BS
- Branch of Service
- Army
- Rank
- Private
- Unit
- 96th OVI, Co. K, C
- Conflict / Era
- Civil War
- Years of Service
- 07/07/1865
- Date of Birth
- 08/31/1839
- Date of Death
- 03/01/1866
- Hometown
- Union, OH
- Burial Location
- Union Twp: Milford Center
- Monument Paver
- No
- Township (entering service)
- Union
- Township (current / at death)
- UNKNOWN
- School
- UNKNOWN
- Status
- Prisoner of War
- When
- 06/18/1863
- Record Authenticated
- Yes
Biography
School: UNKNOWN. captured as POW while foraging; exchanged 3/15/1864; mustered out 7/7/1865 at Mobile, AL; widow, Brittania Shirk, Milford Center
Source: Beers, Record 501, (533); American Civil War Research Database; Civil War Soldiers System; Union Co. Cem. Rec., Vol. 7, p. 83