Soldier: Alonzo Swisher
Regiment: 3rd. OVI
Company: I
Age: 20
Date Entering Service: 4/25/1861; Re-enlisted 6/15/1861
Period of Service: 3 years
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):
Wounded during the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky 10/8/1862. Mustered out with Company 6/21/1864
Battles in which he fought:
Battle of Rich Mountain, West Virginia 7/6/1861
Battle of Elkwater, West Virginia 7/11/1861
Battle of Bridgeport, Alabama 4/29/1862
Battle of Perryvlle, Kentucky 10/8/1861
Battle of Stones River, Tennessee 12/31/1862
Battle of Sand Mountain, Alabama 4/30/1863
Battle of Black Warrior, Alabama 5/1/1863
Battle of Blount’s Farm, Alabama 5/2/1863
Other interesting information discovered:
Alonzo Swisher was born in the year 1842. He lived in Cardington, Ohio prior to the war
Date of Death: unknown Place of burial: unknown
Adopted By: Researcher: Velda L Montgomery