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Martha was the 2nd marriage for Eleazer.
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Sent by Kenneth Macy and Colleen Milbocker.
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Eli Hiatt, b. 26 Nov. 1842; D. in Army, Civil War. One story said that he
was buried on the East Bank of the Tennessee River, at Pillsburg Landing.
Another account gave that he died of the fever at Gettysburg.
Reference: General Services Administration, National Archivees & Records
Service The National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue, Washington 25 D.C.
Hiatt, Eli Private, Co. E died May 15, 1862 Grave #4099. Buried at
Corinth, Mississippi.
Eli Enlisted in the Union Army with Company E 57th Indiana Inf. Volunteers
on May 15th, 1862.
See notes also under Amer Jackson Bales.
57th Regiment Infantry
(3 years)
Organized and mustered in at Richmond, Indiana, November 18, 1861.
January, 1862, 21st Brigadee, Army Ohio. January 1862, 21st Brigade, 6th
Division, Army Ohio. Sept. 1862, 21st Brigade, 6th Division, 2nd Corps, Army
Ohio. Brigade, 1st Division, 21st Corps, Cumberland. Oct. 1863, 2nd Brigade,
2nd Division, 4th Corps, Department of Texas.
At Indianapolis, Indiana, till December 23. Left state for Kentucky
December 23, and duty at Bardstown and Lebanon, Ky., till Feb. 1862. Attatched
to 21st Brigade, Army of the Ohio, Jan. 1862. 21st Brigade, 6th Division, Army
of the Ohio, to September 1862. 21st Brigade, 6th Div., Army of the Ohio, to
November 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Left Wing 14th Army Corps, Army
of the Cumberland, to October 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps,
Army of the Cumberland, to June 1865. 1st Brigade, 2nd division, 4th Army
Corps, to August 1865. Department of Texas, to December 1865.
SERVICE
Marched through Central Kentucky to Nashville, Tennessee, February 10 to
March 13, 1862. March to Savannah, Tennessee, March 21 to April 6. Battle of
Shiloh, Tenn., April 6,7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Mississippi, April
29 to May 30th. Pursuit to Booneville, May 31 to June 6th. Buell's Campaign
in Northern Alabama and Middle Tennessee, along Memphis & Charleston Railroad,
June to August. March to Louisville, Kentucky, October 1 to the 22nd. Battle
of Perryville, Ky., October 8. March to Nashville, December 11. Advance on
Murfreesvoro, December 26 to 30th. Battle of Stone's River, December 30-31,
1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro till June. Reconnoissance
to Nolensville and Versailles, January 13-15th. Middle Tennessee (or
Tullahoma) Campaign, June 23 - July 7th. Camp near Pelham till Aug. 17.
Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga,
Georgia, Campaign Aug. 17th to September 22. Occupation of Chattanooga,
Tenn., Sept. 9, and September 22nd to November 23. Chattanooga to Ringold
campaign, November 23-27th. Orchard Knob, November 23-24. Mission Ridge, Nov.
25th. Pursuit to Graysville, November 23-27th. March to relief of Knoxville,
November 28th to December 8th. Operations in East Tennessee till April 1864.
Operations about Dandridge, January 16-17. Atlanta, Georgia, Campaign, May
1st to Sept 8. Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton, May 8 to 13.
Buzzard's Roost Gap, May 8 and 9. Battle at Resaca, May 14th and 15th.
Adairsville, May 17th. Near Kingston, May 18 - 19. Near Cassville, May 19.
Advance on Dallas, May 22-25. Operations on line of Pumkin Vine Creek and
battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills, May 25 to June 5.
Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Moutain, June 10th to July 2.
Pine Hill, June 10th to 14th.
Lost Mountain, June 15-17. Assault on Kenesaw, June 27th. Ruff's
Station, Smyrna Camp Ground July 4th. Chattahoochee River, July 5th to 17th.
Buckheead, Nancy's Creek, July 18. Peach Tree Creek, July 19th to 20th. Siege
of Atlanta, July 22nd to August 25th. Flank movement on Jonesboro, Aug. 25th
to 30th. Battle of Jonesboro, Aug. 31 to Sept. 1 Lovejoy Station, Sept. 2-6.
Nashville Campaign, November - December. Columbia, Duck River, November 24th
to 27th. Spring Hill, of Hood to the Tennessee River, Dec. 17th to 28th.
Moved to Huntsville, Alabama, and duty there till March 1865. Operations in
the East Tennessee, March 15th to April 22nd. At Nashville till June. Ordered
to New Orleans, Louisiana, June 16th; thence to Texas, July. Duty at Green
Lake and San Antonio till December.
ACTIONS
Battle of Pittsburg Landing or Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7, 1862; Advance on
and siege of Corinth, Mississippi, April 29th to May 30, 1862. Battle of
Perryville, Kentucky, October 8, 1862. Pursuit from Perryville to Loudon,
Keentucky, October 10th to 22nd, 1862. Skirmish near Nashville, Tenn. Dec. 11,
1862. Battle of Stone River, Murfreeboro, Tenn., Dec. 30th, 1862 to January
3, 1863. Reconnoissance from Murfreesboro to Nolensville, and
Versailles, Tenn., January 13th to 15th, 1863. Campaign in Middle Tennessee,
or Tullahoma Campaign, Tenn., June 23 to July 7, 1863. Occupation of Middle
Teennesseee, passage of Cumberland Mountains and Chickamauga, Georgia,
Campaign, Aug. 16th to Sept 22, 1863. Occupation of Chattanooga, Tenn. Sept.
9, 1863. Campaign, Chattanooga, Tenn., Ringold, Georgia, Nov. 23rd to 27th,
1863. Engagement, Orchard Knob, Indian Hill, Tennessee, November 23rd, 1863.
Assault and capture of Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, November 24-25, 1863.
March to relief of Knoxville, Tenn., November 27th to December 8, 1863.
Operations about Dandridgee, Tenn., Jan 16th and 17th, 1864. Campaign against
Atlanta, Georgia, May 1 to September 8th, 1864. Demonstrations against Dalton,
Georgia, May 9th to 13th, 1864. Combat, Buzzard's Roost Gap, or Mill Creek,
Georgia, May 8-9, 1864. Demonstration against Rocky Faced Ridge, Georgia, May
8-11, 1864. Engagement, Adairsville, Georgia, May 17th, 1864. Battle of
Resaca, Georgia, May 14, 15, 1864. Combats neear Kingston, Georgia, May
18-19, 1864. Combats near Cassville, Georgia, May 18th 19th, 1864. Operations
on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and
Allatoona Hills, Georgia, June 10th to July2, 1864. Combats about Pine Hill,
Georgia, June 11-14, 1864. Combats about Lost Mountain, Georgia, June 15-17,
1864. Skirmish, Buckhead, Nancy's Creek, Geeorgia, July 18, 1864. Battle of
Peach Tree Creek, Georgia, July 19th - 20th, 1864. Siefe of Atlanta, Georgia,
July 23 to Aug. 25th, 1864. Flank movement on Jonesboro, Georgia, Aug.
25-30th, 1864. Skirmishes in front of Columbia, Tenn., November 24th-27th,
1864. Battle of Franklin, Tenn., November 30th, 1864. Battle of Nashville,
Tenn., December 15-16, 1864. Operations in Northern Alabama and Eastern
Tennessee, January 31st to April 24th, 1865.
Regiment Mustered Out December 14th, 1865.
Regiment lost during service, six officers and 97 enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded, and two officers and 170 enlisted men by disease. Total 275.
- Dyer's Compendium, pages 662-981 and 1140.
The 57th arrived at the Union depot yesterday morning, marched up Meridian
to Washington street and thence to the Soldier's Home, where it took quarters
in the new building. The regiment is in command of Major Blanch, and numbers
about 240 men. It left Chattanooga, on Saturday last, making a quick trip.
The men look well and have that manly bearing and proud step which so
distinquishes our veterans. Indianapolis Journal, March 4, 1864.
The 57th Indiana left for the front on Saturday eveneing in command of
Colonel George M. Lennard. It obtained over sixty recruits during its fulough.
Indianapolis Journal, April 11, 1864.
Thee 57th Infantry was mustered out at New Orleans on the 23rd inst., and
were immediately put en route for Indianapolis. The regiment numbers 26
officers and 195 men, and is commandeeed by Colonel J. S. Mc Graw. The
regiment was raised in the 5th district. Indianapolis Journal, Deceember 27th,
1865.
Presentaiton of a Flag
This flag of the Fifty Seventh Regiment Indiana Veteran Volunteers was
furnished by the State and presented to the command by Govenor Morton in March,
1864, while in the State on veteran furlough.
It was borne by some members of the regiment in the engagement at Rocky
Faced Ridge, Resaca, New Hope Church, Kenesaw Mountain, June 18, 23rd and 27th,
Peach Tree Creeek, Siege of Atlanta, Jonesboro and Lovejoy's Station in
Georgia, and Spring Hill, Tennessee.
At Franklin, Tenn., November 30th, 1864, the flag was borne by Color
Sergeant Robert H. Heuchan, afterwards promoted Captain of Company C. Captain
Heuchan, prior to the Civil War, was a resident of Muncie and was employed by
the Union Carriage Company. He now resides at Commerce, Missouri. In the
shock of the fierce contest, when the enemy made a temporary lodgement on the
Union Works, Heuchan was stunned and knocked down by a blow from thee butt of a
muskeet, and the flag was captured. He was for a time among the Confederates,
but darkness permitted his escape after recovery from the effects of the blow.
Flag Recovered
Twenty-one years passed. In 1885 Parson's Confederate brigadee held a
reunion at Cleburne, Texas. W. D. Wiley, Department Commander Grand Army of
the Republic, of Texas, and others who wore the blue, were present as honored
guests of the Confederate Brigade. During the proceedings, Major E. M. Heath
and Captain W. H. Beal, Ex Confederate officers, called attention to the fact
that a brave soldier, Wiley M. Cook, late a corporal of the Thirteenth
Tennessee Infantry, Confederate, then a resident and citizen of Texas, had in
his possssion and on the grounds the regimental flag of the Fifty-Seventh
Indiana, which he had captured at Franklin, Tenn., in November, 1864, and had
taken care of for twenty years, hoping he would find some representative of
that command to whom he could return the priceless relic. At the annual
reunion of the Fify-Seventh, held that year in Kokomo, Indiana, the long lost
flag was returned, Department Commander Wiley, Major Heath, Captain Veal and
Corporal Crook being the escorts. How the city of Kokomo opened wide her
doors; how the delegation was received, and how Corporal Crook and his
war-time relic were welcomed by the boys in blue are part of the proceedings at
the Kokomo reunion. The exercises were held in the fair ground in the
presence of several thousand people. General D. N. Foster, Department
Commander Grand Army of the Republic of Indiana, was the presiding officer at
that interesting occation, and on behalf of Indiana received from Department
Commander Wiley the historic flag. Rev. T. D. Tharp, late Lieutenant of
Company F., received the colors for the regiment, and Major Heath commended
Corporal Crook, who stood by his side, for his upright life and good
citizenship. Hon. Stanton J. Peels, of Washington D.C., late lieutenant of
Company K., presented Mr. Crook a gold medal bearing the inscription, "57th
Ind. Vols. to Wiley M. Crook, 13th Tenn. CSA, Kokomo, Indiana, September 22,
1885". At the close, Lieutenant Hines suggested and the audience sang "Praise
God From Whom All Blessings Flow."
For twenty-four years the flag has been carried to each annual reunion. It
was kept securely rolled upon the new staff furnished by the State of Texas
from a timber which does not decay, to describe the bond of fraternal
friendship which it is hoped will always exist between the states of Texas and
Indiana. Some years ago, Sergeant Walter P. Wilson, since deceased, inscribed
the names of the engagements in which the regiment bore a part, upon silk
ribbon and attached them to the flag.
At the thirteenth annual reunion, held in Muncie, Indiana, September 29th
and 30th, 1909, a committee was appointed, consisting of Captain Heuchan,
Lietenant Hines and Sergeant Kerwood, who were instructed to place the flag
among the archives of the State.
Died in the army perhaps Civil War Buried on the east bank of the Tenn
River at Pillsburg Landing. another account from fever at Gettysburg in the
Civil War.