Ruel P. McFarland, married to Jane Campbell of Ohio, entered service Aug. 9, 1862 at the age of 38. Appointed Corporal in Co. B 39th Reg't. Ohio Volunteer Infantry on Oct. 6, 1863. Killed in action at Battle of Kenesaw Mountain in Georgia on June 26, 1864. Buried at Marietta GA in Section A Grave 86. The Regiment was organized at Camp Dennison OH from the 3rd to the 13th of Aug. 1861 to serve 3 years. The regiment saw action in 19 battles.

Thirty-ninth Infantry. - Cols., John Groesbeck, Alfred W.
Gilbert, Edward F. Noyes, Daniel Weber; Lieut.-Cols., Henry T.
McDowell, Henry A. Babbitt; Majs., William H. Lathrop, John S.
Jenkins, George T. Rice. This regiment was organized at Camp
Dennison, from Aug. 3 to 13, 1861, to serve for three years.
Being fully armed and equipped, it moved by rail to St. Louis,
Mo., to join the forces organizing under Gen. Fremont. It as-
sisted in all the operations that resulted in the capture of
New Madrid and Island No. 10, after which it embarked on trans-
ports and sailed down the Mississippi to within a few miles of
Fort Pillow. It held the advance of Pope's army on entering
Corinth, being one of the first regiments to occupy the place,
and participated in the sanguinary conflicts at Iuka and Cor-
inth in September and October following. It fought at Parker's
cross-roads in December, when the force under Forrest was met,
defeated and driven across the Tennessee river. It was one of
the regiments that veteranized, and after its furlough home,
participated in the Atlanta campaign. It took part in the bat-
tle of Resaca, the action at Dallas, then moved to Acworth,
thence to Big Shanty, pushing the Confederate army to the base
of Kennesaw mountain, where the regiment remained under con-
stant fire until the enemy abandoned his line and took position
near the Chattahoochee river. Then the regiment engaged in a
successful assault on the enemy's works at Nickajack creek and
on July 22 assisted in repelling the attack of Hardee's corps
on the left flank of the Army of the Tennessee. This was the
most severe engagement in which the regiment participated dur-
ing its term of service, losing one-third of its number in
killed and wounded. During this campaign the regiment lost 24
men killed and 168 wounded. It then marched to the sea and in
Jan., 1865, entered upon the campaign of the Carolinas, being
engaged in the action at Rivers' bridge, and struck the Char-
leston & Augusta railroad at Midway. It engaged the enemy 7
miles from Cheraw, drove him through the town and across the
Great Pedee river, and captured large quantities of ordnance
and other stores. It took part in the action at Bentonville,
N. C., with a loss of 4 killed, 17 wounded and 3 missing. Then
came the news of Lee's surrender, the capitulation of Johnston,
the march to Washington, the grand review, and finally the mus-
ter-out on July 9, 1865.

Source: The Union Army, vol. 2

Battles Fought

Fought on 03 March 1862 at New Madrid, MO.
Fought on 08 May 1862 at Farmington, MS.
Fought on 28 May 1862 at Corinth, MS.
Fought on 23 August 1862 at Iuka, MS.
Fought on 19 September 1862 at Iuka, MS.
Fought on 04 October 1862 at Corinth, MS.
Fought on 22 December 1862 at Holly Springs, MS.
Fought on 03 January 1863 at Lexington, TN.
Fought on 14 May 1864 at Dallas, GA.
Fought on 29 May 1864 at Dallas, GA.
Fought on 31 May 1864 at Dallas, GA.
Fought on 01 June 1864 at Dallas, GA.
Fought on 15 June 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain, GA.
Fought on 16 June 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain, GA.
Fought on 18 June 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain, GA.
Fought on 23 June 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain, GA.
Fought on 26 June 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain, GA.
Fought on 28 June 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain, GA.

Still reaearching to see if he in fact was born in Scotland or Ohio.