- HENRY B. CORNELL, farmer and carpenter, Sec. 27; P.O. Lima
Center; born in Amity,
- Allegany Co., N.Y., in 1835; came to Wisconsin in 1846, and
located in Lima. Married, in 1860, Miss Maggie L. TEETSHORN;
daughter of John and Margaret TEETSHORN; they have four children
- Maggie L., Florence M., Lilian E. and Theron H. Mr. C. enlisted
in the 33d Regt. Wis. V.I., Aug. 14, 1862; the regiment was in
the Army of the Tennessee, under McPherson, and took a prominent
part in the fight at Coldwater, Miss., and in the siege of Vicksburg,
from May 28 to its surrender; was also in the battle at Jackson,
Miss., July 12, 1863; was with Gen. Sherman in his Meridian expedition
through Mississippi, February, 1864, and the Red River expedition,
March, April and May, under that old hero Gen. A. J. Smith, and
met the rebels at Fort de Russy, Pleasant Hill Landing, Cloutierville,
Bayou Boru, Marksville and Yellow Bayou, besides several skirmishes
during the expedition; again under Smith at Tupelo, Miss., July
13, 14 and 15, 1864, and in October was led by the gallant Gen.
Mower through the swamps and bluffs of Arkansas and Missouri,
in pursuit of Price. The regiment was at Nashville, confronting
Hood, on December 15 and 16, where it captured 600 prisoners;
continued the pursuit to Eastport, Miss.; made a raid to Corinth,
Miss., January 1865, and on February 6, started for Mobile, via
Cairo, New Orleans, Lake Ponchartrain and Dauphin Island; took
an active part in the siege of Spanish Fort and Mobile; marched
from there to Montgomery and Tuskegee, Ala., where Lieut. CORNELL
reports a big time, as the war was then closed, and the regiment
started for home, arriving at Madison Aug. 14, 1865, or three
years to a day form Lieut. CORNELL's enlistment. He was promoted
from First Sergeant to First Lieutenant, September, 1863, Capt.
Stark having been appointed Provost Marshal; Lieut. C. was in
full command of the company from Sept. 9, 1864 till its discharge.
On returning to the pursuits of peace, he entered a store at
Lima, where he remained two years; from there to Berlin, Wis.,
where he was in a tobacco store; returning to Lima, where he
has since been farming and working at his trade. He is a Republican,
and is liberal in religion; has served as Postmaster of Lima,
and was elected Town Treasurer in 1861, and has been re-elected
several times since; has held the office for the past three years.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, pp. 790-791.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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