Calvin was the first-born child of Edward Mincher and his second wife Eliza Jane Key, born on the family farm 5 miles west of Wapello, Iowa. Edward died when Calvin was about 7 years old, leaving 3 sons and two daughters. Eliza then married Edward's nephew, Robert Emmett Moorhous. That short-lived marriage ended in divorce, but son Wilson "Morehouse" was born into the household. Eliza married Charles Leonard in 1852, but again the marriage was short-lived. His mother married for the 4th time during January 1856 in Tippecanoe county, Indiana to John S. Wilson; she filed for divorce claiming abandonment, but learned during the proceedings that John had died in Indiana about December 1860. Eliza indicated in the 1910 census that she was the mother of two additional children, but their identities remain unknown. She filed for a mother's pension based on Calvin's service, which was awarded in 1871.
While it appears that Calvin remained in Iowa on the family farm, his younger brother William Mincher and half-brother Wilson Morehouse were sent to Indiana to be raised. Calvin enlisted at the age of 18 in Company F of the Iowa 19th Infantry, on 4 August 1862. Brother William Mincher enlisted on the 31st day of the same month, in Company H of the 87th Indiana Infantry at the age of 14. Former step-father/first cousin Robert Moorhous enlisted 6 August 1862, as a member of Company G 76th Illinois Infantry.
Calvin died of disease at Carrollton, Louisiana, but was initially buried at Camp Lewis, Mississippi. Several years after the war, at the creation of Chalmette National cemetery, Calvin was disinterred and his remains laid to rest again in Louisianna. His brother William was shot twice during the war, including a wound to his lung. Complications from that wound, which never healed, lead to his death at the age of 36.
While it appears that Calvin remained in Iowa on the family farm, his younger brother William Mincher and half-brother Wilson Morehouse were sent to Indiana to be raised. Calvin enlisted at the age of 18 in Company F of the Iowa 19th Infantry, on 4 August 1862. Brother William Mincher enlisted on the 31st day of the same month, in Company H of the 87th Indiana Infantry at the age of 14. Former step-father/first cousin Robert Moorhous enlisted 6 August 1862, as a member of Company G 76th Illinois Infantry.
Calvin died of disease at Carrollton, Louisiana, but was initially buried at Camp Lewis, Mississippi. Several years after the war, at the creation of Chalmette National cemetery, Calvin was disinterred and his remains laid to rest again in Louisianna. His brother William was shot twice during the war, including a wound to his lung. Complications from that wound, which never healed, lead to his death at the age of 36.
Calvin was the first-born child of Edward Mincher and his second wife Eliza Jane Key, born on the family farm 5 miles west of Wapello, Iowa. Edward died when Calvin was about 7 years old, leaving 3 sons and two daughters. Eliza then married Edward's nephew, Robert Emmett Moorhous. That short-lived marriage ended in divorce, but son Wilson "Morehouse" was born into the household. Eliza married Charles Leonard in 1852, but again the marriage was short-lived. His mother married for the 4th time during January 1856 in Tippecanoe county, Indiana to John S. Wilson; she filed for divorce claiming abandonment, but learned during the proceedings that John had died in Indiana about December 1860. Eliza indicated in the 1910 census that she was the mother of two additional children, but their identities remain unknown. She filed for a mother's pension based on Calvin's service, which was awarded in 1871.
While it appears that Calvin remained in Iowa on the family farm, his younger brother William Mincher and half-brother Wilson Morehouse were sent to Indiana to be raised. Calvin enlisted at the age of 18 in Company F of the Iowa 19th Infantry, on 4 August 1862. Brother William Mincher enlisted on the 31st day of the same month, in Company H of the 87th Indiana Infantry at the age of 14. Former step-father/first cousin Robert Moorhous enlisted 6 August 1862, as a member of Company G 76th Illinois Infantry.
Calvin died of disease at Carrollton, Louisiana, but was initially buried at Camp Lewis, Mississippi. Several years after the war, at the creation of Chalmette National cemetery, Calvin was disinterred and his remains laid to rest again in Louisianna. His brother William was shot twice during the war, including a wound to his lung. Complications from that wound, which never healed, lead to his death at the age of 36.
While it appears that Calvin remained in Iowa on the family farm, his younger brother William Mincher and half-brother Wilson Morehouse were sent to Indiana to be raised. Calvin enlisted at the age of 18 in Company F of the Iowa 19th Infantry, on 4 August 1862. Brother William Mincher enlisted on the 31st day of the same month, in Company H of the 87th Indiana Infantry at the age of 14. Former step-father/first cousin Robert Moorhous enlisted 6 August 1862, as a member of Company G 76th Illinois Infantry.
Calvin died of disease at Carrollton, Louisiana, but was initially buried at Camp Lewis, Mississippi. Several years after the war, at the creation of Chalmette National cemetery, Calvin was disinterred and his remains laid to rest again in Louisianna. His brother William was shot twice during the war, including a wound to his lung. Complications from that wound, which never healed, lead to his death at the age of 36.
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