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Note: line and Samuel; they lived next door to Elizabeth's parents. During the Civil War Absalom was registered as subject to military duty in June 1863 in Jefferson Co., IA; he was listed as age 29, white, a farmer, and married. He enlisted in the Pennsylvania 1st Regiment, LA Battery G, Light Artillery Battery (14th Reserves) on 23 Feb 1864. He received a disability discharge on 26 July 1865 at Chester, PA. Battery G was attached to Battery F on 1 June 1863 and together they were engaged at Gettysburg (1-3 July), in a heroic resistance of the Louisiana Tigers in their historic charge. The losses were terrible but the guns were saved. On 12 July the battery was transferred to the 2nd corps, with which it joined in the pursuit of the enemy, the Mine Run campaign, the Wilderness campaign, and the siege of Petersburg. Battery G was then ordered to join the reserves at Tennallytown; participated with the reserves in the battles on the Peninsula, the second Bull Run and Fredericksburg. The loss at Bull Run was 3 men killed and 21 wounded, besides 4 guns, 2 caissons, 2 lumbers and 27 horses captured. The battery returned to Washington for a new equipment and was in condition for effective service at Fredericksburg. It shared in the battle of Chancellorsville in the spring of 1863 and then became a section of Battery F until 3 April 1864, when it was ordered to Washington, newly equipped and posted at Arlington. On 3 July it was ordered to Point of Rocks, where it was stationed, the men armed with muskets, until Dec. 12. The muskets were then exchanged for 6 guns and the battery was stationed on Maryland heights until 16 April 1865, when it turned in its guns and joined the defenses of Washington. Again armed with muskets the men were stationed at Fort Foote during the remainder of their service. They were mustered out at Philadelphia June 29, 1865. In 1870 Absalem farmed in Jackson Township, Keokuk Co., IA (page 340) with his wife Elizabeth and 6 children; the value of his property was $800.00. In 1880 Abe farmed in Lancaster Township, Keokuk County, IA (page 166) with his wife Lizzie and children Carrie, Samuel, Manuel, Anna, Mary E., Sarah L., and Martha O. He moved to Phillips County, KS in 1885.
Note: In 1860 Absolam farmed in Black Hawk, Jefferson Co., IA with wife Elizabeth and children Caro
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