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The Draft Enrollment List of 1862, and other Civil War Records in Indiana |
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Seven McAninch men served the Union in Indiana units during the Civil War, based on records |
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from both the Indiana State Archives and the U.S. National Archives. Five of the seven are from |
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Hendricks and Putnam counties, descendants of Samuel and Polly (Skidmore) McAninch, and |
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Daniel and Dorcas (Burks) McAninch, two sons of the original Daniel McAninch, Lincoln and |
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Casey counties, Kentucky. [cross-reference: McAninch Family History NL, Vol. III, No. 3, |
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Aug. 1995, pg. 5; sub-titled “Seven Men . . .” in 1995, it is now known that there were two |
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different Joseph McAninch’s and only one John W. McAninch. (May 2003 /Frank McAninch)]. |
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The other two are Sylvester McAninch, Porter County, northern Indiana [“Sylvester Danley |
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McAninch, Union Veteran – Two Units, Two States, 18 Spellings”, MFHN Vol. V No. 4, |
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Nov. 1997, p. 34], and another William McAninch, from Ohio [not Kentucky, 2001 /fm], |
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joined the 91st Infantry at Evansville, Indiana [across the Ohio River from Kentucky], and |
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moved to Iowa later [pension records, 1882, 1918; MFHN Vol. IX No. 1, Jan. 2001, pg.2001-04] |
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Indiana records from the Civil War were kept by the Indiana Adjutant General, now in the |
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State Archives, in Indianapolis [Note 1]. The 1862 Draft records were microfilmed only recently, |
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in August, 1995, and are now available to the public. Also, the Indiana Civil War Volunteers |
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card file is now available on microfilm (previously individual service certificates had to be |
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ordered from Adjutant General’s Office). |
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I. The Draft Enrollment Lists of 1862 |
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“By the summer of 1862, federal officials at Washington, DC, concluded ... conscription was |
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necessary to fill the Northern armies ... Each state was to administer its [own] Draft. All white |
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men between the ages of 18 and 45 were required to enroll. Two lists of men in each township ... |
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The first listed all men who had already enlisted in the armed services, giving the unit in which |
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each served along with age and occupation. The second listed all other eligible men. . . . |
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included information on each man, giving age, occupation, disease or condition that made |
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that man ineligible, exemption, and other remarks.” [Note 2] |
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Together, the two lists show 11 McAninch males, 4 in Hendricks County, and 7 in Putnam County. |
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The first list shows two men already enrolled in service (in 1862) [Note 3] -- |
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[pg. / line] |
Name |
age |
[Regiment (first list)] |
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[p.82] 53 |
McAninch, Jno. [John] |
20 |
77th [sic, 78th] [Roll 8, Putnam Co., Jefferson Twp.] |
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[p.82] 54 |
McAninch, Milt C. |
18 |
77th [sic, 78th] [Roll 8, Putnam Co., Jefferson Twp.] |
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The second list shows nine McAninch males (this is the “1862 Draft Enrollment List”) [Note 3] -- |
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Name |
age |
[Occupation (second list)] |
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[p.32] 105 |
McAninch, Joseph |
41 |
Farmer |
[Roll 4, Hendricks Co., Clay Twp.] |
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[p.48] 72 |
McAninch, Daniel |
48 |
J.P. [Justice of the Peace; Hendricks, Franklin Twp.] |
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[p.48] 73 |
McAninch, John |
39 |
Farmer |
[Roll 4, Hendricks Co., Franklin Twp.] |
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[p.48] 74 |
McAninch, Enoch |
37 |
Farmer |
[Roll 4, Hendricks Co., Franklin Twp.] |
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[p.94] 124 |
McAninch, William A. |
39 |
Farmer |
[Roll 8, Putnam Co., Marion Twp.] |
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[p.94] 125 |
McAninch, Daniel H. |
37 |
Farmer |
[Roll 8, Putnam Co., Marion Twp.] |
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[p.94] 126 |
McAninch, Samuel |
33 |
Farmer |
[Roll 8, Putnam Co., Marion Twp.] |
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[p.94] 127 |
McAninch, George B. |
28 |
Farmer |
[Roll 8, Putnam Co., Marion Twp.] |
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[p.94] 129 |
McAninch, William |
34 |
Farmer |
[Roll 8, Putnam Co., Marion Twp.] |
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Draft Enrollment, 1862, and other Civil War Records in Indiana (page 1 of 5) Drft 1862 .doc |
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McAninch Family History NL, VII-1 January 1999 Copyright Frank McAninch page 1999-04 |