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


Source URL: https://cardingtonlibrary.org/content/everett-saml