Ralph Sutliff Bushnell ¹

  General Notes:

Moved to Wisconsin in spring of 1853. Served with Comp . B 43rd Reg. Wis. Vols from Aug 30, 1864 to June 24, 186 5 as a cook. The 43rd was sent from Wisconsin to Nashvill e in Oct 1864 and then to Johnsonville, Tn. to guard an imp ortant supply depot and rail line. Here they were menace d by Confederate forces under Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest w hen he was on his way to join Gen. Hood's army, before th e battle at Nashville. In Jan. 1865 the 43rd moved by rai l to Decherd Station, Tn. Here they guarded the supply rou te to Chattanooga. While in the area of Decherd Station, t he 43rd had some encounters with bushwackers and with Marma duke's Guerrillas.

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• Miscellaneous.

Ralph married Sylvia Amanda Tyler, daughter of Abel Tyler Jr and Sylvia Lewis, on 20 Aug 1846 in OH. (Sylvia Amanda Tyler was born on 10 Feb 1826 in OH, died on 29 Apr 1897 in Harrison Township, Grant County, WI and was buried in Platteville, WI, Whig Cemetery.)

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