Soldier:  James M. Stanley

Regiment:  31^st. OVI                  

Company:  E

Age:  22 (actually 19)    

Date Entering Service:  August 27 1861

Period of Service:  3 years

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

Discharged on February 21, 1863 on a surgeon’s certificate of disability.

Battles in which he fought:

Trinity, Al.                                             July 24, 1862

Stone River, Tenn.                                 Dec. 31, 1862 – Jan. 1-2, 1863

Other interesting information discovered:

James Stanley was born in Marion County, Ohio.  In 1891 he is carried on the roster of a GAR post in Tescot Kansas.  Around 1894 he moved to Bakersfield, California, where he died in 1925.  He was living with a daughter there.  His wife’s name was Helen Tucker.

Date of Death:  May 24, 1925     Place of burial:  Union Cemetery, Bakersfield, Ca.

Adopted By:                                                     Researcher:  Patrick Drouhard