Soldier:  William Henry Sanderson

Regiment:         96^th. OVI                       

Company:         C

Age:       18                   

Date Entering Service:  8/11/1862

Period of Service:  3 years

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

Mustered out with company 7/7/1865

Find a Grave notes that Henry Sanderson carried the Regiments banner at the battle of Jackson, Mississippi

Battles in which he fought:

Battle of Chickasaw Bluffs, Mississippi                             12/28 to 29/1862

Battle of Arkansas Post, Arkansas                                                1/11/1863

Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi                                       5/18 to 7/4/1863

Battle of Jackson, Mississippi                                                      7/9 to 16/1863

Battle of Grand Coteau, Louisiana                                               11/3/1863

Battle of Sabine Cross Roads, Louisiana                           4/8/1864

Battle of Monetis Bluff, Louisiana                                                4/23/1864

Battle of Forts Gaines and Morgan, Alabama                               8/5 to 23/1864

Battle of Spanish Fort, Alabama                                      3/26 to 4/8/1865

Battle of Fort Blakely, Alabama                                       4/9/1864

Siege of Mobile, Alabama                                                           3/26 to 4/12/1865

Battle of Whistlers Station, Alabama                                            4/13/1865

Other interesting information discovered:

William Henry Sanderson was born on 8/16/1845.  He married Eunice Kilborne Herbert, the widow of his friend and comrade, Thomas Shunk, on 10//3/1867, two children were born of this union. Henry was a Livery Manager living in Cardington and Mt Vernon, Ohio. He later moved to Columbus where he was a Veterinarian Surgeon. Henry collected an invalid’s pension on 12/29/1890. Eunice collected a widow’s pension on 2/1/1895.

Date of Death: 1/22/1895                       Place of burial:  Glendale Cemetery, Cardington, Ohio

Adopted By:  Gompf Funeral Service                                           Researcher: Velda L Montgomery