1/4 Tintype Of Identified 99th Indiana Infantry with Newspaper Clipping
Discover a piece of Civil War history with our 1/4 Tintype of this Identified 99th Indiana Infantry cased in a complete 1/4 plate leatherette. This intriguing artifact features an original newspaper clipping on the back, recounting the soldier’s war experience. A fascinating and rare find, this tintype is ideal for collectors and historians alike.
Adin "Ade" Or "Aid" Frank Spaulding
Enlisted as a Musician on 15 August 1862 in Company I, 99th Infantry Regiment Indiana at Peru, Indiana. Mustered Out Company I, 99th Infantry Regiment Indiana on 5 Jun 1865 at Washington, DC. He was later a member of the James H. Emmett Post No. 6, G.A.R. Adin Spaulding lived until July 11, 1932 being buried in Falls Cemetery in Wabash County, Indiana.
99th Indiana Service History,
SERVICE-Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign November 26, 1862, to January 10, 1863. Duty along Memphis & Charleston Railroad till June, 1863. Ordered to Vicksburg, Miss., June 9. Siege of Vicksburg June 14-July 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Bolton's Ferry, Big Black River, July 4-6. 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 23-25. Mission Ridge November 25. March to relief of Knoxville November 27-December 8. At Scottsboro, Ala., December 17, 1863, to May, 1864. Demonstration on Dalton, Ga., February 22-27, 1864. Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge, February 23-25. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to September 8. Demonstrations on Resaca May 8-13. Near Resaca May 13. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Movements on Dallas May 18-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles 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 Mountain June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Ruff's Mill July 3-4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Nickajack Creek July 6-8, and July 9-10. 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. Reconnoissance from Rome, Ga., on Cave Springs Road and skirmishes October 12-13. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Near Statesboro December 4. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Fort McAllister December 13. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Columbia, S. C., February 15-17. Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 19-21. 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 6, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 45 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 5 Officers and 147 Enlisted men by disease. Total 197.