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Private
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Union service · Ohio
16th Ohio Infantry
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Company A
Rank unknown
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Company A
Private
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Company A
Private
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Company A
Private
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Company C
Private
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Company C
Private
Charles M. McCracken eventually moved to Gloucester, NJ where he earned a living as a watchmaker.
Company D
Private
He served in the original 16th OVI (3 months service).
Company D
Private
He served in the original 16th OVI (3 months service).
Company D
Private
He served in the original 16th OVI (3 months service).
Company F
Private
John was born in Bern, Switzerland 27 Aug 1943. His family emigrated to the US in 1849, settling in Ohio and farmed. John was drafted 8 Aug 1861 as a private in Company F, 16th Infantry and mustered out 27 Aug 1863 at the end of his service. Information about his service is not clear. One document indicated he was never captured while another document reported that he took part in all unit engagements until captured at Chickasaw Bayou, Vicksburg on 29 Dec 1862, during General Sherman's failed attack on the Bluffs which cost the Union attackers over 1,700 casualties. According to the unofficial document we have access to, he was paroled - first in Vicksburg MS, Jackson Barracks, New Orleans LA, then allowed to head north and was able to find his way home (no dates found) where he recovered from being sick. A family story passed down about "Uncle John" is that there had been no communication from him since entering the army to his family since going to war. The family didn't know if he had survived. He simply walked up to the family farm and said I'm back. After recovering, he went to Camp Chase in Columbus, OH and was discharged in October as his term was complete. After the War he and his family moved to Madison County, Iowa where the family (parents and 8 children) farmed. John eventually bought a farm but sold it and moved to Los Angeles in 1904. John moved to the Fresno area in 1908 and bought 80 acres to be close to his nephew (Durbin Lenocker, my grandfather) and sister. He passed 20 May 1927 and is buried in the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Fresno, CA.
Company G
Private
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Company G
Rank unknown
- Enlisted in April 1861, Co G, 16th OVI
- Enlisted again in Sept 1861 Co F, 19th OVI
- Enlisted May 1844, Co I, OVI which he organized and led into service.
- Honourably discharged in Washington DC, Sept 1864
Company I
Private
Thomas Jefferson Geary entered service on Apr 1861 and served until he was discharged Aug 1861. Thomas was born near Hayesville, Vermillion Twp, Ohio. Thomas Jefferson Geary was born 19 July 1839 and died 30 May 1911. Thomas is buried in Vermillion Cemetery near Hayesville Ohio with his wife Amanda Rankin Geary.
Company I
Private
Discharged in 1863 on surgeon's certificate of disability.
Buried in Hampton National Cemetery in Virginia
Company K
Private
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Company K
Private
Alexander Owens (A.B. Owens) was a resident of the former Bridgeport (now Burbank) Ohio where he worked as a blacksmith. He enlisted in Company A of 16th Ohio Voluntary Infantry in Wooster, Ohio on 11th August 1862. Transferred to Company K of same 16th OVI on 1st Dec 1862. Transferred to Company B of the Ohio 114th Ohio infantry on 6th Oct 1864. Discharged 31st July 1865 at Galveston, Texas. He died 19th August 1892 in Jewell County, Kansas and is buried in the Randall cemetery.
Company Field & Staff
Major
Also Captain of CO D