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John Sylvester Hooten

 

Basic Information

Name
John Sylvester Hooten
Birth
1 Feb 1842
Goss Port, Owen County, Indiana, USA
Death
19 Sep 1935
Winslow, Washington, Arkansas, USA
Time In Service
From: 21 Aug 1862
To: 1865

Affiliation

Allegiance
United States of America
Branch of Service
Army
Rank
Private
Unit(s)
Company U, Indiana 59th Infantry Regiment
Specialty
Not Specified
Current Status
Not Specified

Service Record

War
American Civil War
Battle(s)
Bentonville (19 Mar 1865) Union victory
Operation s against Fort Pemberton and Greenwood March 13-April 5, 1863
Moved to Milliken's Bend, Louisiana, April 13, 1863.
Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-April 30, 1863.
Port Gibson (1 May 1863) Union victory
Jones' Cross Roads and Willow Springs May 3, 1863.
Raymond (12 May 1863) Union victory
Battle of Jackson on May 14, 1863.
Champion Hill (16 May 1863) Union victory
Vicksburg (Siege of) (18 May 1863) Union victory
Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22, 1863
Duty at Clear Creek till August 6, and at Jacinto till September 18, 1862
Surrender of Vicksburg July 4. Duty there till September 13, 1863.
Movement to Memphis, Tennessee, thence march to Chattanooga, Tennessee, September 13-November 20, 1863
Operation s on Memphis and Charleston Railroad in Alabama October 20-29, 1863.
Chattanoo ga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27, 1863
Tunnel Hill November 23-25, 1863
Mission Ridge November 25, 1863
Pursuit to Graysville November 26-November 27, 1863
Duty at Bridgeport and Huntsville, Alabama, December 18, 1863, to June 22, 1864.
Battle of Corinth October 3-4, 1862
Pursuit to Ripley October 5-12, 1862.
Grant' s Central Mississippi Campaign.
Operation s on Mississippi Central Railroad November 2, 1862, to January 10, 1863.
Reconnais sance from LaGrange November 8-9, 1862.
Duty at Memphis, Tennessee, January 12 to February 24, 1863.
Yazoo Pass Expedition by Moon Lake, Yazoo Pass and Coldwater and Tallahatchie Rivers February 24-April 8, 1863

Monuments for the 59th Indiana Siege of Vicksburg

Battle of Vicksburg where John S Hooten and brothers fought for the Union. Monument is located 100 yards south of the Minnesota Memorial. Also a marker designating the assaults of 22 May 1863, located on Confederate Avenue at the Jewish Cemetery and a marker designating a sharpshooter's line 1300' south-southwest of the Louisiana Memorial in the mowed bay between Union Avenue and Confederate Avenue. This unit was attached to Col. John B. Sanborn's 1st Brigade of Brig. Gen'ls Isaac F. Quinby & John E. Smith's 7th Division, Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson's XVII Army Corps and was commanded by Col. Jesse I. Alexander
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Monuments for the 59th Indiana Siege of Vicksburg

Battle of Vicksburg where John S Hooten and brothers fought for the Union Monument is located 100 yards south of the Minnesota Memorial. Also a marker designating the assaults of 22 May 1863, located on Confederate Avenue at the Jewish Cemetery and a marker designating a sharpshooter's line 1300' south-southwest of the Louisiana Memorial in the mowed bay between Union Avenue and Confederate Avenue. This unit was attached to Col. John B. Sanborn's 1st Brigade of Brig. Gen'ls Isaac F. Quinby & John E. Smith's 7th Division, Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson's XVII Army Corps and was commanded by Col. Jesse I. Alexander
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TOMMY BURGDORFadded this on 13 Mar 2011

Monuments for the 59th Indiana Siege of Vicksburg

Vicksburg MS Battle of Vicksburg where John S Hooten and brothers fought for the Union Monument is located 100 yards south of the Minnesota Memorial. Also a marker designating the assaults of 22 May 1863, located on Confederate Avenue at the Jewish Cemetery and a marker designating a sharpshooter's line 1300' south-southwest of the Louisiana Memorial in the mowed bay between Union Avenue and Confederate Avenue. This unit was attached to Col. John B. Sanborn's 1st Brigade of Brig. Gen'ls Isaac F. Quinby & John E. Smith's 7th Division, Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson's XVII Army Corps and was commanded by Col. Jesse I. Alexander
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John S Hooten

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John S Hooten

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59th Indiana Infantry

Battle of Vicksburg where John S Hooten and brothers fought for the Union Monument is located 100 yards south of the Minnesota Memorial. Also a marker designating the assaults of 22 May 1863, located on Confederate Avenue at the Jewish Cemetery and a marker designating a sharpshooter's line 1300' south-southwest of the Louisiana Memorial in the mowed bay between Union Avenue and Confederate Avenue. This unit was attached to Col. John B. Sanborn's 1st Brigade of Brig. Gen'ls Isaac F. Quinby & John E. Smith's 7th Division, Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson's XVII Army Corps and was commanded by Col. Jesse I. Alexander
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59th Indiana Infantry (Union)

59th Indiana Infantry (Union)

Organized at Logansport and Indianapolis, Ind., February 11, 1862. Moved to Commerce, Mo., February 18-22, the first Regiment to report to General Pope for duty with the Army of Mississippi. Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of Mississippi, to April, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of Mississippi, April, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of Mississippi, to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 7th Division, Left Wing 13th Army Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 7th Division, 16th Army Corps, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 7th Division, 17th Army Corps, to September, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 17th Army Corps, to December, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 15th Army Corps, to April, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 15th Army Corps, to July, 1865.

SERVICE.--Siege operations against New Madrid, Mo., March 3-14, 1862. Siege and capture of Island No. 10, Mississippi River, March 15-April 8. Expedition to Fort Pillow...   [ Read more » ]
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Union soldier

UNION INFANTRYMAN
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