Company Unknown
Private
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Union service · Ohio
81st Ohio Infantry
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Company Unknown
Private
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Company B
Private
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Company B
Private
Enlisted Aug. 1861, died in hospital at Franklin Missouri;8 Nov 1861.Interred at Jefferson Barracks Missouri.
Company B
Private
Enlisted Aug. 1861,re-enlisted 1864;veteran. Company B consolidated into Company D in Dec. 1864.
Company B
Captain
He rejoined as a Captain after being mustered out from the 11th Iowa Infantry because of a wound in his thigh. He remained with the 81st Ohio Infantry till the end of the war.
Company B
Private
John Polson was my Great Grandfather. He enlisted in the 81st Ohio Infantry when he was 18. Does anyone have a photo of the company around the time they mustered out?
Company D
Private
81st ovi, battle of shiloh, shermans march to the sea, told relatives he had many close calls, piled up sticks to sleep on while in georgia to try to keep the snakes from crawling on them, sometimes they had to eat the corn that was meant for the horses,family told me he didnt talk to often about it.
Company D
Private
Served as the color-bearer.
Company E
Private
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Company E
Corporal
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Company K
Rank unknown
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Company K
Rank unknown
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