Soldier: Henry H. Sterner
Regiment: 55th. OVI
Company: G
Age: 25
Date Entering Service: January 4, 1862
Period of Service: 1 year 3 months 13 days
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):
Discharged: April 14, 1863 at Cumberland, Maryland
Battles in which he fought:
Battle of McDowell, Virginia 5/8/1862
Battle of Cross Keys, Virginia 6/8/1862
Battle of Cedar Mountain, Virginia 8/9/1862
Battle of Bull Run, Virginia 8/30/1862
Other interesting information discovered:
Henry Sterner was born in Pennsylvania in 1837. On 4/21/1863 he married Emma Welter in Seneca County, Ohio, together they had two children. Emma died in 1870. On 1/24/1871 Henry married Ellen Gibbs in Morrow County. Henry’s employment was listed as day laborer. He received an invalid pension on 5/25/1863. Henry and his family lived in the Cardington, Ohio until his death in 1886. Ellen Sterner received a widow’s pension on 9/23/1886.
Date of Death: Sept. 15, 1886 Place of burial: Glendale Cemetery, Cardington, OH
Adopted By: Researcher: Velda L Montgomery