Abner J. LEONARD
Abt 1830 - 1863

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• Birth	Abt 1830	Indiana
  Gender	Male
  Died	27 Feb 1863	Fayetteville, Arkansas
  Person ID	I989	Leonard
  Last Modified	22 Oct 2009

  
  

  Father	Abner LEONARD,   b. Abt 1796, North Carolina?Indiana?Ohio? ,   d. 16 May 1845, Shelby County, Indiana
  Mother	Nancy DEWITT,   b. Abt 1800, Ohio? ,   d. Bef 1843, Indiana
  Married	17 Jul 1817	Franklin County, Indiana
  Family ID	F00380	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Mary HORTON,   b. Abt 1838, Indiana ,   d. 11 May 1866, Tipton County, Indiana
  Married	17 May 1853	Tipton County, Indiana
  Family ID	F00397	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  Tipton County, IN Marriage Records 1844-1870 (sent to me by Judy Holloway) Mooresville, IN LEONARD, Abner J. m. Mary Horton, 17 May 1853 Book 2, Page 29 Abner, 28, & Mary, 23, 1860 L; Abner d. Feb. 27, 1863 of wounds received at Prairie Grove; in Blanchard ref. it lists his name as "Alfred J. LEONARD" bel.his widow re-m Charles Winders,a 5 Aug.1864; she d. May 11, 1866. 1860 United States Federal Census about Abner J LEONARD Name: Abner J LEONARD Age in 1860: 28 Birth Year: abt 1832 Birthplace: Indiana Home in 1860: Liberty, Tipton, Indiana Gender: Male Post Office: Tipton Value of real estate: View Image Household Members: Name Age Abner J LEONARD 28 Mary LEONARD 23 John Horton 25 Served in Civil War (Union), 26th Reg. Indiana Infantry, died February 7, 1862-1863, Fayetteville, Arkansas Regiment organized at Indianapolis, IN., August 31, 1861. Left state for St. Louis, MO., September 7. Attached to Army of the West and Dept. of Missouri, to January, 1862, Sedalia, MO., Dept of Missouri, to June 1862. District of Southwest Missouri Dept. Missouri, to October 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of the Frontier, Dept. of Missouri, to June 1863. 1st Brigade, Herron's Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 13th Army Corps. Dept of the Tennessee, to August and Dept. of the Gult, to June 1864. District of LaFourche, Dept of the Gulf, to February, 1865. Dept of Mississippi to January, 1866. SERVICE-Fremont's advance on Springfield, MO., September 22-November 3, 1861. Duty at Sedalia, MO guarding Pacific Railroad till July, 1862. Near Shiloh, MO April 11 (Detachment). Moved to Springfield MO Schofield's campaign and operations in Southwest Missouri till December. Occupation of Newtonia October 4. Advance on Fayetteville October 11-December 3. March to relief of Gen. Blount December 3-6. Battle of Prairie Grove, ARK December 7. At Fayetteville till December 27. Expedition over Boston Mountains to Van Buren, ARK December 27-29. Capture of Van Buren December 29. Duty at various points in Southwest Missouri till June. Ordered to Vicksburg, Miss. June 3. Siege of Vicksburg June 11-July4. Moved to Port Hudson July 23, thence to Carrollton, LA August 28. Expedition to Morganza September 5-12. Atchafalaya River September 9-10. Sterling's Farm September 12. Battle of Stirling's Farm on Bayou Fordoche, near Morganza, September 29. Mostly captured. Moved to Carrollton October 10. Expedition to the the Rio Grande, Texas, October 27-December 2. Duty at Mustand Island, Brazos Santiago and Brownsville, Texas, till March, 1864. Regiment veteranze February 1, 1864. Furlough April and May. Garrison duty at Fort Butler, Donaldsville, LA June 1864 to March 1865. Campaign against Mobile and its defences March 17-April 12. Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26-April 9. Occupation of Mobile April 12. Duty at Mobile AL Meridian and Macon, Miss till January, 1866. Mustered out January 15, 1866. Regiment lost during service 96 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 265 Enlisted men by disease. Total 364