War Info:
| John
H. Harding Civil
War: Description of solider per the
Discharge papers: (typed [sic] or exact)
John H. Harding
a Private of Captain Benj S Nicklin's Company,
13",
Battery Regiment of Indiana Light Artillery
Volunteers, who was enrolled on the
Tenth day of March 1864 to serve Three years or
during the war is hereby Discharge from the
service of the United States this Tenth day of
July, 1865 at Indianapolis Indiana by reason of
SC No 70 "Hd2cs Dept" C or Tenn
"June 23" 1836. (No objection to his
being re-enlisted is known to exist.*)
Said John H. Harding was
born in Jefferson Co in the State of Indiana, is
Eighteen years of age, Five feet Six inches high,
Light complexion, Blue eyes, Light hair, and by
occupation, when enrolled, a Farmer. Given at
Indianapolis Ind this Tenth day of July 1865.
signed: John Selkirk 1st ....? Commanding the
Battery.
Click here to see a
scanned copy of the papers. |
His
birthday is Sept 1, 1847 so he was only
17 when he mustered out, meaning that he
enlisted in at 16. I have a copy of the
original. Jo (granddaughter to JHH) has
"Granddaddy's" Original Civil
War Discharge paper. She told me in a
letter that it is very yellowed, torn,
and aged. She keeps it in a safety
deposit box and took time to get it out,
copy it and send it to me. I appreciate
this very much! ;) Thanks Jo! |
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John Harding
continued
Residence:
Reddington, Indiana Occupation:
Service Record:
Enlisted as a Private on
14 April 1864
Enlisted in 13th Light Artillery Regiment
Indiana on 14 April 1864
Mustered out on 10 July 1865 in
Indianapolis, IN
Sources: Report of the Adjutant General
of the State of Indiana. (INRoster)
Published in 1865-66 by Holloway |
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| click for deposition by
John Henry Harding about his father, Carpenter
Harding Carpenter Harding
At one
point the military stated that he deserted.
However in 1914 they examined the rolls and found
that he was not guilty of desertion. That is a
point I need to stress to clear his name of the
monstrous mistake that the military made on this
issue.
b
abt 1816 d.5 May 1884 DeKalb Co, TN buried Sycamore Cemetery
Cannon Co,
TN (click for photo of cemetery.
JHH states
in one document that Carpenter was a Regimental
Col in the Mexican War; And before the Civil War
he was in the Indiana Militia. Then Served in the
22nd Indiana Volunteers & 13th Independent
Indiana Light Artillery in the Civil War died May
5, 1884.
Residence:
Bartholomew County, Indiana Occupation:
Service Record:
Enlisted as a Corporal
on 15 August 1861
Enlisted in Company E, 22nd Infantry
Regiment Indiana on 15 August 1861
Deserted on 30 November
1861
Sources: Report of the Adjutant General
of the State of Indiana. (INRoster)
Published in 1865-66 by Holloway |
Residence:
Reddington, Indiana Occupation:
Service Record:
Enlisted as a Private on
19 April 1862
Enlisted in 13th Light Artillery Regiment
Indiana on 19 April 1862
Mustered out on 10 July 1865 in
Indianapolis, IN
Sources: Report of the Adjutant General
of the State of Indiana. (INRoster)
Published in 1865-66 by Holloway |
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Disproving the
Desertation Charge read below:
Volunteer Service
=====================================
WAR DEPARTMENT,
THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE.Returned
to
Commissioner of Pensions.
Carpenter Harding,
Co E, 22 Reg't Inda Inf
age 45 [rest blank]
was enrolled July 10, 1861
and deserted Oct. 15, 1861
and enl Mar. 25, 62
in the 13 Indpt Batty
Inda. L. Arty in & From M. L (?) to
desertion,
he held the rank of Corpl.
and the rolls on file for that period do not show him absent
& violation of the 22 (now 50th)
article of War.
[stamped]
US PENSION OFFICE
FEB 13 1914
[stamped cannot read, too light]
Geo Andrews
The Adjutant General.
Washington, D. C., FEB 12 1914
(Commissioner of Pensions.)
Form No. 119-1-A.G.) 3--2605
Ed. Feb. 14-13--20,000.
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More on
Carpenter HARDING
Service
record from what I can tell from Military File:
I believe in this first company he was in the
militia,
but not sure. ~~> Company E 22 Reg't Inda Inf
(Stands for Company E 22nd Regiment Ind could be
Independent or Indiana Infantry. He was 45 when
enrolled on July 10, 1861 and deserted Oct. 15,
1861 and enrolled March 25, 1862 in the 13 Indpt
Battery Indiana Light Artillery at Indianapolis,
Indiana. John Henry his son, states that he was a
Lt Col in a War in Texas. (Can't find proof yet)
Then a Corporal with the 22nd and busted to a
Private in the 13th Independent Battery Indiana
Light Artillery.
He lost
his mind during the Civil War and was sent home
on furlough a several times. I believe that this
might be the time that he was sent home to
recover, he stayed home in Bartholomew, Indiana,
and returned to war several months later. He was
transferred to the 13th Indpd Ind L. A. and there
lost his sight and almost all of his hearing from
the "roaring of the guns". He was sent
home again, but as all of the soldiers of the
13th suffered from dysentery until the time of
his death on May 5, 1884, Cause of death was
dysentery or bowel trouble. What a shame.
Carpenter
Harding enlisted on the 26 day of March, 1864 in
the 13 Battery of Indiana Light Artillery at
Indianapolis, Indiana in the Civil War. He died
Near Liberty Twp, Dekalb Co, Tenn on 5 May 1884.
Carpenter Harding enlisted 4-19-62 mustered out:
7-10-65 Indianapolis, IN
residence: Reddington, IN
The above were typed from his military file.
I
am in the process of transcribing documents that
his g granddaughter Jackie has sent to me. These
are the Originals that her g grandmother Narcissa
had kept. Thanks Jackie, if you wish to see
those, send me an email. They are older
documents, copied, then I scanned them so some of
the information that was hard to read in the
first place is moreso now. I do have the copies
of the scans if you are family and would wish to
have a copy, let me know.
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| JHH was in Benjamin S
Nicklin's Company during the Civil War. (I
believe that Carpenter was as well) Benjamin
S Nicklin
Residence: Wabash, Indiana Occupation:
Service Record:
Enlisted as a Captain on 11 March 1862
Commission in 13th Light Artillery Regiment
Indiana on 19 April 1862
Mustered out on 10 July 1865 in Indianapolis, IN
Sources:
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of
Indiana. (INRoster) Published in 1865-66 by
Holloway
Regimental History of Thirteenth Light
Battery aka 13" or 13th Batty Indp Indiana
Light Artillery (from Indianapolis) INDIANA
was in commission for 3 years.
Thirteenth Light Battery. -- Capts., Sewell
Coulson, Benjamin S. Nicklin
This battery was organized at Indianapolis in
the winter of 1861-62. It was mustered in Feb.
22, 1862, proceeding at once to Louisville, where
it was detached as cavalry and sent after roving
bands of guerrillas.
At Monterey it was in a sharp skirmish with
the enemy, utterly routing him and capturing over
100 prisoners. During the summer of 1862 it was
engaged in checking and pursuing
Morgan's forces and in driving them away during
their raids through Kentucky.
A portion of the battery reached Munfordville
on Sept. 15, that place being threatened by the
advance of Bragg's army, and lost 1 gun during
the two days' fight that followed, the garrison
being compelled to surrender by superior forces.
During Bragg's advance upon Louisville, the
battery was engaged in the work of repelling his
forces. At Kentucky River near Versailles, it was
in a brisk fight, in which the enemy was driven
from the field, and on three several occasions it
joined in pursuit of Morgan.
A section of the battery was stationed at
Hartsville, Tenn., with a brigade of Dumont's
division, when Morgan, with 1,500 picked
infantry, appeared and captured the post, the
battery losing 2 guns and 2 men killed. It went
to Gallatin and refitted, being placed in charge
of Fort Thomas, where it remained until Jan. 23,
1865, when it moved to Chattanooga, and remained
on duty at the forts until ordered home.
It was mustered out July 5, 1865, with 146 men
and officers. On March 11, 1862, Benjamin S.
Nicklin was commissioned captain, in place of
Capt. Coulson, resigned.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 3, p. 199
NOTE: The unit mustered out
July 10, 1865, my ggg & gg grandfather
(listed above) were both in this unit.
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| Johnson Harding b abt 1839-1840
OH is a son to Carpenter & Ann [Vorhees]
Harding. Brother to my John Henry Harding. Widow's
Pension File
Johnson HARDING (JHH's brother& Carpenter's
Son)
Widow: Harding, Carrie C.
Soldiers Company: K 50 Ind Inf
Dates:
1887 July 13 Application #616.083 Certificate
#581.896 State Filed: Ind
1915 August 6 Application #1051.423 Certificate
#799.429 State Filed: Texas
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more to come :)
Marcus Lafayette Porter served in the Confederate
Army. Researching now.
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