Soldier:  Robert P. Demuth

Regiment:  96^th. OVI                 

Company:  C

Age:  19                       

Date Entering Service:  July 26, 1862

Period of Service:  3 years

Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):

Died of pneumonia on February 7, 1863 at Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, Missouri.

Battles in which he fought:

Chickasaw Bluffs, Miss.                           Dec. 28-29, 1862

Arkansas Post, Ark.                                            Jan. 11, 1863

Other interesting information discovered:

Robert Demuth is shown living near Cardington in 1860.  He died at Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, Missouri.  His body was brought back to Cardington for burial. Robert’s brother, John also died of pneumonia about two years later at Louisville, Kentucky.

Date of Death:  February 7, 1863          Place of burial:  Glendale Cemetery, Cardington, OH.

Adopted By:  James Patterson                            Researcher:  Patrick Drouhard