Washington Walters - I33145 - Individual Information - Wisconsin and Illinois Genealogy

Washington Walters (I33145)

Surname: Walters
Given Names: Washington

Gender: Male

Birth: 1831 -- Centre, Pa
Death: 3 June 1864

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1850 census with parents and possibly his 1st cousin and future wife Mary

Will:
WALTERS, Washington, of Rochester Twp., Fulton Co., Ind‎(WR “A” 240-244)‎
Date: 29 May 1864; prob. 17 June 1864, Fulton Co., Ind.
Proof: died 3 June 1864 in Fulton Co., Ind.
Heirs: wife, Mary ‎(real estate)‎... “Appoint Michael W. WALTERS, guardian of
my children ‎(not named)‎.”
Exr: Michael W. WALTERS ‎(brother)‎.
Wits: Michael WALES, William L. KOON ‎(michael wales is 1st cousin)‎

Buried next to parents

Since he was a young man, it seems strange he had a will. Perhaps he had been wounded or took sick while in the Army.

Walter, Washington, Union, Infantry 89th Regiment, Indiana Infantry

NOTE: Broken stone, date and age not readable; Manitou Chapter DAR, Genealogical Survey, Fulton Co Ind Cemeteries, 1935, shows that he d. June 3, 1864, ae 34y. Also, Washington Walter at age 32 was a resident of Rochester Twp in 1860, with a wife Mary ‎(ae 24)‎, and one child John W. ‎(6 mo)‎. 2006 - DAR confirms lineage to Jacob Walter, Patriot

1850 - Centre, Union, Pennsylvania with parents
1860 - Rochester, Fulton, Indiana, per census, born PA
per the DAR, Washington's ancestor is Johan Jacob Walter which seems strange as his Grandfather was also in the war.

There is another Washington Walters, son of Jacob and Susanna, living in IN, born Ohio, that married June Harold and died 1870

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UNION INDIANA VOLUNTEERS ‎(Co. E)‎

89th Regiment, Indiana Infantry

Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in August 28, 1862. Left State for Louisville, Ky., thence moved to Munfordsville, Ky., September 2. Siege of Munfordsville September 14-17. Regiment captured Septe1nber 17 and paroled. March to Brandenburg, thence to Jeffersonville, Ind. Duty at Indianapolis, Ind., saw June 27. Ruff's Station July 4. Chattahoochie December 5-8. Attached to District of Memphis, Tenn., 16th Army Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee, to March, 1863. 1st Brigade, District of Memphis, Tenn., 5th Division, 16th Army Corps, to January, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 16th Army Corps, to December, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division ‎(Detachment)‎, Army of the Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland, to February, 1865. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 16th Army Corps ‎(New)‎, Military Division West Mississippi, to July, 1865.

SERVICE.-Guard and fatigue duty at Fort Pickering, Memphis, Tenn., December 21, 1862, to October 18, 1863. Expedition to Hernando, Miss., August 16-20, 1863. Garrison and picket duty at Memphis, Tenn., till January 26, 1864. Expedition after Forest December 24-31, 1863. Lafayette and Grierson's Bridge December 27 ‎(Detachment)‎. Moscow December 27 ‎(Detachment)‎. Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., January 26-31, 1864. Big Black River February 2. Meridian Campaign February 3-March 2. Queen Hill February 4. Meridian February 14-15. Decatur February 22. Red River Campaign March 10-May 22. Fort De Russy March 14. Occupation of Alexandria March 16. Henderson's Hill March 21. Battle of Pleasant Hill April 9. Fort Bisland April 12. Natchitoches April 20-21. At Alexandria April 26-May 13. Bayou LaMouri May 7. Retreat to Morganza May 13-20. Mansura May 16. Yellow Bayou May 18. Moved to Vicksburg May 20-24, and to Memphis, Tenn., June 4-9. Old River Lake or Lake Chicot, Ark., June 6. Smith's Expedition to Tupelo, Miss., July 5-21. Harrisburg, near Tupelo, July 14-15. Smith's Expedition to Oxford, Miss., August 1-30. Moved to Jefferson Barracks, Mo., September 8-19. Expedition to DeSoto September 20-October 1. March through Missouri in pursuit of Price October 2-November 19. Greenton November 1. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., November 25-December 1. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. Moved to Eastport, Miss., January 1, 1865, and duty there till February 9. Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., thence to New Orleans, La., February 9-21. Campaign against Mobile and its defences March 17-April 12. Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26-April 9. Assault and capture of Fort Blakely April 9. Occupation of Mobile April 12. March to Montgomery April 13-27, and duty there till June 1. Moved to Mobile June 1 and duty there till July 19. Mustered out July 19, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 55 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 188 Enlisted men by disease. Total 252.


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	Events of close relatives
Birth	1831 2830 Centre, Pa
Marriage	21 June 1859 (Age 28) Mary E Walters - ‎[View Family ‎(F9686)‎‎] Fulton in
Death	3 June 1864 (Age 33)
Universal Identifier	FE71EEABB7EC7746A06E1E762D8B79649FB5
Burial	South Germany Cemetery,Rochester Twp, Fulton, Indiana ‎(Dar)‎
Last Change	9 August 2006 - 00:58:12