Soldier: Marion Eldred
Regiment: 3rd. OVC
Company: M
Age: 32
Date Entering Service: September 8, 1861
Period of Service: 3 years
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):
Mustered out on October 13, 1864 at Franklin, Tennessee.
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:
After the war he moved to Russell, Missouri, where he remained for the rest of his life. His wife’s name was Jane Devore.
Date of Death: Nov. 10, 1892 Place of burial: Macks Creek Cem., Camden Co., Mo.
Adopted By: Morrow County Veterans Services
Researcher: Patrick Drouhard