Nathan J. WICKHAM ³

  General Notes:

MARRIAGE LICENSE ISSUED, Noble Co, OH:
On 29 June 1862 I joined in marriage Nathan Wickham & Miss Mary A. Hart.
Allen Floyd, J.P.

OH, COUNTY MARRIAGE RECORDS, 1774-1993:
Name: Nathan Wickham
Event: Marriage
Event Date: 29 Jun 1862
Event Place: Noble County, Ohio
Age: over 21
Witness: Jeremiah "Wickam" signed his mark "X"
Spouse: Mary Ann Hart
Spouse's Age: over 18
Spouse's Residence: Noble Co.
Film Number: 932523
Digital Folder Number: 4017358
Image Number: 207

HISTORY OF NOBLE CO, OH:
Nathan Wickham, 24, enlisted in 176th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company G. on Aug 22, 1864 - died Jan 7, 1865 at Post Hospital in Nashville, TN

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS:
Name: Nathan Wickham
Enlistment Date: 22 Aug 1864
Side Served: Union
State Served: Ohio
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 22 August 1864 at the age of 24.
Enlisted in Company G, 176th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 21 Sep 1864.
Died of disease Company G, 176th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 7 Jan 1865 at Nashville, TN.

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR REGIMENTS:
REGIMENT: 176th Infantry Regiment Ohio
Date of Organization: 1 Sep 1864
Muster Date: 14 Jun 1865
Regiment State: Ohio
Regiment Type: Infantry
Regiment Number: 176th
Enlisted Died of Disease or Accident: 0
Officers Died of Disease or Accident: 0
Enlisted Killed or Mortally Wounded: 0
Enlisted Died of Disease or Accident: 102
Regimental Soldiers and History: List of Soldiers

Regimental History
OHIO ONE HUNDRED and SEVENTY-SIXTH INFANTRY(One Year)

One Hundred and Seventy-sixth Infantry. - Col., Edwin C. Mason; Lieut.-Col., William Nesbitt; Maj., William F. Cummings.

This regiment was organized at Columbus, Sandusky, Wooster, Alliance, Camp Chase and Circleville, from Aug. 10 to Sept. 21, 1864 to serve for one year. As soon as the organization was completed the regiment was ordered to Nashville, Tenn., and assigned to the 2nd brigade, 4th division, 20th army corps. Soon after its arrival it was detailed to perform provost guard duty at Nashville. During the battle of Nashville it was in the works, but with the exception of a few companies under Maj. Cummings the regiment was not engaged. It was mustered out on June 14, 1865 in accordance with orders from the war department.

Source: The Union Army, vol. 2

Battles Fought by 176 OH Infantry:
only a few companies were engaged in any battles

OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE OF DEATH OF SOLDIER, 20 Mar 1866:
Nathan Wickham, while in the line of duty at or near Nashville, Tenn., contracted measels of which he died at Post Hospital No. 1, Nashville, Tenn on the 7 Jan 1865. The said soldier was at the time he contracted said disease doing Post duty in the city of Nashville, Tenn. That he died of pneumonia as a direct sequence resulting from measles. That said soldier was in good health at the time he entered service & so continued to about the day above written.
Allen Floyd, Capt. Co. G., 176th Regiment, Infant. Vols.

CEMETERY RECORD, Archer's Ridge Cem, Noble Co, OH: Nathan J. Wickham - Jan 7, 1865; age 24-7-21; d. Nashville, TN; Co. G 176th Regt. Ohio Vol. GAR (Next to Martha J. Wickham's and Asberry Wickham's graves. )

Nathan married Mary Ann HART on 29 Jun 1862 in Noble Co, OH.^{1 2} (Mary Ann HART was born about 1843 in OH ³.)