Anthony, Gilderoy

Soldier:  Gilderoy Anthony

Regiment:  118th. OVI

Company:  A  

Age:  26

Date Entering Service:  August 11, 1862 at Mansfield, Ohio

Period of Service:  3 years

Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):  Mustered out on June 24, 1865.

Battles in which he fought:

Mossy Creek, Tenn.                                            Dec. 29, 1863

Rocky Face Ridge, G.                                          May 5-9, 1864

Resaca, Ga.                                                        May 13-16, 1864

Dallas, Ga.                                                         May 25 – June 4, 1864

Kennesaw Mountain, Ga.                                    June 27, 1864

Waynesboro, Ga.                                               Nov. 27-29, 1864

Franklin, Tenn.                                                   Nov. 30, 1864

Nashville, Tenn.                                                 Dec. 15, 16, 1864

Fort Anderson, NC                                             Feb. 8, 1865

Town Creek, NC                                                 Feb. 20, 1865

Mosely Hill, NC                                                  April 9, 1865.                

Other interesting information discovered:  The 118th. regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 55 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 127 Enlisted men by disease. Total 184.

Date of Death:  March 12, 1916

Place of burial:  Glendale Cemetery, Cardington, Ohio

Adopted by:  Carmen Bagley

Researcher:  Patrick Drouhard

Gilderoy Anthony War Sketches biography