Soldier:  Seaman Ashley

Regiment:  3^rd. OVI

Company:  I

Age:  18

Date Entering Service:  December 24, 1863, at Monroeville, Ohio

Period of Service:  3 months and then 3 years

Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):  Mustered out on June 15, 1861; re-enlisted on June 15, 1861.  Muster out on March 20, 1863 on a surgeon’s certificate of disability.

Battles in which he fought:

Elkwater, W.Va.                                                 Sept. 11, 1861

Bridgeport, Al.                                                   April 29, 1862

Perryville, Ky.                                                     Oct. 8, 1862

Stone River, Tenn.                                              Dec. 31, 1862

Other interesting information discovered:  While living in Morrow County in 1860, Ashley was listed as a silversmith.  By 1900 he was living in Nogalas, Az. and was a watchmaker.  He died in El Paso, Tx.

Date of Death:  March 6, 1920

Place of burial:  Evergreen Cemetery, El Paso, Tx.

Adopted By:  Charlie and Christine Long

Researcher:  Patrick Drouhard