George W. Young
George W. Young was born around 1841 in Indiana to Amaziah and Mary Young. His father was a farmer who owned $600 of real estate in 1850. The family lived in Otter Creek, Indiana, until the 1850s, when they moved to Brown, Indiana. He enlisted in the Union army on June 12, 1861, and he mustered in as a private in Company D of the 17th Indiana Infantry later that day. In July 1861, he wrote that he was "spoiling for a fight."  
 
The regiment took part in the siege of Corinth and the Battle of Chickamauga. He was eventually promoted to corporal. He denounced northern Peace Democrats, declaring that he "would rather shoot a Copperhead than a cursed half starved reb." He died near Farmington, Tennessee, on October 7, 1863.
1981
DATABASE CONTENT
(1981)Young, George W.18411863-10-07
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Corporal
  • Rank highest: Corporal
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 71

  • (6320) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Amaziah Young, 19 July 18XX
  • (6321) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Amaziah Young et al., 31 May 1861
  • (6322) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Friends, 3 July 1861
  • (6323) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Amaziah Young and Mary Young, 11 July 1861
  • (6324) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Sister, 15 July 1861
  • (6325) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Amaziah Young et al., 13 July 1861
  • (6326) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Amaziah Young and Mary Young, 2 August 1861
  • (6333) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Amaziah Young, 8 August 1861
  • (6334) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Rebecca B. Young, 5 August 1861
  • (6335) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Amaziah Young, 15 August 1861
  • (6336) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Amaziah Young, 18 August 1861
  • (6337) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Mary Young, 6 September 1861
  • (6338) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Mary Young, 16 September 1861
  • (6339) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Sister, 17 September 1861
  • (6340) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Mary Young, 26 September 1861
  • (6345) [associated with] ~ William A. Minor to Rebecca B. Young, 26 September 1861
  • (6346) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Rebecca B. Young, 28 September 1861
  • (6347) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Mary Young, 11 October 1861
  • (6348) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Sister, 11 October 1861
  • (6349) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Mary Young and Sister, 13 October 1861
  • (6350) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Rebecca B. Young, 16 October 1861
  • (6351) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Mary Young, 23 October 1861
  • (6352) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Mary Young, 1 November 1861
  • (6353) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Mary Young, 8 November 1861
  • (6354) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Mary Young, 17 November 1861
  • (6355) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Mary Young, 25 November 1861
  • (6356) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Rebecca B. Young, 2 December 1861
  • (6357) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Mary Young et al., 20 December 1861
  • (6358) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Mary Young et al., 29 December 1861
  • (6363) [associated with] ~ William A. Minor to Rebecca B. Young, 25 January 1862
  • (6364) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Mary Young and Rebecca B. Young, 13 February 1862
  • (6365) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Rebecca B. Young, 4 March 1862
  • (6366) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Mary Young, 5 March 1862
  • (6368) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Mary Young, 12 April 1862
  • (6369) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Mary Young, 10 June 1862
  • (6370) [recipient] ~ Unknown to George W. Young, 21 July 1862
  • (6371) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Mary Young, 11 August 1862
  • (6372) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Rebecca B. Young, 29 August 1862
  • (6373) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Mary Young, 29 September 1862
  • (6377) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Mary Young, 28 November 1862
  • (6386) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Amaziah Young and Mary Young, 13 December 1862
  • (6387) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Amaziah Young and Mary Young, 9 January 1863
  • (6388) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Amaziah Young and Mary Young, 26 January 1863
  • (6393) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Mary Young, 9 April 1863
  • (6395) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Mary Young and Sister, 11 May 186X
  • (6396) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Mary Young, 31 May 1863
  • (6397) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Amaziah Young, 3 June 1863
  • (6398) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Rebecca B. Young, 9 June 1863
  • (6399) [recipient] ~ William A. Owens to George W. Young, 6 July 1863
  • (6400) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Mary Young, 30 July 1863
  • (6401) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Amaziah Young, 5 August 1863
  • (6409) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Amaziah Young, 27 August 1863
  • (6410) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Mary Young, 2 September 1863
  • (6411) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Mary Young, 16 September 1863
  • (6412) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Amaziah Young and Mary Young, 27 September 1863
  • (6426) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Rebecca B. Young, 24 January 1862
  • (6427) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Mary Young, 2 February 186X
  • (6428) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Mary Young, 2 February 1862
  • (6429) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Rebecca B. Young, 25 March 186X
  • (6430) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Amaziah Young, 16 June 1861
  • (6431) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Amaziah Young, 5 July 1861
  • (6432) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Amaziah Young and Mary Young, 25 July 1861
  • (6433) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Amaziah Young, 27 August 1861
  • (6434) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Mary Young, 29 August 1862
  • (6435) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Mary Young, 17 October 1861
  • (6436) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Mary Young, 15 December 186X
  • (6437) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Amaziah Young, undated
  • (6438) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Amaziah Young, 22 August 1861
  • (6439) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Sister, 30 August 1861
  • (6441) [writer] ~ George W. Young to Mary Young, undated
  • (6467) [associated with] ~ Unknown to Unknown, 8 March 1868

People - Records: 8

  • (1982) Young, Amaziah is the [parent of] (1981) Young, George W.
  • (1983) Young, Mary is the [parent of] (1981) Young, George W.
  • (1984) Young, Elizabeth Caroline is the [sibling of] (1981) Young, George W.
  • (1985) Young, Rachel is the [sibling of] (1981) Young, George W.
  • (1990) Young, Rebecca B. is the [sibling of] (1981) Young, George W.
  • (2002) Minor, William A. is the [friend of] (1981) Young, George W.
  • (2019) Young, Henry H. is the [aunt/uncle of] (1981) Young, George W.
  • (2046) Owens, William A. is the [friend of] (1981) Young, George W.

Places - Records: 2

  • (379) [birth] ~ Indiana
  • (1553) [death] ~ Farmington, Marshall County, Tennessee

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (612) [enlisted] [D] ~ 17th 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; George W. Young to Mary Young, 9 April 1863, DL1310.048, Nau Collection; George W. Young to Amaziah Young and Mary Young, 25 July 1861, DL1310.072, Nau Collection