Civil War Veteran. Co. H, 120th Regiment of Indiana Volunteers
Mustered in: Feb. 24, 1864, at Columbus, Indiana
Mustered out: Jan. 8, 1866, at Raleigh, North Carolina
Henry and his father, William Eads/Edds, joined together and were in the same unit. William died as prisoner of war, April 26, 1864 at U.S.A. General Hospital, Chattanooga, Tenn.
Henry was injured in the left arm, during fighting and making a safe zone, near Atlanta, Georgia, in Sept. 1864.
On Feb. 24, 1864 William Edds--spelling from the document--was enrolled at Columbus, Indiana in Company H, 120th Regiment of Indiana Volunteers to serve three years or for the length of the Civil War. On the records of that regiment he is reported to have died in the U.S.A. General Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee on April 26, 1864 of congestion of the lungs, as a prisoner of war at Andersonville. His son, Henry enrolled with him and was in same unit. (Henry suffered an injury of the arm that crippled it for the rest of his life).
Father and son
Civil War Veteran. Co. H, 120th Regiment of Indiana Volunteers
Mustered in: Feb. 24, 1864, at Columbus, Indiana
Mustered out: Jan. 8, 1866, at Raleigh, North Carolina
Henry and his father, William Eads/Edds, joined together and were in the same unit. William died as prisoner of war, April 26, 1864 at U.S.A. General Hospital, Chattanooga, Tenn.
Henry was injured in the left arm, during fighting and making a safe zone, near Atlanta, Georgia, in Sept. 1864.
On Feb. 24, 1864 William Edds--spelling from the document--was enrolled at Columbus, Indiana in Company H, 120th Regiment of Indiana Volunteers to serve three years or for the length of the Civil War. On the records of that regiment he is reported to have died in the U.S.A. General Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee on April 26, 1864 of congestion of the lungs, as a prisoner of war at Andersonville. His son, Henry enrolled with him and was in same unit. (Henry suffered an injury of the arm that crippled it for the rest of his life).
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