Virgil Helmes
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Jump to navigationJump to searchVirgil Helmes was a private in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / Company H
Antebellum
War Career
- Enlisted in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / Company H on April 24, 1861
- Wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg
- Transferred to the V.R.C. on March 22, 1864
Postwar Career
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Family
- PARENTS
- Father Homer Helmes - Born in 1820. Died ?
- Mother Alta Malinda Hovey - Born on November 29, 1819. Died in 1905 in Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin
- Married on December 22, 1839 in Cattaragus, New York
- Further genealogical information available HERE
Notes
Sources
- Wisconsin. Adjutant-General's Office. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume 1. (Madison, 1886). (Page 369)
- 2nd Wisconsin Infantry Genealogy - Virgil Helmes
