Courtwright, L.M.

Soldier:  Lyman H. Courtwright

Regiment:  3rd. OVI                   

Company:  I

Age:  18                       

Date Entering Service:  June 15, 1861

Period of Service:  3 years

Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):

Wounded at Perryville, Kentucky on October 8, 1862;  mustered our on June 21, 1864

Battles in which he fought:

Elkwater, W.Va.                                     Sept. 11, 1861

Bridgeport, Al.                                                   April 29, 1862

Perryville, Ky.                                                     Oct. 8, 1862

Stone River, Tenn.                                             Dec. 31, 1862

Sand Mountain, Ala.                                          April 30, 1863

Black Warrior Creek, Ala.                        May 1, 1863

Blouts Farm, Ala.                                               May 2,  1863

Other interesting information discovered:

Lyman Courtwright is believed to be a younger brother to Levi Courtwright.  He died in Morrow County just two months after leaving the service.  Cause of death unknown.

Date of Death:  August 31, 1864             Place of burial:  Rivercliff Cemetery, Mt. Gilead, OH

Adopted By:  JP and CP Hill                                                        Researcher:  Patrick Drouhard