Jameson, John

Soldier:  John Jameson

Regiment:  3rd. OVC                 

Company:  M

Age:  21                       

Date Entering Service:  Sept. 8, 1861, at Monroeville, Ohio

Period of Service:  3 years

Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):

Mustered out on September 12,1864 at Franklin, Tenn.

Battles in which he fought:

Stone River, Tenn.                                             Dec. 31, 1862

Stewart’s Creek, Tenn.                           Jan. 1, 1863

Middleton, Tenn.                                               Jan. 31, 1863

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

Other interesting information discovered:

As a child John Jameson lived in Holmes County, Ohio and moved with his family to a farm in Lincoln Township, Morrow County.  After the war he moved to Henry County and then Hancock County. 

Date of Death:  Jan. 23, 1917      Place of burial:  Woodland Cemetery, Findley, OH

Adopted By:                                                     Researcher:  Patrick Drouhard