Soldier:  Benjamin Franklin Tyler

Regiment:  31^st.^. OVI                 

Company:  E

Age:  19                       

Date Entering Service:  August 27, 1861

Period of Service:  3 years

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

Reduced from Sergeant (date not given); mustered out on September 24, 1864.  On March 30, 1865, enlisted in the 4^th. OVC, Unassigned Recruits.  No further record available.

Battles in which he fought:

Corinth, Miss.                                        April 30, 1862

Trinity, Al.                                             July 24, 1862

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

Rosecrans’ Campaign, Tenn.                  June 23-30, 1863

Hoover’s Gap, Tenn.                              June 24, 1863

Chickamauga, Ga.                                 Sept. 19-20, 1863

Brown’s Ferry,                                       Oct. 27, 1863

Mission Ridge, Tenn.                             Nov. 25, 1863

Resaca, Ga.                                           May 13-16, 1864

Kenesaw Mt., Ga.                                   June 27, 1860

Peachtree Creek, Ga.                             July 20, 1864

Siege of Atlanta, Ga.                              July 28 – Sept. 2, 1864

Other interesting information discovered:

Benjamin Tyler was born in Delaware County, Ohio.  In 1860 he was living in Cardington Township, Morrow County.  An older brother, Francis was in the same regiment.  Tyler is shown to be living in Ironton, Wisconsin by 1880.  He was married in Wisconsin;  his wife’s name was Hannah Costerisan.

Date of Death:  April 11, 1910    Place of burial:  Resting Green Cemetery, Ironton, Wis.

Adopted By:                                                     Researcher:  Patrick Drouhard