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Note: JACOB ELLIOTT WAYMIRE Jacob Elliott Waymire was born 17 January 1822 in Wayne Co., Indiana. He was the son of Jacob Waymire and Elizabeth Fuller of North Carolina. He was married to Rachel Howard 27 January 1842 in Wayne Co., In. She was the daughter of John Howard and Sarah Callaway. She was born 10 February 1821. Jacob and Rachel had seven children, Sarah Ann Waymire, Charles Waymire, Cornelious (Knealy) Waymire, John Wesley Waymire, James Monroe Waymire, Albert Waymire, and Rosetta Waymire. Jacob Elliott was one of the first settlers in Duck Creek township before it was founded. He erected a steam powered saw mill near the Waymire Cemetery in 1850 and successfully operated it over 16 years before it was sold. He mustered in the service as a Corporal, 4December 1861, Company G, 47th Indiana Infantry Regiment. He was killed at Riddle's Point in the battle of Island River. A shell landed about a mile from the river in a farmer's yard. Jacob was attempting to disarm the shell, aided by the farmer, by removing the powder with a file handle. The shell exploded killing Jacob, the farmer, and the farmer's two children who were nearby. He was buried in the Elwood City cemetery, Madison Co., In. Section 8, Row 3 by his wife Rachel Waymire. (This information taken from "The Quest for John Rudolph Waymire" by Peggy Stone Tegel and military information in the Indiana Room at Elwood Public Library.) --- FindAGrave.com
A Farmer, Jacob Elliott Waymire entered government land in 1833 or 1834. Jacob Elliott erected a steam powered saw mill near the Waymire Cemetery in 1850 & successfully operated it for over 16 years before it was sold. A later buyer moved it to Elwood to it's present location. (Sawmill Rd ) now 28th St and Main St, NW corner. (Gone now).
Mustered in 12/9/1861Corporal--Co. ''G" 47th Ind Inf Reg. Killed Mar 22, 1862 at Riddle's Landing, Mo. A Civil War soldier, Jacob E Waymire was killed at Riddle's Point on the Mississippi River just below New Madrid, MO in the Battle of Island # 10. Date was Mar. 22, 1862. An artillery shell thrown by a Confederate Gunboat on the Mississippi River landed about a mile from the river in a farmers yard. Jacob was attempting to disarm the shell, aided by the farmer, by removing the powder with a file handle. The shell exploded killing Jacob, the farmer, and the farmers two children who were nearby. A letter was written by a soldier in Co G this his girl friend in Ind. about the incident. The General also wrote a letter to his wife about it and it was also written up in the Ney York Times on April 6th. All because, as the General said, it was such a tragedy. The Co Capt. took his body back to Ind. Bur. Pipe Creek Twp., Madson Co., IN
{47th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry: Organized at Anderson and Indianapolis, Ind., November 2 to December 13, 1861. Left State for Bardstwon, Ky., December 13, 1861; Thence moved to Camp Wickliffe, Ky., and duty there till February, 1862. Attached to 19th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to January, 1862. 19th Brigade, 4th Division, Army of the Ohio, to February, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of Mississippi, to April, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of Mississippi, to July, 1863. Helena, Ark., District of Eastern Arkansas, Dept. of Missouri to December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, District of Eastern Arkansas, Dept. of the Tennessee, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 12th Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to February,. 1863. 1st Brigade, 13th Division, 13th Army Corps, to March, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 12th Division, 13th Army Corps, to July, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 13th Army Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee, to August, 1863, and Dept. of the Gulf to June, 1864. District of LaFourche, Dept. of the Gulf, to July, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, to December, 1864. 1st Brigade, Reserve Division, Military Division, West Mississippi, to February, 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Reserve Corps, Military Division, West Mississippi, February, 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 13th Army Corps (New), Military Division, West Mississippi, to May, 1865. Dept. Of Louisiana to October, 1865. SERVICE -- Ordered to Commerce, Mo., February 14, 1862. New Madrid, Mo., February 24. Siege of New Madrid, Mo., March 5-14. Siege and capture of Island No. 10, Mississippi River, March 15-April 8. Expedition to Fort Pillow, Tenn., April 13-17. Duty at Tiptonville till May 19. Expedition down Mississippi River to Fort Pillow May 19-23. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., June, and duty there till February, 1863. Brown's Plantation, Miss., August 11, 1862. Expedition to Arkansas Post November 16-21. Expedition to Yazoo Pass by Moon Lake, Yazoo Pass and Coldwater and Tallahatchie Rivers February 24-April 8. Fort Pemberton March 11. Operations against Fort Pemberton and Greenwood March 13-April 5. Moved to Milliken's Bend., La., April 12. Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battle of Port Gibson, Miss., May 1. 14-Mile Creek May 12-13. Battle of Champion's Hill May 16. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., May 18-July 4. Assault on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Ordered to New Orleans, La., August 10. At Carrollton, Brashear City and Berwick till October. Western Louisiana "Teche" Campaign October 3-November 30. Duty at New Iberia till December 17. Moved to New Orleans, La., December 17, thence to Madisonville January 7, 1864, and duty there till March. Red River Campaign March 10-May 22. Advance from Franklin to Alexandria March 14-26. Battle of Sabine Cross Roads April 8. Monett's Ferry, Cane River Crossings, April 23. Alexandria April 30-May 10. Muddy Bayou May 2-6. Graham's Plantation May 5. Retreat to Morganza May 13-20. Mansura May 16. Expedition to the Atchafalaya May 30-June 6. Duty at Morganza till September. Expedition to Clinton August 23-29. At St. Charles, Ark., September 3-October 23. Expedition to Duvall's Bluff October 23-November 12. Moved to Little Rock, Ark.; thence to Memphis, Tenn., November 25, and duty there till January, 1865. Expedition to Moscow December 21-31, 1864. Ordered to New Orleans, La., January 1, 1865. Campaign against Mobile and its Defences March 17-April 12. Near Spanish Fort March 26. Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26-April 8. Assault on and capture of Fort Blakely April 9. Occupation of Mobile April 12 to May 26. Moved to New Orleans, La., May 26; thence to Shreveport, La., and duty there till October. Mustered out October 23, 1865, and discharged at Indianapolis, Ind., November 2, 1865. Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 80 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 250 Enlisted men by disease. Total 336. See Civil War.Com}
Jacob E Waymire Claimed Residence in Anderson Enlist Date 09 December 1861 Served Indiana Enlisted G Co. 47th Inf Reg. IN Killed at Riddles Landing, MO on 22 March 1862 Source: Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana Abbreviation: INRoster Published by Holloway on 1865-66
Entered & discharged with rank of Corporal (Natl Park Svc Film Number M540 Roll 81)
Battle of Island Number Ten was a military engagement on the Mississippi River during the American Civil War. Union land and naval forces besieged and captured the island in early 1862, further opening the river.
Preparation for battle
With the surrender of Forts Henry and Donelson, Tennessee, and the evacuation of Columbus, Kentucky, Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard, commander of the Confederate Army of the Mississippi, chose Island Number Ten, at the Kentucky Bend in the Mississippi River, about 60 river miles below Columbus, to be the strongpoint for defending the river. The Confederate fortifications consisted of land batteries on the island and a floating battery off the coast of the island. Nearby was New Madrid, one of the weak points.
Brig. Gen. John Pope, commander of the Union Army of the Mississippi, set out from Commerce, Missouri, to attack New Madrid, on February 28. The force marched overland through swamps, lugging supplies and artillery. It reached the New Madrid outskirts on March 3, after a brief engagement with a small contingent of the Missouri State Guard under Brig. Gen. M. Jeff Thompson. Pope found the city well defended by heavy artillery and a small fleet of Confederate gunboats and laid it to siege. Brig. Gen. John P. McCown, the garrison commander, defended both New Madrid and Island No. 10 from the fortifications. On March 13 Pope brought up his siege guns and a day long artillery duel ensued. Since it did not appear possible to defend New Madrid, the Confederate gunboats and troops evacuated to Island No. 10 and Tiptonville.
The battle and its aftermath
On March 14, Pope's army discovered that New Madrid was deserted and moved in to occupy it. A U.S. Navy flotilla, under the command of Flag Officer Andrew H. Foote, arrived March 15 upstream from Island No. 10. On the night of April 4 the ironclad USS Carondelet passed the Island No. 10 batteries and anchored off New Madrid. USS Pittsburg followed on the night of April 6. The ironclads helped to overawe the Confederate batteries and guns at Watson's Point and below, enabling Pope's men to cross the river and block the Confederate escape route. Brig. Gen. William W. Mackall, who replaced McCown, surrendered Island No. 10 and its garrison of 7,000 men on April 8. The Mississippi was now open down to Fort Pillow, Tennessee, which led to the capture of Memphis, Tennessee, two months later in the Battle of Memphis.
Island Number Ten has since disappeared as a result of erosion from the Mississippi River.
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Civil War soldier, mustered in as Cpl. Dec 9, 1861, killed Mar 22, 1862. Co G 47th Ind. Inf Regiment. Jacob was killed at Riddle's Point, Missouri. Details are described in U.S. Pension Office records. Union forces were vying with Confederates for control of the Mississippi River, a crucial waterway for transport of troops and supplies. The 47th's first confrontation came at New Madrid, Missouri, in February 1862. The troops clashed at Island Number 10, site of a Confederate garrison, and several other nearby areas along the river. They skirmished at Riddle's Landing, 12 miles south. After five weeks of thunderous fire between Union and Rebel gunboats and shore batteries, the Confederates withdrew. Union forces took control of the river.
Corporal Waymire obtained permission from his commander to assist Fred Bolenius, a civilian. An unexploded bomb lay in Bolenius's yard. Pension records starkly describe what happened. "Bolenius and Waymire attempted to take the percussion cap out of a 64-pound shell that had been thrown there by Rebel gunboats. While working at it, the shell exploded and instantly killed Fred Bolenius and three of his little children, and also Jacob Waymire."
The incident was referred to in a New York Times article on April 6, 1862. The Co Capt. took his body back to Indiana.
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