Soldier: William M. Steiner
Regiment: 3rd. OVI
Company: I
Age: 21
Date Entering Service: 4/25/1861; Re-enlisted 6/51861
Period of Service: 3 Years
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):
Appointed Sergeant from Corporal on 1/13/1862. Mustered out with Company 6/21/1864
Battles in which he fought:
Battle of Rich Mountain, West Virginia 7/6/1861
Batt of Elkwater, West Virginia 7/11/1861
Battle of Bridgeport, Alabama 4/29/1862
Battle of Perryville, Kentucky 10/8/1982
Battle of Stones Mountain, Tennessee 12/31/1862
Battle of Sand Mountain, Alabama 4/30/1863
Battle of Black Warrior, Alabama 5/1/1863
Battle of Blount’s Farm, Alabama 5/2/1861
Other interesting information discovered:
William M Steiner was born in July 1839. He married Livonia Riley and had at least one child. William lived in the Cardington, Ohio area and was a carpenter and farmer. He was granted an invalid’s pension on 5/10/1890. His wife, Livonia collected a widow’s pension in 1904.
Date of Death: 1904 Place of burial: Glendale Cemetery, Cardington, Ohio
Adopted By: Gompf Funeral Service Researcher: Velda L Montgomery