Soldier:  George Opper

Regiment:      174th. OVI        

Company:    A

Age:       21        

Date Entering Service:  7/25/1864

Period of Service:  11 months 3 days

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

Mustered out with Company on 6/28/1865

Battles in which he fought:

Battle of Overall’s Creek, Tennessee            12/4/1864
Battle of the Cedars, Tennessee            12/5/1864
Battle of Wyse Fork, North Carolina            3/7/1865

Other interesting information discovered:

George Opper was born on 4/17/1843. He married Nancy Miller on 9/13/1855 in Wayne County, Ohio. He lived in Wayne County and Cardington, Ohio and was employed as a day laborer. He collected an invalid’s pension on 11/8/1868. His wife, Nancy collected a widow’s pension on 3/5/1890

Date of Death:  1/23/1890        Place of burial:  Glendale Cemetery, Cardington, Ohio
                            

Adopted By:  In memory of Cecil and Phyllis Haycook                    

Researcher:  Velda L Montgomery