Soldier: Henry Keeler
Regiment: 3rd. OVI
Company: I
Age: 25
Date Entering Service: 6/15/1861
Period of Service: 3 years
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):
Entered service on 6/15/1861 initial for 3 months; re-enlisted for 3 year’s service and mustered out on 6/21/1864
Battles in which he fought:
Battle of Rich Mountain, West Virginia 6/11/1861
Battle of Elkwater, West Virginia 9/11/1861
Battle of Bridgeport, Alabama 4/27/1862
Battle of Perryville, Kentucky 10/8/1862
Battle of Stone River, Tennessee 12/31/1862
Battle of Sand Mountain, Alabama 4/30/1863
Battle of Black Warrior Creek, Alabama 5/1/1863
Other interesting information discovered:
Henry Keeler was born in Ohio on 12/13/1848. He married Bertha A Barnam in Morrow County on 10/19/1878. Census information reveals Henry and Bertha had at least one child. Henry was a farmer in the North Bloomfield area of Morrow County. He later moved to the Galion, Ohio area and was employed with the Railroad.
Date of Death: 5/25/1926 Place of burial: Fairview Cemetery, Crawford County, Ohio
Adopted By: Donna and Linda Harvey Researcher: Velda L Montgomery