Sergeant Lorenzo Wesley Holder, Co. B, 91st Indiana Infantry, USA

1817

  • December 26:  Lorenzo Wesley Holder was born.

1862

  • August 16: Enlisted in the U.S. Army.

1864

  • November 30: Lorenzo fought at the Battle of Franklin.

1865

  • June 26: Mustered out of the U.S. Army.

1870

  • August 30: The U.S. Federal Census enumerated in Hart Township, Warrick County, IN shows Lorenzo, a farmer, and his wife Sarah living with their children. Their 5 year old son was named “Union.”

1892

  • August 2: Lorenzo filed for an invalid soldiers’ military pension.

1893

  • January 24: Lorenzo Wesley Holder died. 
  • February 9: Lorenzo’s widow, Sally, filed for a widows’ military pension.