Soldier: William J. Downard
Regiment: 3rd. OVC
Company: M
Age: 20
Date Entering Service: January 4, 1864
Period of Service: 3 years
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):
Mustered out with his company on August 4, 1865.
Battles in which he fought:
Chickamauga, Ga. Sept. 19-20, 1863
McMinnville, Tenn. Sept. 28, 1863
Shelbyville, Tenn. Oct. 7, 1863
Decatur, Courtland Rd., Ala. May 26-27, 1864
Moulton, Ala. May 28-29, 1864
Noonday Creek, Ga. June 20, 1864
Kenesaw Mt., Ga. June 27, 1864
Vining Station, Ga. July 2, 1864
Peach Tree Creek, Ga. July 20, 1864
Jonesboro, Ga. Aug. 19-20, 1864
Lovejoy Station, Ga. Aug. 20, 1864
Franklin, Tenn. Nov. 30, 1864
Selma, Al. April 2, 1865
Columbus, Ga. April 16, 1865
Macon, Ga. April 20, 1865
Other interesting information discovered:
William Downard was born in Pennsylvania, and grew up in Wayne County, Ohio. After the war he moved to Wapakoneta and then Lima, Ohio. He died at Carter, Oklahoma. His wife’s name was Harriet Olney.
Date of Death: 1913 Place of burial: Rose Hill Cemetery, Carter, OK.
Adopted By: Researcher: Patrick Drouhard