Mandeville G. Townsend

Buried in section 12,  grave # 5792  At National Cemetery, Little Rock Arkansas

Mandeville G. Townsend was the son of Edwin Townsend and Anne Elizabeth Graff. He was born in New York abt 1837, and died April 25, 1864 at Marks Mills, Arkansas. In his Military records he is described as being 6'0" brown hair, blue eyes, and with a heavy build.

28th Wisconsin Infantry Co. B

"Waukesha Minute Men"

His Civil War History.

Mandeville G. Townsend was commisoned into the 28th Wisconsin Infantry as a Captain on September 1, 1862. He then subscribed, and was sworn into the unit at Milwaukee, Wisconsin on October 14, 1862.  He listed his occupation as a banker. On May 4, 1863 at Helena, Arkansas he applied and was granted a certificate of leave of absence. The Dr.'s report states that Mandeville was suffering from a severe attack of Typho-Malarial fever and in his opinion a change in the climate was absolutely necessary to save his life. The Dr. also stated that Mandeville should have a minimum of 60 days to recover. Then June 14, 1863 the muster rolls show Mandeville on detached service as a Provost Marshall at Helena, Arkansas by special orders number 104 by Major General Prentiss. According to the July and August 1863 muster rolls Mandeville was absent with leave to Waukesha, Wisconsin. The September, and October muster rolls show him as being on leave for a severe cough and tenderness to the left lung and it says that he was in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He returns to his unit in November 1863 and remains with them until April 1864. The April and May, 1864 muster rolls list him as an Acting Assistant Inspector General. The May and June muster rolls show Mandeville as missing in action but then a report written by a L. Thomas, Adjuntant General states that satisfactory evidence had been received that Capt. Mandeville G. Townsend who was reported missing in action was killed on the field in the engagement near Marks Mills, Arkansas on April 25, 1864

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