Three Graves
John Wesley McDaniel (1813-1863) was my 3rd great grandfather. He was born in Nelson County, Kentucky, just south of Louisville, but by the time of the Civil War he had moved his family to southern Indiana (Spencer County). John Wesley's son, Joseph McDaniel (1846-1930), was my 2nd great grandfather. He lived much of his life in Hammond, Indiana, and is buried in Mount Zion Cemetery in Santa Claus, Indiana. He also took part in the Civil War, serving in the 10th Indiana Infantry , enlisting at the age of 15, according to my records, but officially at the age of 21 according to the Army records. But this blogpost is mostly about his father, John Wesley, and one of his brothers, Samuel McDaniel (1842-1861). Both of these men, father and son, died in the Civil War and are buried in National Cemeteries. Samuel enlisted first. He served in the 25th Indiana Infantry , which was organized at Evansville in August of '61. He was 19 at the time. According to Wikipedia, the 25th saw i