Thursday, July 28, 2011

Jacob Reynerson

Was born March 23, 1828, in Indiana; a blacksmith by trade. Enlisted in October, 1864, in the 16th Iowa Infantry, and served as a private; was attached to the 3d Brigade, 4th Division, 17th Army Corps; was with Sherman in his march from Atlanta to the sea. Comrade Reynerson is a member of Sedgwick Post, G. A. R., of Santa Ana, Cal., where he resides.

SOURCE: William H. Ward, editor, Records Of Members Of The Grand Army Of The Republic: With A Complete Account Of The Twentieth National Encampment, p. 501

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