Jacob Swain

  General Notes:

Jacob was a Civil War veteran. According to several of his grand daughters, he would go to the soldiers home when the going got rough and return to live with his daughter Violetta (Anne) Swain Swenson when times were better.
He reported to have had a tin cup shot out of his hand while bivouacked at Otterville, MO. His unit bivouacked at Ottervile, Missouril from 15 Oct 1861 until 25 Jan 1862.
Private in A Company Indiana 8th Infantry

SERVICE.--Fremont's advance on Springfield, Mo., September 22-October 15. Camp at Otterville till January 25, 1862. Expedition to Milford December 15-19, 1861. Action at Milford, Blackwater or Shawnee Mound December 18. Curtis' advance on Springfield January 25-February 14, 1862. Pursuit of Price to Cassville, Ark. Battle of Pea Ridge March 6-8. At Sulphur Rock till May. March to Batesville, Ark.; thence to Helena, Ark., May 25-July 14. Action at Hill's Plantation, Cache River, July 7. Expedition to Coldwater, Miss.,Tunica County, August 2. At Helena till October. Ordered to Pilot Knob, Mo., and operations in Southeast Missouri till March 5, 1863. Moved to Helena, Ark., thence to Milliken's Bend, La. Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battle of Port Gibson May 1. Battle of Champion's Hill May 16. Big Black River May 17. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Siege of Jackson, Miss., July 10-17. Duty at Vicksburg till August 20. Ordered to New Orleans, La. Duty at Carrollton, Brashear City and Berwick till October. Western Louisiana "Teche" Campaign October 3-November 8. Moved to New Orleans, La., November 8, thence to Texas November 12. Capture of Mustang Island November 17. Fort Esperanza November 27-30. Duty at Matagorda Bay till February, 1864. Duty at Indianola and Lavacca, Tex., till April. Veterans on furlough April and May. Duty in District of LaFourche, La., till July. Ordered to Washington, D.C. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7 to November 28. Berryville, Va., September 3.
Regiment lost during service 7 Officers and 84 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 5 Officers and 166 Enlisted men by disease. Total 258.

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  Noted events in his life were:

• Military Service: Civil War Company A 8th Indiana Infantry. Rank Private, 28 Aug 1861 through 4 Sep 1864. ¹⁴ Company Commander was Captain William D. Watson. He entered service at Muncie Indiana and was discharged at Charlestown, Virginia.

• Census: 1880 Census in Kansas. ²²

Jacob married Martha Ellen Carmin, daughter of William Carmin and Rhoda Jones, on 25 Oct 1862 in Muncie, Delaware , Indiana, U.S.A. (Martha Ellen Carmin was born on 5 Dec 1841 in Pike Township, Clark, Ohio, U.S.A, died on 5 Aug 1929 in Dwight, Morris, Kansas, U.S.A. and was buried in Dwight, Morris, Kansas, U.S.A..)

  Marriage Notes:

Married by David Heal, Justice of the Peace ²³