Eusebius Swift Best
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Jump to navigationJump to searchEusebius Swift Best was a private in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / Company G.
Antebellum
- Born on October 31, 1842 in Wayne, Ashtabula County, Ohio
War Career
- Enlisted on May 18, 1861 in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / Company G
- Wounded and taken prisoner at the Battle of (I) Bull Run
Death and Burial
- Killed on August 23, 1862 in St. Louis, Missouri by disease[1]
Family
- PARENTS
- Father Thomas Edward Best (II) - A private in the 7th Wisconsin Infantry / Company E, born August 26, 1806 in Deerfield, Portage County, Wisconsin. Died on October 5, 1877 in Agency City, Wapello County, Iowa
- Mother Emily J. Jones - Born on October 17, 1817 in Ashtabula County, Ohio. Died on December 25, 1904 in Neligh, Antelope County, Nebraska
- Married October 22, 1839 in Ashtabula County, Ohio
- Further genealogy available HERE
Notes
- ↑ Several other sources list his death as January 1925 in Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin.
Sources
- Estabrook, Charles E. Wisconsin Losses in the Civil War. (Madison, Wis. Adjutant General's Dept., 1915). (Page 11)
- Wisconsin. Adjutant-General's Office. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume 1. (Madison, 1886). (Page 365)
- 2nd Wisconsin Infantry Rosters - Eusebius Swift Best
Categories:
- Wisconsin Soldiers
- 2nd Wisconsin Infantry
- Wisconsin Enlisted
- Soldiers from Columbia County, Wisconsin
- Soldiers from Portage, Wisconsin
- Source: WLCW 0011
- Source: RWV (1) 0365
- Wisconsin Wounded
- Wisconsin Wounded at (I) Bull Run
- 2nd Wisconsin Infantry Wounded at (I) Bull Run
- Wisconsin Prisoners
- Wisconsin Prisoners at (I) Bull Run
- 2nd Wisconsin Infantry Prisoners at (I) Bull Run
- Wisconsin Killed
- Wisconsin Killed by Disease