Soldier:  Zachary B. Taylor

Regiment:  McLaughlin’s Squadron (Cavalry)                  

Company:  A

Age:  18 (was actually just 14)    

Date Entering Service:  June 26, 1862 at Mansfield, Ohio

Period of Service:  3 years

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

There remains confusion on this soldier’s record.  While he states that he enlisted in McLaughlin’s Squadron in 1862, he shows up on its roster with an 1864 enlistment date.  He also shows up in Company C of the 5^th. OVC, but is not listed on their roster.  His date of entry into the service is taken directly from his GAR sketch, which appears on the back of this page.

Battles in which he fought:

Siege of Knoxville, Tenn.                        Nov. 17 – Dec. 4, 1863

Stoneman’s Raid to Macon, Ga.              July 26-31, 1864

Siege of Atlanta, Ga.                                          Aug. 1 – Sept. 2, 1864

Blackville, S.C.                                                   Feb. 11, 1865

Bentonville, N.C.                                    March 19 – 21, 1865

Other interesting information discovered:

Taylor was born in Richland county on December 14, 1848.  He may have been married twice; wives named Mary and Hattie show up on various census records.  In 1880 he is shown to be living in Cardington, Ohio, where he was a grain dealer.

Date of Death:  May 25, 1936     Place of burial:  Ashland Cemetery, Ashland, OH

Adopted By:                                                                  Researcher:   Patrick Drouhard