William H. Deal

William H. Deal

Male 1820 - 1874  (53 years)

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  • Name William H. Deal 
    Born 07 Dec 1820  Washington, Putnam County, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Ronald L. Baker, "From Needmore to Prosperity, Hoosier Place Names" (1995): Putnam County was "Named for General Israel Putnam, Revolutionary War officer."
    Gender Male 
    Died 16 Nov 1874  Harrison County, Iowa, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Oak Grove Cemetery, Missouri Valley/St. Johns, Harrison County, Iowa, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System:

      "William H. Deal, Union Army, Co. G, 123rd Indiana Infantry; Rank in Private, Rank out Private.

      William H. Deal, Union Army, Co. E, 59th Indiana Infantry; Rank in Private, Rank out Corporal."

      National Park Service: "UNION INDIANA VOLUNTEERS. 123rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry. Organized at Greensburg, Terre Haute and Indianapolis, Ind., December 25, 1863, to March 7, 1864. Left State for Nashville, Tenn., March 18, 1864. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to June, 1864. 4th Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to August, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to December, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to February, 1865, and Dept. of North Carolina to August, 1865.

      SERVICE.-March to Charleston, Tenn., April 7-24, 1864. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to September 8. Demonstrations on Dalton, Ga., May 8-13. Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Movements on Dallas May 18-25. Operations on Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes Creek June 19. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Ruff's Mill July 3-4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Utoy Creek August 5-7. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. Nashville Campaign November-December. In front of Columbia November 24-27. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. At Clifton, Tenn., till January 15, 1865. Movement to Washington, D. C.; thence to Morehead City, N. C., January 15-February 24. Campaign of the Carolinas March 1-April 26. Advance on Kinston and Goldsboro March 1-21. Battle of Wise's Forks March 6-8. Kinston March 14. Occupation of Goldsboro March 21. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. Duty at Charlotte and Raleigh, N. C., till August. Mustered out August 25, 1865.

      Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 47 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 131 Enlisted men by disease. Total 183."


      National Park Service: "UNION INDIANA VOLUNTEERS. 59th Regiment, Indiana Infantry. Organized at Gosport 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, Tenn., April 13-17. Moved to Hamburg Landing, Tenn., April 18-22. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Pursuit to Booneville May 30-June 12. Duty at Clear Creek till August 6, and at Jacinto till September 18. March to Iuka, Miss., September 18-20. Battle of Corinth October 3-4. Pursuit to Ripley October 5-12. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign. Operations on Mississippi Central Railroad November 2, 1862, to January 10, 1863. Reconnoissance from LaGrange November 8-9, 1862. Duty at Memphis January 12 to February 24, 1863. Yazoo Pass Expedition by Moon Lake, Yazoo Pass and Coldwater and Tallahatchie Rivers February 24-April 8. Operations against Fort Pemberton and Greenwood March 13-April 5. Moved to Milliken's Bend, La., April 13. Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battle of Port Gibson May 1 (Reserve). Jones' Cross Roads and Willow Springs May 3. Battles of Raymond May 12; Jackson May 14; Champion's Hill May 16. Siege of Vicksburg May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Surrender of Vicksburg July 4. Duty there till September 13. Movement to Memphis, Tenn., thence march to Chattanooga, Tenn., September 13-November 20. Operations on Memphis & Charleston Railroad in Alabama October 20-29. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Tunnel Hill November 23-25. Mission Ridge November 25. Pursuit to Graysville November 26-27. Duty at Bridgeport and Huntsville, Ala., December 18, 1863, to June 22, 1864. Re-enlisted January 1, 1864. Guard Bridge at Etowah River July 13-August 26. Ordered to Chattanooga, Tenn., August 26. Pursuit of Wheeler August 27-31. Duty at Chattanooga till September 21, and at Etowah River till November 12. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Salkehatchie Swamp, S. C., February 2-5. South Edisto River February 9. North Edisto River February 12-13. Columbia February 16-17. Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 19-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D. C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 19. Grand Review May 24. Moved to Louisville, Ky., June, and there mustered out July 17, 1865.

      Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 36 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 229 Enlisted men by disease. Total 266."

    • U.S. Census Washington, Putnam County, IN 1860: "William H. Deal, age 30 b. Abt. 1821 Indiana, farmer real estate owned $3000 other property $930, wife Lavina R., age 35 b. Abt. 1835 North Carolina; five children b. Indiana: John L. 12, Rebecca C. 10, Peter R. 7, Adaline 5, Emily 2."

      U.S. Census Garrett, Douglas County, IL 1870: "W.H. Deal, age 49 b. Abt. 1821 Indiana, farmer real estate owned $5160 other property $800, wife Lavina, age 44 b. Abt. 1826 North Carolina; six children b. Indiana: J. Deal age 29 b. Abt. 1841, farmhand, s. Pitts 17 farmhand, Sarah 15, Emily E. 13, William J. 11, Joseph E. 6."
    Person ID I0234  Complete
    Last Modified 15 Apr 2013 

    Father John Deal,   b. 11 Oct 1799, Lincoln County, North Carolina, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 01 Dec 1880, St Johns, Harrison County, Iowa, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Sarah Barnett,   b. 12 Nov 1801, Washington County, Kentucky, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 May1862, St Johns, Harrison County, Iowa, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 17 Feb 1820  Harrison County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • This marriage is one of seven Deal family marriages performed between 1815 and 1821 in Harrison County, IN: John, Andrew, Daniel, Elizabeth, Mary, Michael, & Moses Deal.
    Family ID F243  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lavina R. Wetherly,   b. Mar 1824, North Carolina, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jun 1905, Holden, Johnson County, Missouri, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 81 years) 
    Married 31 Mar1844  Washington, Putnam County, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. John L. D. Deal,   b. Abt. 1847, Washington, Putnam County, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Rebecca C. Deal,   b. Abt. 1849, Washington, Putnam County, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Peter R. Deal,   b. Abt. 1853, Washington Township, Putnam County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Sarah Adaline Deal,   b. Abt. 1855, Washington Township, Putnam County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Emily Deal,   b. 1858, Washington Township, Putnam County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. William John Deal,   b. Abt. 1860, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Joseph Elza Deal,   b. Abt. 1864, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 15 Apr 2013 
    Family ID F255  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 07 Dec 1820 - Washington, Putnam County, Indiana, U.S.A. Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 16 Nov 1874 - Harrison County, Iowa, U.S.A. Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Oak Grove cemetery, Missouri Valley/St. Johns, Harrison County, Iowa, U.S.A. Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 31 Mar1844 - Washington, Putnam County, Indiana, U.S.A. Link to Google Earth
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  • Headstones
    William H Deal (1820-1874)
    William H Deal (1820-1874)

    Oak Grove Cemetery, Missouri Valley/St. Johns, Harrison County, IA
    John Deal and Sarah Barnett in Oak Grove Cemetery - Dave Howard in the Middle
    John Deal and Sarah Barnett in Oak Grove Cemetery - Dave Howard in the Middle

    John and Sarah are Dave's 4x great uncle and aunt. John Deal's brother Andrew Deal married Sarah Barnett's sister Mary Barnett and they were Dave's 3x great-grandparents.

    Census Records
    U.S. Census Washington, Putnam County, IN 1850:  Deal, Barnett, and Killion Families
    U.S. Census Washington, Putnam County, IN 1850: Deal, Barnett, and Killion Families

    Adjacent households:

    "William H. Deal, age 30 b. Abt. 1820 Indiana, farmer no real estate owned, wife Lavina, age 24 b. Abt. 1826 North Carolina; two children b. Indiana: John L.D. 3, Rebecca C. age one.

    Isaac Barnett, age 23 b. Abt. 1827 Indiana, farmer, wife Mary age 24 b. Indiana.

    Mary [Barnett, widow of Andrew] Deal, age 42 b. Abt. 1808 Indiana; eight children b. Indiana: Lucinda J. 22, Mary A. 20, Solomon J. 14, Isaac W. 10, Lucretia J. 8, Nancy A. 6, James A.L. 4, John E. one.

    [In November 1850 at age 50, Andrew died in Washington, Putnam, IN 'of congestion/chills that he had had for 35 years' (1850 Indiana Mortality Index, Vol III) and before being enumerated in U.S. Census for 1850.]

    Daniel Deal, age 25 b. Indiana, farmer, real estate owned $1000, wife Marinda, age 27 b. Abt. 1823 Indiana; [step-son] Columbus P. Deal [sic], age 5 b. Indiana.

    John Deal, age 51 b. About 1799 North Carolina, farmer real estate owned $8000, wife Sarah, age 49 b. Abt. 1801 Kentucky; six children b. Indiana: Rachel 20, Sarah 18, Eliza 16, Joseph A. 14, John B. 12, Elias F. 8

    Peter Deal, age 24 b. Abt. 1826 Indiana, farmer no real estate owned, wife Melinda, age 20 b. Abt. 1830 Indiana.

    Mathias Killion, age 46 b. Abt. 1804 North Carolina, farmer real estate owned $1500, wife Lucinda, age 22 b. Tennessee; eight children b. Indiana: James 22, Sarah A. 19, John 17, Adam 15, William 13, Henry 10, Enos 4, Mathias 2."