Wilson Caldwell, Minute Man in US Civil War

On this day in 1863, my husband's 1c3r answered the call to enlist in the Indiana "minute men" Infantry and prepare to defend against attack from Confederate forces during the US Civil War.Wilson Caldwell (1845-1921) was just 18 and living in Posey township, Fayette County, Indiana with his farming family when he enlisted on July 10, 1863 in the 104th Indiana Infantry, Company K. On this map, Posey is at top left of the county.Wilson and his fellow minute men served just eight days because they were enlisted specifically for short-term emergency service, not for regular military service. From Union Army, vol. 3, p. 174, a description of his unit's history in the context of other units formed at the same time: One Hundred and Fourth Infantry Indiana Minute Men. -Word being received at Indianapolis on the evening of July 8, 1863, that a force of 6,000 cavalry under [Confederate General] Morgan had crossed the Ohio River near Mauckport and was moving on Corydon, a call was issued for…