Frank Nims was a Private in Company H 14th Wisconsin
Infantry.
The 14th Wisconsin Infantry was organized at Camp Wood in Fond Du Lac and mustered into service on January 30, 1862. The regiment left Wisconsin for St. Louis, Missouri, on March 8, and then traveled to Savannah, Tennessee, March 23-28. From there during its service it moved through Tennessee, Mississippi, and Louisiana. It participated in the battles of Shiloh, Iuka, Corinth, Champion Hill, Nashville, and the Siege of Vicksburg. After furlough from January 3 to March 6, 1864, Co. E and veterans who chose to re-enlist joined the 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 17th Army Corps, at Clifton, Tennessee. They marched to Georgia and participated in the assault on Kennesaw Mountain, the Battle of Atlanta, and the Battle of Jonesboro. They rejoined the regiment at Nashville, Tennessee, in December of 1864, except Co. E. This company was sent as a pontoon train guard to the sea, and through the Carolinas and then to Washington, D. C., eventually rejoining the Regiment at Montgomery, Alabama, on July 16, 1865. The regiment was mustered out on October 9, 1865 in Mobile, Alabama. It lost 319 men during service. Six officers and 116 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded. Three officers and 194 enlisted men died from disease.
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-From The History of Dodge County Wisconsin, 1880:
O.D NIMS, farmer, Secs 25 and 26, P.O. Neosho, born in Jefferson Co. N. Y., Feb. 19, 1836 son of Loyal Nims who removed to Hustisford in October, 1850 and bought 107 acres of wild, heavily timbered land; of this only one acre was cleared, on which was a log house; this wilderness was cleared and made a home. O. D. Nims lived on forty acres on Sec 25 until Oct ll, 1864 when he enlisted in the 1st Wis Heavy Artillery and was in and about the defenses of the Capitol, until June, 1865 when the battery returned. Mr Nims being discharged from the Sickles Hospital Alexandria where he had been confined two or three months by sickness. His brother Adolphus was killed at the battle of Perryville, William of the 38th Iowa died at Memphis, and Frank died at Nashville. Soon after his return from service Mr. Nims settled on the old homestead. Married Miss Anna Dorward of Forfarshire, Scotland Jan. ll, 1858; they have six children- Frank L, Alexander W. Anna, Almira, Lillie and Harriet. Mr Nims is a Democrat and a member of Neosho Lodge No. 128 IOOF. He has native cows for dairy purposes, also other stock and the usual crops.
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Birth information from Chandler Hamann family tree.
Source: http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/3282627/person/6129535229
Infantry.
The 14th Wisconsin Infantry was organized at Camp Wood in Fond Du Lac and mustered into service on January 30, 1862. The regiment left Wisconsin for St. Louis, Missouri, on March 8, and then traveled to Savannah, Tennessee, March 23-28. From there during its service it moved through Tennessee, Mississippi, and Louisiana. It participated in the battles of Shiloh, Iuka, Corinth, Champion Hill, Nashville, and the Siege of Vicksburg. After furlough from January 3 to March 6, 1864, Co. E and veterans who chose to re-enlist joined the 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 17th Army Corps, at Clifton, Tennessee. They marched to Georgia and participated in the assault on Kennesaw Mountain, the Battle of Atlanta, and the Battle of Jonesboro. They rejoined the regiment at Nashville, Tennessee, in December of 1864, except Co. E. This company was sent as a pontoon train guard to the sea, and through the Carolinas and then to Washington, D. C., eventually rejoining the Regiment at Montgomery, Alabama, on July 16, 1865. The regiment was mustered out on October 9, 1865 in Mobile, Alabama. It lost 319 men during service. Six officers and 116 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded. Three officers and 194 enlisted men died from disease.
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-From The History of Dodge County Wisconsin, 1880:
O.D NIMS, farmer, Secs 25 and 26, P.O. Neosho, born in Jefferson Co. N. Y., Feb. 19, 1836 son of Loyal Nims who removed to Hustisford in October, 1850 and bought 107 acres of wild, heavily timbered land; of this only one acre was cleared, on which was a log house; this wilderness was cleared and made a home. O. D. Nims lived on forty acres on Sec 25 until Oct ll, 1864 when he enlisted in the 1st Wis Heavy Artillery and was in and about the defenses of the Capitol, until June, 1865 when the battery returned. Mr Nims being discharged from the Sickles Hospital Alexandria where he had been confined two or three months by sickness. His brother Adolphus was killed at the battle of Perryville, William of the 38th Iowa died at Memphis, and Frank died at Nashville. Soon after his return from service Mr. Nims settled on the old homestead. Married Miss Anna Dorward of Forfarshire, Scotland Jan. ll, 1858; they have six children- Frank L, Alexander W. Anna, Almira, Lillie and Harriet. Mr Nims is a Democrat and a member of Neosho Lodge No. 128 IOOF. He has native cows for dairy purposes, also other stock and the usual crops.
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Birth information from Chandler Hamann family tree.
Source: http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/3282627/person/6129535229
Frank Nims was a Private in Company H 14th Wisconsin
Infantry.
The 14th Wisconsin Infantry was organized at Camp Wood in Fond Du Lac and mustered into service on January 30, 1862. The regiment left Wisconsin for St. Louis, Missouri, on March 8, and then traveled to Savannah, Tennessee, March 23-28. From there during its service it moved through Tennessee, Mississippi, and Louisiana. It participated in the battles of Shiloh, Iuka, Corinth, Champion Hill, Nashville, and the Siege of Vicksburg. After furlough from January 3 to March 6, 1864, Co. E and veterans who chose to re-enlist joined the 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 17th Army Corps, at Clifton, Tennessee. They marched to Georgia and participated in the assault on Kennesaw Mountain, the Battle of Atlanta, and the Battle of Jonesboro. They rejoined the regiment at Nashville, Tennessee, in December of 1864, except Co. E. This company was sent as a pontoon train guard to the sea, and through the Carolinas and then to Washington, D. C., eventually rejoining the Regiment at Montgomery, Alabama, on July 16, 1865. The regiment was mustered out on October 9, 1865 in Mobile, Alabama. It lost 319 men during service. Six officers and 116 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded. Three officers and 194 enlisted men died from disease.
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-From The History of Dodge County Wisconsin, 1880:
O.D NIMS, farmer, Secs 25 and 26, P.O. Neosho, born in Jefferson Co. N. Y., Feb. 19, 1836 son of Loyal Nims who removed to Hustisford in October, 1850 and bought 107 acres of wild, heavily timbered land; of this only one acre was cleared, on which was a log house; this wilderness was cleared and made a home. O. D. Nims lived on forty acres on Sec 25 until Oct ll, 1864 when he enlisted in the 1st Wis Heavy Artillery and was in and about the defenses of the Capitol, until June, 1865 when the battery returned. Mr Nims being discharged from the Sickles Hospital Alexandria where he had been confined two or three months by sickness. His brother Adolphus was killed at the battle of Perryville, William of the 38th Iowa died at Memphis, and Frank died at Nashville. Soon after his return from service Mr. Nims settled on the old homestead. Married Miss Anna Dorward of Forfarshire, Scotland Jan. ll, 1858; they have six children- Frank L, Alexander W. Anna, Almira, Lillie and Harriet. Mr Nims is a Democrat and a member of Neosho Lodge No. 128 IOOF. He has native cows for dairy purposes, also other stock and the usual crops.
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Birth information from Chandler Hamann family tree.
Source: http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/3282627/person/6129535229
Infantry.
The 14th Wisconsin Infantry was organized at Camp Wood in Fond Du Lac and mustered into service on January 30, 1862. The regiment left Wisconsin for St. Louis, Missouri, on March 8, and then traveled to Savannah, Tennessee, March 23-28. From there during its service it moved through Tennessee, Mississippi, and Louisiana. It participated in the battles of Shiloh, Iuka, Corinth, Champion Hill, Nashville, and the Siege of Vicksburg. After furlough from January 3 to March 6, 1864, Co. E and veterans who chose to re-enlist joined the 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 17th Army Corps, at Clifton, Tennessee. They marched to Georgia and participated in the assault on Kennesaw Mountain, the Battle of Atlanta, and the Battle of Jonesboro. They rejoined the regiment at Nashville, Tennessee, in December of 1864, except Co. E. This company was sent as a pontoon train guard to the sea, and through the Carolinas and then to Washington, D. C., eventually rejoining the Regiment at Montgomery, Alabama, on July 16, 1865. The regiment was mustered out on October 9, 1865 in Mobile, Alabama. It lost 319 men during service. Six officers and 116 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded. Three officers and 194 enlisted men died from disease.
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-From The History of Dodge County Wisconsin, 1880:
O.D NIMS, farmer, Secs 25 and 26, P.O. Neosho, born in Jefferson Co. N. Y., Feb. 19, 1836 son of Loyal Nims who removed to Hustisford in October, 1850 and bought 107 acres of wild, heavily timbered land; of this only one acre was cleared, on which was a log house; this wilderness was cleared and made a home. O. D. Nims lived on forty acres on Sec 25 until Oct ll, 1864 when he enlisted in the 1st Wis Heavy Artillery and was in and about the defenses of the Capitol, until June, 1865 when the battery returned. Mr Nims being discharged from the Sickles Hospital Alexandria where he had been confined two or three months by sickness. His brother Adolphus was killed at the battle of Perryville, William of the 38th Iowa died at Memphis, and Frank died at Nashville. Soon after his return from service Mr. Nims settled on the old homestead. Married Miss Anna Dorward of Forfarshire, Scotland Jan. ll, 1858; they have six children- Frank L, Alexander W. Anna, Almira, Lillie and Harriet. Mr Nims is a Democrat and a member of Neosho Lodge No. 128 IOOF. He has native cows for dairy purposes, also other stock and the usual crops.
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Birth information from Chandler Hamann family tree.
Source: http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/3282627/person/6129535229
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