Enlisted in the Civil War at Milford Center O when 16 yrs old in Co C 86th O.V.I. & re‑enlisted also at Milford Center O in Co B 174th O.V.I. & got home from the war on June 29, 1865, was all through with the army of the Cumberland in Kentucky. Lookout Mountain & Kenesaw Mountain, was under Gen'l Geo H. Thomas & toward the last with Genl Wm T. Sherman. Was sent to Washington D.C. then back to Norfolk VA & on to Raleigh NC where he rejoined Sherman's army & where he sat on the fence four hours watching for his brother Elnathan who was in Co B 32d O.V.I. & who he there met. Elnathan was with Sherman through it all & in his march to the sea.
Enlisted in the Civil War at Milford Center O when 16 yrs old in Co C 86th O.V.I. & re‑enlisted also at Milford Center O in Co B 174th O.V.I. & got home from the war on June 29, 1865, was all through with the army of the Cumberland in Kentucky. Lookout Mountain & Kenesaw Mountain, was under Gen'l Geo H. Thomas & toward the last with Genl Wm T. Sherman. Was sent to Washington D.C. then back to Norfolk VA & on to Raleigh NC where he rejoined Sherman's army & where he sat on the fence four hours watching for his brother Elnathan who was in Co B 32d O.V.I. & who he there met. Elnathan was with Sherman through it all & in his march to the sea.
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