of Service: August 27, 1862 – June 14, 1865
Stetler, William C.
Family Line: Klinefelter, Cousin
Unit: Company A (Captian Starr)
Service Dates: August 20, 1861 – August 20, 1864
Description: Wounded May 3, 1863 at Chancellorsville, VA. Transferred to Verterans’ Reserve Corps on May 2, 1864.
Stetler, William S.
Family Line: Klinefelter, Uncle
Description: Killed in action during the Battle of Cedar Mountain (A.K.A. Slaughter Mountain) in Northern Virginia. He is buried in Military Cemetery in Culpepper, VA.
Thomas, Josiah
Family Line, Thomas, Uncle
Unit: 25th Regiment Missouri Infantry, 1st Regiment Missouri Engineers
Description: Fought with General Sherman in Georgia.
Thomas, William Preston
Family Line: Thomas, Uncle
Unit: Union Army, Missouri Engineers
Thornton, George
Family Line: Conner, Spouse of Aunt
Unit: Union Army
Rank: Private
Description: Fought at Shilo and other locations in Tennessee. Also fought in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Georgia.
Thornton, Richard
Family Line: Conner, Spouse of Aunt
Unit: Union Army, 122 Illinois Infantry, Company A
VanAllen, John
Family Line: VanAllen, Direct Ancestor
Unit: Wisconsin 33rd Infantry, Company B
Rank: Private
Dates of Service: Aug 14, 1862 – June 26, 1864
Description: Died at Vicksburg, MS
White, Elisha
Family Line: Pellett, Cousin
Unit: 146th Illinois Infantry, Company H
Description: Stood guard of President Lincoln’s body when it laid in state in Springfield, Illinois.