Enlisted as a Private on 2 May 1864 at the age of 22. Enlisted in Company E, 133rd Infantry Regiment Ohio on 6 May 1864. Mustered Out Company E, 133rd Infantry Regiment Ohio on 20 Aug 1864 at Camp Chase, OH.
REGIMENTAL HISTORY:
This regiment was organized at Camp Chase, May 6, 1864, to serve for 100 days. It was composed of two companies of the 58th battalion Ohio National Guard, from Hancock County, and two companies of the 76th battalion Ohio National Guard, from Franklin County. The regiment was immediately ordered to Parkersburg, West Virginia, where it arrived on May 8. From here it was ordered to New Creek, thence to Washington, D.C., and on June 7 it was ordered to Bermuda Hundred, where it arrived on June 12. On June 16 the brigade to which it was assigned was ordered to destroy the Richmond & Petersburg railroad. The regiment was assigned to the support of a battery, which opened a cannonade on the enemy and then with other troops, succeeded in holding the Confederates in check for 5 hours. On July 17 it embarked at Point of Rocks, and proceeded to Fort Powhatan, where it was employed to work on the fortifications and in repairing telegraph lines. On Aug. 10 it proceeded to Washington, thence to Camp Chase, where it was mustered out on Aug. 20, 1864.
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BATTLES FOUGHT:
Fought on 16 Jun 1864 at Waugh's Church, MD.
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REGIMENTAL HISTORY:
This regiment was organized at Camp Chase, May 6, 1864, to serve for 100 days. It was composed of two companies of the 58th battalion Ohio National Guard, from Hancock County, and two companies of the 76th battalion Ohio National Guard, from Franklin County. The regiment was immediately ordered to Parkersburg, West Virginia, where it arrived on May 8. From here it was ordered to New Creek, thence to Washington, D.C., and on June 7 it was ordered to Bermuda Hundred, where it arrived on June 12. On June 16 the brigade to which it was assigned was ordered to destroy the Richmond & Petersburg railroad. The regiment was assigned to the support of a battery, which opened a cannonade on the enemy and then with other troops, succeeded in holding the Confederates in check for 5 hours. On July 17 it embarked at Point of Rocks, and proceeded to Fort Powhatan, where it was employed to work on the fortifications and in repairing telegraph lines. On Aug. 10 it proceeded to Washington, thence to Camp Chase, where it was mustered out on Aug. 20, 1864.
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BATTLES FOUGHT:
Fought on 16 Jun 1864 at Waugh's Church, MD.
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Enlisted as a Private on 2 May 1864 at the age of 22. Enlisted in Company E, 133rd Infantry Regiment Ohio on 6 May 1864. Mustered Out Company E, 133rd Infantry Regiment Ohio on 20 Aug 1864 at Camp Chase, OH.
REGIMENTAL HISTORY:
This regiment was organized at Camp Chase, May 6, 1864, to serve for 100 days. It was composed of two companies of the 58th battalion Ohio National Guard, from Hancock County, and two companies of the 76th battalion Ohio National Guard, from Franklin County. The regiment was immediately ordered to Parkersburg, West Virginia, where it arrived on May 8. From here it was ordered to New Creek, thence to Washington, D.C., and on June 7 it was ordered to Bermuda Hundred, where it arrived on June 12. On June 16 the brigade to which it was assigned was ordered to destroy the Richmond & Petersburg railroad. The regiment was assigned to the support of a battery, which opened a cannonade on the enemy and then with other troops, succeeded in holding the Confederates in check for 5 hours. On July 17 it embarked at Point of Rocks, and proceeded to Fort Powhatan, where it was employed to work on the fortifications and in repairing telegraph lines. On Aug. 10 it proceeded to Washington, thence to Camp Chase, where it was mustered out on Aug. 20, 1864.
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BATTLES FOUGHT:
Fought on 16 Jun 1864 at Waugh's Church, MD.
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REGIMENTAL HISTORY:
This regiment was organized at Camp Chase, May 6, 1864, to serve for 100 days. It was composed of two companies of the 58th battalion Ohio National Guard, from Hancock County, and two companies of the 76th battalion Ohio National Guard, from Franklin County. The regiment was immediately ordered to Parkersburg, West Virginia, where it arrived on May 8. From here it was ordered to New Creek, thence to Washington, D.C., and on June 7 it was ordered to Bermuda Hundred, where it arrived on June 12. On June 16 the brigade to which it was assigned was ordered to destroy the Richmond & Petersburg railroad. The regiment was assigned to the support of a battery, which opened a cannonade on the enemy and then with other troops, succeeded in holding the Confederates in check for 5 hours. On July 17 it embarked at Point of Rocks, and proceeded to Fort Powhatan, where it was employed to work on the fortifications and in repairing telegraph lines. On Aug. 10 it proceeded to Washington, thence to Camp Chase, where it was mustered out on Aug. 20, 1864.
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BATTLES FOUGHT:
Fought on 16 Jun 1864 at Waugh's Church, MD.
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