Goodman, J.W.

Soldier:  1st. Lieutenant John W. Godman

Regiment:  96th. OVI                    

Company:  C   

Age:  19                                   

Date Entering Service:  July 24, 1862

Period of Service:  3 Years

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

First enlisted on May 7, 1861, Company G of the 20th. OVI; mustered out on August 28, 1861.  Eleven months later he enlisted in the 96th. Company C of the 96th. OVI.  Promoted from Sergeant March 27, 1863.  Captured Nov. 3, 1863 at the battle of Grand Coteau, La., exchanged Dec. 27, 1863.  Transferred to Company E Nov 18, 1864.  Mustered out with company July 7, 1865 at Mobile, Alabama.

Battles in which he fought:

Chickasaw Bluffs, Miss.                           Dec. 28-29, 1862

Arkansas Post, Ark.                                            Jan. 11, 1863

Vicksburg, Miss.                                    May 18-July 4, 1863

Jackson, Miss.                                                    July 9-16, 1863

Grand Coteau, La.                                             Nov. 3, 1863

Sabine Cross Roads, La.                         April 8, 1864

Moneti’s Bluff, La.                                              April 23, 1864

Forts Gains and Morgan, La.                               Aug. 5-23, 1864

Spanish Fort, Ala.                                               March 26-April 12, 1865

Fort Blakely, Ala.                                                April 9, 1865

Mobile, Ala.                                                      March 26-April 12, 1865

Whistler’s Station, Ala.                           April 13, 1865

Other interesting information discovered:

John Godman lived in Cardington Township with a large family of nine children.  An older brother, James, died of disease during the war.  John Godman died in Callao, Peru, South America in 1867, details or cause unknown.  Callao is a port city on the west coast of Peru.  It is very likely that Godman was traveling to California by ship, and died of disease.  The transcontinental railroad was not yet completed;  traveling to California by ship was the easiest way to get there.  He was just 23 years old.

Date of Death:  1867                  Place of burial:  Assumed Callao, Peru

Adopted By:  Morrow County Veterans Services                          Researcher:  Patrick Drouhard


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