Soldier: Wendall P Willets
Regiment: 3rd ‘OVI Company: I
Age: 21 Date Entering Service: 9/2/1861
Period of Service: 3 months
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):
Wounded at the Battle of Stones River, Tennessee on 12/31/1862, died on 1/31/1862 at Murfreesboro, Tennessee
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 Perryville, Kentucky 10/8/1862
Battle of Stones River, Tennessee 12/31/1862
Other interesting information discovered:
Wendall P Willets was born on October 1840 in Morrow County, Ohio. His older brother, William also served in the 3rd OVI.
Date of Death: 11/30/1862
Place of burial: Westin Cemetery, Cardington, Ohio
Adopted By: Researcher: Velda L Montgomery