Reed, Dexter

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