Soldier: William Henry Sanderson
Regiment: 96th. OVI
Company: C
Age: 18
Date Entering Service: 8/11/1862
Period of Service: 3 years
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):
Mustered out with company 7/7/1865
Find a Grave notes that Henry Sanderson carried the Regiments banner at the battle of Jackson, Mississippi
Battles in which he fought:
Battle of Chickasaw Bluffs, Mississippi 12/28 to 29/1862
Battle of Arkansas Post, Arkansas 1/11/1863
Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi 5/18 to 7/4/1863
Battle of Jackson, Mississippi 7/9 to 16/1863
Battle of Grand Coteau, Louisiana 11/3/1863
Battle of Sabine Cross Roads, Louisiana 4/8/1864
Battle of Monetis Bluff, Louisiana 4/23/1864
Battle of Forts Gaines and Morgan, Alabama 8/5 to 23/1864
Battle of Spanish Fort, Alabama 3/26 to 4/8/1865
Battle of Fort Blakely, Alabama 4/9/1864
Siege of Mobile, Alabama 3/26 to 4/12/1865
Battle of Whistlers Station, Alabama 4/13/1865
Other interesting information discovered:
William Henry Sanderson was born on 8/16/1845. He married Eunice Kilborne Herbert, the widow of his friend and comrade, Thomas Shunk, on 10//3/1867, two children were born of this union. Henry was a Livery Manager living in Cardington and Mt Vernon, Ohio. He later moved to Columbus where he was a Veterinarian Surgeon. Henry collected an invalid’s pension on 12/29/1890. Eunice collected a widow’s pension on 2/1/1895.
Date of Death: 1/22/1895 Place of burial: Glendale Cemetery, Cardington, Ohio
Adopted By: Gompf Funeral Service Researcher: Velda L Montgomery