Reuben Ash
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Jump to navigationJump to searchReuben Ash was a 1st Lieutenant in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / Company E.
Antebellum
- Enlisted from Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wisconsin
War Career
- April 21, 1861 - Enlisted in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / Company E
- June 11, 1861 - Mustered into federal service with unit
- ? - Corporal
- ? - Sergeant
- ? - 1st Sergeant
- July 21, 1861 - Wounded in action at the
Battle of Bull Run, Virginia
- January 1, 1863 - Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
- March 3, 1863 - Promoted to 1st Lieutenant
- July 1, 1863 - Taken prisoner in action at the
Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
- June 28, 1864 - Mustered out of federal service
Postwar Career
- January 11, 1879 - Applied for a pension (Application #264,866)
- ? - Died
- April 11, 1891 - After Reuben died, his wife applied for a pension from Illinois (Application #507,892)
Family
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Notes
Sources
- National Archive Microfilm - Group M559, Roll 1
- National Archives: Index to Federal Pension Records
- National Park Service - Ash, Reuben
- Wisconsin. Adjutant-General's Office. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume 1. (Madison, 1886). (Page 359)
Other Sources
- IMAGE Herdegan, IBiCWaM, 20 with 4 other Oshkosh NCOs (Sergeants at the time?) of Company G
Categories:
- Wisconsin Soldiers
- 2nd Wisconsin Infantry
- Soldiers from Winnebago County, Wisconsin
- Soldiers from Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Enlisted
- Wisconsin Mustered In
- Wisconsin Non-Commissioned Officers
- Wisconsin Officers
- Wisconsin Wounded
- Wisconsin Prisoners
- Wisconsin Mustered Out
- Source: RWV (1) 0359