Elmanza C. Hapenny

Elmanza C. Hapenny

Male Abt 1837 - 1914  (~ 77 years)

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  • Name Elmanza C. Hapenny 
    Nickname Alanazer, Almanzo 
    Born Abt. 1837  Kentucky, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Jan 1914 
    Notes 
    • National Park Service Civil War Soldiers & Sailors: :Almanzo C. Hapenny, Co. B 97th Indiana Inf Regt, private in, private out.

      UNION INDIANA VOLUNTEERS

      97th Regiment, Indiana Infantry. Organized at Terre Haute, Ind., and mustered in September 20, 1862. Ordered to Louisville, Ky., thence to Memphis, Tenn., and duty there till December, 1862. Attached to District of Louisville, Ky., Dept. of Ohio, to November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, District of Memphis, Tenn., 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, November, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, District of Memphis, 13th Army Corps, to December, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 17th Army Corps, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division 16th Army Corps, to March, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps, to July, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, 15th Army Corps, to April, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 15th Army Corps, to August, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 15th Army Corps, to June, 1865.

      SERVICE.-Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign. Operations on the Mississippi Central Railroad November, 1862, to January, 1863. Guard duty along Memphis & Charleston Railroad at LaGrange and Moscow, Tenn., till June, 1863. Ordered to Young's Point, La., June 9. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., June 14-July 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Camp at Big Black till September 26. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., thence march to Chattanooga, Tenn., September 26-November 20. Operations on Memphis & Charleston Railroad in Alabama October 20-29. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Tunnel Hill November 23-24. Mission Ridge November 25. March to relief of Knoxville, Tenn., November 27-December 8. Moved to Scottsboro, Ala., and duty there till May, 1864. Demonstration on Dalton, Ga., February 22-27, 1864. Tunnel Till, Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge February 23-25. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1, to September 8. Demonstrations on Resaca May 8-12. Near Resaca May 13. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Movements on Dallas May 18-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and batties about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Brushy Mountain June 15. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Ruff's Mill July 3-4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Battle of Atlanta July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Ezra Chapel, Hood's second sortie, July 28. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Griswoldsville November 22. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Reconnoissance to Salkehatchie River January 25, 1865. Congaree Creek, S. C., February 15. Columbia February 16-17. Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 19-21. Mill Creek March 22. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D. C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20. Grand Review May 24. Mustered out June 9, 1865.

      Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 51 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 6 Officers and 172 Enlisted men by disease. Total 232."


      U.S. Census Washington, Putnam County, IN 1870: Elmanza Hapenny, age 33 b. Abt. 1837 Kentucky, farmer real estate owned $8000 o ther property $4341, wife Nancy, age 40 b. Abt. 1830 Kentucky; three older children b. Indiana: Theodore 21, Thomas 19, Isaac 16; two younger children b. Indiana: Mary E. 2, Leo Wallis 4/12 b. Mar 1870." Was the mother of the younger children Nancy, now age 40?

      U.S. Census Culver, Ottawa County, KS 1880: "Almanza Hapenny, age 42 b. abt. 1838 Kentucky parents b. Kentucky, farmer, wife Martha, age 35 b. Abt. 1845 Ohio; six children b. Indiana [sic], father: Almanza b. Kentucky mother Martha b. Ohio: James Bell [sic] 20 farmer single, William Bell [sic] 18 farmer, Mary 12, Len W. 10, Malinda H. 8, Alamanza 2."

      U.S. Census Van Buren, Clay County, IN 1910: "A.C. Hapenny, age 75 b. Abt. 1835 Kentucky parents b. Kentucky, farmer, wife Margaret, age 55 b. Abt. 1895 Indiana, father b. Ohio mother b. Kentucky; son b. Indiana: Charles 15."
    Person ID I29848  Complete
    Last Modified 8 Aug 2011 

    Father John B. Hapenny,   b. Abt. 1800, Kentucky, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Nov 1870, Jackson, Owen County, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 70 years) 
    Mother Isabella Unknown,   b. Abt. 1805, Kentucky, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Nov 1869, Owen County, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 64 years) 
    Family ID F18039566  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Nancy Unknown,   b. Abt. 1830, Kentucky, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Theodore S. Hapenny,   b. Abt. 1849, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Thomas Hapenny,   b. Abt. 1851, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Isaac Hapenny,   b. Abt. 1854, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Mary E. Hapenny,   b. Abt. 1868, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Leo Wallis Hapenny,   b. Mar 1870, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2011 
    Family ID F18042977  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary J. Reynolds 
    Married 24 Sep 1865  Owen County, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941: "Almanza Hapenny & Mary J. Renolds, m. 24 Sep 1865 Owen County."
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2011 
    Family ID F18042978  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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