Henry Powles
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Jump to navigationJump to searchHenry Powles[1] was a Corporal in the 6th Wisconsin Infantry / Company H.
Antebellum
War Career
- Enlisted on May 18, 1861 in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / Company F
- Veteran
- Corporal
- Wounded and taken prisoner at the Battle of Gainesville
- Wounded in action at the Battle of Gettysburg
- Wounded in action at the Battle of Spotsylvania
- Wounded in action at the Battle of Laurel Hill
- Transferred to the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / (II) Company K on January 4, 1864
- Transferred to the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry - Independent Battalion / Company B on June 10, 1864
- Transferred to the 6th Wisconsin Infantry / Company H on November 30, 1864
- Transferred to the V.R.C. on April 13, 1865
Postwar Career
Family
Notes
- ↑ RWV (1) 0363 lists his location as Racine, Wisconsin, but RWV (1) 0377, 383, and 528 list his location as Yorkville, Wisconsin. For now it has been left this way.
Sources
- Wisconsin. Adjutant-General's Office. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume 1. (Madison, 1886). (Pages 363, 377, 383, 528)
Categories:
- Wisconsin Soldiers
- 2nd Wisconsin Infantry
- 2nd Wisconsin Infantry - Independent Battalion
- 6th Wisconsin Infantry
- Wisconsin Non-Commissioned Officers
- Soldiers from Racine County, Wisconsin
- Soldiers from Yorkville, Wisconsin
- Source: RWV (1) 0363
- Source: RWV (1) 0377
- Source: RWV (1) 0383
- Source: RWV (1) 0528
- Wisconsin Wounded
- Wisconsin Wounded at Gainesville
- 2nd Wisconsin Infantry Wounded at Gainesville
- Wisconsin Wounded at Gettysburg
- 2nd Wisconsin Infantry Wounded at Gettysburg
- Wisconsin Wounded at Spotsylvania
- 2nd Wisconsin Infantry Wounded at Spotsylvania
- Wisconsin Wounded at Laurel Hill
- 2nd Wisconsin Infantry Wounded at Laurel Hill
- Wisconsin Prisoners
- Wisconsin Prisoners at Gainesville
- 2nd Wisconsin Infantry Prisoners at Gainesville
- V.R.C.
