Soldier: James M. Stanley
Regiment: 31st. OVI
Company: E
Age: 22 (actually 19)
Date Entering Service: August 27 1861
Period of Service: 3 years
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):
Discharged on February 21, 1863 on a surgeon’s certificate of disability.
Battles in which he fought:
Trinity, Al. July 24, 1862
Stone River, Tenn. Dec. 31, 1862 – Jan. 1-2, 1863
Other interesting information discovered:
James Stanley was born in Marion County, Ohio. In 1891 he is carried on the roster of a GAR post in Tescot Kansas. Around 1894 he moved to Bakersfield, California, where he died in 1925. He was living with a daughter there. His wife’s name was Helen Tucker.
Date of Death: May 24, 1925 Place of burial: Union Cemetery, Bakersfield, Ca.
Adopted By: Researcher: Patrick Drouhard