-
Birth
Joseph Saberton was born in Chatteris, England. -
Came to United States
They think that this is around the dat that Jseph came through immigration to come to the US. -
Army
enlistmentJoseph enlisted on this day into the US Army at Evansville he enlisted for three years of work. According to the armies muster rolls Joseph was described as about 5 feet tall, light hair and blue eyes. -
Otterville
regimentThis letter was written to his brother and sister. In this letter he was talking about how they were going to leave for Warsaw and the regiment was getting better for them. -
Saint Louis
measlesThis letter was written to his brother. The measles was spreading around in Benton Barracks. -
In the field, Camp near Corinth
When Joseph was in Corinth there was a pretty intence battle and two men right next to him died. This battle was in Mississippi and the letter was written to his brother. -
Memphis Tenn.
MemphisJoseph and the men marched from LaGrange Tennessee to Memphis. This was a pretty ruff march on hot sandy roads. This letter was written to his brother. -
Memphis Tennessee
On the way to Memphis six men died from sunstroke on the road because the conditions were not that good. -
Camp near Bolivar Tennessee
The army left Memphis the 5 of September. The march that they had to hall was very hard. They were 60 miles from Memphis, 35 miles from Corinth. They just camped out here for a little while. Thisletterwas written to his brothe. -
Camp near Bolivar Tennessee
Joseph was writing to his brother in this letterand he was talking about how there was a fight 2 weekd before they got there. The fight impacted the railroads and while Josephs group was there they helped fix up the railroad so it could run again. -
Bolivar
The letter said that they were calling for a fight and the rebels were getting close. Before the rebels go to close four train loads of soliers came to the camp from Jackson. -
Bolivar
Joseph's camp heard that Price has been fighting Grant at Corinth and Price did not do good.Many men were killed and 14 hundred rebel men were wounded. Joseph was writing his brother. -
Bolivar
In this letter I found out that Joseph's brother was in the army too.His brother just beat the guerrallis at Owensboro at this time in a pretty good battle. Joseph was very proad of him and I am pretty sure that his brother was younger and his brother was also fighting in the civil war. -
Bolivar
In this letter Joseph and his men were 20 miles from this thing called the Junction. They found out that many rebels were at the Junction. Joseph was fighting on the union side. -
Camp near Davis Mills, Mississippi
At this time Joseph and the men just moved to there new camp 10 miles from LaGrange. There Grand Army had moved on to Mississippi. -
Camp near Davis Mills, Mississippi
In this place in Mississippi is when they were going to make there winter quarters in this place. -
Camp near Davis Mills, Mississippi
At this camp most of the men were taken out of there old brigade and division, so when this happened they were then guarding the railroad from LaGrange to Holly Springs. -
Memphis Tennessee
They went back to Memphis from there camp in Mississippi. They had been there for two days so far. At this place they were then Provost Guards in the city. -
Memphis Tennessee
They had a portion of there men capture about 200 of there soldiers. Most of the men were sent to this place at this time because of there good behavior and bravery. THey were probably going to stay in Memphis for the rest of the winter. He was writing to his brother. -
Memphis
The citizens had a grand procession around the town. There were many people there. At the time Joseph said that a great number of men were turning to the Union. -
Marriage First Time
marriageMary Simpson was Josephs first wife at this time.I did not find that much about there marriage. -
Second Marriage
Joseph's second marriage was to Caroline McFall. There was no record of a disvore or death of his previous wife. I didnot find out why the first wife worked out. -
Death
Joseph Saberton diedon this day. Caroline Saberton applied for Joseph pension after his death.
