Member of the 4th Iowa Cavalry. William M. Paxston was 19, and living in Rome, Henry Co., Iowa, when he first enlisted as a Private in Co. H of the 4th Iowa Cavalry on Nov. 13, 1861. He was mustered into federal service on March 7, 1862. He was later discharged due to an unspecified disability on Oct. 16, 1862, at Helena, Arkansas.
On July 3, 1863, he enlisted for the second time as a Private in Co. K of the 19th Iowa Infantry. On the 13th of July, 1863, he transferred from the 19th Iowa Infantry to Co. C of the 29th Iowa Infantry. He served with them until his discharge on Aug. 10, 1865, at New Orleans.
Sources for the above information
-Roster & Record of Iowa Soldiers in the War of Rebellion, (English, 1910)
Paxston applied for his Civil War pension on Sept. 26, 1876. His application is #225,988, and his certificate #144,678. He was awarded a pension of $4.00 a month for an abdomen wound. Following his death, his wife, Ester Ann (Seamans) Paxston applied for her widow's pension on Feb. 5, 1865. Her application is #670,239, and her certificate #476,453.
(Info taken from his pension card)
by Kent Kooi
On July 3, 1863, he enlisted for the second time as a Private in Co. K of the 19th Iowa Infantry. On the 13th of July, 1863, he transferred from the 19th Iowa Infantry to Co. C of the 29th Iowa Infantry. He served with them until his discharge on Aug. 10, 1865, at New Orleans.
Sources for the above information
-Roster & Record of Iowa Soldiers in the War of Rebellion, (English, 1910)
Paxston applied for his Civil War pension on Sept. 26, 1876. His application is #225,988, and his certificate #144,678. He was awarded a pension of $4.00 a month for an abdomen wound. Following his death, his wife, Ester Ann (Seamans) Paxston applied for her widow's pension on Feb. 5, 1865. Her application is #670,239, and her certificate #476,453.
(Info taken from his pension card)
by Kent Kooi
Member of the 4th Iowa Cavalry. William M. Paxston was 19, and living in Rome, Henry Co., Iowa, when he first enlisted as a Private in Co. H of the 4th Iowa Cavalry on Nov. 13, 1861. He was mustered into federal service on March 7, 1862. He was later discharged due to an unspecified disability on Oct. 16, 1862, at Helena, Arkansas.
On July 3, 1863, he enlisted for the second time as a Private in Co. K of the 19th Iowa Infantry. On the 13th of July, 1863, he transferred from the 19th Iowa Infantry to Co. C of the 29th Iowa Infantry. He served with them until his discharge on Aug. 10, 1865, at New Orleans.
Sources for the above information
-Roster & Record of Iowa Soldiers in the War of Rebellion, (English, 1910)
Paxston applied for his Civil War pension on Sept. 26, 1876. His application is #225,988, and his certificate #144,678. He was awarded a pension of $4.00 a month for an abdomen wound. Following his death, his wife, Ester Ann (Seamans) Paxston applied for her widow's pension on Feb. 5, 1865. Her application is #670,239, and her certificate #476,453.
(Info taken from his pension card)
by Kent Kooi
On July 3, 1863, he enlisted for the second time as a Private in Co. K of the 19th Iowa Infantry. On the 13th of July, 1863, he transferred from the 19th Iowa Infantry to Co. C of the 29th Iowa Infantry. He served with them until his discharge on Aug. 10, 1865, at New Orleans.
Sources for the above information
-Roster & Record of Iowa Soldiers in the War of Rebellion, (English, 1910)
Paxston applied for his Civil War pension on Sept. 26, 1876. His application is #225,988, and his certificate #144,678. He was awarded a pension of $4.00 a month for an abdomen wound. Following his death, his wife, Ester Ann (Seamans) Paxston applied for her widow's pension on Feb. 5, 1865. Her application is #670,239, and her certificate #476,453.
(Info taken from his pension card)
by Kent Kooi
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