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Wesley L. Blackford

Birth
Jefferson County, Indiana, USA
Death
1863 (aged 26–27)
Georgia
Burial
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Son of Isaiah and Mary Giles Blackford
Married Martha Robison Curtis on December 26, 1859, in Jefferson County, Indiana.

Served in the 82nd Indiana Infantry, Company A
He is listed as having died in a Confederate Army prison.

**82nd Indiana Infantry: This regiment was organized at Madison and was mustered on Aug. 30, 1862. It left the state Sept. 1 for Louisville, where it was assigned to a brigade in Buell's army and joined the pursuit of Bragg. It next moved with Rosecrans' army to Murfreesboro, and was engaged at Stone's River. It remained in camp at Murfreesboro until June, and was in the engagement at Hoover's Gap. It was at Chickamauga, where its corps withstood every assault, and the regiment's losses were 21 killed, 72 wounded and 29 missing.
Son of Isaiah and Mary Giles Blackford
Married Martha Robison Curtis on December 26, 1859, in Jefferson County, Indiana.

Served in the 82nd Indiana Infantry, Company A
He is listed as having died in a Confederate Army prison.

**82nd Indiana Infantry: This regiment was organized at Madison and was mustered on Aug. 30, 1862. It left the state Sept. 1 for Louisville, where it was assigned to a brigade in Buell's army and joined the pursuit of Bragg. It next moved with Rosecrans' army to Murfreesboro, and was engaged at Stone's River. It remained in camp at Murfreesboro until June, and was in the engagement at Hoover's Gap. It was at Chickamauga, where its corps withstood every assault, and the regiment's losses were 21 killed, 72 wounded and 29 missing.


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