George W. Rouse
George W. Rouse was born on December 2, 1826, in Junius, New York, to Thomas Jefferson Rouse and Gertrude Crandle. He married Mary Loomis in Hartland, New York, on November 30, 1854, and their daughter Ida was born on May 6, 1858. The family moved to Wyocena, Wisconsin, in the late 1850s. In 1860, he reported $150 in personal property.
Rouse enlisted in the Union army on September 21, 1861, and mustered in as a private in Company D of the 10th Wisconsin Infantry. The regiment took part in the Battle of Perryville on October 8, 1862, and the Battle of Stones River, which took place between December 31, 1862, and January 2, 1863. Rouse died in the Battle of Chickamauga on September 19, 1863.
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(144)Rouse, George W.1826-12-021863-09-19
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Private
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 2

  • (553) [writer] ~ George W. Rouse to Mary L. Rouse, 19 October 1861
  • (554) [writer] ~ E. S. Buck Poem, undated

People - Records: 1

  • (144) Rouse, George W. is the [husband of] (145) Rouse, Mary L.

Places - Records: 2

  • (529) [birth] ~ Junius, Seneca County, New York
  • (528) [death] ~ Chickamauga, Walker County, Georgia

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (84) [enlisted] [D] ~ 10th Wisconsin Infantry
SOURCES

1855 New York State Census, available from Ancestry.com; 1860 United States Federal Census, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com.