Soldier: E M Powers, alias for Ebenezer M. Powers and also known as Edward M. Powers
Regiment: 26th. OVI
Company: C
Age: 18
Date Entering Service: Feb. 22, 1864, Camp Chase, Columbus
Period of Service: 3 years
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):
While his state age at enlistment is recorded as 18, Powers was just 16 years old.
Mustered out on October 21, 1865
Battles in which he fought:
Rocky Face Ridge, Georgia May 5-9, 1864
Resaca, Georgia May13-16, 1864
Adairsville, Georgia May17-18,1864
Dallas, Georgia May 25 – June 4, 1864
Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia June 9- 30, 1864
Peachtree Creek, Georgia July 20, 1864
Atlanta, Georgia July 22, 1864
Jonesboro, Georgia August 31 - September 1,1864
Springhill, Tennessee November 9,1864
Battle of Franklin, Tennessee November 30,1864
Battle of Nashville, Tennessee December 15-16, 1864
Other interesting information discovered:
Ebenezer Powers was born in Cardington, Ohio on May 2, 1847. He is listed as Edward M Powers and as Ebenezer M Powers in several records. He married Nancy Benedict Doty on May 27,1875 and had five children. He was a farmer while living in the Bennington Township area of Morrow County. Later he moved to the Summit County, Ohio area where he was employed as a night watchman. He received an invalid pension on March 15,1882. Powers died in Davenport, Florida. His body was brought back to Akron, Ohio for burial.
Date of Death: Dec. 27, 1923 Place of burial: Lakewood Cemetery, Akron, Ohio
Adopted By: Researcher: Velda L Montgomery