40th Indiana Infantry

This Company mustered in December 10, 1861

Captain

James K. Keiser – West Point - Date of Commission 12/10/61 – Died 5/17/62

Absalom Kirkpatrick – Sigar Grove – Date of Commission 5/19/62 – Killed in action at Kennesaw Mt. 6/27/64

Cyrus H. Kirkpatrick – Sugar Grove – Date of Commission 12/3/64

1st Lieutenant

Absalom Kirkpatrick – Sugar Grove – Date of Commission 12/10/61 – Promoted Captain

James Henry Reese – West Point – Date of Commission 5/19/62 – Mustered out 5/65; term expired

James W. Beasley – Lafayette – Date of Commission 3/20/65 – Promoted Quartermaster 7/1/65

Johnston Ford – West Point – Date of Commission 7/1/65

2nd Lieutenant

Jacob F. Marks – West Point – Date of Commission 12/10/61 – Promoted Captain Company L

John C. Webster – Lafayette – Date of Commission 5/1/63 – Honorably discharged 10/14/64

Cyrus Kirkpatrick – Sugar Grove – Date of Commission 11/29/64 – Promoted Captain

James W. Beasley – Lafayette – Date of Commission 1/11/65 – Promoted 1st Lieutenant

Johnston Ford – West Point – Date of Commission 3/20/65 – Promoted 1st Lieutenant

Joseph Hamilton – West Point – Date of Commission 8/1/65

1st Sergeant

Miulle, Henry S. – West Point – Discharged as Sergeant, no date; Disability

Sergeants

Webster, John C. – Sugar Grove – Promoted 2nd Lieutenant; Discharged; Wounds

Beasley, James W. – Lafayette – Veteran; Promoted 1st Lieutenant

Reese, James H. – West Point – Mustered out 2/16/64 as 1st Sergeant

Curnett, William – Crawfordsville – Mustered out 12/10/64 as 1st Sergeant

Corporals

Kirkpatrick, Cyrus H. – Sugar Grove – Veteran; Promoted Captain

Johnson, William – West Point – Veteran; Mustered out 12/21/65 as 1st Sergeant

Hamilton, Joseph – Sugar Grove – Veteran; Mustered out 12/21/65 as Sergeant

Taylor, Jacob – West Point – Mustered out 1/6/65

Boyd, John P. – West Point – Discharged 1/6/63; Disability

Waymire, Silas – West Point – Deserted 10/1/63; Mustered out 9/7/65

Livingston, Daniel – Sugar Grove – Mustered out 12/10/64 as Sergeant

Hiett, Samuel B. – Sugar Grove – Mustered out 12/10/64 as Sergeant

Musicians

Reynolds, Stephen – Sugar Grove – Deserted 11/4/62

Hedrick, Martin V.B. – Bourbon – Veteran; Mustered out  12/24/65 as Princiable Musician

Wagoner

McDonald, Daniel – West Point – Died 4/1/62 at Nashville, TN.

Privates

Askron, Robert F. – Romney – Discharged 1/6/63; Disability

Askron, Cyrus J. – Romney – Died 12/15/63; Wounds

Atkins, Venning D. – West Point – Veteran, Mustered out 12/21/65 as Quartermaster Sergeant

Birch, Emery  – Attica – Veteran; Mustered out 12/21/65 as Sergeant

Blakely, Oliver – Covington – Veteran; Mustered out 12/21/65 as Corporal

Blakely, Benjamin – Marshfield – Discharged 3/8/63

Bristol, Edwin – Bourbon – Deserted 12/27/61

Britt, James – West Point – Died at Louisville, KY. 2/2/63

Burrass, Jacob – West Point – Discharged 5/7/62

Chisom, Henry C. – West Point – Discharged 5/19/63

Conner, Luke – West Point – Mustered out 12/10/64

Daly, John S. – West Point – Deserted 12/27/61

Davis, John M. – Hillsboro – Died 7/22/63

Eaton, Lewis – West Point – Died 3/7/62

Emerson, William – West Point – Mustered out 12/10/64

Elliott, Thomas – West Point – Mustered out 1/8/65

Elrod, Samuel N. – New Richmond – Died 6/28/64; Wounds

Ennis, George – Attica – Mustered out 12/10/64

Evans, Benjamin – West Point – Died 3/20/62

Evans, Thomas B. – Covington – Discharged 12/4/62, to enlist in Regulars

Ford, John W. – West Point – Veteran; Mustered out 12/21/65 as Sergeant

Ford, Johnson – West Point – Veteran; Promoted 1st Lieutenant

Garber, Othaniel – West Point – Veteran; Mustered out 12/21/65 as Corporal

Grove, Vincent – Pleasant Hill – Died at Louisville, KY. 1/30/62

Haines, Cornelius – Sugar Grove – Veteran; Discharged 6/20/65

Harden, John – Lafayette – Deserted 11/61

Henderson, Owen -Pleasant Hill – Veteran; Missing in action at Franklin, TN.

Hill, Samuel – Lafayette – Died at Nashville 3/26/62

Hobbs, Leroy – New Richmond – Deserted 11/4/62

Hodges, William – Battle Ground – Discharged 11/18/62

Johnston, James J. – Bourbon – Died 5/2/62

Jones, Alexander – West Point – Mustered out 12/10/64

Jones, William – West Point – Mustered out 12/10/64

Kelly, Woodson – Battle Ground – Deserted 5/7/62; Transferred to V.R.C.

Kinkennon, Thomas P. – West Lebanon – Discharged 5/7/62

Kiser, Preston – West Point – Died at Nashville 4/1/62

Krauss, George – Sugar Grove – Killed at Missionary Ridge 11/25/63

Kruge, George J. – Pleasant Hill – Veteran; Mustered out 12/21/65 as Corporal

Livingston, Jasper – New Richmond – Mustered out 12/10/64

Lock, William – West Point – Mustered out 12/21/65

Lonberger, William – West Point – Mustered out 5/30/65

Lucas, Henry S. – Lafayette – Discharged 8/62

May, Charles – West Point – Veteran; Lost on stemer Sultana 4/27/65

Mathews, Washington – Alamo  Discharged by order of the War Department 9/1/65

Mathews, Marion – Alamo – Veteran; Mustered out 12/21/65 as Corporal

Mathews, James – Lafayette – Deserted 11/2/61

McBroom, Washington – Hillsboro – Mustered out 12/10/64

Moore, James – West Point – Veteran; Deserted 9/10/65

Moore, Clark – West Point – Veteran; Deserted 6/17/65

Moore, Elijah – West Point – Died of Wounds recieved in action; no date 

Mounts, Eli D. – West Point – Veteran; Died 12/26/65; Wounds

Mullhollen, William – West Point – Discharged 5/64; Wounds

Munea, John – Bourbon – Died at Lebanon, KY. 7/15/62

Needham, Peter – West Point – Mustered out 12/10/64

Neighbors, Henry – West Point – Veteran; Mustered out 12/21/65

Patterson, Joseph – New Richmond – Discharged 4/18/63; Wounds

Peede, William F. – New Richmond – Died Murfreesboro, TN. 2/28/63

Probasco, John – West Point – Died Lebanon, KY. 2/14/62

Raub, Allison – West Point – Veteran; Mustered out 12/21/65

Reese, Francis M. – Linden – Died Munfordsville, KY. 3/18/62

Reeves, James L. – West Point – Discharged 4/8/64; Wounds

Redden, Joseph – West Point – Died at Bardstown, KY. 1/21/62

Riffle, John S. – Hillsboro – Promoted Assistant Surgeon

Saddler, Riley – Lafayette – Deserted -/-/ 61

Seely, Solomon – Newtown – Died 7/27/64; Wounds

Seely, Horace C. - Newtown – Discharged 8/27/63; Wounds

Shepherd, William – West Point – Deserted 12/62

Silvers, William – West Point – Mustered out 12/10/64

Slavens, Henry – Pleasant Hill – Mustered out 12/10/64

Smith, George – Pleasant Hill – Discharged 5/7/62

Starkey, William – West Lebanon – Deserted 4/10/62

Stokes, Robert – West Point -Discharged 8/27/63; Disability

Strader, William – New Richmond -Mustered out 12/21/65 as Corporal

Switzer, William – Crawfordsville – Deserted 11/22/61

Thayer, Caleb – Sugar Grove – Discharged 1/6/63; Disability

Thompson, John – West Point – Lost on steamer Sultana 4/27/65

Ullery, William – West Point -Mustered out 12/10/64

Vancurren, James H. – New Richmond – Mustered out 12/10/64

Virden, Edward M. – West Point – Discharged 1/6/63; Disability

Virden, Oliver H. – West Point – Died 7/19/64; Wounds

Williams, Orrin H. – Attica – Veteran; Discharged 6/22/65 Disability

Wilson, James M. - New Richmond - Died  -/-/62

Recruits

Ames, Alonzo B. – no town given – Enlisted 3/3/62 – Deserted 10/63

Adams, William B. – West Point - Drafted 10/26/64 – Mustered out 9/23/65

Allen, Joseph – Columbus – Drafted 9/21/64 – Mustered our 6/15/65

Altizer, John – Columbus – Enlisted 9/21/64 – Discharged 5/25/65; Wounds

Bond, Charles P. – Lafayette – Enlisted 10/25/62 – Died at Murfreesboro, TN. 4/2/63

Boyle, John F. – Crawfordsville – Enlisted 12/30/62 – Deserted 6/19/65

Burdet, Oliver – West Point – Enlisted 10/9/62 – Discharged 5/22/65; Wounds recieved at Kennesaw Mt., GA.

Bailey, Daniel – West Point – Drafted 10/26/64 – Deserted 6/17/65

Beers, Marcus – West Point – Drafted 10/26/64 – Mustered out 5/21/65

Baird, James A. – Columbus – Drafted 9/21/64 – Died Chattanooga 11/6/65

Campbell, Alexander – Columbus – Drafted 9/21/64 – Mustered out 8/2/65

Campfield, William – Madison – Substitute; Enlisted 10/2/64 – Deserted 12/7/64

Durgan, Edward – Lafayette – Enlisted 10/26 64 – Mustered out 10/25/65 as Corporal

Erdman, Frederick – West Point – Drafted 10/26/64 – Mustered out 10/25/65

Francia, John L. – West Point – Drafted 10/26/64 – Mustered out 10/25/65

Gerley, Harrison – Lafayette – Enlisted 3/22/64 – Killed at Franklin, TN. 11/30/64

Gibbs, William – Columbus – Drafted 9/21/64 – Mustered out 6/15/65

Graham, John W. – West Point – Drafted 10/26/64 – Deserted 7/16/65

Hamilton, Alfred H. – Sugar Grove – Enlisted 10/10/62 – Mustered out 10/25/65 as Sergeant

Hoffman, Stanton – Indianapolis – Enlisted 10/9/62 – Transferred to V.R.C. 10/18/63

Haggart, John W. – West Point – Enlisted 12/13/63 – Mustered out 12/21/65

Harrington, William – West Point – Enlisted 5/2/63 – Discharged 10/24/64; Wounds

Hutchinson, William – New Richmond – Enlisted 12/20/63 – Killed Kennesaw Mt., GA. 6/27/64

Haggart, James – Columbus – Drafted 9/21/64 – Mustered out 6/15/65

Hudson, Thomas – Columbus – Drafted 9/21/64 – Mustered out 6/15/65

James, Oliver – New Richmond – Enlisted 8/30/62 – Died 12/16/64; Wounds recieved at Franklin, TN.

Kiser, William C. - Lafayette – Enlisted 3/29/64 – Discharged 11/30/64; Disability

Kiser, Lewis H. – West Point – Drafted 11/24/64 – Discharged 6/8/65

Lindley, Charles – West Point – Enlisted 12/20/63 – Deserted 6/17/65

Malsberry, Alfred – Romney – Enlisted 10/10/62 – Mustered out 10/15/65 as Sergeant

McDonald, Leander – West Point – Enlisted 8/30/62 – Discharged 1/63; Disability

Mounts, Alonzo – West Point – Enlisted 3/11/63 – Mustered out 12/21/65 as Corporal

Mounts, James N. – West Point – Enlisted 8/30/62 – Mustered out 8/15/65 as Sergeant

Miller, Notman – West Point – Enlisted 12/13/63 – Killed; Franklin, TN. 11/30/64

Moriat, William – West Point – Enlisted 3/8/64 – Mustered out 12/21/65 as Sergeant

Mustard, John B. - West Point – Enlisted10/26/64 – Mustered out 10/25/65

Morrison, Lewis – West Point - Drafted 10/26/64 – Deserted 6/17/65

Neisham, Salathiel – West Point – Enlisted 3/29/64 - Killed in action 6/?/64

Nifony, Jerome B. – Lafayette – Enlisted 3/29/64 – Deserted 6/18/65

Patton, Matthew – Columbus – Drafted 9/21/64 – Mustered out 6/15/65

Pogue, William – Columbus – Enlisted 9/21/64 – Discharged 6/15/65; Wounds recieved at Franklin

Ross, Josiah N. – Lafayette – Enlisted 12/12/63 – Mustered out 7/31/65

Snyder, Thomas – West Point – Enlisted 3/8/64 – Mustered out 12/21/65 as Corporal

Sellinburg, John I. – Lafayette – Drafted 10/26/64 – Died Jeffersonville 2/6/65

Turner, John I. – West Point – Enlisted 10/26/64 – Mustered out 10/25/65

Tucker, Stewart H. – West Point – Enlisted 3/8/64 – Mustered out 12/21/65

Vasser, Jesse L. – West Point – Enlisted 3/8/64 – Mustered out 12/21/65

Vermillion, Henry – West Point – Enlisted 10/26/64 – Mustered out 10/25/65

Waymire, Isaac – West Point – Enlisted 3/8/64 – Mustered out 12/21/65

Wagner, William – West Point – Enlisted 3/8/64 – Mustered out 7/22/65

York, Jesse O. – Lafayette – Enlisted 1/4/63 – Died 2/1/64; at Chattanooga