JOSPEH P. CARDER MUSTERED IN AS A CORPORAL ON JULY 29TH, 1861 AND SERVED HIS FULL THREE YEAR ENLISTMENT WITH THE 19TH iNDIANA. IN THE FALL OF 1864 HE TRANSFERRED TO COMPANY E OF THE 20TH INDIANA INFANTRY AS A CAPTAIN AND MUSTERED OUT WITH THE REGIMENT AT THE END OF THE WAR.
AT THE 1889 19TH INDIANA INFANTRY REUNION JOSEPH WAS LISTED AS LIVING IN FETTERMAN WEST VIRGINIA.