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William Steinmetz
William Steinmetz (September 2, 1847, in Newport, Kentucky – June 10, 1903) was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War who received America's highest military decoration the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Vicksburg, Mississippi. Biography William Steinmetz was born in Newport, Kentucky, on September 2, 1847. He was a Corporal in the American Civil War. He entered service at Sunman, Indiana, and he served in the Union Army in Company G, 83rd Indiana Infantry. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions on May 22, 1863, at Vicksburg, Mississippi. His citation reads "Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party." The Vicksburg campaign was waged from March 29 to July 4, 1863. It included battles in west-central Mississippi at Port Gibson, Raymond, Jackson, Champion Hill, Big Black River and numerous smaller battle fields. On the morning of May 22, General Grant launched what he hoped would be a crushing assault against Vicksburg. In the ...
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Newport, Kentucky
Newport is a list of Kentucky cities, home rule-class city at the confluence of the Ohio River, Ohio and Licking River (Kentucky), Licking rivers in Campbell County, Kentucky, Campbell County, Kentucky. The population was 15,273 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. Historically, it was one of four county seats of Campbell County. Newport is a major urban center of Northern Kentucky and part of the Cincinnati metropolitan area, which includes over two million residents. History Newport was settled by James Taylor, Jr. (Kentucky), James Taylor Jr. on land purchased by his father James Sr. from George Muse, who received it as a grant. Taylor's brother, Hubbard Taylor, had been mapping the land twenty years prior. It was not named for its position on the river but for Christopher Newport, the commander of the first ship to reach Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607. Newport was established as a town on December 14, 1795, and incorporated as a city on February 24, 1834.Commonwealth ...
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William W
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the given name ''Wilhelm'' (cf. Proto-Germanic ᚹᛁᛚᛃᚨᚺᛖᛚᛗᚨᛉ, ''*Wiljahelmaz'' > German ''Wilhelm'' and Old Norse ᚢᛁᛚᛋᛅᚼᛅᛚᛘᛅᛋ, ''Vilhjálmr''). By regular sound changes, the native, inherited English form of the name should b ...
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People Of Indiana In The American Civil War
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United States Army Medal Of Honor Recipients
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1903 Deaths
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1847 Births
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83rd Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry
The 83rd Indiana Infantry Regiment, sometimes called 83rd Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment, was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 83rd Indiana Infantry was organized at Lawrenceburg, Indiana September 4 - November 5, 1862, and mustered in for a three-year enlistment under the command of Colonel Benjamin J. Spooner. The regiment was attached to 4th Brigade, 5th Division, District of Memphis, Tennessee, XIII Corps, Department of the Tennessee, November 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, District of Memphis, XIII Corps, to December 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Sherman's Yazoo Expedition, to January 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, XV Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to June 1865. The 83rd Indiana Infantry mustered out of service on June 3, 1865. Detailed service 1862 * Ordered to Memphis, Tennessee and duty there to November 26, 1862. * "Tallahatchie March" November 26-December 13, 1862. * Sherman's Yazoo Expeditio ...
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Medal Of Honor Old
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Frank Stolz
Frank Stolz (20 July 1844 – 19 November 1926) was a private in the United States Army who was awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the American Civil War. He was awarded the medal on 9 July 1894 for actions performed during the Battle of Vicksburg in 1863. Personal life Stolz was born in Dearborn County, Indiana on 20 July 1844. He married Anna Wagner in 1870 and fathered 3 children. He died on 19 November 1926 in Center Township, Indiana and was buried in Holy Cross and Saint Joseph Cemetery in Indianapolis. Military service Stolz enlisted in the Army as a private in Sunman, Indiana on 17 August 1862. He was assigned to G Company of the 83rd Indiana Infantry. On 22 May 1863, at the Battle of Vicksburg, Stolz was a member of a volunteer storming party attacking Confederate Confederacy or confederate may refer to: States or communities * Confederate state or confederation, a union of sovereign groups or communities * Confederate States of America, a confed ...
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Reuben Smalley
Reuben Smalley (28 April 1839 - 9 July 1926) was a private in the United States Army who was awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry in the American Civil War. He was awarded the medal on 9 July 1864 for actions performed at the Siege of Vicksburg in Mississippi in May 1863. Personal life Smalley was born on 28 April 1839 in Reading Center, New York to parents Elias and Rozelphia Smalley. His father died when he was three years old, and he was subsequently taken in by his uncle to be raised in Jennings County, Indiana. He married Martha Ann Johnson in 1859 and fathered two children, both of whom died in childhood. After the war, he worked as a railroad construction worker and steam engine operator. He was also elected as constable of Greensburg, Indiana. He died on 9 July 1926 in Greensburg and was buried in South Park Cemetery in Greensburg. Military service Smalley enlisted in the Army as a private on 15 August 1862 in Holton, Indiana and was assigned to Company F of t ...
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Jacob H
Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Jacob first appears in the Book of Genesis, where he is described as the son of Isaac and Rebecca, and the grandson of Abraham, Sarah, and Bethuel. According to the biblical account, he was the second-born of Isaac's children, the elder being Jacob's fraternal twin brother, Esau. Jacob is said to have bought Esau's birthright and, with his mother's help, deceived his aging father to bless him instead of Esau. Later in the narrative, following a severe drought in his homeland of Canaan, Jacob and his descendants, with the help of his son Joseph (who had become a confidant of the pharaoh), moved to Egypt where Jacob died at the age of 147. He is supposed to have been buried in the Cave of Machpelah. Jacob had twelve sons through four women, hi ...
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