Company A
Private
died Feb 1904 and buried in Merrick Co, Nebraska
Union service · Ohio
121st Ohio Infantry
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Company C
Sergeant
No family notes have been added.
Company C
Private
Daniel enlisted on February 10, 1864, at age 17, receiving a $300 bounty. He was killed by enemy gunfire at the battle of Bentonville, NC on March 19, 1865, one of the last major battles of the Civil War. He is buried at the National Cemetery at Raleigh, NC.
Company C
Private
No family notes have been added.
Company D
Private
great grandfather (x5). Jerome had 3 brothers Jonathan, Joseph and Orson. Jerome & Joseph served Co.D 121st OVI, while Jonathan & Orson served & died with Co.D 65th OVI.
Company D
Private
great uncle (x5). Brothers Jerome & Joseph served in Co.D 121st OVI. Brothers Jonathan and Orson also served & died with the 65th OVI Co. D.
Company D
Private
No family notes have been added.
Company E
Private
Killed while on picket duty at Peach Tree Creek, GA July 19, 1864
Company E
Private
No family notes have been added.
Company F
Rank unknown
George Hupp was born in Newark, Ohio, December 15,1842. He died at Newton, Kansas Thursday, July 5,1917, of diabetes. He was one of nine children, being the son of George and Sarah Hupp. He was the last of the family to be called home. At the age of 20 years he enlisted in Company F. 121st. Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served in the army of the Cumberland under General Thomas. He was in the battles of Perryville, Chickamauga and Kensaw Mountain. He was later transferred to Sherman's division and participated in the march to the sea. He received an honorable discharge at the conclusion of the war. He then went to Illinois and remained there two and one-half years, coming to Kansas in 1868, taking up the homestead which continued to be his home since 1872. He married Elizabeth McArdle,
Company I
1st Sergeant
Enlisted as a Sergeant on 22 August 1862 at the age of 25.
Mustered in Company I, 121st Infantry Regiment Ohio on 11 September 1862.
Promoted to Full 1st Sergeant.
Mustered out on 8 June 1865 at Washington, DC.
Company K
1st Sergeant
Enlisted as a Private at the age of 21 on August 15 1862, to serve 3 years. Discharged May 1, at Columbus, Ohio, on surgeon's certificate of disability.I have some family history
that says David was shot in the leg and served the remainder of the war as a guard, at the Northern prison in Sanduski Ohio.
Company K
Private
Enlisted Aug 22 1862. At Chickimauga, Ga Sep 20 1863 struck by a fragment of a shell (2 by 1/4 inches) which buried itself in the fleshy part of the hip, and so disabled him that he was unfit for further service and was honorably discharged May 30, 1865. My 3rd great grandfather. His brother Jesse W Gardner served and died in the 32nd OVI.