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