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X. HONORING OTHER THE CIVIL WAR JOURNAL OF You must tell the world the story; When the boys in Blue are gone.” ―John Hendricks, Last Surviving Veteran of the 89th Indiana Volunteer Infantry  | |
Like Andrew Jackson Nickell, John Ogan was an active combatant in the Vicksburg Campaign. As Grant's Army pressed westward from Jackson to Vicksburg, Mississippi on May 16, 1863, John was shot through the shoulder at the Battle of Champion Hills. John Ogan survived his wound, and was mustered out with his regiment at New Orleans on November 14, 1864. He returned to Vinton County to start the highly successful McArthur Brickyard. John also made and played his own violins. He enjoyed a long and prosperous life in McArthur, and collected a veterans pension. John had nine children with three wives, and passed in 1915 at the age of seventy-nine. John is buried in Elk Cemetery north of McArthur, Ohio.
* Susannah's father, Moses Fritter (1755 VA-1835 KY), was present Yorktown when Lord Cornwallis' surrendered to General George Washington to end the American Revolution. Moses recalled hearing the British band play, "The World Turned Upside Down."
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OLIVER BELDEN CULVER, Illinois Abolitionist, Pioneer Farmer and Lincoln Neighbor Oliver was an active abolitionist and attended Elijah Lovejoy's Anti-Slavery Convention in October 1837. Farming northwest of Springfield, IL, Edward's pioneer family lived and worked near a young Abraham Lincoln. For three years (1850-1853), Edward's brother-in-law, Abel Wilder Estabrook, was the teacher of Abraham's eldest son, Robert Todd Lincoln (aged seven through nine).
ABEL WILDER ESTABROOK - Pioneer Educator, Lovejoy Abolitionist, Springfield Businessman, Loyal Husband and Father.
Edward returned to his family's Menard County farm. He married Annie Mauns Johnson, a native of Sweden on February 3, 1881. Together Edward and Annie had five children. Their second child, Edward Herrick Culver, Jr., my wife's grandfather, was born in 1884, twenty years after his father's service with the 133rd Illinois. After chopping wood on a cold December day in 1892, the elder Edward caught pneumonia and passed at the age of sixty. Edward is buried in Indian Point Cemetery north of Athens, IL. |
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ROBERT E. LEE (1807 VA-1870 VA) ― A more widely recognized Civil War ancestor was General Robert Edward Lee, the respected Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia. My maternal grandmother was a Lee. Her grandfather, Squire Edward Lee (1814 KY-1880 IL), my 2x-great-grandfather, was a direct descendant of the Virginia Lee family. Squire's father was William Henry Lee (1792 VA-1849) who was born in Virginia. Squire's mother is believed to have been Sarah Crockett (1798-?) There is a persistent family legend that Squire Edward Lee was a third cousin and contemporary of General Robert Edward Lee. Although this family legend has not been proven, a Danville Commercial News article reports that Squire and Robert were third-cousins: LEES HAD TIES TO LAND OF LINCOLN - Squire Lee of Blount Township, General Lee Were 3rd Cousins In 1829, Squire's father, William Henry Lee, first moved to Mercer County, Kentucky, then to Vermilion County, Illinois. In Vermilion County, the father and son became successful Vermilion County farmers and landowners. Squire Edward Lee became a Lincoln man and strong Union supporter. During the Civil War, Squire reportedly viewed the Confederate General as a traitor. Squire is buried in Gordon Cemetery in Danville, IL, overlooking Lake Vermilion. My middle name "Lee" comes from this family, as well as a legendary relationship to the famous General Robert E. Lee.
LEES HAD TIES TO LAND OF LINCOLN - Squire Lee of Blount Township, General Lee Were 3rd Cousins |
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I. Andrew Becomes a Soldier... |
II. Headed South... |
III. The First Fights... | "THE CIVIL WAR JOURNAL OF ANDREW JACKSON NICKELL" "Battle Hymn of the Republic" -- U.S. Army Band -- Public Domain mp3 |
