Rose, A.J.
Soldier: Alonzo J. Rose
Regiment: 13th. OVC
Company: B
Age: 14
Date Entering Service: June 1863
Period of Service: 3 years
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):
Alonzo Rose initially entered service through the 5th Independent Battalion, Company B where he served six months duty. On Jan 17, 1864 he re-enlisted in the Ohio 13th. OVC, Company B and was most likely present during Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. He mustered out on August 10, 1865
Battles in which he fought:
Weldon Railroad, Virginia June 22-23, 1864
Petersburg, Virginia July 30, 1864
Reams Station, Virginia August 25, 1864
Prebles Farm, Poplar Springs Church, Virginia Sept 30, 1864
Hatchers Run, South Side RR, Virginia Oct. 26, 1864
Hatchers Run, Virginia Feb 2-7, 1865
Dinwiddie C. H., Virginia March 31, 1865
Amelia Springs or Jettersville, Virginia April 5, 1865
Appomattox C.H. Lee’s Surrender April 4-9, 1865
Other interesting information discovered:
Alonzo J Rose was born in Delaware County, Ohio on March 1, 1850. He married Eliza Jones on July 15, 1871 and had five children. Alonzo was a farmer and a stone mason living in Morrow and Delaware counties during his lifetime. He received an invalid pension on May 4, 1880. Alonzo suffered from heart problems and died at age 81 at the US Veterans Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee on November 20, 1931.
Date of Death: November 20, 1931
Place of burial: Mississippi River National Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
Adopted By: In memory of Cecil and Phyllis Haycook Researcher: Velda L. Montgomery