Adams, Joseph

Soldier:  Joseph Adams

Regiment:  3rd. OVC

Company:  M

Age:  39

Date Entering Service:  Sept. 8, 1861, at Monroeville, Ohio

Period of Service:  3 years

Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):  Mustered out on August 4, 1865

Battles in which he fought:

Corinth, Miss.                                                    Sept. 11, 1862

Mumfordsville, Ky.                                             Sept. 21, 1862

Bardstown, Ky.                                                 Oct. 4, 1862

Lexington, Ky.                                                    Oct. 7, 1862

Stone River, Tenn.                                              Dec. 31, 1862

Stewart’s Creek, Tenn.                                       Jan. 1, 1863

Middleton, Tenn.                                               Jan. 31, 1863

Chickamauga, Ga.                                            Sept. 19-20, 1863

McMinnville, Tenn.                                             Sept. 28, 1863

Shelbyville, Tenn.                                               Oct. 7, 1863

Decatur, Courtland Rd.,  Ala.                               May 26-27, 1864

Moulton, Ala.                                                     May 28-29, 1864

Noonday Creek, Ga.                                           June 20, 1864

Kenesaw Mt., Ga.                                               June 27, 1864

Vining Station, Ga.                                             July 2, 1864

Peach Tree Creek, Ga.                                        July 20, 1864

Jonesboro, Ga.                                                  Aug. 19-20, 1864

Lovejoy Station, Ga.                                           Aug. 20, 1864

Franklin, Tenn.                                                   Nov. 30, 1864

Selma, Al.                                                          April 2, 1865

Columbus, Ga.                                                   April 16, 1865

Macon, Ga.                                                        April 20, 1865   

Other interesting information discovered:  Joseph Adams was born in Vermont.  His wife’s name was Sophrona.  By 1880 the family had moved to Belvue, Kansas, where he remained through 1900.  His last known residence was Claridon, Ohio.

Date of Death:  July 22, 1901

Place of burial:  Claridon Cemetery, Marion Co., OH.

Adopted By:  Jeanne Vaughan

Researcher:  Patrick Drouhard


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