59th Ohio

59th Ohio Infantry

59th Ohio Infantry[1]

Killed:
Second Lieutenant William Johnson (E)[2], Joseph G Harris (H)[3], Daniel M Kirby (I), William W Raper (F), First Sergeant James G Sargeant (H), James A Buchanan (E), Corporal Obed Bishop (F), and First Sergeant Edwin B Ham (I).


Wounded:
Corporal Price T Fee (B), Joseph Gelvin (B), William Boyle (D), Stephen P Shinkle (D), and David Howell (G).

[1] Reports of Officers in Relation to a Recent Battle at Pittsburg Landing. Millwood, NY: Kraus Reprint, 1977. Originally published as U.S. 37th Congress, 2nd session, 1861-1862. Senate. Executive Documents Printed by Order of the Senate of the United States for the Second Session of the Thirty-Seventh Congress, 1861-62. 6 vols. Washington D.C., 1861. pp 206. Also Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion 1861-1866. Cincinnati: Wilstach, Baldwin & Co., 1886. Vol 5, pp 213-41, 741-4.
[2] Listed as dead in Reports of Officers in Relation to a Recent Battle at Pittsburg Landing. Listed as wounded in roster.
[3] No Harris listed in roster 213-41. Joseph G Hines listed as killed in roster 213-41, but not in roster 741-4.

59th Ohio

59th Ohio Infantry
Commanded by Col. James P. Fyffe

On back of monument:
This regiment formed here in support of Barlett's battery at 10 a.m., April 7, 1862, and held the position until about 12 m., when it advanced to left and front, and was engaged near Hamburg road, where its greatest loss occurred. Its loss was 6 men killed; 51 wounded; total, 57.