Soldier: Slocum B. Barge
Regiment: 31st.. OVI
Company: E
Age: 23
Date Entering Service: September 24, 1861, Camp Chase, Columbus
Period of Service: 3 years
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):
Mustered out on July 20, 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky
Battles in which he fought:
Corinth, Miss. April 30, 1862
Trinity, Al. July 24, 1862
Stone River, Tenn. Dec. 31, 1862 – Jan. 1-2, 1863
Rosecrans’ Campaign, Tenn. June 23-30, 1863
Hoover’s Gap, Tenn. June 24, 1863
Chickamauga, Ga. Sept. 19-20, 1863
Brown’s Ferry, Oct. 27, 1863
Mission Ridge, Tenn. Nov. 25, 1863
Resaca, Ga. May 13-16, 1864
Kenesaw Mt., Ga. June 27, 1864
Peachtree Creek, Ga. July 20, 1864
Siege of Atlanta, Ga. July 28 – Sept. 2, 1864
Thomas’ Station, Ga. Nov. 27-29, 1864
Goldsboro, NC March 21, 1865
Other interesting information discovered:
Slocum Barge lived near Cardington for his entire life.
Date of Death: March 23, 1923 Place of burial: Glendale Cemetery, Cardington, OH
Adopted By: In memory of the late Don Bowers, and Judy Bowers
Researcher: Patrick Drouhard
