Soldier:  Lieutenant Joseph Grove

Regiment:  8^th. Ill. Inf.      

Company:  F  

Age:  34           

Date Entering Service:  April 17, 1861

Period of Service:  3 years

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

Discharged May 4, 1866 at Baton Rouge, La.

Battles in which he fought:

Norfolk                                                 Port Gibson

Belmont                                               Black River

Ft. Henry                                               Champion Hill

Ft. Donelson                                         Vicksburg, Miss.

Petersburg                                           Spanish Fort

Corinth, Miss.                                        Fort Blakely

                                                            Marshal, Texas

Other interesting information discovered:

Lieutenant Grove stated that he “was not taken prisoner, only about 15 minutes and the other fellow was my prisoner.”  He was never wounded.

Date of Death:  May 13, 1920.            Place of burial:  Glendale Cemetery, Cardington, Ohio.

Adopted By:  Morrow County Veterans Services

Researcher:  Patrick Drouhard