Soldier: Edward Linder
Regiment: US Navy; 124th. OVI
Company: C
Age: 26
Date Entering Service: January 6, 1864 (Cleveland, Ohio)
Period of Service: 3 years
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed): Edward Linder first enter the US Navy at Philadelphia, Pa. on Dec. 24, 1858, and served on the ship USS Wabash. His position was “ordinary seaman.” He mustered out of the Navy on December 24, 1863 at the end of his five-year term. On January 6, 1864 he enlisted in the army at Camp Cleveland. His final discharge occurred on July 19, 1865 at Cleveland, Oh. On a surgeon’s certificate of disability. He was wounded in the left arm at Dallas, Ga. on May 28, 1864. At some point he was taken prisoner (probably at Dallas, Ga.) and confined to Salisbury prison in North Carolina. While there he was hospitalized. He was later hospitalized at Cleveland, Ohio, to recuperate from his wounds.
Battles in which he fought: While in the navy, Linder was involved in the bombardment and capture of Port Royal, SC. This involved the capture of forts Walker and Beauregard, all taking place On November 7, 1861. He also fought at the battle of Resaca, Ga. on May 13-16, 1864, Pickett’s Mill, Ga. on May 27, 1864 and then Dallas, Ga. the following day, when he was wounded.
Other interesting information discovered: Edward Linder was born in St. Laudry Parish, Louisiana, which is just west of Baton Rouge. Following the war, he settled in Cardington, where he remained for the rest of his life.
Date of Death: March 23, 1906
Place of burial: Glendale Cemetery, Cardington, OH
Researcher: Patrick Drouhard
