Soldier:  William Ferris

Regiment:  96^th. OVI                 

Company:  C

Age:  34                       

Date Entering Service:  July 24, 1863 

Period of Service:  3 years

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

First enrolled in 3^rd. OVI, Co. I;  mustered out Aug.22, 1861.  He then enlisted in the 96^th. OVI two years later.  He was accidentally wounded by the explosion of the steamboat “City of Madison” at Vicksburg, Miss, on August 20, 1863 while in line of duty;  discharged June 9, 1864 at Columbus, Ohio on Surgeon’s certificate of disability. 

Battles in which he fought:

Other interesting information discovered:

Ferris lived in Delaware county and then moved to Cardington.  He was a blacksmith by trade.  He married Matilada Nichols in Morrow County in 1853.  He applied for an invalid’s pension in 1864, and then his wife applied for a widow’s pension on July 18, 1881.  His son, George then applied for a minor’s pension after his mother’s death.  Ferris died at Empire, Kansas.

Date of Death:  1881                                                      Place of burial:  Empire, Kansas

Adopted By:  Morrow County Veterans Services                                                 

Researcher:  Patrick Drouhard