Lived to the age: 87
Civil War Veteran
Co H 22nd Iowa Infantry
From Military Records:
Fetherston, Thomas
Age 25.
Residence Jefferson Twp, Johnson Co., IA,
Nativity Ohio.
Enlisted Aug. 9, 1862.
Mustered Aug. 27, 1862.
Promoted Wagoner.
Taken prisoner near Opelousas, La., Oct. 24, 1863, being outside the lines without leave.
Mustered out July 25, 1865, Savannah, Ga.
The 22nd mustered Camp Pope near Iowa City. Battles included Port Gibson, Champion's Hill, Big Black River, the suicidal, ill-advised attack of well-fortified Ft Beauregard at Vicksburg, MS, the long siege of Vicksburg that followed all in 1863,in 1864 the Shenandoah Valley Campaign - Berryville, Opequon, (Winchester), Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek , Virginia as well as many other skirmishes less well known. (From "The Union Army" Vol 4 published 1908.)
Information form: Sonya Mathews (#47369511)
When Dallas did the paperwork to apply for a new headstone he had to research civil war records and he found: the civil war records and Thomas's application in his own handwriting on his enlistment and his pension was FETHERSON. The people who did the headstone said that over 50% of military headstones have the wrong spelling!..(Note the old headstone had it spelled Featherstone!) Anyway--Thomas himself had dropped the "a" evidently.
Thomas Fetherston new headstone was due to his Great Grandson Dallas Roy MATHEWS and his Great Granddaughter Dora Lorene MATHEWS OLBERT filling out an application to get their Great Grandfather name corrected on his headstone by the V.A.
Lived to the age: 87
Civil War Veteran
Co H 22nd Iowa Infantry
From Military Records:
Fetherston, Thomas
Age 25.
Residence Jefferson Twp, Johnson Co., IA,
Nativity Ohio.
Enlisted Aug. 9, 1862.
Mustered Aug. 27, 1862.
Promoted Wagoner.
Taken prisoner near Opelousas, La., Oct. 24, 1863, being outside the lines without leave.
Mustered out July 25, 1865, Savannah, Ga.
The 22nd mustered Camp Pope near Iowa City. Battles included Port Gibson, Champion's Hill, Big Black River, the suicidal, ill-advised attack of well-fortified Ft Beauregard at Vicksburg, MS, the long siege of Vicksburg that followed all in 1863,in 1864 the Shenandoah Valley Campaign - Berryville, Opequon, (Winchester), Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek , Virginia as well as many other skirmishes less well known. (From "The Union Army" Vol 4 published 1908.)
Information form: Sonya Mathews (#47369511)
When Dallas did the paperwork to apply for a new headstone he had to research civil war records and he found: the civil war records and Thomas's application in his own handwriting on his enlistment and his pension was FETHERSON. The people who did the headstone said that over 50% of military headstones have the wrong spelling!..(Note the old headstone had it spelled Featherstone!) Anyway--Thomas himself had dropped the "a" evidently.
Thomas Fetherston new headstone was due to his Great Grandson Dallas Roy MATHEWS and his Great Granddaughter Dora Lorene MATHEWS OLBERT filling out an application to get their Great Grandfather name corrected on his headstone by the V.A.
Inscription
PVT Co H 22nd REGT Iowa Infantry
Civil War Veteran.
Family Members
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Mary Amanda Featherston Griffin
1861–1929
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Mrs Nancy Jane Featherston Mathews
1866–1952
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Elmer Cyrus Featherston
1868–1941
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Mrs Sarah Viola "Sadie" Featherston Summers
1870–1945
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William Wellington Featherston
1872–1959
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Charles Marion Featherston
1874–1957
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Edward H. "Eddie" Fetherston
1878–1879
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Hattie Fetherston
1887–1890
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