Son of Noah & Nancy Eckman; siblings - Mary, Hannah, Margaret, Mahala, Frances, Melissa and Perry.
1860: Residing w parents, Chester Twsp, Wabash Co, Indiana. Single. Occupation: Laborer.
Civil War Service:
Residence North Manchester, Wabash County, Indiana. Enlisted on 15 November 1861 as a Private in "B" Company Indiana 47th Infantry. He died of disease on 4 March 1862 at Benton, Missouri.
Plain Dealer, Wabash (IN) - March 28, 1862.
Extracted from a letter by R.R. Osburn: "Company B (Captain Goodwin's) has lost only two men by death as yet - Corporal G.W. Eckman, who died at Benton, about two weeks ago, and Private Thomas Powell, who died several weeks ago at Louisville."
1860: Residing w parents, Chester Twsp, Wabash Co, Indiana. Single. Occupation: Laborer.
Civil War Service:
Residence North Manchester, Wabash County, Indiana. Enlisted on 15 November 1861 as a Private in "B" Company Indiana 47th Infantry. He died of disease on 4 March 1862 at Benton, Missouri.
Plain Dealer, Wabash (IN) - March 28, 1862.
Extracted from a letter by R.R. Osburn: "Company B (Captain Goodwin's) has lost only two men by death as yet - Corporal G.W. Eckman, who died at Benton, about two weeks ago, and Private Thomas Powell, who died several weeks ago at Louisville."
Son of Noah & Nancy Eckman; siblings - Mary, Hannah, Margaret, Mahala, Frances, Melissa and Perry.
1860: Residing w parents, Chester Twsp, Wabash Co, Indiana. Single. Occupation: Laborer.
Civil War Service:
Residence North Manchester, Wabash County, Indiana. Enlisted on 15 November 1861 as a Private in "B" Company Indiana 47th Infantry. He died of disease on 4 March 1862 at Benton, Missouri.
Plain Dealer, Wabash (IN) - March 28, 1862.
Extracted from a letter by R.R. Osburn: "Company B (Captain Goodwin's) has lost only two men by death as yet - Corporal G.W. Eckman, who died at Benton, about two weeks ago, and Private Thomas Powell, who died several weeks ago at Louisville."
1860: Residing w parents, Chester Twsp, Wabash Co, Indiana. Single. Occupation: Laborer.
Civil War Service:
Residence North Manchester, Wabash County, Indiana. Enlisted on 15 November 1861 as a Private in "B" Company Indiana 47th Infantry. He died of disease on 4 March 1862 at Benton, Missouri.
Plain Dealer, Wabash (IN) - March 28, 1862.
Extracted from a letter by R.R. Osburn: "Company B (Captain Goodwin's) has lost only two men by death as yet - Corporal G.W. Eckman, who died at Benton, about two weeks ago, and Private Thomas Powell, who died several weeks ago at Louisville."
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