Robert H. Forder
Robert H. Forder was born around 1844 in Indiana to William and Maria Forder. His father was a farmer who owned $7,500 of real estate and $600 of personal property by 1860. He grew up and attended school in Washington, Indiana, and by 1860, he was working as a laborer on his father’s farm. He enlisted in the Union army on August 18, 1862, and he mustered in as a private in Company B of the 16th Indiana Infantry later that day. The regiment took part in the Vicksburg campaign. He died in Memphis, Tennessee, on November 10, 1863.
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DATABASE CONTENT
(1603)Forder, Robert H.18441863-11-10
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Private
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 13

  • (5525) [writer] ~ Robert H. Forder to William Forder and Sarah A. Forder, 10 August 1862
  • (5526) [associated with] ~ Emily E. Forder to William Forder and Sarah A. Forder, 3 August 1862
  • (5537) [writer] ~ Robert H. Forder to William Forder and Sarah A. Forder, February 1862
  • (5691) [associated with] ~ William Forder to Sarah A. Forder, 9 December 1863
  • (5698) [writer] ~ Robert H. Forder to Winfield S. Hubbard, 19 September 1863
  • (5701) [writer] ~ Robert H. Forder to Sarah A. Forder, 14 August 1863
  • (5711) [associated with] ~ William Forder to Sarah A. Forder, 6 June 1863
  • (5717) [writer] ~ Robert H. Forder to Peter T. Hubbard, undated
  • (5721) [associated with] ~ William Forder to Sarah A. Forder, undated
  • (5745) [associated with] ~ George Hubbard and Charlotte Hubbard to William Forder et al., 29 August 1862
  • (5756) [associated with] ~ Emily E. Forder and Maria Forder to Sarah A. Forder, 13 October 186X
  • (5764) [writer] ~ Robert H. Forder to William Forder, 21 April 18XX
  • (5767) [recipient] ~ Maria Forder et al. to William Forder et al., 9 February 18XX

People - Records: 9

  • (1603) Forder, Robert H. is the [sibling-in-law of] (1586) Forder, Sarah A.
  • (1603) Forder, Robert H. is the [sibling of] (1587) Forder, William
  • (1603) Forder, Robert H. is the [sibling of] (1591) Forder, Albert
  • (1604) Forder, Emily E. is the [sibling of] (1603) Forder, Robert H.
  • (1608) Batt, Frederick is the [aunt/uncle of] (1603) Forder, Robert H.
  • (1615) Forder, Maria is the [parent of] (1603) Forder, Robert H.
  • (1684) Forder, James F. is the [sibling of] (1603) Forder, Robert H.
  • (1686) Forder, Milton is the [sibling of] (1603) Forder, Robert H.
  • (1687) Forder, Mary A. is the [sibling of] (1603) Forder, Robert H.

Places - Records: 2

  • (379) [birth] ~ Indiana
  • (136) [death] ~ Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (517) [enlisted] [B] ~ 16th Indiana Infantry
SOURCES

1850 and 1860 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com.