Soldier: J D Patterson
Regiment: 174th. OVI
Company: A
Age: 37
Date Entering Service: 7/25/1864
Period of Service: 11 months
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):
Discharged on 6/28/1865 by order of the War Department
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:
John D Patterson was born on 6/25/1825. He lived in Cardington, Ohio, Columbus, Ohio and Paulding County, Ohio during his lifetime. He suffered from an eye disease and was admitted to the National Hospital for Disabled Soldiers in Dayton, Ohio on two occasions. Those records reveal he was living in Columbus, Ohio with his wife, Mary and he was employed as a shoemaker. He collected an invalid’s pension on 3/26/1866.
Date of Death: 2/1/1923
Place of burial: Little Auglaize Cemetery, Melrose, Paulding County, Ohio
Adopted By: Researcher: Velda L Montgomery