Although his name appears as A. T. Finey on his grave marker, his surname appears elswhere as both Finey and Finney, the spelling the family eventually settled on.
Amos Finney was the son of James and Denica (Hawkins) Finney and the grandson of Zadock Hawkins and Jane (Cooper) Hawkins who were buried nearby in the same cemetery as Amos.
Amos served as a Private in Co. A, 39th Indiana Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War, enlisting on 28 August 1861 at Peru, Indiana. He was granted a medical discharge on 22 March 1863 at Camp Sill near Murfreesburo, Tennessee He died of "camp diarrhea" and consumption [tuberculosis] contracted while in the service. His parents received pensions based as survivors based on his service during the war. Papers within his pension files, undoubtedly completed long after his death, suggest that he actually died on 19 April 1863. It is uncertain which day he actually died.
The birth date above comes from his Civil War pension file. The place is inferred from the family's residence at the time of his birth. The place of death appears on his grave marker.
While he was in the service, he wrote letters to relatives back home. Two of these are provided below. These have been transcribed with spelling, punctuational and capitalization as he wrote them.
Letter dated "november 10, 1861," sent from "marshill Tennase:"
Dear father and mother I will now take my pen-sil in hand to let you no how i am agett ing along i am well at presant and when these few lines comes to hand that They may find you all well we hav run the rebels out of old ky & We hav arrived at marshill Tennase i dont no how long we will stay hear som ses we will stay fer This Winter and if We do i will try and get a furlow to come home and if i cant i wont do as som has don and that is take a fense furlow [fence furlough, undoubtedly going AWOL] i will stay my time out and then i will come home and stay 2 or 3 days dear father if it should be that we would stay hear his Winter if i cant get a furlow you can come to se me if you wanto i wold like to see you all the best in the World i hav receivd severl leters from you and had Writen severl but hit has ben some time ago We have had some prety hard fighting in kane tuckey but We run them out they is running yet if they hant stoped & Jenerl Woods and Jenerl [illegible word] is still after them yet They is no body but old morgen now in ky and in They north part of Tenase that troubles our supply trane We Will get after him before long We will make him think that They yanks as they call us hant played out yet We have got after him severl times and we have Whipped him every time
We Will make him think that the end field rifle balls is perty plenty father if you no any thing about ezra [his older brother] or art drake [his brother-in-law] or lija owens [Elijah E. Owens, his cousin] or frank owens [also his cousin] I hant hearn from them for som time i heard from ezra some time ago he was at camp denison [camp name uncertain] Ohio and the las that i hearn from art he Was at iuke [Iuka?] miss sippi
Father i sent you forty dolars by the way of plymouth
You can do as you Think best with it use it if you want it.
will send you more in a day or so
so i must bring my leter to a clos ? by biding you good by
Direct your leters by the way of Marshill Tennase 39 Reg A Co.
From Amo Finey
To James finey
Denicy finey
Another letter sent to a brother, probably W. W. Hill, a half-brother, was dated, "September the 33 [sic] 1862"
Dear brother i will now take my pen in hand to inform you that i am Well at presant and Last arrived at louis-villl ky We had not had any fighting lately only som of [illegible word] generals [illegible word] have faugh the other day. Jeff davis killed generl michel i think it would have been a fine thing if it had of ben generl [illegible word] instead of generl michel he is counted at [illegible] to his country he marched us all the Way down to bridg port alabalm and marched us all the way back in the rear of the rebels without anything much to eat which we could hav captured the hul Western army without any more trouble about it.
We marched four hundred miles in about 38 days Wear now on the shoures of the ohio river
now Dear brother i hope when these few lines comes to your hand that ? they may find you all well and in good helth.
now dear brother i hant got very much to write now. We had Last arivd [illegible] and we is very Tierd. Wear agoing To claim our pay Today i will send it home as quick as i can so no more at present but Write soon
i remane your brother as ever. Good by
Direct your leters to louis vill ky to the 39 ind vol Co A.
Amos finney
s. W. W. Hill
Amos Finney was the son of James and Denica (Hawkins) Finney and the grandson of Zadock Hawkins and Jane (Cooper) Hawkins who were buried nearby in the same cemetery as Amos.
Amos served as a Private in Co. A, 39th Indiana Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War, enlisting on 28 August 1861 at Peru, Indiana. He was granted a medical discharge on 22 March 1863 at Camp Sill near Murfreesburo, Tennessee He died of "camp diarrhea" and consumption [tuberculosis] contracted while in the service. His parents received pensions based as survivors based on his service during the war. Papers within his pension files, undoubtedly completed long after his death, suggest that he actually died on 19 April 1863. It is uncertain which day he actually died.
The birth date above comes from his Civil War pension file. The place is inferred from the family's residence at the time of his birth. The place of death appears on his grave marker.
While he was in the service, he wrote letters to relatives back home. Two of these are provided below. These have been transcribed with spelling, punctuational and capitalization as he wrote them.
Letter dated "november 10, 1861," sent from "marshill Tennase:"
Dear father and mother I will now take my pen-sil in hand to let you no how i am agett ing along i am well at presant and when these few lines comes to hand that They may find you all well we hav run the rebels out of old ky & We hav arrived at marshill Tennase i dont no how long we will stay hear som ses we will stay fer This Winter and if We do i will try and get a furlow to come home and if i cant i wont do as som has don and that is take a fense furlow [fence furlough, undoubtedly going AWOL] i will stay my time out and then i will come home and stay 2 or 3 days dear father if it should be that we would stay hear his Winter if i cant get a furlow you can come to se me if you wanto i wold like to see you all the best in the World i hav receivd severl leters from you and had Writen severl but hit has ben some time ago We have had some prety hard fighting in kane tuckey but We run them out they is running yet if they hant stoped & Jenerl Woods and Jenerl [illegible word] is still after them yet They is no body but old morgen now in ky and in They north part of Tenase that troubles our supply trane We Will get after him before long We will make him think that They yanks as they call us hant played out yet We have got after him severl times and we have Whipped him every time
We Will make him think that the end field rifle balls is perty plenty father if you no any thing about ezra [his older brother] or art drake [his brother-in-law] or lija owens [Elijah E. Owens, his cousin] or frank owens [also his cousin] I hant hearn from them for som time i heard from ezra some time ago he was at camp denison [camp name uncertain] Ohio and the las that i hearn from art he Was at iuke [Iuka?] miss sippi
Father i sent you forty dolars by the way of plymouth
You can do as you Think best with it use it if you want it.
will send you more in a day or so
so i must bring my leter to a clos ? by biding you good by
Direct your leters by the way of Marshill Tennase 39 Reg A Co.
From Amo Finey
To James finey
Denicy finey
Another letter sent to a brother, probably W. W. Hill, a half-brother, was dated, "September the 33 [sic] 1862"
Dear brother i will now take my pen in hand to inform you that i am Well at presant and Last arrived at louis-villl ky We had not had any fighting lately only som of [illegible word] generals [illegible word] have faugh the other day. Jeff davis killed generl michel i think it would have been a fine thing if it had of ben generl [illegible word] instead of generl michel he is counted at [illegible] to his country he marched us all the Way down to bridg port alabalm and marched us all the way back in the rear of the rebels without anything much to eat which we could hav captured the hul Western army without any more trouble about it.
We marched four hundred miles in about 38 days Wear now on the shoures of the ohio river
now Dear brother i hope when these few lines comes to your hand that ? they may find you all well and in good helth.
now dear brother i hant got very much to write now. We had Last arivd [illegible] and we is very Tierd. Wear agoing To claim our pay Today i will send it home as quick as i can so no more at present but Write soon
i remane your brother as ever. Good by
Direct your leters to louis vill ky to the 39 ind vol Co A.
Amos finney
s. W. W. Hill
Although his name appears as A. T. Finey on his grave marker, his surname appears elswhere as both Finey and Finney, the spelling the family eventually settled on.
Amos Finney was the son of James and Denica (Hawkins) Finney and the grandson of Zadock Hawkins and Jane (Cooper) Hawkins who were buried nearby in the same cemetery as Amos.
Amos served as a Private in Co. A, 39th Indiana Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War, enlisting on 28 August 1861 at Peru, Indiana. He was granted a medical discharge on 22 March 1863 at Camp Sill near Murfreesburo, Tennessee He died of "camp diarrhea" and consumption [tuberculosis] contracted while in the service. His parents received pensions based as survivors based on his service during the war. Papers within his pension files, undoubtedly completed long after his death, suggest that he actually died on 19 April 1863. It is uncertain which day he actually died.
The birth date above comes from his Civil War pension file. The place is inferred from the family's residence at the time of his birth. The place of death appears on his grave marker.
While he was in the service, he wrote letters to relatives back home. Two of these are provided below. These have been transcribed with spelling, punctuational and capitalization as he wrote them.
Letter dated "november 10, 1861," sent from "marshill Tennase:"
Dear father and mother I will now take my pen-sil in hand to let you no how i am agett ing along i am well at presant and when these few lines comes to hand that They may find you all well we hav run the rebels out of old ky & We hav arrived at marshill Tennase i dont no how long we will stay hear som ses we will stay fer This Winter and if We do i will try and get a furlow to come home and if i cant i wont do as som has don and that is take a fense furlow [fence furlough, undoubtedly going AWOL] i will stay my time out and then i will come home and stay 2 or 3 days dear father if it should be that we would stay hear his Winter if i cant get a furlow you can come to se me if you wanto i wold like to see you all the best in the World i hav receivd severl leters from you and had Writen severl but hit has ben some time ago We have had some prety hard fighting in kane tuckey but We run them out they is running yet if they hant stoped & Jenerl Woods and Jenerl [illegible word] is still after them yet They is no body but old morgen now in ky and in They north part of Tenase that troubles our supply trane We Will get after him before long We will make him think that They yanks as they call us hant played out yet We have got after him severl times and we have Whipped him every time
We Will make him think that the end field rifle balls is perty plenty father if you no any thing about ezra [his older brother] or art drake [his brother-in-law] or lija owens [Elijah E. Owens, his cousin] or frank owens [also his cousin] I hant hearn from them for som time i heard from ezra some time ago he was at camp denison [camp name uncertain] Ohio and the las that i hearn from art he Was at iuke [Iuka?] miss sippi
Father i sent you forty dolars by the way of plymouth
You can do as you Think best with it use it if you want it.
will send you more in a day or so
so i must bring my leter to a clos ? by biding you good by
Direct your leters by the way of Marshill Tennase 39 Reg A Co.
From Amo Finey
To James finey
Denicy finey
Another letter sent to a brother, probably W. W. Hill, a half-brother, was dated, "September the 33 [sic] 1862"
Dear brother i will now take my pen in hand to inform you that i am Well at presant and Last arrived at louis-villl ky We had not had any fighting lately only som of [illegible word] generals [illegible word] have faugh the other day. Jeff davis killed generl michel i think it would have been a fine thing if it had of ben generl [illegible word] instead of generl michel he is counted at [illegible] to his country he marched us all the Way down to bridg port alabalm and marched us all the way back in the rear of the rebels without anything much to eat which we could hav captured the hul Western army without any more trouble about it.
We marched four hundred miles in about 38 days Wear now on the shoures of the ohio river
now Dear brother i hope when these few lines comes to your hand that ? they may find you all well and in good helth.
now dear brother i hant got very much to write now. We had Last arivd [illegible] and we is very Tierd. Wear agoing To claim our pay Today i will send it home as quick as i can so no more at present but Write soon
i remane your brother as ever. Good by
Direct your leters to louis vill ky to the 39 ind vol Co A.
Amos finney
s. W. W. Hill
Amos Finney was the son of James and Denica (Hawkins) Finney and the grandson of Zadock Hawkins and Jane (Cooper) Hawkins who were buried nearby in the same cemetery as Amos.
Amos served as a Private in Co. A, 39th Indiana Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War, enlisting on 28 August 1861 at Peru, Indiana. He was granted a medical discharge on 22 March 1863 at Camp Sill near Murfreesburo, Tennessee He died of "camp diarrhea" and consumption [tuberculosis] contracted while in the service. His parents received pensions based as survivors based on his service during the war. Papers within his pension files, undoubtedly completed long after his death, suggest that he actually died on 19 April 1863. It is uncertain which day he actually died.
The birth date above comes from his Civil War pension file. The place is inferred from the family's residence at the time of his birth. The place of death appears on his grave marker.
While he was in the service, he wrote letters to relatives back home. Two of these are provided below. These have been transcribed with spelling, punctuational and capitalization as he wrote them.
Letter dated "november 10, 1861," sent from "marshill Tennase:"
Dear father and mother I will now take my pen-sil in hand to let you no how i am agett ing along i am well at presant and when these few lines comes to hand that They may find you all well we hav run the rebels out of old ky & We hav arrived at marshill Tennase i dont no how long we will stay hear som ses we will stay fer This Winter and if We do i will try and get a furlow to come home and if i cant i wont do as som has don and that is take a fense furlow [fence furlough, undoubtedly going AWOL] i will stay my time out and then i will come home and stay 2 or 3 days dear father if it should be that we would stay hear his Winter if i cant get a furlow you can come to se me if you wanto i wold like to see you all the best in the World i hav receivd severl leters from you and had Writen severl but hit has ben some time ago We have had some prety hard fighting in kane tuckey but We run them out they is running yet if they hant stoped & Jenerl Woods and Jenerl [illegible word] is still after them yet They is no body but old morgen now in ky and in They north part of Tenase that troubles our supply trane We Will get after him before long We will make him think that They yanks as they call us hant played out yet We have got after him severl times and we have Whipped him every time
We Will make him think that the end field rifle balls is perty plenty father if you no any thing about ezra [his older brother] or art drake [his brother-in-law] or lija owens [Elijah E. Owens, his cousin] or frank owens [also his cousin] I hant hearn from them for som time i heard from ezra some time ago he was at camp denison [camp name uncertain] Ohio and the las that i hearn from art he Was at iuke [Iuka?] miss sippi
Father i sent you forty dolars by the way of plymouth
You can do as you Think best with it use it if you want it.
will send you more in a day or so
so i must bring my leter to a clos ? by biding you good by
Direct your leters by the way of Marshill Tennase 39 Reg A Co.
From Amo Finey
To James finey
Denicy finey
Another letter sent to a brother, probably W. W. Hill, a half-brother, was dated, "September the 33 [sic] 1862"
Dear brother i will now take my pen in hand to inform you that i am Well at presant and Last arrived at louis-villl ky We had not had any fighting lately only som of [illegible word] generals [illegible word] have faugh the other day. Jeff davis killed generl michel i think it would have been a fine thing if it had of ben generl [illegible word] instead of generl michel he is counted at [illegible] to his country he marched us all the Way down to bridg port alabalm and marched us all the way back in the rear of the rebels without anything much to eat which we could hav captured the hul Western army without any more trouble about it.
We marched four hundred miles in about 38 days Wear now on the shoures of the ohio river
now Dear brother i hope when these few lines comes to your hand that ? they may find you all well and in good helth.
now dear brother i hant got very much to write now. We had Last arivd [illegible] and we is very Tierd. Wear agoing To claim our pay Today i will send it home as quick as i can so no more at present but Write soon
i remane your brother as ever. Good by
Direct your leters to louis vill ky to the 39 ind vol Co A.
Amos finney
s. W. W. Hill
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