Soldier:  William M. Steiner

Regiment:  3^rd. OVI                   

Company:        I

Age:     21                   

Date Entering Service:  4/25/1861; Re-enlisted 6/51861

Period of Service:  3 Years

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

Appointed Sergeant from Corporal on 1/13/1862. Mustered out with Company 6/21/1864

Battles in which he fought:

Battle of Rich Mountain, West Virginia                            7/6/1861

Batt of Elkwater, West Virginia                                       7/11/1861

Battle of Bridgeport, Alabama                                                    4/29/1862

Battle of Perryville, Kentucky                                                      10/8/1982

Battle of Stones Mountain, Tennessee                                        12/31/1862

Battle of Sand Mountain, Alabama                                             4/30/1863

Battle of Black Warrior, Alabama                                    5/1/1863

Battle of Blount’s Farm, Alabama                                    5/2/1861

Other interesting information discovered:

William M Steiner was born in July 1839. He married Livonia Riley and had at least one child. William lived in the Cardington, Ohio area and was a carpenter and farmer. He was granted an invalid’s pension on 5/10/1890. His wife, Livonia collected a widow’s pension in 1904.

Date of Death:  1904                 Place of burial:  Glendale Cemetery, Cardington, Ohio

Adopted By:  Gompf Funeral Service                                           Researcher:  Velda L Montgomery