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As provided to the 80th Indiana Website. |
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Enos H. Kirk |
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As provided to the 80th Indiana Website. |
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This image shows him wearing on his sleeves the 3 stripes and diamond lozenge
of a 1st Sergeant (also known as an Orderly Sergeant). It is believed to have been taken sometime between August 1862 and November
1864. An electronic copy of the original image,
and written permission to post it on the 80th Indiana website, were provided courtesy of
Brian and Triva
Schrader. Enos was a resident of Bovine in Gibson County, Indiana when he enlisted August 9, 1862 in what became Company E of the 80th Indiana. He was mustered into the Union Army at the rank of 1st Sergeant for a 3 year term of service on September 3, 1862 at Camp Gibson near the town of Princeton in Gibson County, Indiana. He was mustered out of the Army on June 22, 1865 at Salisbury, North Carolina when the 80th was disbanded after the end of the war. During his nearly 3 years' service he served as the 1st Sergt., 1st Lieut., and Capt. (commanding officer) of Co. E. For more information about this soldier, view his Profile by clicking HERE. Source: Regimental Descriptive Rolls, 1861-1865, Volumes III, IV, and VIII, Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana (Indianapolis, Indiana, 1866). |
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