Soldier:  Christopher Sipe

Regiment:         85^th. OVI                        Company:         C

                          88^th. OVI                                                   G

Age:       18                   

Date Entering Service:  85th OVI 6/6/1862

                                       88th OVI: 7/3/1863

Period of Service:  85th OVI:  3 months 17 days

                              88th OVI: 2 years 9 days

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

85th OVI: Mustered out with Company on 9/2/3/862

88th OVI: Mustered out with Company on 7/3/1865

Battles in which he fought:

85th OVI: The 85th OVI organized at Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio between May and June 1862 to guard a large number of Rebel prisoners. The soldiers mustered out between September 23 and September 27, 1862 at expiration of sentence.

88th OVI: Engaged in guarding Rebel prisoners at Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio and also engaged in pursuit of Morgan’s raiders and suppression of the Holmes County rebellion in July 1863.

Other interesting information discovered:

Christopher Sipe  was born in Westfield Township, Morrow County, Ohio on 2/7/1844. He was married twice: On 12/23/1866 he married Amy Ann Manville in Morrow County, two children were born of this union.  Amy died sometime after 1880.  Christopher then married Julia Etta McQuiston in Morrow County on 10/10/1896.  Christopher and his family lived and farmed in the Morrow County area most of his life. He later moved to Claridan in Marion County, Ohio. He collected an invalid’s pension on 10/24/1877. Etta collected a widow’s pension on 9/11/1925.

Date of Death:  8/28/1925                      Place of burial:  Claridan Cemetery, Marion County, Ohio

Adopted By:                                                                              Researcher: Velda L Montgomery