Edwin S. Ormsby

Company I, 1st Michigan Engineers

From Deerfield, Michigan, Edwin enlisted in the 8th Michigan Infantry as a band member at Fort Wayne, Michigan, for 3 years service at the age of 19 on September 23, 1861. He was discharged at Beaufort, SC, on March 6, 1862 and re-enlisted in the 1st Michigan Engineers, Company I on December 28, 1863 at Deerfield, Michigan. He was promoted to Sergeant on January 3, 1865. He mustered out on September 22, 1865 at Nahville, Tn. He was in the battles of Murfreesboro, Tn, Duck River, Tn, Stevenson, Alabama, and Atlanta, Georgia. His postwar address was Emmetsburg, Iowa.

Photo in later years at a G.A.R. Re-union. Edwin is under the white pointer

Ancestor of Ken Snider

e-mail: jeep@mail.chofu.org

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