Soldier: David A. Stark, second Lieutenant
Regiment: 96th. OVI
Company: C
Age: 19
Date Entering Service: 8/19/1862
Period of Service: 1 year 3 months
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):
Commissioned 1st Lieutenant, rank change to First Lieutenant and Adjutant on 1/26/1863,
Resigned 11/20/1863
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
Other interesting information discovered:
David A Stark was born in Ohio on 5/11/1835. He married Margaret A Rees in Morrow County, Ohio on 10/28/1868. David lived in the Cardington and Delaware, Ohio all his life. He was employed as a railroad clerk and a merchant in a feed store. Margaret collected a widow’s pension on 4/30/1908.
Date of Death: 6/27/1887 Place of burial: Oak Grove Cemetery, Delaware, Ohio
Adopted By: Researcher: Velda L Montgomery