Soldier:  William W. Dipert

Regiment:  3^rd. OVI                   

Company:  I

Age:  22                       

Date Entering Service:  June 15, 1861, Camp Dennison, OH.

Period of Service:  3 years

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

Mustered out on June 6, 1874.  Enlisted in the 174^th. OVI on Aug. 8, 1864 at Cardington, and mustered out on June 28, 1865.

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

Sand Mountain, Ala.                                          April 30, 1863

Black Warrior Creek, Ala.                        May 1, 1863

Blount’s Farm, Ala.                                             May 2,  1863

Other interesting information discovered:

In 1860 William Dipert resided in Lincoln Township, Morrow County.  On March 17, 1869 he was admitted to the Soldiers Home at Dayton, Ohio.  He died there six years later of paralysis.

Date of Death:  May 10, 1875     Place of burial:  Dayton National Cemetery, Dayton, OH

Adopted By:  Rob and Sharon Hickson                           Researcher:  Patrick Drouhard