Rensselaer Union, Volume 10, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 April 1878 — Captain Joseph Pillars. [ARTICLE]

Captain Joseph Pillars.

The mortal remains of Captain Joseph Pillars were buried last Saturday, he having died of acute pneumonia April 11th. He was about 40 years old. At the outbreak of the War of the Rebellion Capt. Pillars enlisted in the military service of the Government as a private soldier of Company G, Ninth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry. At the close of the Three Months' Service he re-enlisted in the same company for three years, and was appointed First Sergeant. In 1864 he was among the number of those who re-enlisted as veterans, and was afterwards commissioned successively Second Lieutenant, First Lieutenant and Captain. He was a modest, faithful, brave and efficient soldier—a hero in numerous engagements and battles—among the most noted of these being Carrick’s Ford, Laurel Hill, Greenbriar, Buffalo Mountain, Shiloh, the seige of Corinth, Stone River, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, Rosacea, Lost Mountain, Kenesaw Mountain, Rough and Ready, Atlanta, Jonesborough, Lovejoy, Franklin, Nashville, and skirmishes not to be numbered here. Directly after the war closed, he was married to Miss Arabic Clark, and engaged in the occupation of farming, becoming in the private walks of life an exemplary citizen. He leaves a widow with several children to struggle with the vicissitudes of life as best they may, without the counsel, guidance and protection of husband and father.