Co E 12th Iowa Infantry
Moon, Elias. Age 24. Residence Maysville, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Sept. 30, 1861. Mustered Oct. 19, 1861. Missing in action April 6, 1862, Shiloh, Tenn. Died June 14, 1862, Atlanta, Ga., while a prisoner. Buried in National Cemetery, Marietta, Ga. Section A, grave 202.
-Roster and Record of Iowa Soldiers...
This is a tribute to Pvt Moon in a flower Left by Bev on 10 Aug 2006:
Elias Moon was born in Clinton County, Ohio in 1837. On September 30, 1861, answering President Lincoln's call for volunteers, he left his home in Maysville, Iowa* and enlisted in Company E of the 12th Iowa Volunteer Infantry. He was 24 years old, unmarried, 5 feet 4 inches tall, with blond hair and blue eyes. . As part of Ulysses S. Grant's Army of the Tennessee, he fought in the Battle of Fort Donnelson on February 11-16, 1862, and at the battle of Shiloh on April 6, 1862. At Shiloh, the 12th Iowa formed part of the defense of the famed "Hornet's Nest." As the rest of Grant's army fled, these ten regiments at the center of the Union line held the Confederate Army at bay for six hours, saving the larger force from being driven into the Tennessee River. Refusing to retreat, the 12th Iowa was eventually surrounded, forced to surrender, and Elias Moon became a Prisoner of War.
Moon, Elias. Age 24. Residence Maysville, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Sept. 30, 1861. Mustered Oct. 19, 1861. Missing in action April 6, 1862, Shiloh, Tenn. Died June 14, 1862, Atlanta, Ga., while a prisoner. Buried in National Cemetery, Marietta, Ga. Section A, grave 202.
-Roster and Record of Iowa Soldiers...
This is a tribute to Pvt Moon in a flower Left by Bev on 10 Aug 2006:
Elias Moon was born in Clinton County, Ohio in 1837. On September 30, 1861, answering President Lincoln's call for volunteers, he left his home in Maysville, Iowa* and enlisted in Company E of the 12th Iowa Volunteer Infantry. He was 24 years old, unmarried, 5 feet 4 inches tall, with blond hair and blue eyes. . As part of Ulysses S. Grant's Army of the Tennessee, he fought in the Battle of Fort Donnelson on February 11-16, 1862, and at the battle of Shiloh on April 6, 1862. At Shiloh, the 12th Iowa formed part of the defense of the famed "Hornet's Nest." As the rest of Grant's army fled, these ten regiments at the center of the Union line held the Confederate Army at bay for six hours, saving the larger force from being driven into the Tennessee River. Refusing to retreat, the 12th Iowa was eventually surrounded, forced to surrender, and Elias Moon became a Prisoner of War.
Co E 12th Iowa Infantry
Moon, Elias. Age 24. Residence Maysville, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Sept. 30, 1861. Mustered Oct. 19, 1861. Missing in action April 6, 1862, Shiloh, Tenn. Died June 14, 1862, Atlanta, Ga., while a prisoner. Buried in National Cemetery, Marietta, Ga. Section A, grave 202.
-Roster and Record of Iowa Soldiers...
This is a tribute to Pvt Moon in a flower Left by Bev on 10 Aug 2006:
Elias Moon was born in Clinton County, Ohio in 1837. On September 30, 1861, answering President Lincoln's call for volunteers, he left his home in Maysville, Iowa* and enlisted in Company E of the 12th Iowa Volunteer Infantry. He was 24 years old, unmarried, 5 feet 4 inches tall, with blond hair and blue eyes. . As part of Ulysses S. Grant's Army of the Tennessee, he fought in the Battle of Fort Donnelson on February 11-16, 1862, and at the battle of Shiloh on April 6, 1862. At Shiloh, the 12th Iowa formed part of the defense of the famed "Hornet's Nest." As the rest of Grant's army fled, these ten regiments at the center of the Union line held the Confederate Army at bay for six hours, saving the larger force from being driven into the Tennessee River. Refusing to retreat, the 12th Iowa was eventually surrounded, forced to surrender, and Elias Moon became a Prisoner of War.
Moon, Elias. Age 24. Residence Maysville, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Sept. 30, 1861. Mustered Oct. 19, 1861. Missing in action April 6, 1862, Shiloh, Tenn. Died June 14, 1862, Atlanta, Ga., while a prisoner. Buried in National Cemetery, Marietta, Ga. Section A, grave 202.
-Roster and Record of Iowa Soldiers...
This is a tribute to Pvt Moon in a flower Left by Bev on 10 Aug 2006:
Elias Moon was born in Clinton County, Ohio in 1837. On September 30, 1861, answering President Lincoln's call for volunteers, he left his home in Maysville, Iowa* and enlisted in Company E of the 12th Iowa Volunteer Infantry. He was 24 years old, unmarried, 5 feet 4 inches tall, with blond hair and blue eyes. . As part of Ulysses S. Grant's Army of the Tennessee, he fought in the Battle of Fort Donnelson on February 11-16, 1862, and at the battle of Shiloh on April 6, 1862. At Shiloh, the 12th Iowa formed part of the defense of the famed "Hornet's Nest." As the rest of Grant's army fled, these ten regiments at the center of the Union line held the Confederate Army at bay for six hours, saving the larger force from being driven into the Tennessee River. Refusing to retreat, the 12th Iowa was eventually surrounded, forced to surrender, and Elias Moon became a Prisoner of War.
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