Soldier: Adelbert B. White
Regiment: 3rd. OVC
Company: M
Age: 18
Date Entering Service: Sept. 8, 1861, at Monroeville, Ohio
Period of Service: 3 years
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):
Mustered out on November 23, 1864 at Louisville, Ky.
Battles in which he fought:
Corinth, Miss. Sept. 11, 1862
Mumfordsville, Ky. Sept. 21, 1862
Bardstown, Ky. Oct. 4, 1862
Lexington, Ky. Oct. 7, 1862
Stone River, Tenn. Dec. 31, 1862
Stewart’s Creek, Tenn. Jan. 1, 1863
Middleton, Tenn. Jan. 31, 1863
Chickamauga, Ga. Sept. 19-20, 1863
McMinnville, Tenn. Sept. 28, 1863
Shelbyville, Tenn. Oct. 7, 1863
Decatur, Courtland Rd., Ala. May 26-27, 1864
Moulton, Ala. May 28-29, 1864
Noonday Creek, Ga. June 20, 1864
Kenesaw Mt., Ga. June 27, 1864
Vining Station, Ga. July 2, 1864
Peach Tree Creek, Ga. July 20, 1864
Jonesboro, Ga. Aug. 19-20, 1864
Lovejoy Station, Ga. Aug. 20, 1864
Other interesting information discovered:
A.B. White was born at Cardington, Ohio on May 24, 1843, lived there until possibly the 1870’s. By 1880 he had moved to Cincinnati, where he remained through his death in 1916. He was listed as being a hospital nurse. His father, Horace B. White had also served in the same regiment. In 1890 A.B. filed for a pension. In 1926 his wife, Katherine (Davis) filed for a widow’s pension.
Date of Death: August 30, 1916 Place of burial: Wesleyan Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio
Adopted By: Judge Rob and Sharon Hickson Researcher: Patrick Drouhard