Soldier: Sergeant Simon C. Bennett
Regiment: 3rd. OVI
Company: I
Age: 22
Date Entering Service: June 15, 1861
Period of Service: 3 years
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):
Discharged for wounds received at the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky on Oct. 8, 1862
Battles in which he fought:
Middle Creek Fork, WVa. July 6, 1861
Rich Mountain, WVa. July 11, 1861
Elkwater, W.Va. Sept. 11, 1861
Bridgeport, Al. April 29, 1862
Perryville, Ky. Oct. 8, 1862
Other interesting information discovered:
Samuel Bennett returned to Cardington after the war, where he lived for the remainder of his life. He and his wife Rebecca lived on Morgan Street in Cardington.
Date of Death: 1923 Place of burial: Glendale Cemetery, Cardington, Ohio
Adopted By: Researcher: Patrick Drouhard