Jacob S. Winans
Jacob S. Winans was born on March 15, 1838, in Limaville, Ohio, to Isaac and Ann Winans. His father was a physician who owned $1,800 of real estate and $5,000 of personal property by 1860. They moved to New Brighton, Pennsylvania, in the 1840s, and Winans attended school there.
 
He enlisted in the Union army on May 24, 1861, and he mustered in as a private in Company H of the 38th Pennsylvania Infantry. The regiment took part in the Seven Days’ Battles, the Second Battle of Manassas, the Battle of Antietam, the Battle of Fredericksburg, the Battle of Gettysburg, and the Overland Campaign. He was promoted to sergeant and then to 1st lieutenant in 1861, then to captain on February 28, 1863. He was wounded at Antietam, but he eventually recovered and rejoined the regiment. In November 1863, he celebrated Republican governor Andrew Curtin's reelection and added that the "feeling in the army is very bitter against the Copperheads." He mustered out on May 12, 1864.
 
Winans returned to New Brighton after leaving the army, and he married a woman named Elizabeth around 1864. They had no children. He worked as a hardware merchant, and by 1870, he owned $4,000 of real estate and $4,000 of personal property. They moved to Ottawa, Kansas, in the 1870s, and he earned a living as a farmer. He also served as a local postmaster for several years. He applied for a federal pension in August 1890 and eventually secured one.
 
They moved to Flora, Kansas, in the late 1800s and then to Council Grove, Kansas, around 1902. He played an active role in veterans’ affairs. He was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and he reportedly “made quite an effort to have a statue, to the memory of the Civil War Veterans, placed in the court house yard or the cemetery.” He died in Council Grove on May 1, 1914.
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DATABASE CONTENT
(4801)Winans, Jacob S.1838-03-151914-05-01
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Captain
  • Rank highest: Captain
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 44

  • (13299) [writer] ~ Jacob S. Winans to Ann E. Winans, 4 August 186X
  • (13300) [writer] ~ Jacob S. Winans to Isaac Winans, 18 March 186X
  • (13301) [writer] ~ Jacob S. Winans to Isaac Winans, 29 April 1862
  • (13302) [writer] ~ Jacob S. Winans to Isaac Winans, 1 June 1862
  • (13303) [writer] ~ Jacob S. Winans to Isaac Winans, 25 June 1862
  • (13304) [writer] ~ Jacob S. Winans to Isaac Winans, 10 June 1862
  • (13305) [writer] ~ Jacob S. Winans to Isaac Winans, 26 July 1862
  • (13306) [writer] ~ Jacob S. Winans to Isaac Winans, 31 January 1863
  • (13307) [writer] ~ Jacob S. Winans to Isaac Winans, 18 January 1863
  • (13308) [writer] ~ Jacob S. Winans to Isaac Winans, 7 February 1863
  • (13309) [writer] ~ Jacob S. Winans to Isaac Winans, 24 February 1863
  • (13310) [writer] ~ Jacob S. Winans to Isaac Winans, 14 November 1861
  • (13311) [writer] ~ Jacob S. Winans to Isaac Winans, 2 March 1863
  • (13312) [writer] ~ Jacob S. Winans to Isaac Winans, 30 March 1863
  • (13313) [writer] ~ Jacob S. Winans to Isaac Winans, 13 April 1863
  • (13314) [writer] ~ Jacob S. Winans to Isaac Winans, 19 April 1863
  • (13315) [writer] ~ Jacob S. Winans to Isaac Winans, 27 April 1863
  • (13316) [writer] ~ Jacob S. Winans to Isaac Winans, 9 May 1863
  • (13317) [writer] ~ Jacob S. Winans to Isaac Winans, 10 June 1863
  • (13318) [writer] ~ Jacob S. Winans to Isaac Winans, 17 July 1863
  • (13319) [writer] ~ Jacob S. Winans to Isaac Winans, 2 August 1863
  • (13320) [writer] ~ Jacob S. Winans to Isaac Winans, 8 August 1863
  • (13321) [writer] ~ Jacob S. Winans to Isaac Winans, 24 December 1861
  • (13322) [writer] ~ Jacob S. Winans to Isaac Winans, 11 August 1863
  • (13323) [writer] ~ Jacob S. Winans to Isaac Winans, 18 August 1863
  • (13324) [writer] ~ Jacob S. Winans to Isaac Winans, 24 August 1863
  • (13325) [writer] ~ Jacob S. Winans to Isaac Winans, 4 September 1863
  • (13326) [writer] ~ Jacob S. Winans to Isaac Winans, 18 September 1863
  • (13327) [writer] ~ Jacob S. Winans to Isaac Winans, 23 October 1863
  • (13328) [writer] ~ Jacob S. Winans to Isaac Winans, 1 November 1863
  • (13329) [writer] ~ Jacob S. Winans to Sister, 13 November 1863
  • (13330) [writer] ~ Jacob S. Winans to Isaac Winans, 16 November 1863
  • (13331) [writer] ~ Jacob S. Winans to Isaac Winans, 25 November 1863
  • (13332) [writer] ~ Jacob S. Winans to Isaac Winans, 29 December 1861
  • (13333) [writer] ~ Jacob S. Winans to Isaac Winans, 10 December 1863
  • (13334) [writer] ~ Jacob S. Winans to Isaac Winans, 13 December 1863
  • (13335) [writer] ~ Jacob S. Winans to Isaac Winans, 4 January 1864
  • (13336) [writer] ~ Jacob S. Winans to Isaac Winans, 14 January 1864
  • (13337) [writer] ~ Jacob S. Winans to Isaac Winans, 2 May 1864
  • (13338) [writer] ~ Jacob S. Winans to Isaac Winans, 3 January 1862
  • (13339) [writer] ~ Jacob S. Winans to Sister, 4 January 1862
  • (13340) [writer] ~ Jacob S. Winans to Isaac Winans, 17 January 1862
  • (13341) [writer] ~ Jacob S. Winans to Isaac Winans, 2 February 1862
  • (13342) [writer] ~ Jacob S. Winans to Ann E. Winans, 6 March 1862

People - Records: 2

  • (4802) Winans, Ann Eliza is the [parent of] (4801) Winans, Jacob S.
  • (4803) Winans, Isaac is the [parent of] (4801) Winans, Jacob S.

Places - Records: 2

  • (2985) [birth] ~ Limaville, Stark County, Ohio
  • (2981) [death] ~ Council Grove, Morris County, Kansas

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (675) [officer] [H] ~ 38th Pennsylvania Infantry

Groups - Records: 1

  • (6) [member/supporter] ~ Grand Army of the Republic
SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, and 1910 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, available from Ancestry.com; The Weekly Guard (Council Grove, KS), 8 May 1914; Jacob S. Winans to Isaac Winans, 1 November 1863, DL1872.036, Nau Collection