Soldier:  Henry H. Sterner

Regiment:  55^th. OVI                             

Company:        G

Age:     25                   

Date Entering Service:  January 4, 1862

Period of Service:  1 year 3 months 13 days

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

Discharged:  April 14, 1863 at Cumberland, Maryland

Battles in which he fought:

Battle of McDowell, Virginia                                             5/8/1862

Battle of Cross Keys, Virginia                                            6/8/1862

Battle of Cedar Mountain, Virginia                                    8/9/1862

Battle of Bull Run, Virginia                                             8/30/1862

Other interesting information discovered:

Henry Sterner was born in Pennsylvania in 1837.  On 4/21/1863 he married Emma Welter in Seneca County, Ohio, together they had two children.  Emma died in 1870. On 1/24/1871 Henry married Ellen Gibbs in Morrow County.  Henry’s employment was listed as day laborer.  He received an invalid pension on 5/25/1863.  Henry and his family lived in the Cardington, Ohio until his death in 1886. Ellen Sterner received a widow’s pension on 9/23/1886.

Date of Death:   Sept. 15, 1886               Place of burial:  Glendale Cemetery, Cardington, OH

Adopted By:                                                     Researcher:  Velda L Montgomery