Soldier: Edwin Pernette Reid
Regiment: 3rd. OVI
Company: I
Age: 18
Date Entering Service: 4/25/1861
Re-enlisted 6/15/1861
Period of Service: 3 years
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):
Appointed Sergeant from Corporal on 3/1/1862, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant on 10/8/1862. Wounded at Dug Gap 4/30/1863. Taken prisoner at Rome, Georgia 5/3/1863.
Battles in which he fought:
Battle of Rich Mountain, West Virginia 7/6/1861
Battle of Elkwater, West Virginia 7/11/1861
Battle of Bridgeport, Alabama 4/29/1862
Battle of Perryville, Kentucky 10/8/1862
Battle of Stones River, Tennessee 12/31/1862
Battle of Sand Mountain, Alabama 4/30/1863
Battle of Black Warrior Creek, Alabama 5/1/1863
Battle of Blount’s Farm, Alabama 5/2/1863
Other interesting information discovered:
Edwin Pernette Reid was born in the year of 1842. He married Martha Gregg, three children were born of this union. He lived and farmed in the Morrow County area most of his life.
Date of Death: 5/12/1922 Place of burial: Maple Grove Cemetery, Chesterville, Ohio
Adopted By: Researcher: Velda L Montgomery