Ira Powell Withers (1840 - 1863)

Born 1840 in Illinois, USA

Ancestors

Died 27 Apr 1863 at about age 23 in Millikens Bend, Madison, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Ira Withers served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: Aug 09, 1862
Mustered out: 27 APR 1863
Side: USA
Regiment(s): 116th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment

Ira Withers Died in Military Service during United States Civil War.

Ira enlisted in the 116th Illinois Infantry from Macon County Illinois. He died in Milliken's Bend, Louisiana in April of 1863. Milliken's Bend was a supply base on the Mississippi River for the Union Army in the Vicksburg campaign. A battle was fought there in June of 1863. Ira's regiment was involved in combat from April 29-May 2[1] Ira died from disease on 27 April 1863 rather than combat. His unit later fought in the assault on Vicksburg for which 8 other members of his regiment won Medals of Honor. His uncle Alexander Withers (abt.1821-1863), in the same regiment, died the previous month also of disease.

Name

Name: Ira Powell Withers^[1]

Birth

Date: 1840

Place: Illinois, USA^[2]

Death

Died of disease on 27 APR 1863 Milliken's Bend, , Louisiana, USA^[3][4]

Military Service

Enlisted: 09 AUG 1862

Company D, 116th Illinois Infantry, USA^[5][6][3]

Burial

Friends Creek Cemetery, Argenta, Macon County, Illinois, USA^[7]

Residence

Date: 1850

Place: Morgan, Illinois, USA^[8]

Residence:

Place: Friends Creek, Macon, Illinois, USA^[9][10]

Date: 1860

Place: Macon, Illinois, USA^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S90 Data: Text: Online publication - Historical Data Systems, comp.. American Civil War Soldiers [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999.Original data - Data compiled by Historical Data Systems of Kingston, MA form the <a href="a href="/handler/domainrd.ashx?domain=AncestryDomain&url=/search/rectype/military/cwrd/db.htm">following list of works</a>. Copyright 1997-2000 Historical Data Systems, Inc. PO Box 35 Duxbury.
2. ↑ Source: #S138 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for James WITHERS
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 Accessed on ancestry.com, December 2022.
   • View Ancestry Record 1555 #194181
4. ↑ Web: Illinois, U.S., Databases of Illinois Veterans Index, 1775-1995 Accessed on ancestry.com, December 2022.
   • View Ancestry Record 9759 #362609
5. ↑ United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSWK-DZ2 : 4 December 2014), Ira P. Withers, Private, Company D, 116th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Union; citing NARA microfilm publication M539 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 99; FHL microfilm 881,719.
6. ↑ American Civil War Soldiers Accessed on ancestry.com, December 2022.
   • View Ancestry Record 3737 #7005525
7. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #44271159
8. ↑ Accessed on ancestry.com, December 2022.
   • View Ancestry Record 8054 #19259158
9. ↑ Source: #S90 Data: Text: Online publication - Historical Data Systems, comp.. American Civil War Soldiers [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999.Original data - Data compiled by Historical Data Systems of Kingston, MA form the <a href="a href="/handler/domainrd.ashx?domain=AncestryDomain&url=/search/rectype/military/cwrd/db.htm">following list of works</a>. Copyright 1997-2000 Historical Data Systems, Inc. PO Box 35 Duxbury.
10. ↑ Source: #S138 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for James WITHERS
11. ↑ United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX4D-349 : 30 December 2015), Ira Withers in entry for James Withers, 1860.

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