INSCRIBED WITHIN IS THE OWNERSHIP AND MILITARY RECORD OF CAPT WILLIAM DENNY AND HIS SON LT COL WILLIAM DENNY JR, BOTH OF THE 51ST INDIANA VOLUNTEERS!
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This is a genuine piece of Civil War Indiana veteran history!!!
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More on the 51st Indiana and Capt Denny and his son Lt Col Denny:
Regiment Name 51 Indiana Infantry.
Regiment Name 51 Indiana Infantry.------------------------------------
COL. WILLIAM N. DENNY was born May 12, 1836, at Bruceville, Ind., the fourthof eleven children of William and Catharine (Cook) Denny. The father wasborn in Kentucky, in 1802, and came to Knox County, Ind., with his parentswhen but two years old. The grandparents, James and Catharine Denny, wereearly settlers of the county. The father was reared in this county, andwhen young joined the Presbyterian Church, and for forty years previous to his death was an elder in the church. He was a farmer and merchant, and for eight years was clerk of the circuit court; previous to that time he wasjustice of the peace and county commissioner. He was very energetic, and issaid to have organized nine different Sunday-schools, and successfullycarried them on. He will long be remembered as one of the most prominentand trustworthy men of the county. He died February 8, 1862. The motherwas born in central Tennessee in 1804, and is yet hale and strong, and theoldest member of the Presbyterian Church in the city of Vincennes. WilliamN. was reared in Knox County, and secured a limited early education, butafterward attended the Vincennes University. When twenty-four years old heentered the army in Company G, Fourteenth Indiana Infantry as first lieutenant, but was transferred to the Fifty-first Indiana Volunteers, andmade captain of Company E. of which his father had been captain but resigned.He was then promoted to different ranks, and finally to the colonelcy, whichhe held to the close of the war. While a captain he was captured and takento Libby prison, where he was for nearly two years, and then contracteddisease which yet disables him. He made his escape by cutting a hole througha car in which he was being transferred. After his return from the war hefarmed about a year, and was then appointed postmaster of Vincennes underGrant's administration, and served thirteen years, the longest term of anywho have held the office. Since that time he has carried on farming, andowns eighty acres of very fine land. He was married, May 24, 1866, to EllenK. Lemon, daughter of Benjamin F. Lemon, of Salem, Ill., who was one of theearly settlers of the Noarthwest Territory. She was born April 8, 1843, and has borne eight children, five now living, viz: Katie E., Florence G.,Gertrude L., Mary E. and Carrie C. Mr. and Mrs. Denny are members of theFirst Baptist Church of Vincennes, and are advocates of the temperance cause,Mrs. Denny being a very active and efficient worker. Mr. Denny is aRepublican, and was deputy clerk of the county.
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51st Regiment, Indiana Infantry
Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in December 14, 1861. Moved to Louisville, Ky., December 14; thence to Bardstown, Ky., and duty there till February, 1862. Attached to 20th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to January, 1862. 20th Brigade, 6th Division, Army of the Ohio, to September, 1862. 20th Brigade, 6th Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Left Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 21st Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to April, 1863. Streight's Provisional Brigade, Army of the Cumberland, to May, 1863. Prisoners of war till December, 1863. Post of Chattanooga, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to April, 1864. 1st Separate Brigade, Chattanooga, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to September, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to November, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 4th Army Corps, to August, 1865. Dept. of Texas to December, 1865.
SERVICE.-March to Nashville, Tenn., February 7-March 13, 1862, and to Savannah, Tenn., March 29-April 6. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 12. Buell's Campaign in Northern Alabama and Middle Tennessee June to August. Guarding Memphis & Charleston Railroad. March to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg August 21-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg to Loudon, Ky., October 1-22. Battle of Perryville October 8 (Reserve). March to Nashville, Tenn., October 22-November 7, and duty there till December 26. Prim's Blacksmith Shop, Edmonson Pike, December 25. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro till April. Reconnoissance to Nolensville and Versailles January 13-15. Streight's Raid to Rome, Ga., April 26-May 3. Dug Gap, Sand Mountain, Crooked Creek and Hog Mountain April 30. East Branch Black Warrior Creek May 1. Blount's Farm and near Centre May 2. Galesville (Cedar Bluff) May 3. Regiment captured. Exchanged November, 1863. Reorganized at Indianapolis, Ind., and rejoined army at Nashville, Tenn., December, 1863. (A detachment on Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7.) Assigned to duty as guard on Railroad, between Nashville and Chattanooga, till April, 1864. Duty at Chattanooga, Tenn., till September, 1864, and at Atlanta, Ga., till October. Action at Dalton, Ga., August 14-15. Pursuit of Hood into Alabama October 3-26. Nashville Campaign November-December. Columbia, Duck River, November 24-27. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. Columbia December 21. Duck River December 22. Non-Veterans mustered out December 14, 1864. Moved to Huntsville, Ala., and duty there till March, 1865. Operations in East Tennessee March 15-April 22. At Nashville till June. Ordered to New Orleans, La., June 16; thence to Texas, July. Duty at Green Lake and San Antonio till December. Mustered out at San Antonio December 13, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 55 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 6 Officers and 202 Enlisted men by disease. Total 264.
