Pvt. Samuel H. Pipes

Company "B" of the 43rd Ohio Infantry ( November 1861 -July 1865)

Samuel H. Pipes was born February 22, 1843 in Greene County Pennsylvania. His parents were William Pipes and Nancy Hayden. William was a son of Joseph Pipes and Susannah McVey. We do not know much about Samuel's service except that he served for 4 years and filed an invalid pension request in 1875 and his widow Nancy A. Nickerson Pipes filed a widow's pension application in September 1909 right after his death. We do not have those pension applications but when we do they will be added here. He passed away from a heart attack on Sept 5th, 1909 in Washington County Pennsylvania and is buried in Washington Cemetery.

We assume from the application as an invalid in 1875 that he was wounded or injured during the war.

Samuel and Nancy were married in 1865 and had one daughter named Alice R. Pipes born in June of 1866. Alice married John Hunnell, had a daughter named Pearl and then John died and she married Abraham Rodgers. Abraham signed Samuels Death Certificate in 1909.

The 43rd Ohio Infantry was organized in Mount Vernon, Ohio September 28, 1861 through February 1, 1862 and mustered in for three years service under the command of Colonel Joseph L. Kirby Smith. The regiment was attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Mississippi, to March 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Mississippi, to April 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of the Mississippi, to November 1862. 1st Brigade, 8th Division, Left Wing, XIII Corps, Department of the Tennessee, to December 1862. 1st Brigade, 8th Division, XVI Corps, to March 1863. 4th Brigade, District of Corinth, Mississippi, 2nd Division, XVI Corps, to May 1863. 3rd Brigade, District of Memphis, Tennessee, 5th Division, XVI Corps, to November 1863. Fuller's Brigade, 2nd Division, XVI Corps, to March 1864. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, XVI Corps, to September 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, XVII Corps, to July 1865.

The 43rd Ohio Infantry mustered out of service at Louisville, Kentucky on July 13, 1865.

Battles and actions of the 43rd Ohio Infantry:

Battle of Island No. 10
Siege of Corinth
Battle of Iuka
Second Battle of Corinth
Atlanta Campaign
Battle of Resaca
Battle of Dallas
Battle of New Hope Church
Battle of Allatoona
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
Battle of Atlanta
Siege of Atlanta
Battle of Jonesboro
Battle of Lovejoy's Station
Sherman's March to the Sea
Carolinas Campaign
Battle of Bentonville

Sources:

Family information from Ancestry.com

National Archives Federal Census records for Pennsylvania

Wikipedia - History of the 43rd Ohio

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