Soldier:  William S. Barnes

Regiment:  88^th. OVI                             

Company:        D

Age:      33                  

Date Entering Service:  1/4/1864

Period of Service:  2 months 27 days

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

Discharged 3/29/1864 with surgeon’s certificate of disability

Battles in which he fought:

This Regiment was originally organized of a Battalion of four Companies at Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio from September 24 - October 27,1862 to serve three years and designated, “First Governor’s Guards.”

Six new Companies were organized at Camp Chase from July 24 to August 3, 1863 to serve three years and consolidated with this Battalion and designated the 88th Ohio Volunteers. It mustered out of service July 3, 1865.

This Regiment was principally engaged in guarding Rebel prisoners at Camp Chase. It was also engaged in the pursuit of Morgan’s Raiders and the suppression of the Holmes County Rebellion in June, 1863.

Other interesting information discovered:

William S Barnes was born in 1831.  He lived in Morrow County until sometime after 1870, when he moved to Canaan Township, Marion county.  He does not show up in any other records after 1880, which indicates that he probably died shortly after that date.

Date of Death: unknown                        Place of burial:  Bethel Cemetery, Cardington, Ohio

Adopted By:      In memory of the late Don Bowers, and Judy Bowers

Researcher: Velda L Montgomery