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- Henry Presnell was enlisted a Private with Company C, 36th Regiment of Indiana Volunteers at Richmond, Indiana on 27 August 1861 by Captain Woodard.
His service record states, "That he was duly mustered into the Military Service of the United States at Richmond, Indiana on the 16th of September 1861 for a term of 3 years by Lieutenant Colonel Wood, Mustering Officer. His discharge certificate states that he was 5 feet, 8 & 1/2 inches tall, light in complexion, and sandy colored hair.
His discharge states that he was affected with a double hernia and this was the reason for his disarge, signed by his Company Commander, P. Woodard on 03 March 1862 and signed by the Regimental Commander on 25 March 1862.
Henry was in the Union Army for about six months when he was discharged at Louisville, Kentucky.
From letters on file at the national archives of which I have copies, Henry Presnell was arrested by the Union Army for what they assumed as dissertion. The letter shows that he was sent under guard to Schofield Barracks, St. Louis Missouri. The letter from Captain S.J. Stewart dated 27 August 1863 affirms that he was duly discharged from C Company, 36th Indiana Volunteers, and that he he is being returned with the guards who brought him here. The letter also states that "great care should be taken when sending men here as the Governemnt is being put at great expense in many instances by having discharged men sent long distances only to be released and returned."
Henry Presnell's pension application states that he has a hernia on both sides caused by falling while drilling at Camp Wickliffe, Kentucky in 1861. He also has rheumatism since leaving the service. The document further states that he contracted chronic diarhea while in the service, and that he has partial blindness caused by a snag while in service. Henry applied for admission to the Iowa Soldier's Home at Marshalltown Iowa on 13 April 1893 at the age of 68 (this age is in error even though the application was filed by Henry he would have been 61). Henry Presnell has a Civil War veterans stone marking his grave tha shows,"H. Presnell Co C., 36th Ind. Vol."
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