Called by his middle name
Civil War: Young Henry enlisted just before the 33rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry was organized in Portsmouth, August, 1861. Military burial records hint that he was ill or injured and was in a hospital in or near Nashville when he died. The 33rd was very active from the start, moving through several states and involved in large battles and ongoing engagements. Their record in Tennessee in the period before Henry's death suggests his death was a result of battle rather than illness, although this is unconfirmed. The volunteers for this unit were committed to three years of service, and Henry survived the first two of his.
There is no record of his ever having been married or having children. For this reason, he is missing from some family histories. He was living with his parents for both the 1850 and 1860 US Census, and his parents filed for his pension. On that document, his unit is identified and matches the unit for the soldier in this memorial. This confirmation is important because there were at least two other men with the same name and similar age in Ohio in his time, and their names also varied in spelling.
Military records all show the spelling "Dike," while the family had alternated between that and "Dyke" until consistently using the latter.
His mother was Mary Aikin, his father's first wife.
Civil War: Young Henry enlisted just before the 33rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry was organized in Portsmouth, August, 1861. Military burial records hint that he was ill or injured and was in a hospital in or near Nashville when he died. The 33rd was very active from the start, moving through several states and involved in large battles and ongoing engagements. Their record in Tennessee in the period before Henry's death suggests his death was a result of battle rather than illness, although this is unconfirmed. The volunteers for this unit were committed to three years of service, and Henry survived the first two of his.
There is no record of his ever having been married or having children. For this reason, he is missing from some family histories. He was living with his parents for both the 1850 and 1860 US Census, and his parents filed for his pension. On that document, his unit is identified and matches the unit for the soldier in this memorial. This confirmation is important because there were at least two other men with the same name and similar age in Ohio in his time, and their names also varied in spelling.
Military records all show the spelling "Dike," while the family had alternated between that and "Dyke" until consistently using the latter.
His mother was Mary Aikin, his father's first wife.
Called by his middle name
Civil War: Young Henry enlisted just before the 33rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry was organized in Portsmouth, August, 1861. Military burial records hint that he was ill or injured and was in a hospital in or near Nashville when he died. The 33rd was very active from the start, moving through several states and involved in large battles and ongoing engagements. Their record in Tennessee in the period before Henry's death suggests his death was a result of battle rather than illness, although this is unconfirmed. The volunteers for this unit were committed to three years of service, and Henry survived the first two of his.
There is no record of his ever having been married or having children. For this reason, he is missing from some family histories. He was living with his parents for both the 1850 and 1860 US Census, and his parents filed for his pension. On that document, his unit is identified and matches the unit for the soldier in this memorial. This confirmation is important because there were at least two other men with the same name and similar age in Ohio in his time, and their names also varied in spelling.
Military records all show the spelling "Dike," while the family had alternated between that and "Dyke" until consistently using the latter.
His mother was Mary Aikin, his father's first wife.
Civil War: Young Henry enlisted just before the 33rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry was organized in Portsmouth, August, 1861. Military burial records hint that he was ill or injured and was in a hospital in or near Nashville when he died. The 33rd was very active from the start, moving through several states and involved in large battles and ongoing engagements. Their record in Tennessee in the period before Henry's death suggests his death was a result of battle rather than illness, although this is unconfirmed. The volunteers for this unit were committed to three years of service, and Henry survived the first two of his.
There is no record of his ever having been married or having children. For this reason, he is missing from some family histories. He was living with his parents for both the 1850 and 1860 US Census, and his parents filed for his pension. On that document, his unit is identified and matches the unit for the soldier in this memorial. This confirmation is important because there were at least two other men with the same name and similar age in Ohio in his time, and their names also varied in spelling.
Military records all show the spelling "Dike," while the family had alternated between that and "Dyke" until consistently using the latter.
His mother was Mary Aikin, his father's first wife.
