Goodman, J.E.

Soldier:  Lieutenant James E. Godman

Regiment:  26th. OVI       

Company:  E  

Age:  21           

Date Entering Service:  June 5, 1861

Period of Service:  3 years

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

Lieutenant Godman resigned from the service on April 26, 1862.  He died, presumably at home, 15 days later.  While he was not listed as being wounded, he may have been, or he contracted a disease and died at home in Cardington.

Battles in which he fought:

Shiloh, Tenn.                                                     April 6-7, 1862

Other interesting information discovered:

Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 116 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 116 Enlisted men by disease. Total 238.

Date of Death:  May 11, 1862.            Place of burial:  Glendale Cemetery, Cardington, Ohio.

Adopted by:  Morrow County Veterans Services

Researcher:  Patrick Drouhard


Source URL: https://cardingtonlibrary.org/content/goodman-je