Daniel Holcomb

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| name = Daniel Holcomb

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1845|11|13}}

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1900|12|14|1845|11|13}}

| birth_place = Hartford, Ohio

| death_place = Sedalia, Missouri

| placeofburial = Crown Hill Cemetery, Missouri

| placeofburial_label = Place of burial

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| allegiance = {{flagicon|United States|1861}} United States of America

| branch = {{army|USA}}
Union Army

| rank = Private

| unit = {{flagicon|Ohio}} 41st Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment

| awards = {{Flagicon image|Medal of Honor ribbon.svg}} Medal of Honor

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Daniel Irvine Holcomb (November 13, 1845 - December 14, 1900) was a recipient of the Medal of Honor and soldier in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Biography

Enlisting on August 20, 1861, he fought as a private in Company A of the 41st Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment.{{Cite web|title=Daniel Irving Holcomb {{!}} U.S. Civil War {{!}} U.S. Army {{!}} Medal of Honor Recipient|url=https://www.cmohs.org/recipients/daniel-i-holcomb|access-date=2021-10-26|website=Congressional Medal of Honor Society|language=en}}{{Cite book |last1=Kimberly |first1=Robert |url=https://archive.org/details/fortyfirstohiov00kimb/mode/2up?q=holcomb&view=theater |title=The Forty-first Ohio veteran volunteer infantry in the war of rebellion. 1861-1865 |last2=Holloway |first2=Ephraim |publisher=W. R. Smellie |year=1897 |location=Cleveland, Ohio |pages=145 |language=en}} He earned his medal in action at Brentwood Hills, Tennessee on December 16, 1864, for "Capture of Confederate guidon."{{Cite web|title=Daniel Holcomb - Recipient -|url=http://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/567|access-date=2021-10-26|website=valor.militarytimes.com|language=en}} The Union was attacking Confederate lines at Overton Knob and the Forty-first were placed as skirmishers. In the attack, the regiment fell back, leaving behind Holcomb, William Garrett and a few other soldiers. Split in two distinct groups, Holcomb and the others attacked the lines again and captured prisoners and a flag as the Confederates retreated. Garrett and those with him mounted a similar attack.{{Cite book |last1=Kimberly |first1=Robert |url=https://archive.org/details/fortyfirstohiov00kimb/mode/2up?q=holcomb |title=The Forty-first Ohio veteran volunteer infantry in the war of rebellion. 1861-1865 |last2=Holloway |first2=Ephraim |publisher=W. R. Smellie |year=1897 |location=Cleveland, Ohio |pages=105}}{{Cite book |last1=Lamont |first1=Daniel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dMYtAAAAIAAJ |title=The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies |last2=Davis |first2=George |last3=Perry |first3=Leslie |last4=Joseph |first4=Kirkley |publisher=Government Printing Office |year=1894 |location=Washington, District of Columbia |pages=309}} He became a corporal on February 20, 1865, and mustered out that same year on November 27. The medal was presented on February 22, 1865. After the war he married Almira Ingraham on January 1, 1868, and had one child with her.{{Cite news |date=December 20, 1900 |title=D. I. HOLCOMB |pages=9 |work=Sedalia Weekly Democrat |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/sedalia-weekly-democrat-daniel-holcomb/130866910/}} He worked variously as a salesman and business man in Ohio, Iowa and Missouri which he moved to in 1879. He and his first wife divorced in 1891 leading to his second marriage with Cora Rippey on February 22, 1894.{{Cite news |date=August 16, 1901 |title=HOLCOMB'S ESTATE |pages=1 |work=Sedalia Weekly Democrat |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/sedalia-weekly-democrat-daniel-holcomb/130861654/}}{{Cite news |date=February 23, 1894 |title=A QUIET MARRIAGE |pages=2 |work=Sedalia Weekly Democrat |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/sedalia-weekly-democrat-daniel-holcomb/130867521/}} A captain in the Queen City Guards, he was a member of the G.A.R and many other organizations. He was also a Republican councillor and one time city council president. Daniel Holcomb died at 4:00 am on December 14, 1900, of Bright's Disease. After his death, his family was involved in a complicated legal fight over his estate.{{Cite news |date=December 30, 1900 |title=THE SECOND WILL |pages=1 |work=The Sedalia Democrat |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sedalia-democrat-daniel-holcomb/130860386/}} Holcomb is currently interred at Crown Hill Cemetery, Sedalia, Missouri.{{Cite web|title=Daniel I Holcomb - victoriacross|url=http://www.vconline.org.uk/daniel-i-holcomb/4593387273|access-date=2021-10-26|website=www.vconline.org.uk}}

References

Category:United States Army Medal of Honor recipients

Category:People from Licking County, Ohio

Category:People of Ohio in the American Civil War

Category:1845 births

Category:1900 deaths

Category:American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor