Soldier: George W Purvis
Regiment: 43rd. OVI
Company: G
Age: 25
Date Entering Service: November 16, 1861
Period of Service: 3 years 11 months 15 days
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):
Mustered out 12/26/1864
Battles in which he fought:
Battle of Island #10 3/161862
Battle of Iuka, Mississippi 9/19-20/1862
Corinth, Mississippi 10/3-4/1862
Decatur, Georgia 12/8/1863
Resaca, Georgia 5/13-16/1864
Dallas, Georgia 5/25-6/4/1864
Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia 6/9-30/1864
Nickajack Creek, Georgia 7/25/1864
Atlanta, Georgia 7/28-9/2/1864
Savannah, Georgia 12/10-21/1864
Other interesting information discovered:
George W Purvis was born on 9/10/1836 in Ohio. On 12/30/1866 he married Sarah Lee, together they had at least two children. George Purvis was a farmer in the Cardington area during most of his life. He received an invalid pension on 2/17/1888
Date of Death: May 12, 1907 Place of burial: Glendale Cemetery Cardington, Oh
Adopted By: In memory of Cecil and Phyllis Haycook
Researcher: Velda L Montgomery