Company D
Private
Age 40 at enlistment. Resident of Madison County, Ohio
Wounded in Right leg at battle of Mount Sterling, KY.
Spent some time in regimental band.
Union service · ohio
12th Ohio Cavalry
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Company G
Private
Enlisted as a Private on 1 September 1863 at the age of 20.
Mustered in Company G, 12th Cavalry Regiment Ohio on 4 December 1863.
Mustered out on 14 November 1865 at Nashville, TN.
Company I
Private
Pvt Swihart was left at the battle scene to act as a nurse to the wounded at Saltville, VA 2 Oct 1864 while the remainder of his regiment retreated. He may have been no older than 16 at the time. He did not muster out with his regiment and there is no evidence of his whereabouts after the war.
Company L
Artificer
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Company L
Private
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