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Salvage Sailor

My Great Uncle

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...and his brother, my Grandfather

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...and his cousin, they served in the same infantry company in the AEF

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My GGUncle, up in North Olmsted, Ohio. Always been my hero.

 

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My other Hero . . .

 

His cenotaph next to his Dad and Grandparents -

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His name on the Punchbowl wall -

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My Gr Gr Grandfather 1826-1902 (grandfather of the above doughboys)

Hospital Steward, 6th Iowa Volunteer Cavalry 1862-1866, Northwest Indian Expedition

Fort Randall, Battle of Whitestone Hill, Fort Rice, 1863-64-65 campaigns vs. the Sioux (Dacotah) on the upper MIssouri

 

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My childhood buddy, Larry

Cobra Pilot KIA Vietnam

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There are no tombstones upon the seas

 

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Lost At Sea - February 7th, 1980

 

IN REMEMBERANCE – USS KING (DDG-41)
OFF OF CAPE HATTERAS, VA, FEBRUARY 7TH, 1980

HT2 Richard Bilicek – Lost at Sea
SN Steven M. Campbell – Lost at Sea
SN Edwin L. Traylor – Lost at Sea

BM3 Billy Irby – Broken bones
HT2 Sam Callicoat – Broken bones
BM3 Winfred Morris – Bruised but alive

BM2 Bernard McGinniss – Swept Overboard - Recovered from the sea after 12 minutes

 

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Another great grandfather, War of 1812 New Jersey

1774-1838

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His father served in the Revolution Cranes Troops of Horse, 1780 EASTON, STEPHEN. Serjeant, "Eastern Battalion," Morris.

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His grandson Mark, KIA Civil War

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Enlisted Private, Battery E 1st Illinois Light Artillery for 3 years, Age 33, Army of the Tennessee, Battles/Campaigns Engaged at Shiloh, Siege of Corinth, Jackson, Operations against Vicksburg.   Died at Memphis Tenn, Sep 1, 1863.  

 

...and his brother Clark who has two head stones, 8th Illinois Infantry

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EASTON, Clark H    D&S Recruit    Peoria    
Mustered on Sep 26, 1864    Mustered out Sep 25, 1865
Company D, 8th Illinois Infantry
Mobile Campaign, Battle at Spanish Fort April 9th, 1865 10 KIA, 24 WIA

 

 

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5 hours ago, Salvage Sailor said:

My Gr Gr Grandfather 1826-1902 (grandfather of the above doughboys)

Hospital Steward, 6th Iowa Volunteer Cavalry 1862-1866, Northwest Indian Expedition

Fort Randall, Battle of Whitestone Hill, Fort Rice, 1863-64-65 campaigns vs. the Sioux (Dacotah) on the upper MIssouri

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His brother in law Levi

1st Iowa Volunteer Cavalry 1862-1865

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...and another brother in law, Killed in Action at the Battle of Champion Hill, May 16th, 1863 Mississippi.

(John) Alexander Casselman, Private Company H, 24th Iowa Infantry Regiment.  

Buried in a mass grave at "the Hill of Death" in Mississippi

 

(John) Alexander Casselman, Private Company H, 24th Iowa Infantry Regiment, Gorman's Expedition White River, Attached to 2nd Brigade, 12th Division, 13th Army Corps, Dept. Tennessee. Skirmish at Madison, Battle of Port Gibson, Champion Hill

In the spring of 1863, the regiment joined the army in its advance on Vicksburg, assigned to Slack's (2d) Brigade, Hovey's Division, Thirteenth Corps. Its first engagement at Port Gibson, (Magnolia Hills), May 1, 1863, resulted in 1 killed and 5 wounded

 

At the battle of Champion's Hill, May 16th, the 24th Iowa Infantry sustained a severe loss, having charged, captured, and held a battery of the enemy.   It was a daring act, but as it made the advance alone, and without proper arrangement for support, it became the object of a concentrated fire which drove it back in disorder. Its loss at Champion's Hill was 149 Killed & Wounded, with many later dying.

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Champion Hill Burial Ground
Also known as Bakers Creek Burial Ground

Champion Hill, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA

 

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This is the resting place of many Union and Confederate soldiers. Soldiers were buried in mass graves on the property of the Champion family estate. The battle of Champion Hill took place on May 16, 1863. The Hiawatha plantation house was used as a hospital for the wounded.


In the battle of Baker's Creek, or Champion Hill, the Confederate dead were buried by the Federals (Grand Army of the Repuplic) in trenches, no separate graves being made. This spot has been so long neglected that there is nothing now discernible by which the burial trenches can be identified.

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