Veteran, Company C, 44th Indiana Infantry
Son of William McGinnis and Hester Ann Miller
Married Rachael Sites 31 Aug 1866 in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana.
Married Arminta Jane Loney 6 Sep 1876 in Allen, Indiana.
Biography:
Leander McGinness of Company C, enrolled August 23, 1861 in Huntington by Wm. Riley as a Private; mustered in Sep. 25, 1861 in Ft. Wayne by Major Carpenter at age 19.
He was 5'6' tall, light complexion, black eyes, and black hair.
Born Dec. 19, 1842, in Union Co., Indiana, employed as a blacksmith, resident of Roanoke, in Huntington Co., Indiana.
Mustered out at the end of the war Sep. 14, 1865 in Nashville, Tennessee, with rank of Corporal.
Notes: Brother of Marion.
Honorably mentioned by Col. Reed at Shiloh.
Left sick near Corinth, Mississippi and sent upriver on Stephen Decatur to Evansville, Indiana, Jun. 4, 1862.
Was ambulance driver June-July 1863.
Reenlisted January 1, 1864.
Promoted Corporal November 5, 1864. Post teamster November-December 1864.
On duty at "suck" on Tennessee River July-August 1865.
Leander McGinniss filed Invalid Pension Application to receive Pension Certificate #569550 February 11, 1888.
Resident of Roanoke 1891-92; of Aboite 1890 and 1903; of Ft. Wayne 1909;
of Huntington 1910, of Markle 1911-1912;
of Wolcottville, Indiana, 1926-1927 where he died November 18, 1927.
Buried Woodland Cemetery NW Sec./Row 7/Grave 5, in LaGrange County, Indiana. Arminda J. filed Widow's Pension Application #1598932 December 9, 1927 in Indiana.
(also spelled McGinnes, McGinniss, McGuiness)
-from The Iron Men of Indiana's 44th Regiment, Part 1: Biographies and Regimental Statistics, by Margaret Hobson.
Son of William McGinnis and Hester Ann Miller
Married Rachael Sites 31 Aug 1866 in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana.
Married Arminta Jane Loney 6 Sep 1876 in Allen, Indiana.
Biography:
Leander McGinness of Company C, enrolled August 23, 1861 in Huntington by Wm. Riley as a Private; mustered in Sep. 25, 1861 in Ft. Wayne by Major Carpenter at age 19.
He was 5'6' tall, light complexion, black eyes, and black hair.
Born Dec. 19, 1842, in Union Co., Indiana, employed as a blacksmith, resident of Roanoke, in Huntington Co., Indiana.
Mustered out at the end of the war Sep. 14, 1865 in Nashville, Tennessee, with rank of Corporal.
Notes: Brother of Marion.
Honorably mentioned by Col. Reed at Shiloh.
Left sick near Corinth, Mississippi and sent upriver on Stephen Decatur to Evansville, Indiana, Jun. 4, 1862.
Was ambulance driver June-July 1863.
Reenlisted January 1, 1864.
Promoted Corporal November 5, 1864. Post teamster November-December 1864.
On duty at "suck" on Tennessee River July-August 1865.
Leander McGinniss filed Invalid Pension Application to receive Pension Certificate #569550 February 11, 1888.
Resident of Roanoke 1891-92; of Aboite 1890 and 1903; of Ft. Wayne 1909;
of Huntington 1910, of Markle 1911-1912;
of Wolcottville, Indiana, 1926-1927 where he died November 18, 1927.
Buried Woodland Cemetery NW Sec./Row 7/Grave 5, in LaGrange County, Indiana. Arminda J. filed Widow's Pension Application #1598932 December 9, 1927 in Indiana.
(also spelled McGinnes, McGinniss, McGuiness)
-from The Iron Men of Indiana's 44th Regiment, Part 1: Biographies and Regimental Statistics, by Margaret Hobson.
Veteran, Company C, 44th Indiana Infantry
Son of William McGinnis and Hester Ann Miller
Married Rachael Sites 31 Aug 1866 in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana.
Married Arminta Jane Loney 6 Sep 1876 in Allen, Indiana.
Biography:
Leander McGinness of Company C, enrolled August 23, 1861 in Huntington by Wm. Riley as a Private; mustered in Sep. 25, 1861 in Ft. Wayne by Major Carpenter at age 19.
He was 5'6' tall, light complexion, black eyes, and black hair.
Born Dec. 19, 1842, in Union Co., Indiana, employed as a blacksmith, resident of Roanoke, in Huntington Co., Indiana.
Mustered out at the end of the war Sep. 14, 1865 in Nashville, Tennessee, with rank of Corporal.
Notes: Brother of Marion.
Honorably mentioned by Col. Reed at Shiloh.
Left sick near Corinth, Mississippi and sent upriver on Stephen Decatur to Evansville, Indiana, Jun. 4, 1862.
Was ambulance driver June-July 1863.
Reenlisted January 1, 1864.
Promoted Corporal November 5, 1864. Post teamster November-December 1864.
On duty at "suck" on Tennessee River July-August 1865.
Leander McGinniss filed Invalid Pension Application to receive Pension Certificate #569550 February 11, 1888.
Resident of Roanoke 1891-92; of Aboite 1890 and 1903; of Ft. Wayne 1909;
of Huntington 1910, of Markle 1911-1912;
of Wolcottville, Indiana, 1926-1927 where he died November 18, 1927.
Buried Woodland Cemetery NW Sec./Row 7/Grave 5, in LaGrange County, Indiana. Arminda J. filed Widow's Pension Application #1598932 December 9, 1927 in Indiana.
(also spelled McGinnes, McGinniss, McGuiness)
-from The Iron Men of Indiana's 44th Regiment, Part 1: Biographies and Regimental Statistics, by Margaret Hobson.
Son of William McGinnis and Hester Ann Miller
Married Rachael Sites 31 Aug 1866 in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana.
Married Arminta Jane Loney 6 Sep 1876 in Allen, Indiana.
Biography:
Leander McGinness of Company C, enrolled August 23, 1861 in Huntington by Wm. Riley as a Private; mustered in Sep. 25, 1861 in Ft. Wayne by Major Carpenter at age 19.
He was 5'6' tall, light complexion, black eyes, and black hair.
Born Dec. 19, 1842, in Union Co., Indiana, employed as a blacksmith, resident of Roanoke, in Huntington Co., Indiana.
Mustered out at the end of the war Sep. 14, 1865 in Nashville, Tennessee, with rank of Corporal.
Notes: Brother of Marion.
Honorably mentioned by Col. Reed at Shiloh.
Left sick near Corinth, Mississippi and sent upriver on Stephen Decatur to Evansville, Indiana, Jun. 4, 1862.
Was ambulance driver June-July 1863.
Reenlisted January 1, 1864.
Promoted Corporal November 5, 1864. Post teamster November-December 1864.
On duty at "suck" on Tennessee River July-August 1865.
Leander McGinniss filed Invalid Pension Application to receive Pension Certificate #569550 February 11, 1888.
Resident of Roanoke 1891-92; of Aboite 1890 and 1903; of Ft. Wayne 1909;
of Huntington 1910, of Markle 1911-1912;
of Wolcottville, Indiana, 1926-1927 where he died November 18, 1927.
Buried Woodland Cemetery NW Sec./Row 7/Grave 5, in LaGrange County, Indiana. Arminda J. filed Widow's Pension Application #1598932 December 9, 1927 in Indiana.
(also spelled McGinnes, McGinniss, McGuiness)
-from The Iron Men of Indiana's 44th Regiment, Part 1: Biographies and Regimental Statistics, by Margaret Hobson.
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