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a. Note:   MARRIAGE: WAYNE CO. OHIO MARRIAGE RECORDS SHOW: WELLS, MILES TO SARAH ANN BRENIZER BY J.H. JONES , M.G. 5-14-1854 (RIGHT AGE. ..IS IT RIGHT PERSON?) INTERNET: Search Results Database: Full Context of American Civil War Research Database, Soldiers Combined Matches: Miles Wells Enlist Date Enlist Place Enlist Rank Enlist Age 07 August 1862 Priv 30 Served Ohio Enlisted H Co. 102nd Inf Reg. OH Killed By Explosion at Steamer ""Sultana"", MS River on 27 April 1865 Source: Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio Abbreviation: OHRoster Published by on 1886 INTERNET: http://data.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?&ti=0&db=hdsregiment&f0=1723&f11=Union&dt=context Search Terms: 1723 (2), UNION (3593) Database: American Civil War Research Database, Regiments Combined Matches: 1 Name of Regiment Date of Organization Muster Date Regiment Type Ohio 102nd Infantry 01 August 1862 30 June 1865 Infantry Regiment Officers Killed or Officers Died of Disease Enlisted Killed or Enlisted Died of Mortally Wounded or Accident Mortally Wounded Disease or Accident 2 2 11 247 List of Soldiers Regimental History Battles Fought Battle at Coffey's Landing, Alabama on 10 July 1864 Battle at Athens, Alabama on 24 September 1864 Battle at Decatur, Alabama on 28 October 1864 Battle at Decatur, Alabama on 23 March 1865 INTERNET: Wells Civil War soldiers from Ohio killed aboard the Sultana 27 Apr 1865 On April 21, 1865 the Sultana sailed from the New Orleans carrying seventy five cabin passengers and well over 200 deck passengers and crew. On April 24th the ship's boiler had to be repaired because of a leak detected before arriving at Vicksburg. At Vicksburg the Sultana took on recently released Union Prisoners of war from Confederate prisons at Andersonville, Georgia and Cahaba, Alabama. Many had fought at Gettysburg, Chickamauga, Nashville and Kennesaw Mountain only to be captured and endure long months of inprisonment. Of the approximately 5,000 exchange prisoners 1,300 to 1,400 were to be loaded into all available cabins, quarters and on the decks of the Sultana. They represented units from Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Kentucky, Tennessee, and West Virginia. Governmental records place the total troop count at 1,866. Others counted as many as 2,200 which brought the total of crew and passengers, to 2,400 people while the Sultana had an authorized capacity of only 376 passengers and crew. This coupled with the weakened boiler was a formula for certain disaster. At 1 A.M. on April 27th the Sultana steamed away from Memphis and continued its voyage up river after a short stop. At 2 A. M. the Sultana's boilers exploded in a deafing roar. The United States Custom Service reported that 1,547 were lost. Other equally reliable figures were as much as 1,647 The Sultana sinking was unquestionably the greatest marine disaster in American history. Among those lost that dark night were the following Wells men who had thought their trials were at last at an end and they were going home: Last Name 1st Name Regiment Company/Rank Wells William 58th Ohio Volunteer Infantry A Priv Wells Joseph 102nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry B Priv Wells Miles 102nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry H Priv ********************************************************************************************************************************** ********************************************************************************************************************************** ********************************************************************************************************************************** ~Remove following e-mail from Jeanette Schmalzbauer from Posted Material ********************************************************************************************************************************** ********************************************************************************************************************************** ********************************************************************************************************************************** ************************************************************************************************************************** ************************************************************************************************************************** ************************************************************************************************************************** Remove following e-mail from Jeanette Schmalzbauer from POSTED Material *************************************************************************************************************************** *************************************************************************************************************************** *************************************************************************************************************************** INTERNET: LEIB-L Archives From: [email protected] Subject: LEIB Inquiry Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 14:28:43 EDT First of all, I would like to thank Mary for her pleasant responses to my inquiry about the Leib list and for assisting a "newbie". Mary, I delayed my post to this registry for a week as I was waiting for a death certificate from Missouri that might shed more light. My name is Jeanette Wells Schmalzbauer and I live in the St. Paul, Minnesota area. My research this past year has been on the WELLS & LEIB surnames. I'm going to be as brief as possible and hope maybe I'll get a response. I've hit so many dead-ends (no pun intended) to my search on these names. My main research is with Miles WELLS, Ohio 102nd Infantry, Company H, who died on the Sultana ship disaster of 1865 after serving as a POW in Cahaba prison camp. This is my father's great-grandfather. His widow was a Sarah Ann Leib. She had been a widow prior to marrying Miles. That previous married surname was BRENIZER. Sarah LEIB's sister, Elizabeth LEIB, married Miles WELLS twin brother Giles WELLS. Elizabeth died prior to the civil war. Giles did survive the Civil War. He had not been captured with his twin brother even though they served in the same regiment and company. Oral history said there were 2 LEIB sisters who had married 2 WELLS brothers. That came true. Oral history said there were 11 LEIB siblings. I have found the following: Sarah Leib Brenizer Wells Strater Summerlot Elizabeth Leib Professor William H. Leib ( 9 Dec 1841 to 1 May 1923) Samuel H Leib Christopher Leib Mrs. C. H. Southerland possibly a Daniel Lybe possibly a Benjamin Lybe I received the death certificate on Professor William Leib, today. His father is listed as Benjamin F Leib, born in Pennsylvania. His mother is a Nancy Schmidt born in Pennsylvania. The informant was a Christian C. Leib of 650 Minn Ave, Kansas City, Kansas back in 1923. Professor Leib is listed as being buried in Fairview Cemetery in Joplin, Missouri area. I know that he was up here in St. Paul & Mpls and have archival newspaper records that his son, Fred age 5, had been kidnapped in the Cook County Illinois area. He had another son Christopher. Samuel H Leib is buried in Pleasantville, Iowa. I have birth and death dates for him also. Sarah Leib had been married 4 times before her death sometime before August 1881 at about age 51. We have limited information on Sarah. If anyone has any name connections or can provide information. We would greatly appreciate hearing from you. Thank you all for your time. Jeanette -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This thread: LEIB Inquiry by [email protected] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community. Learn more.


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