Soldier: William W. Dipert
Regiment: 3rd. OVI
Company: I
Age: 22
Date Entering Service: June 15, 1861, Camp Dennison, OH.
Period of Service: 3 years
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):
Mustered out on June 6, 1874. Enlisted in the 174th. OVI on Aug. 8, 1864 at Cardington, and mustered out on June 28, 1865.
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
Blount’s Farm, Ala. May 2, 1863
Other interesting information discovered:
In 1860 William Dipert resided in Lincoln Township, Morrow County. On March 17, 1869 he was admitted to the Soldiers Home at Dayton, Ohio. He died there six years later of paralysis.
Date of Death: May 10, 1875 Place of burial: Dayton National Cemetery, Dayton, OH
Adopted By: Rob and Sharon Hickson Researcher: Patrick Drouhard