Soldier:  Edward Ferris

Regiment:  88^th. OVI     

Company:        

Age:  33           

Date Entering Service:  January 21, 1865

Period of Service:  2 years

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

Mustered out with the regiment on July 3, 1865

Battles in which he fought:

The 88^th. OVI, also known as the Governor’s Guards, guarded prisoners at Camp Chase in Columbus and was engaged in the pursuit of Morgan’s Raiders in 1864 and the suppression of the Holmes County Rebellion in June, 1863.  This was before Ferris enlisted.

Other interesting information discovered:

By 1880 Ferris had moved to Fremont, Michigan, and lived in various communities there until his death.

Date of Death:  September 9, 1905            Place of burial:  Alma, Michigan

Adopted By:  Morrow County Veterans Services                                                                         

Researcher:  Patrick Drouhard