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Lieut Eli William Carson

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Lieut Eli William Carson

Birth
Monrovia, Morgan County, Indiana, USA
Death
16 Oct 1915 (aged 78)
Union, Hardin County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Union, Hardin County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Spc 30
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Some records list him as Enoch

Mother was Mary Williams (1814-1888)
Twin of Enos Willard Carson (1836-1913)

Civil War Veteran
Co D 38th Iowa Infantry
"The Martyr Regiment"
Co H 34th/38th Iowa Consolidated Infantry
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From military records:
Carson, Eli W. Age 25. Residence Winneshiek County, IA, nativity Indiana. Enlisted Aug. 21, 1862, as Corporal. Mustered Nov. 4, 1862.
promoted First Sergeant Feb. 24, 1864. Transferred to Company H, Thirty-fourth and Thirty-eighth Consolidated, Jan. 1, 1865.
Promoted Second Lieutenant Jan. 10, 1865. Mustered out Aug. 15, 1865, Houston, Texas.
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The 38th Iowa was nicknamed the Martyr Regiment because over a third of its number died of disease in Louisiana & Mississippi in the latter months of 1863 shortly after the Siege of Vicksburg. Others were discharged disabled and died on the trip home or soon after. There were so few able bodied men left that the 38th Iowa was combined with the 34th Iowa Infantry.
Some records list him as Enoch

Mother was Mary Williams (1814-1888)
Twin of Enos Willard Carson (1836-1913)

Civil War Veteran
Co D 38th Iowa Infantry
"The Martyr Regiment"
Co H 34th/38th Iowa Consolidated Infantry
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From military records:
Carson, Eli W. Age 25. Residence Winneshiek County, IA, nativity Indiana. Enlisted Aug. 21, 1862, as Corporal. Mustered Nov. 4, 1862.
promoted First Sergeant Feb. 24, 1864. Transferred to Company H, Thirty-fourth and Thirty-eighth Consolidated, Jan. 1, 1865.
Promoted Second Lieutenant Jan. 10, 1865. Mustered out Aug. 15, 1865, Houston, Texas.
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The 38th Iowa was nicknamed the Martyr Regiment because over a third of its number died of disease in Louisiana & Mississippi in the latter months of 1863 shortly after the Siege of Vicksburg. Others were discharged disabled and died on the trip home or soon after. There were so few able bodied men left that the 38th Iowa was combined with the 34th Iowa Infantry.

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Lt. Co D 38th Ia Inf Vol

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