Jacob Widaman
Jacob Widaman was born in Pennsylvania around 1833. By the early 1860s, he was living in Indiana and working as a tobacconist. He enlisted in the Union army on April 19, 1861, and mustered in as a captain in the 8th Indiana Infantry six days later. The regiment spent the next three months in western Virginia serving under General George B. McClellan, and the men took part in the Battle of Rich Mountain that July. He mustered out on August 6, 1861, but he reenlisted a month later and mustered in as a 1st lieutenant in Company G of the 8th Indiana Infantry on September 5. He was promoted to captain on March 5, 1863, and to major on May 1, 1865. He mustered out in Savannah, Georgia, on August 28, 1865. He died sometime after 1865.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (1182) | Widaman, Jacob | 1833 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Soldier
- Rank in: Captain
- Rank out: Major
- Rank highest: Major
- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 6
- (4829) [recipient] ~ Wesley B. Ridgeway Statement, 3 January 1865
- (4832) [writer] ~ Jacob Widaman Statement, 6 September 1864
- (4834) [writer] ~ Silas Good Furlough, 13 March 1863
- (4835) [writer] ~ Jacob Widaman to James W. Ripley, 8 August 1863
- (4837) [recipient] ~ Rodney McClave to Jacob Widaman, 24 February 1890
- (4838) [writer] ~ Jacob Widaman to Unknown, 3 March 1890
Places - Records: 1
- (277) [birth] ~ Pennsylvania
Regiments - Records: 1
- (395) [officer] [G] ~ 8th Indiana Infantry
SOURCES
Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865, available from Ancestry.com.
