Soldier:  Henry John Shaw         

Regiment:         88^th. OVI                       

Company:         C

Age:       30                   

Date Entering Service:  10/17/1862

Period of Service:  5 months 4 days

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

Discharged on 3/21/1863 with surgeon’s certificate of disability

Battles in which he fought:

This Regiment was originally organized of a Battalion of four Companies organized at Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio from September 24 to October 27, 1862 to serve three years and was designated, “First Battalion Governors Guards.”

Six new Companies were organized at Camp Chase from July 24 to August 3, 1863 to serve three years and consolidated with the battalion and designated the 88th Ohio Volunteers. It was Mustered out of service on July 3, 1865.

This Regiment was principally engaged in guarding Rebel prisoners at Camp Chase. It was also engaged in the pursuit of Morgan’s Raiders and the suppression of the Holmes County Rebellion July 1863.

Other interesting information discovered:

Henry John Shaw was born on 1/7/1832. He married Caroline Lewis in Morrow County on 11/27/1853, eleven children were born of this union. Henry lived and farmed in the Cardington, Ohio area all of his life.

Date of Death:  10/23/1886                    

Place of burial:  Shawtown Cemetery, Westfield Township, Morrow County, Ohio

Adopted By:  Michael Patterson                          Researcher: Velda L Montgomery