Soldier: Smith Oliver
Regiment: 3rd. OVI
Company: I
Age: 18
Date Entering Service: April 20, 1861, Camp Dennison, Ohio
Period of Service: 3 months; reenlisted for 3 years
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed): Henry Oliver was mustered out on June 21, 1864. He was taken prisoner by Forrest’s Cavalry on April 27, 1862. He was evidently paroled or exchanged.
Battles in which he fought:
Rich Mountain, WVa. June 11, 1861
Elkwater, WVa. Sept. 11, 1861
Bridgeport, Al. April 27, 1862
Perryville, Ky. Oct. 8, 1862
Stone River, Tenn. Dec. 31, 1862
Sound Mountain, Al. April 30, 1863
Other interesting information discovered: Smith Oliver was the middle of three brothers from Cardington that fought in the war. His oldest brother, Jasper “Newton” Oliver was killed at the battle of Chickamauga, Ga. His younger brother Henry Oliver died of wounds received at the Battle of Winchester, Va. In 1864. He spent his final years in Los Angeles, California.
Date of Death: Sept. 6, 1906
Place of burial: Los Angeles, California.
Adopted By: Roger Benson
Researcher: Patrick Drouhard
