Soldier: Ealhem “William” Sower
Regiment: 5th Independent Battery Light Artillery
Company: Not Specified
Age: 36
Date Entering Service: October 29, 1861 at Wooster, Ohio
Period of Service: 3 years
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):
Confined in hospital at DeValls, Arkansas for six days.
Discharged from service on 9/27/1864
Battles in which he fought:
Battle of Shilo, Tennessee 4/6/1862
Siege of Corinth, Mississippi 4/30-5/30/1863
Battle of Iuka, Mississippi 9/19-20/1863
Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi 5/18 to 74/1863
Battle of Jackson, Mississippi 7/9-16/1863
Battle of Little Rock, Arkansas 9/10/1863
Other interesting information discovered:
Ealhem Sower (additions spellings: Sower, Sowers, Souers) was born on 10/29/1825 in Stark County, Ohio. He married Catherine Marsh in Summit County, Ohio on 1/29/1846, together they had at least four children. This married ended in divorce in May 1864. He then married Lydia Sheidler in Franklin County, Ohio on 9/21/1865. They had four children. He and his family lived and farmed on Morgan Street in Cardington in the 1880’s.
Date of Death: 8/17/1891 Place of burial: Glendale Cemetery, Cardington, Ohio
Adopted By: Gompf Funeral Service Researcher: Velda L Montgomery
