John S. Bell
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Jump to navigationJump to searchJohn S. Bell was a private in the 6th Wisconsin Infantry / Company G.
Antebellum
War Career
- Enlisted on May 19, 1861 in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / Company D
- Veteran
- Wounded and taken prisoner at the Battle of (I) Bull Run
- Taken prisoner at the Battle of Gainesville
- Brevet Captain on May 5, 1864
- Transferred to the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry - Independent Battalion / Company A on June 10, 1864
- Corporal
- Transferred to the 6th Wisconsin Infantry / Company G on November 30, 1864
- Sergeant
- 1st Sergeant
- Wounded in action at the Battle of Hatcher's Run
- Mustered out on July 14, 1865
Postwar Career
Family
Notes
Sources
- Wisconsin. Adjutant-General's Office. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume 1. (Madison, 1886). (Pages 357, 379, 521)
Categories:
- Wisconsin Soldiers
- 2nd Wisconsin Infantry
- 2nd Wisconsin Infantry - Independent Battalion
- 6th Wisconsin Infantry
- Wisconsin Non-Commissioned Officers
- Soldiers from Dane County, Wisconsin
- Soldiers from Rutland, Wisconsin
- Source: RWV (1) 0357
- Source: RWV (1) 0379
- Source: RWV (1) 0521
- Wisconsin Wounded
- Wisconsin Wounded at (I) Bull Run
- 2nd Wisconsin Infantry Wounded at (I) Bull Run
- Wisconsin Wounded at Hatcher's Run
- 6th Wisconsin Infantry Wounded at Hatcher's Run
- Wisconsin Prisoners
- Wisconsin Prisoners at (I) Bull Run
- 2nd Wisconsin Infantry Prisoners at (I) Bull Run
- Wisconsin Prisoners at Gainesville
- 2nd Wisconsin Infantry Prisoners at Gainesville