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Col Eugene Powell

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Col Eugene Powell

Birth
Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio, USA
Death
17 Mar 1907 (aged 72)
Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA GPS-Latitude: 39.9368711, Longitude: -83.0331261
Plot
Section 66, lot 21, grave 2
Memorial ID
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Civil War Brevet Brig. General, son of Thomas W and Elizabeth W.Powell.Green Lawn interment #36598
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Federal (USV)
Lieutenant Colonel
Eugene Powell
(1834 - 1907)
Home State: Ohio
Command Billet: Commanding Regiment
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 66th Ohio Infantry
Before Antietam

In 1860 he was a 24 year old machinist living with his parents and siblings in Delaware, OH. His father Thomas Powel(l), born in Wales, was a prosperous lawyer. Eugene helped organize a Company of troops and mustered into service as Captain of Company I, 4th Ohio Infantry at Camp Jackson, Columbus, Ohio. The 4th was mustered into 3 months Federal service in May, but soon converted to 3-years' service. At the organization of the new 66th Ohio Infantry (17 December 1861), Powell was appointed Major. In May 1862 he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel.

On the Campaign

He led his Regiment, part of General Greene's Division, in their assault to the Dunker Church at Antietam on 17 September 1862. He reported that he "was wounded by a musket-shot along the cheek and neck, which disabled me from remaining on the field the rest of the day."

The rest of the War

On 12 March 1865 he was appointed Colonel of the new 193rd Ohio Infantry. He was honored by brevet to Brigadier General on 13 March 1865 and mustered out on 4 August 1865 at Winchester, VA.

After the War

In 1870 he was a Collector of the Internal Revenue, again living with parents and 3 siblings in Delaware, OH, and he was elected to the Ohio State House from Delaware County in 1871. In 1880 he was a fence manufacturer in Delaware but by 1900 was in the real estate business in Milo, Franklin County, OH.


References & notes

His service from the Roster 1 with details from the History of Delaware and Ohio (1880), transcribed online by Allen L. Potts at Heritage Pursuits. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860-1900. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Mary Louisa Falconer (1852-1930) in October 1873 and they had 3 children.
Birth: 11/16/1834; Delaware, OH
Death : 03/17/1907; Columbus, OH; burial in Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, OH
Source.; https://antietam.aotw.org/officers.php?officer_id=390
Civil War Brevet Brig. General, son of Thomas W and Elizabeth W.Powell.Green Lawn interment #36598
*******************************************
Federal (USV)
Lieutenant Colonel
Eugene Powell
(1834 - 1907)
Home State: Ohio
Command Billet: Commanding Regiment
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 66th Ohio Infantry
Before Antietam

In 1860 he was a 24 year old machinist living with his parents and siblings in Delaware, OH. His father Thomas Powel(l), born in Wales, was a prosperous lawyer. Eugene helped organize a Company of troops and mustered into service as Captain of Company I, 4th Ohio Infantry at Camp Jackson, Columbus, Ohio. The 4th was mustered into 3 months Federal service in May, but soon converted to 3-years' service. At the organization of the new 66th Ohio Infantry (17 December 1861), Powell was appointed Major. In May 1862 he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel.

On the Campaign

He led his Regiment, part of General Greene's Division, in their assault to the Dunker Church at Antietam on 17 September 1862. He reported that he "was wounded by a musket-shot along the cheek and neck, which disabled me from remaining on the field the rest of the day."

The rest of the War

On 12 March 1865 he was appointed Colonel of the new 193rd Ohio Infantry. He was honored by brevet to Brigadier General on 13 March 1865 and mustered out on 4 August 1865 at Winchester, VA.

After the War

In 1870 he was a Collector of the Internal Revenue, again living with parents and 3 siblings in Delaware, OH, and he was elected to the Ohio State House from Delaware County in 1871. In 1880 he was a fence manufacturer in Delaware but by 1900 was in the real estate business in Milo, Franklin County, OH.


References & notes

His service from the Roster 1 with details from the History of Delaware and Ohio (1880), transcribed online by Allen L. Potts at Heritage Pursuits. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860-1900. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Mary Louisa Falconer (1852-1930) in October 1873 and they had 3 children.
Birth: 11/16/1834; Delaware, OH
Death : 03/17/1907; Columbus, OH; burial in Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, OH
Source.; https://antietam.aotw.org/officers.php?officer_id=390


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  • Created by: Brent Nimmo
  • Added: Jul 19, 2007
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20528633/eugene-powell: accessed ), memorial page for Col Eugene Powell (16 Nov 1834–17 Mar 1907), Find a Grave Memorial ID 20528633, citing Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Brent Nimmo (contributor 443).