Soldier:  Samuel D. Jones

Regiment:  96^th. OVI                    

Company:  F   

Age:  22                                   

Date Entering Service:  July 30, 1862

Period of Service:  3 Years

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

Transferred to Company A November 18, 1864.  Mustered out July 7, 1865

Battles in which he fought:

Arkansas Post, Ark.                                            Jan. 11, 1863

Vicksburg, Miss.                                    May 18-July 4, 1863

Jackson, Miss.                                                    July 9-16, 1863

Grand Coteau, La.                                             Nov. 3, 1863

Sabine Cross Roads, La.                         April 8, 1864

Moneti’s Bluff, La.                                              April 23, 1864

Forts Gains and Morgan, La.                               Aug. 5-23, 1864

Spanish Fort, Ala.                                               March 26-April 12, 1865

Fort Blakely, Ala.                                                April 9, 1865

Mobile, Ala.                                                      March 26-April 12, 1865

Whistler’s Station, Ala.                           April 13, 1865

Other interesting information discovered:

Samuel Jones lived in Cardington for most of his life.  He married Sarah Robertson in October 1864.  Evidently he was home on leave, as he remained in the army almost one more year.  In 1900 the family is shown to be residing on Center Street, Cardington.

Date of Death:  Aug. 10, 1912                 Place of burial:  Glendale Cemetery, Cardington, OH.

Adopted By:                                                     Researcher:  Patrick Drouhard