Soldier: Lieutenant Joseph Grove
Regiment: 8th. Ill. Inf.
Company: F
Age: 34
Date Entering Service: April 17, 1861
Period of Service: 3 years
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):
Discharged May 4, 1866 at Baton Rouge, La.
Battles in which he fought:
Norfolk Port Gibson
Belmont Black River
Ft. Henry Champion Hill
Ft. Donelson Vicksburg, Miss.
Petersburg Spanish Fort
Corinth, Miss. Fort Blakely
Marshal, Texas
Other interesting information discovered:
Lieutenant Grove stated that he “was not taken prisoner, only about 15 minutes and the other fellow was my prisoner.” He was never wounded.
Date of Death: May 13, 1920. Place of burial: Glendale Cemetery, Cardington, Ohio.
Adopted By: Morrow County Veterans Services
Researcher: Patrick Drouhard
