- Branch of Service
- Army
- Rank
- Private
- Unit
- Company 4, Forty-fourth Ohio Infantry/8th Regiment, Ohio Cavalry
- Conflict / Era
- Civil War
- Years of Service
- 1861 – 1864
- Date of Birth
- 07/19/1821
- Date of Death
- 03/11/1887
- Hometown
- Leesburg, OH
- Burial Location
- Leesburg Twp: Hopewell
- Monument Paver
- No
- Township (entering service)
- Leesburg
- Township (current / at death)
- Taylor
- School
- UNKNOWN
- Record Authenticated
- No
Biography
School: UNKNOWN. Served as a bugler; his bugle was donated to the Hardin County Museum in the Hardin County Courthouse in Kenton, Ohio; enlisted in 44th Ohio Infantry Oct 2, 1861; discharged at Milwaukee, Wisconsin Oct 4, 1864. The 44th organized in the autumn of 1861 and operated in W. Virginia and Kentucky until the fall of 1863. Followed Gen. Burnside in his advance into Tennessee. In Jan. 1864, the regiment re-enlisted as mounted cavalry, the 8th Ohio Cavalry.
Source: Veteran information received by email 09/21/2006 by great-great-granddaughter, Joyce Rarick