Soldier:  William J. Downard

Regiment:  3^rd. OVC                 

Company:  M

Age:  20                       

Date Entering Service:  January 4, 1864

Period of Service:  3 years

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

Mustered out with his company on August 4, 1865.

Battles in which he fought:

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:

William Downard was born in Pennsylvania, and grew up in Wayne County, Ohio.  After the war he moved to Wapakoneta and then Lima, Ohio. He died at Carter, Oklahoma.  His wife’s name was Harriet Olney.

Date of Death:  1913                 Place of burial:  Rose Hill Cemetery, Carter, OK.

Adopted By:                                                     Researcher:  Patrick Drouhard