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1861 – 1865
How these names were found: Chapman prints no Penn enlistment list; the township's Civil War men have to be recovered one by one from his Penn Township biographies and checked against Howard's printed company rosters. Five men survive that double test with their service stated in both dimensions, and a sixth family carries the war in its sons. Each is printed with his two records; a name found in only one dimension is not promoted past it.
Daniel Judie (b. Penn Township, 22 March 1842) — Chapman: "He served three years in the late war, in Co. F, 29th Reg't Ind. Vol. Inf., and participated in many of the most bloody battles. His cap was shot from his head in the battle of Shiloh." Howard's roster of the 29th's Company F recruits carries "Daniel Judie" independently. He survived, came home to the township, ran a threshing machine, and stands in Howard's Penn cemeteries roll. His family's whole entry stands in the People file.
Eli O. Newman — Chapman: he "served in the late war in Co. I, 9th Ind. V. I., and participated in the battles of Stone River, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge, Atlanta campaign, Franklin, Nashville, and others, twenty eight in all." Howard's three-years roster of Company I carries "Eli O. Newman." On furlough in 1862 he married Caroline Moon, daughter of Nelson Moon of section 6 — the 1812 soldier's granddaughter marrying the township's most-battled survivor — and farmed section 1 after the war.
Henry S. Plumb of Osceola — the one veteran seated in the town itself by both books. Chapman: he spent "three years in the late war, in Co. A, 17th Ill. V. I.; he participated in the battles of Fort Donelson, Shiloh, siege of Corinth, siege of Vicksburg and others; he came to this county in 1864" — and in 1870 "engaged in the mercantile business in Oceola [sic]." Howard's Auten Post "Our Honored Dead" list gives "Plumb, H. S., A, 17 Ill. Inft.," and he stands in the Penn cemeteries roll. An Illinois regiment for an Ohio-born man who had lived three years in Illinois before the war: the record is printed as both books print it. His store, his marriage to the miller's daughter Alma Bancroft the day after he arrived, and his family stand in the People file.
James A. Roper — Chapman: "served three years and eight months in the late war in Co. F, 48th Ind. Vol. Inf., and participated in the battles of Iuka, Corinth, Raymond, Jackson, siege of Vicksburg, Tunnel Hill and others, and accompanied Sherman's army in his noted march to the sea." Howard's Company F privates carry him as "Jas. Albert Roper" — the name form differs slightly between the books and both forms are printed. He survived.
John H. Quigg — Chapman: "He served in the late war in Co. H, 138th Ind. V. I., for six months; was Deputy Provost Marshal in Mishawaka up to the time of his enlistment." Howard's 138th roster lists "John H. Quigg, Lieutenant" in the county company, and Quigg stands in the Penn cemeteries roll. His working seat was Mishawaka (boundary); his burial-roll entry is Penn Township's.
The Pulling sons: Charles K. Pulling of section 8 — Chapman records only: "His sons, George and John, were soldiers in the late war." No company is given in either book, and neither son appears on Chapman's county Roll of Honor, so on that record they survived. No regiment is assigned to them here; the Adjutant General's rosters (Terrell) are the named settler, in the closing register.
At the boundary: two Mishawaka-seated men whose records cross the township's biographies — E. Volney Bingham, born in this township in 1844, who "entered the late war in Co. G., 48th Ind. Vol. Inf., and was afterward promoted to Sergeant Major" (Chapman), while Howard's roster presentation places him as Sergeant Major in Company B's block — the sergeant major was regimental staff, and the two statements are printed as both books make them; and Ed. A. Jernegan, eleven months in Company K, 73rd, transferred to the navy, then Company D, 138th — a Mishawaka lawyer. Both are Mishawaka's to count; they are named here so the township's own list is not silently swollen by them.
Sources:
- Chapman, Penn Township biographies — Judie, p. 820; Newman, pp. 831–832; Plumb, p. 834; Roper, p. 836; Quigg, pp. 834–835; Pulling, p. 834; Bingham, p. 803; Jernegan, p. 819.
- Howard, Ch. XIV §1 rosters — 9th Co. I, p. 718; 29th Co. F, p. 721; 48th Co. F, p. 723; 138th Co. H, p. 728; Auten Post honored dead, p. 741.