John Timmons
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Jump to navigationJump to searchJohn Timmons was a Captain in the 6th Wisconsin Infantry / Company G.
Antebellum
War Career
- Enlisted on June 3, 1861 in the 6th Wisconsin Infantry / Company G
- Corporal
- 1st Sergeant
- Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant on December 15, 1862
- Wounded in action at the Battle of Laurel Hill
- Promoted to Captain on August 17, 1864
- Killed in action on August 19, 1864 at the Battle of Yellow Tavern
Postwar Career
Family
Notes
Sources
- Estabrook, Charles E. Wisconsin Losses in the Civil War. (Madison, Wis. Adjutant General's Dept., 1915). (Page 23)
- Wisconsin. Adjutant-General's Office. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume 1. (Madison, 1886). (Page 520)
Categories:
- Wisconsin Soldiers
- 6th Wisconsin Infantry
- Wisconsin Officers
- Soldiers from Rock County, Wisconsin
- Soldiers from Beloit, Wisconsin
- Source: RWV (1) 0520
- Source: WLCW 0023
- Wisconsin Wounded
- 6th Wisconsin Infantry Wounded
- Wisconsin Wounded at Laurel Hill
- 6th Wisconsin Infantry Wounded at Laurel Hill
- Wisconsin Killed
- 6th Wisconsin Infantry Killed
- Wisconsin Killed at Yellow Tavern
- 6th Wisconsin Infantry Killed at Yellow Tavern