Rose, A.J.

Soldier:  Alonzo J. Rose

Regiment:  13th. OVC                            

Company:  B

Age:  14                                   

Date Entering Service:  June 1863

Period of Service:   3 years

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

Alonzo Rose initially entered service through the 5th Independent Battalion, Company B where he served six months duty.  On Jan 17, 1864 he re-enlisted in the Ohio 13th. OVC, Company B and was most likely present during Lee’s surrender at Appomattox.   He mustered out on August 10, 1865

Battles in which he fought:

Weldon Railroad, Virginia                                                           June 22-23, 1864

Petersburg, Virginia                                                                   July 30, 1864

Reams Station, Virginia                                                  August 25, 1864

Prebles Farm, Poplar Springs Church, Virginia                              Sept 30, 1864

Hatchers Run, South Side RR, Virginia                                         Oct. 26, 1864

Hatchers Run, Virginia                                                                 Feb 2-7, 1865

Dinwiddie C. H., Virginia                                                 March 31, 1865

Amelia Springs or Jettersville, Virginia                             April 5, 1865

Appomattox C.H. Lee’s Surrender                                               April 4-9, 1865

Other interesting information discovered:

Alonzo J Rose was born in Delaware County, Ohio on March 1, 1850. He married Eliza Jones on July 15, 1871 and had five children. Alonzo was a farmer and a stone mason living in Morrow and Delaware counties during his lifetime. He received an invalid pension on May 4, 1880. Alonzo suffered from heart problems and died at age 81 at the US Veterans Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee on November 20, 1931.

Date of Death:  November 20, 1931                   

Place of burial:  Mississippi River National Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.

Adopted By:  In memory of Cecil and Phyllis Haycook      Researcher:  Velda L. Montgomery

 


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