Civil War: Photos

We certainly hope you enjoy the photos presented here. I have to give complete credit and thanks to Austin, Indiana native Mike Barrett, who created The Austin Indiana History Website. His exhaustive research provided the photos and the terrific information that reveals the story behind each image. Our goal will be to add new photos as more are submitted and discovered.

Mustered in 10/19/1864 and mustered out 6/17/1865. Buried Whitson Austin Cemetery. Died at age 70 on 8/21/1897. Scott County Chronicle 8.26.1897. Brother of Nathan Morgan and Great - Great Grandfather of Lee morgan who built hundreds of homes in Austin and Scott County area in the 1960s through the 1990s. 2011 Photo by Mike Barrett

Miller, Phillip - Austin - 3rd Corporal mustered in 8/19/1865. Indiana Volunteer Infantry. Scott County Auditors List 481 and listen in Terrell's Civil War Report. Buried in Whitson Austin Cemetery. 2011 Photo by Kelsey Barrett

Tombstone of Unknown Soldier

Corporal Benjamin J. Perry Tombstone

Hardy, Pinney - Austin. Mustered in 12/13/1864 and mustered out 9/5/1865. 70 years at the time of death on 5/11/1912. Was born near New Frankort, Indiana and is buried at Whitson Austin Cemetery. Scott County Chronicle 5/15/1912

Baldwin, Nathaniel C. - Austin. Mustered in 11/21/1861 and mustered ut on 11/29/1864. Scott County (IN) Auditors List 474. Listed in Terrell's Civil War Report. Born 3/7/1842 and died 7/24/1885. Buried in Whitson Austin Cemetery. On the same stone Isabella Baldwin 1852-1888.

Allen, Stephen D. - Indiana Volunteer Infantry 67th Regiment. Mustered in 8/19/1862. Was in battle of Arkansas Port Jan 11th, 1863. Buried Whitson Austin IN Cemetery in 3/13/1863.

James, Thomas. - Residence listed in Jefferson County Indiana. Indiana Volunteer Infantry. Mustered in 6/19/1861. Scott County (IN) Auditors List 507 and Terrell's Civil War Report. Buried in Whitson Austin Cemetery. Born 1831 and died 12/18/1903. (2011 Photo by Mike Barrett)

Confederate John Hunt Morgan and his staff spent the night of July 10, 1863, in the house. It is called the Miers House and is located on the east side of the Square in Lexington, Indiana.

Indiana Governor Oliver P. Morton clearly supported the Union and President Abraham Lincoln. On April 13th 1861, the Governor called meetings among state leaders to determine Indiana's position on the Southern rebellion. Overwhelmingly and led by Governor Morton's support, Indiana voted to remain in the Union and to support President Lincoln's request to send troops to engage in battle against the Confederacy.

Milton Jones tombstone at Whitson Austin Cemetery in Austin Indiana - 2011 Photo by Kelsey Barrett

Morgan, Nathan - Austin. Mustered in 10/6/1864 and mustered out 6/25/1865. Listed in Terrell's Civil War Report. Born 3/25/1825 and died 2/23/1878. Buried at Whitson Austin Cemetery. His 3rd wife Margaret Morgan died in 1898. Father of J.S. Morgan who Founded the Austin Canning Company in 1899. (now Morgan Foods) His father David Morgan was the first cousin to Calvin C. Morgan, who was the father of famed Confederate General John Hunt Morgan. 2011 Photo by Mike Barrett.

2001 Austin Indiana - Lifelong Austin resident Albert Thormyer with Spencer Repeater Rifle carried by his great-great-grandfather in the Civil War as a member of the Kentucky Volunteer for the Union Army

Ulysses S. Grant served as U.S. General and commander of the Union armies during the late years of the American Civil War, later becoming the 18th U.S. president.

Cutshall, Aaron. Austin. Mustered in 7/10/1862 and mustered out 6/18/1865. Enlisted when he was 17-years old. Was born in Scott County Indiana. After Civil War enlisted in the 12th Regiment of the U.S. Army and served six years. After service returned to Scott County and married Vicki McClain. Listed in Terrell's Civil War Report. Boarn in 1844 and died on 4/15/1911. (Scott County Journal 4/20/1911)

Jones, Milton - Austin. Sergeant. Mustered in 11/21/1861 and discharged in April 1863. Indiana Volunteer Infantry. Listed in Terrell's Civil War Report and Scott County Auditors List 571. Born in 1842 he moved to Scott County with his parents when he was 12. After the Civil War was a school teacher and timber industry owner. Buried in Whitson Austin Cemetery. Died in Austin 11/2/1911 and his same stone as wife Sarada jones (1845-1928).

Corporal Benjamin J. Perry joined the Confederate Army at Nashville.

One of the most interesting phases of the Civil War was the well-known raid conducted by General John Hunt Morgan through Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana in the summer of 1863. This daringly executed foray deep into enemy territory was strictly a nuisance, and little more, for it did not help the Southern cause to any significance. However, the few days the raid lasted it cause to any significance. However, the few days the raid lasted it caused a great deal of excitement and considerable inconvenience to the people of Southern Indiana.

Morgan's Raid pistol - U.S Military Pistol - Model 1836.

Circa 1940s - Dedication of the Morgan's Raid state marker in Vienna Indiana. (Scott County) at left in the photo is Austin physician Dr. Carl R. Bogardus.

Aaron Cutshall Family. Aaron fought in the Civil War for the Union Army from 1861-1865 and was just 17 year old when he enlisted. his is pictured with wife Levissa and their children David, James, Kate, and Pid.