Soldier:  Alonzo Swisher

Regiment:         3^rd. OVI            

Company:        I

Age:  20                                  

Date Entering Service:  4/25/1861;  Re-enlisted 6/15/1861

Period of Service:  3 years

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

Wounded during the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky 10/8/1862. Mustered out with Company 6/21/1864

Battles in which he fought:

Battle of Rich Mountain, West Virginia                            7/6/1861

Battle of Elkwater, West Virginia                                     7/11/1861

Battle of Bridgeport, Alabama                                                    4/29/1862

Battle of Perryvlle, Kentucky                                                       10/8/1861

Battle of Stones River, Tennessee                                               12/31/1862

Battle of Sand Mountain, Alabama                                             4/30/1863

Battle of Black Warrior, Alabama                                    5/1/1863

Battle of Blount’s Farm, Alabama                                    5/2/1863

Other interesting information discovered:

Alonzo Swisher was born in the year 1842. He lived in Cardington, Ohio prior to the war

Date of Death:  unknown                                   Place of burial:  unknown

Adopted By:                                                      Researcher:  Velda L Montgomery