Hodge, Namon
Soldier: Namon Hodge
Regiment: 3rd. OVC
Company: M
Age: 23
Date Entering Service: Sept. 8, 1861, at Monroeville, Ohio
Period of Service: 3 years
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):
Mustered out on October 12, 1864 at Franklin, Tenn.
Battles in which he fought:
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:
Namon Hodge had no known ties to Cardington Township, other than his service with Company M of the 3rd. OVC, in which a number of Cardington men served. He was born in Illinois, and lived there for most of his life. His first wife’s name was Isabella Thompson, who died in 1893. At some other time he married a lady named Jane.
Date of Death: April 11, 1908 Place of burial: Shearer Cem., New Canton, Ill.
Adopted By: Morrow County Veteran Services
Researcher: Patrick Drouhard