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| Abel German about 1889 |
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| Abel German about 1902 |
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| Abel German This photo is not dated. Abel married Sabina Howard 13 June 1869 Could this be a 25th Anniversary photo (1894)? Abel would have been about 55 years old. |
Abel German
You can learn much more about Abel German and his ancestors at this amazing website researched & presented by Doug German:
Our German Family in America
http://germanfamilygenealogy.blogspot.com
19 Aug 1862 - Abel enlisted in the Union Army in Polo, Illinois.
(Part of Wilder Lightning Brigade)
Three Year Service
September 4, 1862 - June 21, 1865
(Transferred to the 65th during June of 1865)
- Army of Kentucky: November 1862 - October 1863
- Army of the Cumberland: October 1863 - October 1864
- Cavalry Corps, Military Division of the Mississippi: October 1864 - June 1865
Tullahoma Campaign, Chickamauga, Atlanta Campaign [Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain, Jonesborough], March to the Sea, Campaign of the Carolinas [Bentonville]
Roster of Company D 92nd Illinois Infantry
http://civilwar.illinoisgenweb.org/r100/092-d-in.html
| GERMAN, Able | Corporal | Polo | Sep 4, 1862 | MO June 21, 1865 as Serg't |
This Regiment did not have a Band or Unassigned/Substitute/Drafted Recruits
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_T._Wilder
Wilder received wide attention for his performance in the Tullahoma Campaign. He mounted his brigade on horses and mules that his men appropriated from the local area and moved into the battle with such rapidity that his men soon became known as the "Lightning Brigade". (They were also known as the "Hatchet Brigade" because Wilder issued them long handled hatchets to carry instead of cavalry sabers.) His men also carried Spencer repeating rifles, which were capable of a rate of fire far greater than their Confederate adversaries. Bypassing Army red tape, Wilder had asked his men to vote on purchasing the rifles and they agreed unanimously. He obtained a loan from his hometown bank and each man of the brigade co-signed a personal loan of $35 for his rifle. Embarrassed, the Government paid for the weapons before the men expended any of their personal money.[5] The Lightning Brigade seized and held Hoover's Gap, defeating repeated attempts to dislodge his force, winning the most significant battle in the Tullahoma Campaign.
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Abel's original land patent under the Homestead Act,
for the NW quarter of Section 9
7 Dec 1891
(Courtesy of Doug German) |
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| Probate Record listing heirs of Abel & Sabina German |
Abel actually occupied this homestead in 1874 (it was a quit-claim from the original homesteader), and he made the final payment in 1882 as recorded in the patent above. I don't know why it wasn't filed until 1891. My grandad often joked that the Germans had a letter direct from the President of the United States giving them their land.
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