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Family Tree: John & Mary Grant (4-2-09) Generation - 4 |
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John Grant Sr. |
Mary Wallcraft |
William Richard Ward |
Fanny Lafferty |
| B: 3/16/1809 D: 9/11/1894 | B: ____1805 D: 6/26/1870 |
B: abt 1824 D: abt 1901 |
B: abt 1823 D: |
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Married:: abt 1843 |
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John Grant Jr. B: 3/3/1841 (Stratford-on-Avon, England) D: 6/10/1912 (Juneau Co. WI) |
Mary Ward B: 10/7/1849 (Cattaraugus Co. NY) D: 4/12/1897 (Juneau Co. WI) |
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Married: 1/20/1866 Summit Township, Juneau Co. WI |
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7th Wisconsin Infantry The companies for the Seventh Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry were recruited in Lodi, Fall River, Platteville, Stoughton, Montello, Lancaster, Grand Rapids, Fennimore, Beloit, and Dodge County. They were ordered into and organized at Camp Randall, in Madison, WI, during the last week in August, 1861. The companies were then mustered into the service of the United States by the U.S. Army officers not long after they arrived in camp, on the 16th of September, 1861. Captain McIntyre and Major Brooks were the mustering officers at Madison, and Captain J.M. Trowbridge at Milwaukee. The regiment left the state of Wisconsin on the 21st, and reached Washington, D.C. on October 1, 1861. There it joined Brig. General Rufus King’s command, becoming part of the same brigade to which the Second and Sixth Wisconsin had heretofore been assigned (and later the 19th Indiana). They continued in the same brigade, division, and corps until the surrender of the Confederates under General Lee to the Union Army commanded by General Grant, April 19, 1865 at Appamattox Court House in Virginia.
The Brigade saw it’s first serious action on August 28, 1862 at Brawner’s Farm, Groveton, VA, where along with Battery B, 4th US Artillery, it destroyed a third of the attacking Stonewall Brigade lead by the famous Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson. Groveton was costly for the Brigade as well, resulting in 751 casualties for the mid-westerners.
It was a few weeks later on September 14, 1862, in the battle of Turner’s Gap at South Mountain, that the Brigade proved itself. As the unit advanced up Turner’s Gap, to the dug-in positions of the confederate soldiers, they took heavy fire. By nightfall the advance had been nearly ground to a halt. With fierce fighting the entire day, it was said that the rifles of the 6th Wisconsin regiment were too hot to load. For the 7th Wisconsin, which was located in front of the stone wall, held by the defending Confederates, the fighting was so fierce for the whole day that they were almost out of ammunition. The Confederates thinking that the 7th was retreating because of the slow-down in fire, began to advance. Far from retreating, the 7th Wisconsin charged the advancing confederates with fixed bayonets. Only at close range did the 7th unleash their last few rounds of ammunition, breaking the Confederate line and forcing their retreat. Despite the 318 casualties of this battle the courage and valor displayed by the men caused General McClellen to give this Brigade the nickname "Iron Brigade". It was in this battle that John Grant Jr. was wounded and later had his leg amputated. |
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1 F Emma Jane Grant |
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2 F Julia Grant |
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3 F Nellie G. Grant |
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