Soldier: Richard Duncan
Regiment: 2nd. OVI; 18th. OVI Company: F, E respectively
Age: 29
Date Entering Service: September 13, 1862
Period of Service: 3 years
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed)
First enlistment was with the 2nd. OVI; Transferred to the 18th. OVI on October 20, 1864. He was finally mustered out on June 10, 1865.
Battles in which he fought:
Perryville, Ky. Oct. 8, 1862
Stone River, Tenn. December 31, 1862
Rosecran’s Campaign June 23-30, 1862
Chickamauga, Ga. September 19-20, 1863
Lookout Mountain, Tenn. November 24, 1863
Mission Ridge, Tenn. November 25, 1863
Ringgold, Ga. November 27, 1863
Buzzard Roost and Tunnel Hill ,
Rocky Face Ridge, Ga. February 25-27, 1864
Peach Tree Creek, Ga. July 20, 1864
Battle of Nashville, Tenn. December 15-16, 1864
Capture of Decatur, Ala. December 27-28, 1864
Other interesting information discovered:
The 2nd.OVI lost during service 9 Officers and 96 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 138 Enlisted men by disease. Total 243.
Richard Duncan appears to have been born in Ireland. There is no record of his ever applying for a pension. This could be a result of never having applied for US citizenship.
Date of Death: Unknown Place of burial: Unknown
Adopted By: Morrow County Veterans’ Services
Researcher: Patrick Drouhard