My great-great-great-grandfather, Salathiel Timmons, served in the 123rd Illinois Infantry. This regiment was assigned to the famous Wilder’s Lightning Brigade.
Here is information about his service:
Salathiel Timmons’ Civil War service
Salathiel Timmons – the Battle of Perryville
Salathiel Timmons: Battle of Vaught’s Hill
Salathiel Timmons: joining Wilder’s Brigade
Salathiel Timmons: Battle of Hoover’s Gap
Salathiel Timmons: Second Battle of Chattanooga
Salathiel Timmons: Battle of Chickamauga
Salathiel Timmons: Typhoid and Rheumatism
Salathiel Timmons: Spring and Summer 1864
Salathiel Timmons: a patient of Dr. William M. Chambers
Salathiel Timmons: returning to his Regiment
Salathiel Timmons: after the Civil War
A printed compilation of Salathiel Timmons’ Civil War records is forthcoming.
For further reading, I highly recommend:
Morning to Midnight in the Saddle: Civil War Letters of a Soldier in Wilder’s Lightning Brigade by McManus, Inglis, Editors.
