Soldier:  J D Patterson

Regiment:      174th. OVI        

Company:    A

Age:       37                    

Date Entering Service:  7/25/1864

Period of Service:  11 months

Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):
Discharged on 6/28/1865 by order of the War Department

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:
John D Patterson was born on 6/25/1825.  He lived in Cardington, Ohio, Columbus, Ohio and Paulding County, Ohio during his lifetime.  He suffered from an eye disease and was admitted to the National Hospital for Disabled Soldiers in Dayton, Ohio on two occasions. Those records reveal he was living in Columbus, Ohio with his wife, Mary and he was employed as a shoemaker. He collected an invalid’s pension on 3/26/1866.
Date of Death:      2/1/1923        

Place of burial:  Little Auglaize Cemetery, Melrose, Paulding County, Ohio

Adopted By:                      Researcher: Velda L Montgomery