Chaplin, United States Civil War. 11th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry.
"Very instrumental in bringing souls to Christ"∼The Rev. John Smalley Whittlesey was the pioneer Congregationalist pastor at Durant, Iowa, in 1856. In 1861 he was appointed chaplain of the 11th Iowa Infantry. He died at Durant of illness following the Battle of Shiloh (TN). See http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.44173861391.53212.802136391&type=1.
Burial at Janesville, WI, where his widow went after his death and where she was buried. His name is on the headstone with other family members at Oak Hill Cemetery. His body was transported from Durant, Iowa, evidently in 1864, along with the bodies of their three children who died in 1859. See http://coplien.com/vets/soldier-summary.asp?vetRec=215.
"Very instrumental in bringing souls to Christ"∼The Rev. John Smalley Whittlesey was the pioneer Congregationalist pastor at Durant, Iowa, in 1856. In 1861 he was appointed chaplain of the 11th Iowa Infantry. He died at Durant of illness following the Battle of Shiloh (TN). See http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.44173861391.53212.802136391&type=1.
Burial at Janesville, WI, where his widow went after his death and where she was buried. His name is on the headstone with other family members at Oak Hill Cemetery. His body was transported from Durant, Iowa, evidently in 1864, along with the bodies of their three children who died in 1859. See http://coplien.com/vets/soldier-summary.asp?vetRec=215.
Chaplin, United States Civil War. 11th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry.
"Very instrumental in bringing souls to Christ"∼The Rev. John Smalley Whittlesey was the pioneer Congregationalist pastor at Durant, Iowa, in 1856. In 1861 he was appointed chaplain of the 11th Iowa Infantry. He died at Durant of illness following the Battle of Shiloh (TN). See http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.44173861391.53212.802136391&type=1.
Burial at Janesville, WI, where his widow went after his death and where she was buried. His name is on the headstone with other family members at Oak Hill Cemetery. His body was transported from Durant, Iowa, evidently in 1864, along with the bodies of their three children who died in 1859. See http://coplien.com/vets/soldier-summary.asp?vetRec=215.
"Very instrumental in bringing souls to Christ"∼The Rev. John Smalley Whittlesey was the pioneer Congregationalist pastor at Durant, Iowa, in 1856. In 1861 he was appointed chaplain of the 11th Iowa Infantry. He died at Durant of illness following the Battle of Shiloh (TN). See http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.44173861391.53212.802136391&type=1.
Burial at Janesville, WI, where his widow went after his death and where she was buried. His name is on the headstone with other family members at Oak Hill Cemetery. His body was transported from Durant, Iowa, evidently in 1864, along with the bodies of their three children who died in 1859. See http://coplien.com/vets/soldier-summary.asp?vetRec=215.
