Soldier: John Harrison Fisher
Regiment: 3rd. OVC
Company: M
Age: 20
Date Entering Service: September 8, 1861
Period of Service: 3 years
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):
Appointed sergeant on October 8, 1861; mustered out on October 13, 1864 at Franklin, Tenness on expiration of term of service. He suffered a gunshot wound.
Battles in which he fought:
Corinth, Miss. May 30, 1862
Chickamauga, Ga. September 19-20, 1863
Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign August 1-September 2, 1864
Kennesaw Mountain, Ga. June 9-30, 1864
Peach Tree Creek July 20, 1864
Stoneman’s Raid July 26-31, 1864
Franklin, Tennessee November 30, 1864
Other interesting information discovered:
John Fisher married Diana Brockway on September 26, 1861 in Cardington, Morrow County, Ohio. This was just 16 days after his enlistment.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 58 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 6 Officers and 229 Enlisted men by disease. Total 294.
Date of Death: November 19,1914
Place of burial: West Lawn Cemetery, Canton, Ohio
Adopted by: Susan Gallagher-Hornung Researcher: Patrick Drouhard