Soldier:  E M Powers, alias for Ebenezer M. Powers and also known as Edward M. Powers
           
Regiment:  26th. OVI        

Company:  C

Age:  18         

Date Entering Service:  Feb. 22, 1864, Camp Chase, Columbus

Period of Service:  3 years

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

While his state age at enlistment is recorded as 18, Powers was just 16 years old.

Mustered out on October 21, 1865

Battles in which he fought:

Rocky Face Ridge, Georgia                    May 5-9, 1864
Resaca, Georgia                        May13-16, 1864
Adairsville, Georgia                        May17-18,1864
Dallas, Georgia                                     May 25 – June 4, 1864 
Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia                            June 9- 30, 1864
Peachtree Creek, Georgia                                   July 20, 1864
Atlanta, Georgia                                      July 22, 1864
Jonesboro, Georgia                                August 31 -  September 1,1864
Springhill, Tennessee                                    November 9,1864
Battle of Franklin, Tennessee                           November 30,1864
Battle of Nashville, Tennessee                       December 15-16, 1864        

Other interesting information discovered:

Ebenezer Powers was born in Cardington, Ohio on May 2, 1847.  He is listed as Edward M Powers and as Ebenezer M Powers in several records. He married Nancy Benedict Doty on May 27,1875 and had five children.  He was a farmer while living in the Bennington Township area of Morrow County. Later he moved to the Summit County, Ohio area where he was employed as a night watchman.   He received an invalid pension on March 15,1882.  Powers died in Davenport, Florida.  His body was brought back to Akron, Ohio for burial.

Date of Death:  Dec. 27, 1923        Place of burial:  Lakewood Cemetery, Akron, Ohio

Adopted By:                    Researcher:  Velda L Montgomery