"Major William B. Bingham is a native of Ohio; served with an Ohio regiment in the war with Mexico; was a resident of Lagrange; assisted in recruiting Company H, and several companies in Lagrange county; entered the service as Captain of Company H, and for gallantry at Fort Donelson was promoted Major, April 15, 1862. Was in command of the Regiment at Battle Creek, and on the march from that point to near Bowling Green, Ky., when he resigned, September 7, 1862, on account of recurrence of chronic diarrhea, contracted in the Mexican War. He returned to his home at Lagrange, where he now resides." - Taken from "The Forty-Fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. History of its Services in the War of the Rebellion and a Personal Record of its Members" - John H. Rerick, M.D., Surgeon. Lagrange, Indiana: Published by the Author. 1880. Printed at The Courier Steam Printing House, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Page 134.
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Thanks to Randy for bio.
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Thanks to Randy for bio.
"Major William B. Bingham is a native of Ohio; served with an Ohio regiment in the war with Mexico; was a resident of Lagrange; assisted in recruiting Company H, and several companies in Lagrange county; entered the service as Captain of Company H, and for gallantry at Fort Donelson was promoted Major, April 15, 1862. Was in command of the Regiment at Battle Creek, and on the march from that point to near Bowling Green, Ky., when he resigned, September 7, 1862, on account of recurrence of chronic diarrhea, contracted in the Mexican War. He returned to his home at Lagrange, where he now resides." - Taken from "The Forty-Fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. History of its Services in the War of the Rebellion and a Personal Record of its Members" - John H. Rerick, M.D., Surgeon. Lagrange, Indiana: Published by the Author. 1880. Printed at The Courier Steam Printing House, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Page 134.
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Thanks to Randy for bio.
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Thanks to Randy for bio.
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SGT 4TH OH REG, CO D. MEX AM WAR
MAJ 44TH REG, IN INF, PUEBLA, MEXICO
BATTLE OF FORT DONELSON, TN, FEB 11-16 1862
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