Soldier:  Asher Ely Campbell

Regiment:  174^th. OVI               

Company:  A

Age:  44                       

Date Entering Service:  9/1/1864

Period of Service:  9 months 27 days

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

Mustered out with Company 6/23/1865

Battles in which he fought:

Battle of Overalls Creek, Tennessee                                            12/4/1864

Battle of the Cedars, Tennessee                                     12/5/1864

Battle of Wyse Fork, North Carolina                                            3/7/1865

Other interesting information discovered:

Asher Ely Campbell was born in Pennsylvania in 1820. On 3/5/1848n he married Adelia Purvis in Marion, Ohio, ten children were born of this union. Asher was a carpenter and house builder. He collected an invalid’s prison on 3/29/1891. He suffered from heart disease and died in 1894. His wife, Adelia, collected a widow’s pension on 2/19/1894.

Date of Death:  2/10/1894                     Place of burial:  Bethel Cemetery, Cardington, Ohio

Adopted By:  The Village of Cardington                                                 

Researcher:  Velda L Montgomery