(Editor's note: This is part of a series of "Biographies of a Civil War Soldiers," one of several accounts of the services of a number of Boone County men in the War Between the States, as given in the second book of a two-volume work published in 1899, by the H.H. Hardesty Company of New York, under the title of "Presidents, Soldiers and Statesmen." The biographies are being published in Boone Magazine as they appeared in the original work with the exception that sketches are broken into paragraphs.)
CAPT. AARON FRAZEE 86th Ind., Co. A
March 2. 1830, in Rush Co., Ind., the hearts of Moses and Rebecca Rigdon Frazee were gladdened by the birth of a son, Aaron. When small he settled in Boone county. To share the joys and sorrows of this life he chose Amanda Doyle, daughter of John and Matilda Howard Doyal; she was born Nov. 14, 1833, in Ky. The marriage vows were taken July I, 1853, in Boone Co. Five children were born to this union; Dora, Emma, John, James and Charles.
When the dark war cloud was hanging over our nation our comrade was a brick mason but he left his trade and went forth to fight for his country. He enlisted Aug. 3, 1862, at Indianapolis, Ind., for three years as Capt. in Co. A, 86th I.V.I., 3d Brig., 3d Div., 4th A.C., Dept. of the Cumberland. He took active part in the following battles: Stone River, Tullahoma campaign, Hoover's Gap, Chickamauga for a two days siege at Chattanooga, Mission Ridge, Lookout Mt., Atlanta campaign, Buzzard Roost, Dalton, Resaca, Cassville, Calhoun, Kenesaw Mt., Peachtree Creek and the siege of Atlanta where he was taken sick from exposure and was compelled to retire. He was cared for in one of the field hospitals in the south while suffering from lung and other troubles.
In the fall of 1864. Frazee was given his discharge in the field in Georgia because of his sickness; he reenlisted Feb. 20, 1865, at Indianapolis as Capt. in Co. F, 148th I.V.I., Dept. of the Cumberland; he was engaged in constant guard and garrison duty in Tenn., Ala., and Ga., caring for the enormous government Q.M. and Commissary stores, protecting Sherman's long lines of communication between the Ohio River and Georgia. His old disease began to return from constant duty and exposure but he avoided hospitals by good care and determination. He was honorably discharged Sept. 5, 1865, at Nashville, Tenn.
Frazee's relatives and ancestors loyally served their country whenever necessary. Mrs. Frazee had one brother, John Doyal in 7th Ind., killed in the battle of the Wilderness, in May, 1864. Another brother, Sam Doyal, served in Co. D, 8th Ky., and in Co. A, 76th Ind. He was later judge of a court at Frankfort, this state. Her grandfather, John Doyal served in the War of 1812-14 under Generals Clark and Anthony Wayne.
Capt. Frazee and wife were honored members of the M.E. church in Indianapolis. Our comrade departed this life in 1869. After his death, Mrs. Frazee moved to her present cozy home in Boone Co., where she, with her little family, worship at the Baptist church at White Lick, Ind.
Capt. Aaron Frazee died thirty years before his biography was published in the book afore mentioned.
Boone Magazine. February 1980 page 30
Documents that correspond to the facts in this article can be found on the page for Aaron Frazee in the public tree Howards Cemetery Restoration and Preservation on Ancestry.com
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