Everett, Sam'l
Soldier: Samuel Everett
Regiment: 3rd. OVC
Company: M
Age: 29
Date Entering Service: September 19, 1861
Period of Service: 3 years
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):
Mustered out on October 8, 1864, at Columbus, Ohio
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
Other interesting information discovered:
Samuel was one of three Everett brothers to serve in the war. Alexander was in the same company and regiment. Benjamin was in the 174th. OVI. The family was living in the Cardington area as early as 1850. By 1885, Samuel was living in Laclede, Kansas with Martin Adams of Cardington and who served in his same cavalry regiment (Martin’s father, John, also lived in Kansas for a period of time). Samuel never appears to have married.
Date of Death: June 15, 1906 Place of burial: Laclede Cemetery, Laclede, Kansas
Adopted By: Morrow County Veterans Services
Researcher: Patrick Drouhard