b.Germantown, Montgomery Co.,OH. - d. Medaryville, Pulaski Co.,IN., s/o William Barkalow(1816-1892) & 1) Elizabeth Ullery(1824-1862). Married Sept.5,1866,Pulaski Co.,IN., Caroline(Lydia) Brewer(1850-1944). William was a mail clerk & clerk of courts.∼William Henry Barkalow served in the Civil War under the GAR (Grand Army of the Republic) beginning in August 1861 at the age of eighteen. He was a private in C Company, 6th Infantry Regiment, from Bartholomew County, IN Volunteers.
As chronicled by war historians, the Indiana 6th Infantry Regiment was involved in five of the twelve major engagements of the war, although William was only to fight in four battles and one siege.
Battles/Siege fought during William's service with the Sixth Infantry:
Shiloh, Tennessee, April 7, 1862
Siege of Corinth, Mississippi, April-May 1862
Stones River, Tennessee, December 31, 1862 - January 2, 1863
Liberty Gap, Tennessee, June 24, 1863
Chickamauga, Georgia, September 19-20, 1863
In the Battle of Chickamauga, William was wounded in the left leg and captured on September 19, 1863. He was only held by the Confederates for a short period of time and then paroled. We don't know why he was released, it may have been because of his injury or it may have been a planned prisoner exchange. His records show that he was paroled on September 29, 1863 in Chattanooga, Tennessee (Note: the state of Tennessee was under Union control by 1863). Records show William was absent from his unit due to injuries: September 1863 at a field hospital in Chattanooga; October 1863 - March 1864 in the Number 19 USA General Hospital, Nashville; April 1864 in a hospital in Louisville; June 1864 in a Divisional Hospital. From July - September 1864 we don't know if he was in a hospital or returned to his unit. The Indiana Sixth Infantry was mustered out on September 22, 1864.
We have learned that a bullet shattered his left leg bone just below the knee. He pleaded that his leg not be amputated and it was not. He experienced much pain from the wound for his remaining years. He died at a relatively young age due to complications of the injury.
He applied for a pension as an invalid on September 28, 1868. His widow applied for a widow's pension on May 31, 1881.
According to the 1870 Census (Indiana): William worked for the U.S. Mail.
William was a Mail Clerk and Clerk of Courts in Pulaski County for 13 years.
His obituary read: "He served his country faithfully in the late war and bore him wounds of battle as a testimonial of his valor."
Source: History of the Sixth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Part 4, The Union-Midwest and West. William H. Doll. University Publications of America. Microfiche #170-171.
As chronicled by war historians, the Indiana 6th Infantry Regiment was involved in five of the twelve major engagements of the war, although William was only to fight in four battles and one siege.
Battles/Siege fought during William's service with the Sixth Infantry:
Shiloh, Tennessee, April 7, 1862
Siege of Corinth, Mississippi, April-May 1862
Stones River, Tennessee, December 31, 1862 - January 2, 1863
Liberty Gap, Tennessee, June 24, 1863
Chickamauga, Georgia, September 19-20, 1863
In the Battle of Chickamauga, William was wounded in the left leg and captured on September 19, 1863. He was only held by the Confederates for a short period of time and then paroled. We don't know why he was released, it may have been because of his injury or it may have been a planned prisoner exchange. His records show that he was paroled on September 29, 1863 in Chattanooga, Tennessee (Note: the state of Tennessee was under Union control by 1863). Records show William was absent from his unit due to injuries: September 1863 at a field hospital in Chattanooga; October 1863 - March 1864 in the Number 19 USA General Hospital, Nashville; April 1864 in a hospital in Louisville; June 1864 in a Divisional Hospital. From July - September 1864 we don't know if he was in a hospital or returned to his unit. The Indiana Sixth Infantry was mustered out on September 22, 1864.
We have learned that a bullet shattered his left leg bone just below the knee. He pleaded that his leg not be amputated and it was not. He experienced much pain from the wound for his remaining years. He died at a relatively young age due to complications of the injury.
He applied for a pension as an invalid on September 28, 1868. His widow applied for a widow's pension on May 31, 1881.
According to the 1870 Census (Indiana): William worked for the U.S. Mail.
William was a Mail Clerk and Clerk of Courts in Pulaski County for 13 years.
His obituary read: "He served his country faithfully in the late war and bore him wounds of battle as a testimonial of his valor."
Source: History of the Sixth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Part 4, The Union-Midwest and West. William H. Doll. University Publications of America. Microfiche #170-171.
b.Germantown, Montgomery Co.,OH. - d. Medaryville, Pulaski Co.,IN., s/o William Barkalow(1816-1892) & 1) Elizabeth Ullery(1824-1862). Married Sept.5,1866,Pulaski Co.,IN., Caroline(Lydia) Brewer(1850-1944). William was a mail clerk & clerk of courts.∼William Henry Barkalow served in the Civil War under the GAR (Grand Army of the Republic) beginning in August 1861 at the age of eighteen. He was a private in C Company, 6th Infantry Regiment, from Bartholomew County, IN Volunteers.
As chronicled by war historians, the Indiana 6th Infantry Regiment was involved in five of the twelve major engagements of the war, although William was only to fight in four battles and one siege.
Battles/Siege fought during William's service with the Sixth Infantry:
Shiloh, Tennessee, April 7, 1862
Siege of Corinth, Mississippi, April-May 1862
Stones River, Tennessee, December 31, 1862 - January 2, 1863
Liberty Gap, Tennessee, June 24, 1863
Chickamauga, Georgia, September 19-20, 1863
In the Battle of Chickamauga, William was wounded in the left leg and captured on September 19, 1863. He was only held by the Confederates for a short period of time and then paroled. We don't know why he was released, it may have been because of his injury or it may have been a planned prisoner exchange. His records show that he was paroled on September 29, 1863 in Chattanooga, Tennessee (Note: the state of Tennessee was under Union control by 1863). Records show William was absent from his unit due to injuries: September 1863 at a field hospital in Chattanooga; October 1863 - March 1864 in the Number 19 USA General Hospital, Nashville; April 1864 in a hospital in Louisville; June 1864 in a Divisional Hospital. From July - September 1864 we don't know if he was in a hospital or returned to his unit. The Indiana Sixth Infantry was mustered out on September 22, 1864.
We have learned that a bullet shattered his left leg bone just below the knee. He pleaded that his leg not be amputated and it was not. He experienced much pain from the wound for his remaining years. He died at a relatively young age due to complications of the injury.
He applied for a pension as an invalid on September 28, 1868. His widow applied for a widow's pension on May 31, 1881.
According to the 1870 Census (Indiana): William worked for the U.S. Mail.
William was a Mail Clerk and Clerk of Courts in Pulaski County for 13 years.
His obituary read: "He served his country faithfully in the late war and bore him wounds of battle as a testimonial of his valor."
Source: History of the Sixth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Part 4, The Union-Midwest and West. William H. Doll. University Publications of America. Microfiche #170-171.
As chronicled by war historians, the Indiana 6th Infantry Regiment was involved in five of the twelve major engagements of the war, although William was only to fight in four battles and one siege.
Battles/Siege fought during William's service with the Sixth Infantry:
Shiloh, Tennessee, April 7, 1862
Siege of Corinth, Mississippi, April-May 1862
Stones River, Tennessee, December 31, 1862 - January 2, 1863
Liberty Gap, Tennessee, June 24, 1863
Chickamauga, Georgia, September 19-20, 1863
In the Battle of Chickamauga, William was wounded in the left leg and captured on September 19, 1863. He was only held by the Confederates for a short period of time and then paroled. We don't know why he was released, it may have been because of his injury or it may have been a planned prisoner exchange. His records show that he was paroled on September 29, 1863 in Chattanooga, Tennessee (Note: the state of Tennessee was under Union control by 1863). Records show William was absent from his unit due to injuries: September 1863 at a field hospital in Chattanooga; October 1863 - March 1864 in the Number 19 USA General Hospital, Nashville; April 1864 in a hospital in Louisville; June 1864 in a Divisional Hospital. From July - September 1864 we don't know if he was in a hospital or returned to his unit. The Indiana Sixth Infantry was mustered out on September 22, 1864.
We have learned that a bullet shattered his left leg bone just below the knee. He pleaded that his leg not be amputated and it was not. He experienced much pain from the wound for his remaining years. He died at a relatively young age due to complications of the injury.
He applied for a pension as an invalid on September 28, 1868. His widow applied for a widow's pension on May 31, 1881.
According to the 1870 Census (Indiana): William worked for the U.S. Mail.
William was a Mail Clerk and Clerk of Courts in Pulaski County for 13 years.
His obituary read: "He served his country faithfully in the late war and bore him wounds of battle as a testimonial of his valor."
Source: History of the Sixth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Part 4, The Union-Midwest and West. William H. Doll. University Publications of America. Microfiche #170-171.
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