Soldier:  Ezra D Shreve

Regiment:  96^th. OVI                              

Company:         C

Age:       21                   

Date Entering Service:  7/30/1862

Period of Service:  3 years

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

November 18, 1864 transferred to Company D. Mustered out at Mobile, Alabama on 7/7/1865.

Battles in which he fought:

Battle of Chickasaw Bluffs, Mississippi                 12/28 to 29/1862

Battle of Arkansas Post, Arkansas                                    1/11/1863

Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi                           5/18 to 7/4/1863

Battle of Jackson, Mississippi                                          7/9 to 16/1863

Battle of Grand Coteau, Louisiana                                   11/3/1863

Battle of Sabine Cross Roads, Louisiana               4/8/1864

Battle of Monetis Bluff, Louisiana                                    4/23/1864

Battle of Forts Gaines and Morgan, Alabama                   8/5 to 23/1864

Battle of Spanish Fort, Alabama                          3/26 to 4/8/1865

Battle of Fort Blakely, Alabama                           4/9/1865

Siege of Mobile, Alabama                                               3/26 to 4/12/1865

Battle of Whistlers Station, Alabama                                4/13/1865

Other interesting information discovered:

Ezra D Shreve was born on 2/1/1841 in Mahoning County, Ohio. He married Cecilia Pettet in Morrow County, Ohio on 8/9/1862, three children were born of this union.  Ezra was a carpenter while living in the Morrow County area. He later moved his family to Wichita, Kansas where he was employed as a school janitor. Ezra collected an invalid’s pension on 7/7/1890.  Cecilia collected a widow’s pension on June 18, 1910.

Date of Death:  6/10/1910                      Place of burial:  Maple Grove Cemetery, Wichita Kansas

Adopted By:                                                                              Researcher: Velda L Montgomery