Soldier: Fortunatus Sherman
Regiment: 96th OVI
Company: C
Age: 30
Date Entering Service: 8/11/1862
Period of Service: 6 months 2 days
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):
Died of disease at Young's Point, Louisiana on 2/13/1863
Battles in which he fought:
Battle of Chickasaw Bluffs, Mississippi 12/28 to 29/1862
Battle of Arkansas Post, Arkansas 1/11/1863
Other interesting information discovered:
Fortunatus Sherman was born on 1/12/1833 in Marion, Ohio. He married Amanda Bacon in Morrow County on 11/9/1854, two children were born of this union. Fortunatus was a farmer living in the Cardington and Claridon, Ohio area.
Date of Death: 2/13/1863 Place of burial: Unknown
Young's Point, Louisiana
Adopted By: Researcher: Velda L Montgomery