Henry C. Geiger

He enlisted at age 28 on 5 (or 13) July 1861 in Jacksonville, VA and mustered as a Private in Company E, 2nd Florida Infantry. He was appointed 5th Sergeant on 13 December 1861 and was 3rd Sergeant by June 1862.

According to Captain Ballantine, Geiger commanded the remnants of the regiment at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862 after the Captain was wounded. Geiger was later captured in action there.

He was exchanged and was back with his regiment by November 1862. He was 2nd Sergeant by April 1863 but was reduced to the ranks (Private) on 1 June 1863. He was captured near Fredericksburg, VA on 5 June, sent to the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, DC, and paroled there on 10 June. He was admitted to a hospital in Petersburg, VA with a hernia on 12 June and sent to a hospital in Richmond on 10 August.

He returned to duty, date not given, and was elected Captain on 5 January 1864. He was captured at Chesterfield Court House, VA on 4 April 1865, briefly held in Libby Prison in Richmond, VA, then was back in the Old Capitol Prison in Washington on 11 April. He was sent to Johnson's Island, OH on 11 May and released after taking an oath of allegiance there on 18 June 1865.

Basic service information from the State of Florida,1 which only has his initial enlistment date with no mention of any commissions, and from his Compiled Service Records,2 online from fold3. He is listed as "Lt. Geiger" by the Official Records in the Order of Battle at Sharpsburg. Ballantine's information comes from a 27 July 1898 telegram to Carman.3

c. 1833