1st Ohio Light Artillery

William T. McGrew Side: Union Regiment Name: 1 Ohio Light Art'y. COMPANY: A Rank In: Private Rank Out: Private

Enlisted as a Private on 9 August 1861 at the age of 21. Mustered in Company Batty D, 1st Light Artillery Regiment Ohio on 17 October 1861. Received a disability discharge on 6 August 1862 at Nashville, TN.

WILLIAM BLACK LOWRIE WAS MY GREAT GRANDFATHER, I HAVE A COPY OF HIS MUSTERING IN CERTIFICATE AND A US CIVIL WAR COMPASS, HIS BIBLE AND A PICTURE OF HIM IN DRESS UNIFORM

Enlisted as a Private on 23 August 1861 at the age of 21. Mustered in Company Batty E, 1st Light Artillery Regiment Ohio on 7 October 1861. Promoted to Full Corporal on 1 May 1862. Mustered out on 1 September 1864.

Irenius Geren is my GG Grandfather and served with the 1st Ohio Light Artilery, Company H along wth his brother Dudley Dodge Geren. Listed below are some of the battles that they participated in. Battles: Wincheter, Virginia-March 22, 1862, Fort Republic, Virginia-June 9, 1862, Fredericksburg, Virginia-December 10-17, 1862, Chancelorsville, Virginia-May 1-4, 1863, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania-July 1-3, 1863, Cold Harbor, Virginia-June 1-12, 1864, Petersburg, Virginia-June 15-20, 1864 and they were involved in a number of skirmishes. Irenius was wounded while making coffe, a ball went through the flesh of his right thigh, lodgin in his left. He was laid up 6 months two at home because of over crowding in the hospital. Irenius was wonded in the battle before Petersburg June 18, 1864. He was shot by a snipper.

Dudley Dodge Geren is my GG Granduncle and served with the 1st Ohio Light Artilery, Company H along wth his brother Irenius Geren. Listed below are some of the battles that they participated in. Battles: Wincheter, Virginia-March 22, 1862, Fort Republic, Virginia-June 9, 1862, Fredericksburg, Virginia-December 10-17, 1862, Chancelorsville, Virginia-May 1-4, 1863, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania-July 1-3, 1863, Cold Harbor, Virginia-June 1-12, 1864, Petersburg, Virginia-June 15-20, 1864 and they were involved in a number of skirmishes. Irenius was wounded while making coffe, a ball went through the flesh of his right thigh, lodgin in his left. He was laid up 6 months two at home because of over crowding in the hospital. Irenius was wonded in the battle before Petersburg June 18, 1864. He was shot by a snipper.

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He was born and lived in Virginia. But enlisted in Ohio.Serving from 1861 to 1865.

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Buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Portsmouth, Ohio