Soldier: Robert Moses Underwood
Regiment: 120th. Infantry
Company: D
Age: 34
Date Entering Service: 8/22/1862
Period of Service: 3 years 2 months 3 day
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):
First served in the Indiana 5th Company D as a Corporal. While serving in the Ohio 120th. achieved rank of Lieutenant. Information found in the Grand Army of the Republic records book indicate Robert Underwood was not wounded or taken prisoner. He was hospitalized between April and June 1863 for an unknown reason. Discharged 11/24/1865
Battles in which he fought:
Buffington Island, Ohio
Siege of Knoxville
Balls Gap
Strawberry Plains, Tenn.
Gallicoffer
Blountsville, Tenn.
Other interesting information discovered:
Robert Underwood was born in Germantown, Montgomery County, Ohio on 12/9/1828. On 5/20/18858. He married Ursula M Smith. Although they separated at some point in their marriage, they remarried on 9/22/1864, six children were born of this union. Robert lived on Main Street in Cardington, During his lifetime Robert was employed as a Tinner and Grocer. In the 1910 Census he was listed as living on Main Street in Cardington at age 81, a retired merchant.
Date of Death: 9/30/1912 Place of burial: Glendale Cemetery, Cardington, Ohio
Adopted By: Village of Cardington Researcher: Velda L Montgomery
