150th Anniversary Of The Civil War; Honoring My Ancestors Who Served Their Country

    Men in Blue

   My 2^nd Great Grand Uncle’s

My third great grandparents, Israel and Sarah Halley had eight children; two girls and six boys. Five of their boys fought in the Civil War, all but one came home.

John C. Halley

Born 10 Jan 1837 in Jefferson, Tipton, Indiana.

Enlisted as Corporal on 15 Aug 1862, Company C, 101st Infantry - Regiment of Indiana Volunteers.

Mustered out on, 02 Feb 1863.[i] [ii]

Enlisted as 1^st Sergeant on 10 Oct 1864, Company G, 140th Infantry - Regiment of Indiana Volunteers. [iii]

Mustered Out - Company G, 140th Infantry - Regiment of Indiana Volunteers on 11 Jul 1865 at Greensboro, NC.
Died 19 Feb 1877 in Tipton County, Indiana at the age of 40.

Henry H Halley  

Born 07 Aug 1837 in Switzerland County, Indiana.

The National Archives have no Civil War records on Henry.

According to his obituary, Henry was a veteran of the Civil War, serving Company C, 147^th Indiana Volunteers. He enlisted late in the war and participated in but one battle in Tennessee.[iv]

Died 03 Feb 1929 in Tipton County, Indiana, at the age of 91.

Elisha Halley

Born abt 1841 in Indiana

Enlisted 15 Aug 1862, Company C, 101st Infantry - Regiment of Indiana Volunteers

Died 18 June 1863 in Nashville, Tennessee, age 22-burial unknown.

The record from the War Department from the Adjutant General’s Office states:
“Elisha Halley was enrolled on the 15th day of Aug 1862, at Tipton, in Company C 101st Regiment of Indiana Volunteers, to serve three years. He mustered into service as a Private on the 6th day of September, 1862.”

“On the Muster Roll of Co. “C” of that Regiment, for the months of from muster in to April 30, 1863, he is reported present May and June 63 died June 18/63 at Nashville Tenn. Record of Death Interment reports him -died in Hospital No. 7 Nashville Tenn. June 19th 1863, which date is accepted as correct, of complications of pneumonia and diarrhea.”[v]

James H. Halley, my 2^nd great grandfather

Born 24 Mar 1844 in Switzerland County, Indiana.

Enlisted as a private on 15 Aug 1862, Company C, Indiana 101st  Infantry - Regiment of Indiana Volunteers[vi]
Mustered out on 27 Oct 1862 In Louisville, Kentucky.[vii]

Died 31 Jan 1921 in Girard, Crawford, Kansas, at the age of 76 

Noah W. Halley

Born 24 May 1846 in Switzerland County, Indiana.
Enlisted as Private, Company G, 140th Infantry Regiment Indiana Volunteers on 10 Oct 1864.

Promoted to Corporal 30 Jan 1865.
Mustered Out - Company G, 140th Infantry Regiment Indiana Volunteers on 11 Jul 1865 at Greensboro, NC [viii]

Death 26 Apr 1914 in Washington, DC, at the age of 67.

                

   Noah “Node” W. Halley

  Unknown date

  

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[i] Historical Data Systems, comp. U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles [database on-line] Ancestry.com

[ii] Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, Volume VIII - 1861-1865.

[iii] Ibid.

[iv] Obituary of Henry Halley, Tipton Tribune, 04 Feb 1929, Tipton, Indiana.

[v] War Department, Adjutant General’s Office, The Commissions of Pensions, Washington, DC. Sarah Halley’s, mother of Elisha, claim for petition for pension. National Archives and Records Administration.

[vi] Historical Data Systems, U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com.

[vii] Army Of The United States, Certificate of Disability for Discharge, 27 Oct 1862, disease of his lungs. Halley’s lungs have been weak from childhood. Most of his kindred have died from Phthisis (aka Pulmonary Tuberculosis). 

[viii] Co. G, 140^th Indiana Infantry, muster and Descriptive Rolls. Copy of records from the National Archives and Records Administration.

I am bound to them

Though I cannot

Look into their eyes

Or hear their voices

I honor their history

I cherish their lives

I will tell their story

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