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• Birth	8 Oct 1841	Ohio   [1]
  Gender	Male
  BIRT	8 Oct 1842  [2]
  Died	23 Sep 1864	Morganza, Pointe Coupee, la   [1]
  Person ID	I98604	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	03 Oct 2005 00:00:00
  Father	Thomas Smith HOOK, b. 11 Nov 1810, Tenterden, Kent, England
  Mother	Antoinette Elizabeth ANDREWS, b. 4 Jun 1822, Ny or Oh
  Family ID	F43000	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Name: Sidney S Hook Residence: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Enlistment Date: 05 January 1864 Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE Side Served: Union State Served: Wisconsin Unit Numbers: 3088 3088 Service Record: Enlisted as a Corporal on 05 January 1864 Enlisted in Company G, 35th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 05 January 1864. Died of disease Company G, 35th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 23 September 1864 in Morganza, LA Regimental History Thirty-fifth Infantry WISCONSIN (3-YEARS) Thirty-fifth Infantry. -- Cols., Henry Orff, George H. Walther; Lieut.-Cols., Charles A. Smith, George H. Walther, Robert Strohman, Fred Von Baumbach. This regiment was organized at Camp Washburn, Milwaukee, in the fall of 1863, was mustered in Nov. 27, and left the state April 18, 1864, for Port Hudson, La., where it arrived May 7 and engaged in guard and picket duty until June 26 when it was ordered to Morganza and assigned to the 1st brigade, 3d division, 19th army corps, commanded by Brig.-Gen. A. L. Lee. The regiment was ordered to St. Charles, Ark., and was engaged there in scouting expeditions and guard duty until Aug. 7, when it returned to Morganza. On Oct. 1 the brigade set out on an expedition to Simsport, and during the expedition the regiment participated in several skirmishes. It returned to Morganza, proceeded thence to Devall's Bluff, Ark., landing there Oct. 18, and on Nov. 9 was sent to Brownsville, where it remained until Dec. 1, when it was again ordered to Devall's Bluff. On Dec. 14, the regiment was assigned to the 4th brigade, reserve corps, Military Division of West Mississippi and was employed until Feb. 7, 1865, when it embarked for the attack on Mobile. Landing at Mobile point on the 26th it was assigned to the 1st brigade, 3rd division, 13th corps, with which it engaged in the siege and remained until the enemy evacuated the place in April. It was then sent to McIntosh bluff and there engaged in building fortifications until the close of the war east of the Mississippi river. In August it was assigned to the command known as the separate brigade, Army of the Rio Grande, and during the rest of its term of service was engaged in guard duty and upon government steamers. It was mustered out Mar. 5, 1866. Its original strength was 1,066. Gain by recruits 22. Loss by death 256, desertion, 29; transfer, 11, discharge, 177. Source: The Union Army, vol. 4, p. 67 Battles Fought Fought on 31 January 1865 at Duvall's Bluff, AR. Fought on 23 March 1865. Fought on 24 March 1865 at Spanish Fort, AL. Fought on 27 March 1865 at Spanish Fort, AL. Fought on 28 March 1865 at Spanish Fort, AL. Fought on 29 March 1865 at Spanish Fort, AL. Fought on 30 March 1865 at Spanish Fort, AL. Fought on 04 April 1865 at Spanish Fort, AL. Fought on 06 April 1865 at Spanish Fort, AL. Historical Data Systems, comp. American Civil War Regiments. [database on-line] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 1999-. Data compiled by Historical Data Systems of Kingston, MA from the list of works at:<http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/military/cwrd/db.htm>. Copyright 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 - Historical Data Systems Inc.P.O. Box 196 Kingston, MA 02364

• Sources

  [S1854] Sidney Smith Hook's Civil War military papers from Pension request applied for by his father, Thomas Smith Hook in 1884,. [S15] Family data, Stephen Hook Family Bible, , (:,); original owned by Nancy C. Hook (). Stephen Hook to Charles Hook to Harry.