Soldier:  Henry Keeler

Regiment:  3^rd. OVI                   

Company:  I

Age:  25                       

Date Entering Service:  6/15/1861

Period of Service:  3 years

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

Entered service on 6/15/1861 initial for 3 months; re-enlisted for 3 year’s service and mustered out on 6/21/1864

Battles in which he fought:

Battle of Rich Mountain, West Virginia                            6/11/1861

Battle of Elkwater, West Virginia                                     9/11/1861

Battle of Bridgeport, Alabama                                                    4/27/1862

Battle of Perryville, Kentucky                                                      10/8/1862

Battle of Stone River, Tennessee                                     12/31/1862

Battle of Sand Mountain, Alabama                                             4/30/1863

Battle of Black Warrior Creek, Alabama                           5/1/1863

Other interesting information discovered:

Henry Keeler was born in Ohio on 12/13/1848. He married Bertha A Barnam in Morrow County on 10/19/1878.  Census information reveals Henry and Bertha had at least one child. Henry was a farmer in the North Bloomfield area of Morrow County. He later moved to the Galion, Ohio area and was employed with the Railroad.

Date of Death:  5/25/1926                     Place of burial:  Fairview Cemetery, Crawford County, Ohio

Adopted By:  Donna and Linda Harvey                            Researcher:  Velda L Montgomery