Soldier: William Gilbert Oliver
Regiment: 3rd. OVI
Company: I
Age: 18
Date Entering Service: June 15, 1861 at Cardington, OH
Period of Service: 3 years
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed): Mustered out with company June 21, 1864 at Camp Dennison, Ohio
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
Battle of Sand Mountain, Alabama 4/30/1863
Battle of Black Warrior Creek, Alabama 5/1/1863
Battle of Blount’s Farm, Alabama 5/2/1863
Other interesting information discovered: William Oliver lived in the Cardington area from 1850 to sometime in the 1870’s. By 1880 he was in Leipsig, Ohio, where he was a blacksmith. By 1900 he had moved to Fresno, California. In 1911 he was admitted to the Soldier’s Home at Sawtelle, California.
Date of Death: Dec. 20, 1912
Place of burial: Vacaville-Elmira Cem., Vacaville, Ca.
Researcher: Patrick Drouhard