Soldier: Michael Vincent
Regiment: 3rd. OVI
Company: I
Age: 19
Date Entering Service: April 25, 1861, Camp Dennison, Ohio
Period of Service: 3 years
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):
Mustered out on June 21, 1864 with his company.
Battles in which he fought:
Middle Creek Fork, WVa. July 6, 1861
Rich Mt., WVa. July 11, 1861
Elkwater, WVa. Sept. 11, 1861
Bridgeport, Ala. April 29, 1862
Perryville, Ky. Oct. 8, 1862
Stone River, Tenn. Dec. 31, 1862
Sand Mt., Ala. April 30, 1863
Black Warrior Creek, Ala. May 1, 1863
Blount’s Farm, Ala. May 2, 1863
Other interesting information discovered:
Vincent’s entire regiment was captured by Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest’s cavalry in May, 1862. After it was paroled, it was limited to guard duty and other duties in the state of Ohio.
Michael Vincent was born in Lancaster County Pennsylvania on October 5, 1838. By 1860 he is shown living near Cardington, Ohio. By 1870, he had moved to Earlham, Iowa. He remained in Iowa until his death there in 1929, at the age of 90. His wife’s name was Fedelia Phelps.
Date of Death: Jan. 6, 1929 Place of burial: Elm Grove Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa
Adopted By: Vicky Klinefelter Researcher: Patrick Drouhard