Soldier:  Leonard Zent

Regiment:         88^th. OVI                      

Company:  G   

Age:      18                  

Date Entering Service:   7/17/1863

Period of Service:  1 year 11 months 16 days

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

Mustered out 7/3/1865

Battles in which he fought:

This Regiment was originally organized of a Battalion of four Companies organized at Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio from September 24 to October 27, 1862 to serve three years and designated, “First Battalion Governors Guards.”

Six new Companies were organized at Camp Chase from July 24, to August 3, 1863 to serve three years and consolidated with this Battalion and designated the 88th Ohio Volunteers. It was mustered out of service July 3, 1865.

This Regiment was principally engaged in guarding Rebel prisoners at Camp Chase. It was also engaged in the pursuit of Morgan’s Raiders and the suppression of the Holmes County Rebellion July 1863.

Other interesting information discovered:

Leonard Zen was born in Cardington, Ohio on 9/28/1847. He married Sarah J McCumber on 1/15/1869, seven children were born of this union.  Leonard lived and farmed primarily in the Perry Township area of Morrow County, Ohio area all of his life.  He collected an invalids pension on 6/29/1880, his wife, Sarah collected a widows pension on 5/12/1920.

Date of Death:  4/16/1920                                

Place of burial:  Stantontown Cemetery, Marengo, Ohio

Adopted By:                                                      Researcher:  Velda L Montgomery