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Pvt John Albert

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Pvt John Albert Veteran

Birth
Death
28 May 1864 (aged 18–19)
Picketts Mill, Paulding County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
Plot
G-6985
Memorial ID
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John Albert, Co K 65th Indiana Infantry, recruit. Resident of Alfordsville, In. "Killed at Pumpkin Vine Hill, Ga., May 28, '64."
-Indiana AG

Home in 1860 Reeve, Daviess, Indiana
Household Members (Name) Age
Francis J Albert 33
James Albert 18
John Albert 14
Sard Albert 11

His brother, James Albert, also served during the Civil War in Company K 65th Indiana Infantry.

65th Indiana (Mounted Infantry) Regiment
...4th Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps, to November, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, Dept. of the Ohio, to April, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to February, 1865...
-CWSS

"It was in a fight at Dandridge on Jan. 17, 1864. The regiment was dismounted the following April and assigned to the 2nd brigade, 3d division, 23d corps, joining Sherman's army for the Atlanta campaign on April 30. It was engaged in all the battles and skirmishes of that campaign, commencing at Resaca, then joined in the pursuit of Hood into Alabama and Tennessee, fought at Columbia and Franklin, took a conspicuous part at Nashville, and moved in pursuit of Hood as far as the Tennessee river.

It was transferred to Alexandria, Va., in Jan. 1865; moved thence to the vicinity of Fort Fisher near Wilmington, N. C., bore the brunt of the attack on Fort Anderson, and was conspicuous in the skirmish at Town Creek. It then moved to Greensboro, where it was mustered out June 22, 1865.

Its original strength was 942; gain by recruits, 228; total, 1,170. Loss by death, 236; desertion, 59, unaccounted for, 8.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 3"
-Indiana Regiments... blog

In VA Grave Locator as:
ABBE, JNO
BURIED AT: SECTION G SITE 6985

Albe--, John
Originally buried at New Hope Church.
Buried as an Unknown between George Gasaway, Co K (M) 65th Indiana, in G-6984 and James Harbit, Co G 7th Ohio Cavalry, in G-6986.
John Albert, Co K 65th Indiana Infantry, recruit. Resident of Alfordsville, In. "Killed at Pumpkin Vine Hill, Ga., May 28, '64."
-Indiana AG

Home in 1860 Reeve, Daviess, Indiana
Household Members (Name) Age
Francis J Albert 33
James Albert 18
John Albert 14
Sard Albert 11

His brother, James Albert, also served during the Civil War in Company K 65th Indiana Infantry.

65th Indiana (Mounted Infantry) Regiment
...4th Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps, to November, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, Dept. of the Ohio, to April, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to February, 1865...
-CWSS

"It was in a fight at Dandridge on Jan. 17, 1864. The regiment was dismounted the following April and assigned to the 2nd brigade, 3d division, 23d corps, joining Sherman's army for the Atlanta campaign on April 30. It was engaged in all the battles and skirmishes of that campaign, commencing at Resaca, then joined in the pursuit of Hood into Alabama and Tennessee, fought at Columbia and Franklin, took a conspicuous part at Nashville, and moved in pursuit of Hood as far as the Tennessee river.

It was transferred to Alexandria, Va., in Jan. 1865; moved thence to the vicinity of Fort Fisher near Wilmington, N. C., bore the brunt of the attack on Fort Anderson, and was conspicuous in the skirmish at Town Creek. It then moved to Greensboro, where it was mustered out June 22, 1865.

Its original strength was 942; gain by recruits, 228; total, 1,170. Loss by death, 236; desertion, 59, unaccounted for, 8.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 3"
-Indiana Regiments... blog

In VA Grave Locator as:
ABBE, JNO
BURIED AT: SECTION G SITE 6985

Albe--, John
Originally buried at New Hope Church.
Buried as an Unknown between George Gasaway, Co K (M) 65th Indiana, in G-6984 and James Harbit, Co G 7th Ohio Cavalry, in G-6986.

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  • Created by: Janet
  • Added: Oct 4, 2009
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42688114/john-albert: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt John Albert (1845–28 May 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 42688114, citing Marietta National Cemetery, Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Janet (contributor 46573654).