Hugh Gaston

First Name: Hugh
Last Name: Gaston
Unit: 
97th Indiana Infantry (Co. A)
Rank: 
Corporal
Residence (County): 
Greene County, IN
Biography: 

Hugh Gaston was born 10 February 1830 to James and Margaret Gaston, three miles south of Newark, Indiana. He was one of eleven children in the family. He married Catharine Steel and they had nine children. He was a farmer and a resident of Solsberry, in Greene County, Indiana. In August 1862 Hugh enlisted as a corporal in Co. A, 97th Indiana Infantry.  Gaston went back to farming after the war, and died 8 November 1913 in Newark at his daughter Lillie’s home. 

Authored Letters

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ID Letter Date Author Recipient From To
15480 Gaston4 Hugh Gaston Catherine Gaston Solsberry, Greene County, IN
15490 Gaston9 Hugh Gaston Catherine Gaston Solsberry, Greene County, IN
15477 Gaston2 October 22, 1862 Hugh Gaston Catherine Gaston Louisville, Jefferson County, KY Solsberry, Greene County, IN
15479 Gaston3 November 24, 1862 Hugh Gaston Catherine Gaston Memphis, Shelby County, TN Solsberry, Greene County, IN
15488 Gaston7 April 19, 1863 Hugh Gaston Catherine Gaston Moscow, Fayette County, TN Solsberry, Greene County, IN
15489 Gaston8 May 15, 1863 Hugh Gaston Catherine Gaston Moscow, Fayette County, TN Solsberry, Greene County, IN
15491 Gaston10 May 31, 1863 Hugh Gaston Catherine Gaston La Grange, Fayette County, TN Solsberry, Greene County, IN
15493 Gaston11 June 12, 1863 Hugh Gaston Catherine Gaston Chickasaw Bluff, Lauderdale County, TN Solsberry, Greene County, IN
15494 Gaston12 July 28, 1863 Hugh Gaston Catherine Gaston MS Solsberry, Greene County, IN
15495 Gaston13 August 9, 1863 Hugh Gaston Jane Steel MS Warren County, IL
15496 Gaston14 August 15, 1863 Hugh Gaston Catherine Gaston Solsberry, Greene County, IN
15498 Gaston15 September 2, 1863 Hugh Gaston Catherine Gaston Camp Sherman, Tishomingo County Solsberry, Greene County, IN
15499 Gaston16 October 21, 1863 Hugh Gaston Catherine Gaston Iuka, Tishomingo County, MS Solsberry, Greene County, IN
15500 Gaston17 November 11, 1863 Hugh Gaston Catherine Gaston Winchester, Franklin County, TN Solsberry, Greene County, IN
15501 Gaston18 December 20, 1863 Hugh Gaston Catherine Gaston Bridgeport, Jackson County, AL Solsberry, Greene County, IN
15503 Gaston19 January 15, 1864 Hugh Gaston Catherine Gaston Scottsboro, Jackson County, AL Solsberry, Greene County, IN
15507 Gaston21 June 11, 1864 Hugh Gaston Catherine Gaston , William Gaston Big Shanty, Cobb County, GA Solsberry, Greene County, IN
15508 Gaston22 June 23, 1864 Hugh Gaston Catherine Gaston Big Shanty, Cobb County, GA Solsberry, Greene County, IN
15509 Gaston23 July 27, 1864 Hugh Gaston Catherine Gaston Marietta, Cobb County, GA Solsberry, Greene County, IN
15510 Gaston24 August 7, 1864 Hugh Gaston Catherine Gaston Marietta, Cobb County, GA Solsberry, Greene County, IN
15511 Gaston25 October 16, 1864 Hugh Gaston Catherine Gaston Marietta, Cobb County, GA Solsberry, Greene County, IN
15512 Gaston26 November 9, 1864 Hugh Gaston Catherine Gaston Solsberry, Greene County, IN
15514 Gaston27 January 17, 1865 Hugh Gaston Catherine Gaston Lancaster County, SC Solsberry, Greene County, IN
15515 Gaston28 March 14, 1865 Hugh Gaston Catherine Gaston Fayetteville, Cumberland County, NC Solsberry, Greene County, IN
15516 Gaston29 March 29, 1865 Hugh Gaston Catherine Gaston Goldsboro, Wayne County, NC Solsberry, Greene County, IN

Received Letters

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ID Letter Date Author Recipient From To
15504 Gaston20 April 20, 1864 James H Gaston Hugh Gaston Scottsboro, Jackson County, AL Solsberry, Greene County, IN

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