Soldier: Dexter Reed
Regiment: 3rd. OVI
Company: I
Age: 18
Date Entering Service: 9/2/1861
Period of Service: 2/15/1863
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):
Died in the State of Iowa in February 1863
Battles in which he fought:
Bridgeport, Al. April 29, 1862
Perryville, Ky. Oct. 8, 1862
Stone River, Tenn. Dec. 31, 1862
Other interesting information discovered:
Dexter Reed was born in 1843 and lived in Knox County, Ohio as a young boy. Why he died in Iowa is a mystery. His parents may have moved there by that time. He is not listed as being wounded in any battle, nor sick. Perhaps his regiment received a winter furlough, or he was sick and was sent home.
Date of Death: 2/15/1863 Place of burial: Unknown, Iowa
Adopted By: In memory of Cecil and Phyllis Haycook
Researcher: Velda L Montgomery