Soldier: John Anderson Roach
Regiment: 85th. OVI Company: C
174th. OVI A
Age: 18
Date Entering Service: 85th OVI: 5/28/1862
174th OVI: 7/26/1864
Period of Service: 85th OVI: 4 months
174th OVI: 11 months
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):
85th OVI: mustered out at Camp Chase, Columbus on 9/23/1862
174th OVI: Mustered out with Company on 6/28/1865
Battles in which he fought:
85th OVI: This Regiment was organized at Camp Chase Columbus, Ohio in May and June 1862 to aid in the guarding of Rebel prisoners confined there. It was mustered out on 9/23/1862 by reason of expiration of service.
174th OVI:
Battle of Overall’s Creek, Tennessee 12/4/1864
Battle of the Cedars, Tennessee 12/5/1864
Battle of Wyse Fork, north Carolina 3/7/1865
Other interesting information discovered:
John Anderson Roach was born in Ohio on 7/1/1844. His brother, Simon Peter Roach served in the 187th OVI Company C and was a member of the 136th National Guard. John was married twice: His first marriage was to Lucretia Fisher, four children were born of this union. Lucretia died in 1877. John then married Sarah Elizabeth Fisher, nine children were born of this union. John’s childhood years were spent in the Cardington, Ohio area. Sometime after the war he moved to the State of Iowa where he was employed as a day laborer and farmer. His obituary stated he “was a good neighbor, patient, unassuming man. He was a member of the Iowa GAR and always took pleasure in anything pertaining to the post.” His wife Sarah collected a widow’s pension on 10/7/1907.
Date of Death: 9/28/1907 Place of burial: Walnut Grove Cemetery, Corning, Iowa
Adopted By: Researcher: Velda L Montgomery