My great-great-grandfather, James Frederick Martin, returned to Ghettysburg for reunions with his Pennsylvania Regiment. He is shown in this photo with his daughter, Elizabeth Martin, who accompanied him on this particular trip. James was a volunteer and a Private in the Grand Army of the Republic. He enrolled in Company G of the 148th Pennsylvania Militia on 05 August 1862 at Boalsburg, Pennsylvania.

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An 1864 photograph of the infamous Andersonville Prison where my great-great-grandfather, Issac Hickman, was a prisoner of war at the hands of the Confederacy during the U. S. Civil War. Issac subsequently died of illness contracted while he was staying in the terrible conditions of the prison camp.

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Every ancestral soldier that we have found in the U. S. Civil War was with the Union Army. Here is a list of relatives who fought in the War Between the States:


• ADAM EDDLEMAN (my great-great-grand-uncle) served the Union Army as a Private in Company C of the 81st Indiana Regiment. He was mustered into the Army on 13 August 1862. This Regiment was mustered into service on 29 August 1862 from New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, and the troops were at Louisville, Kentucky until 01 October 1862. Adam's Regiment participated in the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky. Adam also survived the fierce battle of Stone's River, Tennessee, in which 88 soldiers in Adam's Regiment perished. After the Stone's River Battle ended on 02 January 1863, Adam's Regiment remained with the larger Army in Murfreesboro, Tennessee until they fought in the Battle of Liberty Gap on 26 June 1863. It was, however, the Battle of Chickmauga, Georgia that left Adam Eddleman a wounded prisoner of war in 1863. Adam was still in enemy hands when he died from his battle injuries. Adam died on 19 September 1863, at the age of 23-years, from wounds received at the Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia. Adam Eddleman was a brother to my great-great-grandfather, James Marion Eddleman. A monument to Adam's Regiment stands today at the battle site, on the Viniard Field, east of the Lafayette and Chattanooga Road.
  
  
• COL. ELMER EPHRAIM ELLSWORTH. (my 7th cousin twice removed) Col. Elmer Ellsworth was the first publicized casualty of the U. S. Civil War, killed when he tried to take down a confederate flag in Virginia. He was a personal friend of President Lincoln, who sobbed heavily when he learned of Elmer's death. President Lincoln held a funeral for Elmer in the East Room of the White House.
  
  
• CHARLES AMBROSE HICKMAN, SR. (my great-grandfather) Charles Ambrose HICKMAN, Sr. was a Private in Company A of the 38th Indiana Regiment of the Union Army during the U. S. Civil War. He enrolled in the Army on 20 August 1861 in Orleans, Orange County, Indiana. He was enrolled by Capt. Wheeler. Charles was the first of the HICKMAN's to enroll in the Union Army, although his father and brother (Josiah) enrolled four months later, and Charles' other brother (John) joined Charles' Regiment the following year. Charles was mustered into the Army on 17 September 1861 in New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana by Capt. Gilman. Charles Ambrose HICKMAN, Sr.'s yougest brother, John Wesley HICKMAN, latered enrolled in the same Company and Regiment as Charles, while their other brother (Josiah) and their father (Issac) were both in Company F of the 59th Indiana Regiment. Like his father and brothers, Charles enrolled in the Army for 3 years. These Military Records (from the Indiana State Archives) describe Charles as having dark hair, brown eyes, dark complexion, being 22 years of age, 5 feet 9 inches tall, a farmer, born in Orange County, Indiana. Charles Ambrose HICKMAN, Sr. was mustered out of the Army on 17 September 1864 in Atlanta, Georgia.
  
  
• ISSAC HICKMAN (my great-great-grandfather) served in the Union Army during the United States Civil War, and was a prisoner of war at Andersonville prison camp. He became ill during this imprisonment and subsequently died in a military hospital. He is buried in a veteran's cemetery in Evansville, Indiana. Isaac HICKMAN (Born 1821) was a Private in Company F of the 59th Indiana Regiment in the Union Army during the U. S. Civil War. He enrolled in the Army on 03 December 1861 in Valeene, Orange County, Indiana. He enrolled for three years, despite being 43-years old at the time. Isaac was enrolled by Captain Welman. Isaac joined the Union Army with his 2nd son, Josiah, four months after Isaac's oldest son (Charles) enrolled. Isaac's youngest son (John) enrolled the following year. Isaac was mustered into the Army on 11 Feburary 1862 in Gosport, Indiana by Major Carpenter. These Military Records (from the Indiana State Archives) describe Isaac as having black hair, black eyes, dark complexion, 5 feet 10 1/4 inches tall, a farmer, born in Orange County, North Carolina.
  
  
• JOHN WESLEY HICKMAN (my great-grand-uncle) John Wesley HICKMAN was a Private in Company A of the 38th Indiana Regiment in the Union Army during the U. S. Civil War. He enrolled in the Army on 12 December 1862 in New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana. He was enrolled by Captain Fouts. John Wesley HICKMAN enrolled into the same Company and Regiment in which his older brother, Charles Ambrose Hickman, Sr., was serving. He signed on for three years. John Wesley HICKMAN was mustered into the U. S. Army on 24 December 1862 in Nashville, Tennessee. He was mustered in by Lt. Col. Triffin. These Military Records (from the Indiana State Archives) describe John as having black hair, gray eyes, dark complexion, being 18 years of age, 5 feet 3 tall, a farmer, born in Orange County, Indiana. John Wesley HICKMAN was transferred to Veterans Reserves Corps. (V.R.C.). These were Federal units which did things like guard railroad yards, arsenals, etc.
  
  
• JOSIAH HICKMAN (my great-grand-uncle) Josiah HICKMAN was a Private in Company F of the 59th Indiana Regiment in the Union Army during the U. S. Civil War. He enrolled in the Army on 03 December 1861 in Valeene, Orange County, Indiana. He was enrolled by Captain Welman. Josiah signed up with his father, Isaac HICKMAN. Like his father, he signed on for 3 years. Josiah was mustered into the Army on 11 Feburary 1862 in Gosport, Indiana by Major Carpenter. These Military Records (from the Indiana State Archives) describe Josiah as having black hair, black eyes, dark complexion, being 18 years of age, 5 feet 8 1/4 inches tall, a farmer, born in Orange County, Indiana. Josiah HICKMAN was mustered out of the Army on 11 May 1865.
  
  
• JAMES FREDERICK MARTIN (my great-great-grandfather) was a volunteer and a Private in the Grand Army of the Republic. He enrolled in Company G of the 148th Pennsylvania Militia on 05 August 1862 at Boalsburg, Pennsylvania. The Muffly source noted that James enlisted August 5, 1862 at the age of 19, and mustered on August 18, 1862. This source also noted that James (a man of small physical stature) was scarcely physically strong enough, but he persevered; was lost in action several times, did considerable duty, and was finally discharged with his company. The Bates and Department of Military Affairs sources noted that James was mustered into Company G, 148th Regiment, on August 18, 1862, but was transferred to Company F, 10th Regiment, V. R. Corps. He was honorably discharged by General Order # 116 on June 30, 1865 in Washington DC.
  
  NOTE: Unfortunately, James was listed as having deserted in November and December of 1963, but he had actually been captured by the Confederacy and hospitalized with pneumonia. He was held prisoner for three months, but was then exchanged and returned to the front, leading to the removal of the innacurate and false charge of dissertion from his record.
  
  
• SAMUEL A. MEDLEY (my great-great-great-grandfather) served in Company E, 118th Indiana Regiment.
  
  
• GEORGE WASHINGTON TIMMONS (my great-great-grandfather) was a private in Company E of the 63rd Indiana Regiment of the Union Army. He was enrolled in the Army on 12 August 1862 at Covington, Fountain County, Indiana by Lt. J. E. Patterson. He was mustered into the Army on 30 August 1862 in Indianapolis, Indiana by Col. Carrington. George was mustered out of service at Greensboro, North Carolina on 21 June 1865.

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SOURCES

Archives Division, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, Indiana.

The Story of our Regiment: A History of the 148th Pennsylvania Volunteers. by the comrades. Adjt. J. W. Muffly, Editor. 1904. Page 997.

History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5, Volume IV, p. 601, by Samuel P. Bates.

Department of Military Affairs, Adjutant General's Office, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Annville, Pennsylvania.

TIDBIT: According to Phillip Jay HICKMAN's Uncle (who is my third cousin, a fellow great-great-grandson of Isaac HICKMAN): our HICKMAN family, as former Southerners from North Carolina, were devout members of the Democrat political party until Isaac HICKMAN died of illness that developed while he was a prisoner of war during the Civil War. The HICKMAN family blamed the Democrats for Issac HICKMAN's death, and Isaac HICKMAN's children all became devout Republicans after that. This lets us know a little bit about the personality of our HICKMAN ancestors -- They were strong-willed people who did not forgive the South or the Democrats for the death of Isaac HICKMAN. This also suggests that the HICKMAN family members had intense loyalty toward each other.

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