Soldier: George Opper
Regiment: 174th. OVI
Company: A
Age: 21
Date Entering Service: 7/25/1864
Period of Service: 11 months 3 days
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):
Mustered out with Company on 6/28/1865
Battles in which he fought:
Battle of Overall’s Creek, Tennessee 12/4/1864
Battle of the Cedars, Tennessee 12/5/1864
Battle of Wyse Fork, North Carolina 3/7/1865
Other interesting information discovered:
George Opper was born on 4/17/1843. He married Nancy Miller on 9/13/1855 in Wayne County, Ohio. He lived in Wayne County and Cardington, Ohio and was employed as a day laborer. He collected an invalid’s pension on 11/8/1868. His wife, Nancy collected a widow’s pension on 3/5/1890
Date of Death: 1/23/1890 Place of burial: Glendale Cemetery, Cardington, Ohio
Adopted By: In memory of Cecil and Phyllis Haycook
Researcher: Velda L Montgomery
