Kirkpatrick, S.C.

Soldier:  Samuel Kirkpatrick

Regiment:  65th. OVI                  Company:  D

Age:  32                        Date Entering Service:  Oct. 10, 1862 at Zanesville, Oh.

Period of Service:  3 years

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

Drafted.  Sustained a wound to the ankle at the battle of Stone River, Tenn. on Dec. 31, 1862.  Discharged on July 23, 1863 at Nashville, Tenn.

Battles in which he fought:

Stone River, Tenn.                                                         Dec. 31, 1862 – January 2, 1863

Other interesting information discovered:

Samuel Kirkpatrick was born at Cadiz, Harrison County Ohio.  By 1850 he was living in Knox County, where he remained for a period just before the war broke out.  In 1862 he was drafted at Zanesville, Ohio.  His wife’s name was Amanda Daymude.  From 1870 until his death he lived in Cardington Township.  At some point he became a minister, and in fact delivered the opening prayer at the dedication of the Soldiers Monument at Cardington in 1889.

Date of Death:  Sept. 30, 1901                Place of burial:  Glendale Cemetery, Cardington, OH

Adopted By:  Rosella Fate Giaque, Dawn Ruehrmund and Dianna McClure, Paul and Kelly Lopez                                                           

Researcher:  Patrick Drouhard

 

Kirkpatrick, S.C.

 

 


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