Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861-1865
CA/NV Department – Hannah Anderson Ropes Tent No. 86
Joseph Calvin Wildt was born in 1843 in Pennsylvania. At the age of 20, in 1863, he was residing with his parents in Marietta, Ohio.
On Jan 17, 1864, Joseph Calvin enlisted as a Private in Company C, commanded by Captain Wallace Hill, in the 1st Regiment Light Artillery W VA Volunteers.
Background: “The battery commanded by Captain Hill and Lieutenants O’Leary and Theis was at Gettysburg, July 2 and 3, 1863. After the battle of Gettysburg, the battery recrossed the Potomac into Virginia. The next and last battle in which the battery was engaged, was at Mitchell’s Ford, when the Union arms were successful.
During the winter of 1863-64, the battery reenlisted, and was ordered into the defenses of Washington, where it remained until June 28, 1865, when it was mustered out of service. “The battery did its duty well’” (West Virginia in the Civil War). (Eric Spurlock and Bob Arrington. “1st WV Artillery, Battery C Light Artillery (Hills BN), Pierpont Battery.” Clio: Your Guide to History. July 6, 2023. Accessed January 24, 2025. https://theclio.com/entry/34806.)
Joseph Calvin was discharged on Jun 28, 1865, under War Order No. 105, of Jun 2, 1865, the conclusion of the War.
His father, Joseph, also served the Union in the Civil War in the Unassigned 58th Ohio Infantry.
At the age of 32, on March 1, 1875, Joseph Calvin married Ida Virginia Cook, in Walker, KS. They had four children in 13 years, including Benetta Wildt, my great-grandmother.
Joseph Calvin died in 1896 in Denver, CO, at the age of 53. He was buried in Denver, CO.
— Patricia Carleen Buss Winiecki
2nd Great-grandfather
