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Private Samuel Jickling

Male 1845 - 1906  (61 years)


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  • Name Samuel Jickling 
    Prefix Private 
    Born 8 Feb 1845  East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Military Civil War  [3
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-18876 
    Died 16 Oct 1906  New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Buried Saint Anne's Cemetery, Annapolis, Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I18876  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Robert Jickling,   b. 28 May 1794, Heacham, , Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Apr 1872, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Mary Whidby,   b. 30 Dec 1807, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Apr 1872, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Family ID F4833  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Organized at Detroit, Mich., August 8 to 22, 1862. Left State for Washington, D. C., August 27. Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1863. Army of the Ohio to June, 1863, and Army of the Tennessee to August, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to January, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army Ohio, and Army Potomac, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to May, 1864. Acting Engineers, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, to September, 1864. Acting Engineers, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, to April, 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, to June, 1865.

      SERVICE.-Maryland Campaign September 6-22, 1862. Battle of South Mountain September 14. (Regiment afterwards designated the "Stonewall Regiment" for its achievements in this battle.) Battle of Antietam September 16-17. Duty in Maryland till October 30. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 18. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. Moved to Newport News, Va., February 14, thence to Louisville, Ky., March 19. To Bardstown, Ky., March 29. To Lebanon April 3. To Columbia April 29, and thence to Jameston, Ky., and duty there till June 4. Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., June 4-12. Siege of Vicksburg June 14-July 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss,, July 4-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Destruction of Mississippi Central Railroad at Madison Station July 18-20. At Milldale till August 3. Moved to Covington and Crab Orchard, Ky., August 3-24. March to Knoxville, Tenn., September 10-26. Action at Blue Springs October 10. Duty at Lenoir October 20 to November 14. Knoxville Campaign November 4-December 24. Lenoir Station November 14. Action at Campbell's Station November 16. Siege of Knoxville November 17-December 5. Repulse of Longstreet's assault on Fort Saunders November 29. Operations in East Tennessee till March, 1864. Moved to Nicholasville, Ky., thence to Annapolis, Md., March 17-April 5. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River May 4-June 15. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Ny River May 10; Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. Ox Ford May 23-24. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Bethesda Church June 1-3. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30, 1864. Six Mile House, Weldon Railroad, August 18-21. Poplar Springs Church, September 29-October 2. Reconnoissance on Vaughan and Squirrel Level Roads October 8. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28. Fort Stedman, Petersburg, March 25, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2. Occupation of Petersburg April 3. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Moved to Alexandria, Va., April 24-27. Grand Review May 23. Mustered out June 3, 1865.

      Regiment lost during service 7 Officers and 128 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 154 Enlisted men by disease. Total 289.

      Cemetery, Saint, North America, Anne County, and Saint Cemetery. 1845. "Pvt Samuel Jickling (1845-1906) - Find A Grave...". Findagrave.Com. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74524683/samuel-jickling.

  • Sources 
    1. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration.
      Name:Samuel Jickling
      Gender:Male
      Age:61
      Birth Date:abt 1845
      Birth Place:Ontario
      Death Date:16 Oct 1906
      Death Place:New Hamburg, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
      Religion:Baptist
      Res: Maryland
      Occ: soldier
      Cause of Death:Bright's Disease

    2. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74524683/samuel-jickling.

    3. [S3087] U.S., National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938.
      Name:Samuel Jickling
      Admission Age:60
      Birth Date:abt 1845
      Birth Place:Canada
      Enlistment Date:7 Jun 1862
      Enlistment Place:Kalamazoo Mich.
      Discharge Date:1 Jun 1865
      Discharge Place:Annapolis MD.
      Military Company:D.
      Military Regiment:17th Mich Inf
      Admission Date:1905
      Residence Date:1905
      Residence Place:Hampton, Virginia, USA
      Death Date:16 Oct 1906
      Notes:Roseburg Branch

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 8 Feb 1845 - East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 16 Oct 1906 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Saint Anne's Cemetery, Annapolis, Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States Link to Google Earth
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