"...Entered the service as enlisted man at Warsaw, Indiana in Apriol 1861 in Company E, 12th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry. I was appointed Corporal in May 1861 and promoted to Sergeant in June 1861 and was eleceted 1st Lieutenant May 1862 and Captain in May 1865. I was first discharged in Washington, S.C. by expiration of my term of enlistment. I again reenlisted in May 1862. I was discharged next in 1865 by reason of the close of the war.
The battles in which I was engages and participated were Chickamauga, Holly Springs, Vicksburg, Jackson, Kennesaw, Jonesboro, Bentonville, Mission Ridge. I was taken prison August 30th 1862 by General Kirby Smith in Kentucky.
A few of my most intimate comrades were General Reuben Williams, Francis M. Jaques and Joseph Coar.
I have not time to go into detail in any other even in connection with my military service as I am engaged in railroading."
-Found in the book "Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Indiana, Personal War Sketches of the Members of Henry W. Chipman Post No. 442. of Warsaw.
The battles in which I was engages and participated were Chickamauga, Holly Springs, Vicksburg, Jackson, Kennesaw, Jonesboro, Bentonville, Mission Ridge. I was taken prison August 30th 1862 by General Kirby Smith in Kentucky.
A few of my most intimate comrades were General Reuben Williams, Francis M. Jaques and Joseph Coar.
I have not time to go into detail in any other even in connection with my military service as I am engaged in railroading."
-Found in the book "Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Indiana, Personal War Sketches of the Members of Henry W. Chipman Post No. 442. of Warsaw.
"...Entered the service as enlisted man at Warsaw, Indiana in Apriol 1861 in Company E, 12th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry. I was appointed Corporal in May 1861 and promoted to Sergeant in June 1861 and was eleceted 1st Lieutenant May 1862 and Captain in May 1865. I was first discharged in Washington, S.C. by expiration of my term of enlistment. I again reenlisted in May 1862. I was discharged next in 1865 by reason of the close of the war.
The battles in which I was engages and participated were Chickamauga, Holly Springs, Vicksburg, Jackson, Kennesaw, Jonesboro, Bentonville, Mission Ridge. I was taken prison August 30th 1862 by General Kirby Smith in Kentucky.
A few of my most intimate comrades were General Reuben Williams, Francis M. Jaques and Joseph Coar.
I have not time to go into detail in any other even in connection with my military service as I am engaged in railroading."
-Found in the book "Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Indiana, Personal War Sketches of the Members of Henry W. Chipman Post No. 442. of Warsaw.
The battles in which I was engages and participated were Chickamauga, Holly Springs, Vicksburg, Jackson, Kennesaw, Jonesboro, Bentonville, Mission Ridge. I was taken prison August 30th 1862 by General Kirby Smith in Kentucky.
A few of my most intimate comrades were General Reuben Williams, Francis M. Jaques and Joseph Coar.
I have not time to go into detail in any other even in connection with my military service as I am engaged in railroading."
-Found in the book "Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Indiana, Personal War Sketches of the Members of Henry W. Chipman Post No. 442. of Warsaw.
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