Discharge Certificates
16th Ohio Volunteer Infantry - Company K
Soldiers enrolled for a term of three months on April 22, 1861
and discharged on (this day of) August 18, 1861
at Columbus, Ohio
Web Writer's Notes:
Information presented below was transcribed from the original discharge documents. The exact text of those documents is shown between the horizontal lines but with the variable data for each soldier substituted with the column heading of a reference table following. The reference table contains a blank cell only when that information was left blank on the original document. In addition, some documents contained the signature of the United States Army mustering officer, Major T. J. Gram.

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To all whom it may concern: Know Ye, that FullName a Rank of Captain Milton Mills' Company, ("K",) 16th Regiment of Ohio Volunteers who was enrolled on the 22d day of April one thousand eight hundred and sixty one to serve three months, is hereby Discharged from the service of the United States, this 18th day of August, 1861, at Columbus, O., by reason of expiration of term.
(No objection to his being re=enlisted is known to exist*.)
Said FullName was born in Born In in the State of State, is Age years of age, Height feet Height inches high, Comp complexion, Eyes eyes, Hair hair, and by occupation, when enrolled, a Occupation.
Given at Columbus this 18th day of August 1861.
*This sentence will be erased should there be any thing in the conduct or physical condition of the soldier rendering him unfit for the Army.
Gov. Print Office, May 15, 1861 Image of Actual Discharge Document

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Reference Table of Soldiers Discharged by Document Above

FullName	Rank	Born In	State	Age	Hei	ght	Comp	Eyes	Hair	Occupation
Patrick McNullty	Private			25
John Meyers	Private			26
Phillip Oden	Private	Muskingum Co	Ohio	39	5	8	fair	Blue	dark	Farmer
Edward . I. Hickey	Private			43	6	2	fair	Blue	dark	Farmer
Alex. Martin	Private			19	6
Martin V. Ogle	Private	Muskingum Co	Ohio	23	6		fair	Blue	Bown
???? F. Quigly	Private			22	5	8	fair	Blue	Light
Henry Baker	Private						Light	Blue	Light
William Ruckle	Private	Muskingum Co	Ohio	22	5	10	fair	Blue	Brown
Albert G. Ryan	Private			23	6	1
Samuel Jacoby	Private	Seneca County	New York	21	5	8	Fair	Blue	Brown	Farmer
Dwight Ross	Private			24
James J Cole	Orderly Sergeant	Muskingum Co	Ohio	21			fair	Blue	Light	Bookkeeper
John L. Ogle	Private	Muskingum Co	Ohio	22	5	8	dark	Black	Black	Boatman
John Donley	Private
Benjamin Butler	Private						fair	Blue	Light	Teamster
William Daugherty	Private
Sylvanus Cass	Private	Muskingum Co	Ohio				fair	Blue	Light	Farmer
John N. Brown	Private						fair	Blue	Light
James Camerdy(?)	Private
Willis S. Boyd	Private	Muskingum Co	Ohio				fair	Blue	Brown	Farmer
William Gould	Private	Muskingum Co	Ohio	21
Thomas Gould	Private	Muskingum Co	Ohio	19
Fred Wagner	Private			25	5	5	fair	Blue	Brown	Baker
Israel Ogle	Private	Muskingum Co	Ohio	32	5	11	fair	Black	dark
John W. Ogle	Private	Muskingum Co	Ohio	23	5	11	fair	Blue	Brown
John. H. Bainter	Private
Abraham Murphy	Private			24	5	9
Patrick McNulty	Private			25	5	6	fair	Blue	dark
Chester McVicker	Private	Muskingum Co	Ohio	22	5	7	fair	Blue	Brown
Emanuel Allman	private						fair	Blue	Brown
Silas. D. Kain	Private	Muskingum Co	Ohio	23	5	6	fair	Blue	light
Stephen Balo	Private						fair	Blue	Light
Samuel Wolford	Private			25	5	6	fair	Blue	Brown
William Cordray	Private	Muskingum Co	Ohio				dark	Black	Black	Farmer
Abraham Ford	Private			33			dark	dark	Black
William Johns	Private			33	5	9	fair	Blue	Brown
Hugh McMurray	Private	Muskingum Co	Ohio	18	5	9	fair	Blue	Brown
James Fletcher	Private	Muskingum Co	Ohio	23	6		fair	Blue	Brown	Farmer
Calvin L Cordray	Private	Muskingum Co	Ohio				fair	Blue	Brown	Farmer
James D Marshall	Sergeant						fair	Blue	Light
Charles Roney	Private	Muskingum Co	Ohio	20	5	6	Dark	Black	Black
Frank Comer	Private	Muskingum Co	Ohio	20	5	7	Dark	Black	Black	Boatman
James C Dorsey	Corporal	Muskingum Co	Ohio
Andrew Ellis	Corporal	Muskingum Co	Ohio	23	5	10 1/2	fair	Blue	Light	Farmer
Lewis F. Eastenhausen	Sergeant						fair	Blue	Light	Miller
John F Poorman	Private	Cumberland Co	Pennsylvania	26	5	11	fair	Blue	Brown	Butcher
Shadrack Casteel	Private						fair	dark grey	Chestnut
James Murphy	Private			25	5	8 1/2
George McNight	Private			21	6
Geo. W. Glancy	Private		Ohio	22
James Holder	Private			23	5	8	fair	Blue	Brown
Michael Martin	Private			21
William H. Baker	Private
Isaac Linton	Private	Muskingum Co	Ohio	18	5	8	fair	Blue	Brown	Boatman
Joseph Linton	Private	Muskingum Co	Ohio	24	5	11	fair	grey	dark	Boatman
John W. Farran	Private	Muskingum Co	Ohio	19	5	5 1/2	fair	Blue	Brown
Henry Burroughs	Corporal						fair	Blue	Light	Mechanic
William Lovell	Corporal						fair	Blue	Brown
Charles Crozier	Private						fair	dark	dark brown
Peter Hilbert	Private		Ohio	23
Frank Burress	Private
Edward Barton	Private
Lewis C Lovell	Musician						fair	Blue	Brown
Joshua Lane Jr.	Private			29	5	9	Dark	Black	Black
John Myers	Private			28	5	8	Dark	Black	Black
Hancen Coogle	Private	Muskingum Co	Ohio	35	5	11	Dark	Black	Black	Farmer
Geo. W. Wright	Private			36	5	10	fair	Blue	Brown	Coal digger
James Gurley	Private	Muskingum Co	Ohio	21	6		dark	Black	Black	Farmer
George W. Story	Private	Muskingum Co	Ohio	20	5	10	dark	Black	Black
James Lowe	Private		Ohio	23	6		fair	Blue	dark
James Harron	Private	Muskingum Co	Ohio	30	5	10	fair	Blue	Brown	Farmer
Jackson Hughes	Private	Muskingum Co	Ohio	19			fair	Blue	Light	Farmer
Alex. Simpson	Private			21	5	11	dark	Black	dark	Mechanic
John Shaffer	Private			39	5	9	dark
John. H. Bainter	Private	Muskingum Co	Ohio	44	5	11	Dark	Black	Black	Merchant
Washington Spence	Private			18
Thomas F. Shaw	Private			19
William. H. Scott	Private			24	5	6	fair	Blue	dark	Clerk
John Smith Jun.	Private		Virginia	22	5	9	dark	Blue	dark
John Smith, Sen.	Private			24	5	8
William Saltman	Private			34	5	10	dark	Blue	dark
Benjamin Viol	Private			28	5	6	fair	Blue	Brown
John W. Weaver	Private			22	5	10 1/2	fair	Blue	Light
James Turney	Private			20	5	6	fair	Blue	Brown

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