>From the Message Board, use the URL in the message if you want to reply. Alice US GenWeb Project County Coordinator for Seneca Co., OH http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohseneca/seneca.html Listmom for OHSENECA-L *********** BEGIN FORWARDED MESSAGE *********** On 6/9/2003 at 2:22 PM Kvackert@woh.rr.com <Kvackert@woh.rr.com> wrote: >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Classification: Query > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BYB.2ACE/357.1.1.1.1.1 > >Message Board Post: > >Wilson and Benjamin Pontius both served in the Civil War. Wilson was in >the 85th and 184th Ohio Volunteer Regiments. >Benjamin.....there were two; Benj. and Benj. F.....at first I thought it >had to be the Benj F. since that is the name that I found the marriage >under, but Benj F. Ponius died in 1863 in the Battle of Gettysburg in PA >so that cannot be your Benj F since he was married in 1865. The other >Benj. Pontius was in the 164th Reg. Ohio Volunteer Infantry Co >B.....Private....he was age 22 when going in May 2, 1864 (but then again >that disagrees with the being married at age 21 in 1865) served 100days >and mustered out Aug 27, 1864. > >Wilson entered the 85th Reg. Ohio Volunteer Infantry (Co. G)at the age of >20 on May 28 1862 at Camp Chase, Ohio he was a private, he served 3 months >and was mustered out with the company on Sept 23, 1862. Then he served >with the 184th at age 22 entering Jan 21, 1865 at Camp Chase, Ohio >serving 1 yr as a private and mustered out with the company on Sept 20, >1865. > >This regiment was organized at Camp Chase, O., in February, 1865, to serve >one year. Immediately after muster-in the Regiment was ordered Nashville, >Tenn., where it remained for a short time doing garrison duty. From >Nashville it proceeded to Chattanooga, then to Bridgeport, Alabama, which >place it reached about the 21st of March, and was engaged in protecting an >important railroad bridge over the Tennessee River. It also guarded the >track of the railroad between Bridgeport and Chattanooga, a distance of >about thirty miles. On the 25th of July the One Hundred and Eighty-fourth >was ordered to Edgefield, for garrison duty, and remained at that place >until it was mustered out of service, September 20, 1865, at Nashville, >Tenn. > >Email me with your address and I will mail you the copies of all this. >Karen > > *********** END FORWARDED MESSAGE ***********