Record Group 92: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774 - 1985 Series: Name and Subject Indexes to Letters Sent Relating to Barracks, Quarters, and Supply Claims, 1869 - 1870

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Record Group 92: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774 - 1985 Series: Name and Subject Indexes to Letters Sent Relating to Barracks, Quarters, and Supply Claims, 1869 - 1870

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Ekin, James Adams, 1819-1891

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Ekin was born August 31, 1819 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to James and Susan Burling (Bayard) Ekin. His mother was a daughter of Colonel Stephen A. Bayard of the Continental Army. He served an apprenticeship as a steamboat builder, which eventually led to his first career as a steamboat builder in Pittsburgh. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Ekin enlisted April 25, 1861 in the 12th Pennsylvania Infantry (a 3-month regiment) as a lieutenant and was assigned regimental quartermaster. Ekin mus...