Union Civil War Veteran Officer. Born in Brazil, Indiana, he later moved to Terre Haute, Indiana. When the Civil War began, Ford volunteered to serve in the Union Army and enlisted for three years' service. He was mustered into Company A with the 31st Indiana Volunteer Infantry as a Sergeant. He was eventually promoted to Captain of Company A and participated in several major engagements of the Western Theatre including the Battles of Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Stones River, Chickamauga, Resaca, Kennesaw Mountain, Atlanta, Franklin, and Nashville. His company had the greatest percentage of lives lost than any other company that Indiana sent to the war. After the war, Ford returned to Indiana and lived in Terre Haute until his death in 1911 when he was 72 years old. He was buried in Cincinnati at Spring Grove Cemetery in the family plot of his wife, Orphia C. Ford.
Union Civil War Veteran Officer. Born in Brazil, Indiana, he later moved to Terre Haute, Indiana. When the Civil War began, Ford volunteered to serve in the Union Army and enlisted for three years' service. He was mustered into Company A with the 31st Indiana Volunteer Infantry as a Sergeant. He was eventually promoted to Captain of Company A and participated in several major engagements of the Western Theatre including the Battles of Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Stones River, Chickamauga, Resaca, Kennesaw Mountain, Atlanta, Franklin, and Nashville. His company had the greatest percentage of lives lost than any other company that Indiana sent to the war. After the war, Ford returned to Indiana and lived in Terre Haute until his death in 1911 when he was 72 years old. He was buried in Cincinnati at Spring Grove Cemetery in the family plot of his wife, Orphia C. Ford.
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