Soldier Information
Name: Dick Gardner
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Place of Birth: Nelson KY Year of Birth:
Occupation: Farmer
Eyes: Black Hair: Black Complexion: Black
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 4.75
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Enlistment Information
Enlistment Date: June 30, 1864
Enlistment Place: Louisville
Enlistment State: KY
Compiled Military Service Record
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Congressional District: 5th
Company: C Regiment(s): 108th USCI
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Rank at Muster Out: Private
Notes:
CMSR provided documentation of the soldier’s death.
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? Yes
Military Death Date: November 7, 1865
Military Death Location: Post Hospital, Vicksburg, MS
Military Cause of Death: Acute Dysentery
Death Date: November 7, 1865
Cause of Death: Acute Dysentery
Death Certificate
Soldier Pension Information
No pension card found
No widow pension card found
No other family pension card found
Pension File Information
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The soldier died during his service in November 1865. No evidence of a widow or other family members was retrieved.
Freedman’s Bank/Freedmen’s Bureau Information
No Freedman’s Bank information found
Notes from Freedmen’s Bureau Documents:
Dick Gardner was listed in an 1866 Affidavit of Identity, as an associate of Harry Bennett in Company C, 108th Regiment. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1R4fLIcmAd6wlPc42zzqOryP-mhxbfzFe/view?usp=sharing
Family Information
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Family Notes:
U.S. Burial Registers and National Cemetery Interment forms were retrieved for Dick Gardner; both of which noted his death date as 7 November 1865, versus the 8th listed on the CMSR.
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1870 Census
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1880 Census
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1890 Census
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1900 Census
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1910 Census
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1920 Census
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Enslaver Information
Name: Edward Gardner Location: Nelson County, KY
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Enslaver Notes:
1850 federal census listing for an Edward or E. Gardner/Gardiner were not retrieved during this search. The 1860 slave schedule for Edward Gardiner (indexed as Edwar Q Gardiner by Ancestry) was the most conclusive probable match to Dick Gardner, our soldier. Other census and slave schedule retrievals were less reliable matches.
1850 Enslaver Census
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1860 Enslaver Census
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1860 Real Estate Value: $5,500 1860 Personal Estate Value: $10.095
1860 Slave Schedule Link: View
1860 Number of Enslaved: 5
1870 Enslaver Census
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1880 Enslaver Census
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Compensation Information
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