Soldier: James Alexander Blair
Regiment: 3rd. OVI
Company: I
Age: 20
Date Entering Service: September 2, 1861
Period of Service: 3 years
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):
Promoted to corporal on January 2, 1863. Transferred to 33rd. OVI on June 18, 1864. He was confined to the hospital at Elkwate, WVa. And Chattanooga, Tenn. He as taken prisoner on May 3, 1863 at Cedar Bluff, Al. by NB Forrest. Confined at Atlanta, Belle Island, Va. From May 3-16, and then paroled. Discharged on September 9, 1864 at Atlanta, Georgia.
Battles in which he fought:
Perryville, Ky. Oct. 8, 1862
Stone River, Tenn. Dec. 31, 1862
Cedar Bluffs, Al. May 3, 1863
Other interesting information discovered:
James Blair returned to Morrow County and remained there for the rest of his life.
Date of Death: May 29, 1924 Place of burial: Rivercliff Cemetery, Mt. Gilead, OH
Adopted By: Researcher: Patrick Drouhard
