Soldier:  James M Wood

Regiment:         174^th. OVI                    

Company:        A

Age:      19                  

Date Entering Service:  8/6/1864

Period of Service:  10 months 22 days

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

Mustered out with Company 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:

James Madison Wood was born near Cardington, Ohio on 8/17/1844, He married Elizabeth Stovenour in Morrow County on 12/27/1866, three children were born of this union.  James older brother, William Harrison Wood served in the 3rd OVI Company I during the War.  James lived and farmed in the Cardington, Ohio area most of his life.  James collected an invalid’s pension on 11/13/1885, his wife, Elizabeth collected a widow’s pension on 9/9/1919.

Date of Death:  8/28/1919                     Place of burial:  Rivercliff Cemetery, Mt Gilead, Ohio

Adopted By:  Brad Wood                                                           Researcher:  Velda L Montgomery