16th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Soldier's Profile
Cyrus B. Anderson
Private, Company "I"
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Letter to Enos Pierson, Reunion #38 Letters to Mrs. William McCormick
Personal
birthdate:August 29, 1837 place:Blachleyville, Wayne Co., Ohio
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post-war occupation:farmer (assumed) place:Granby, Mo.
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Military Career
enlisted 3-year service: Octber 7, 1861 PrivateCompany I
mustered out: October 31, 1864
re-enlisted: April 4, 1865 39th Ohio Veterans Volunteer Infantry, Company C
discharged: July 9, 1865

Additional Details

Cyrus B. Anderson was born in Blachleyville, Wayne Co., Ohio, Aug. 29, 1837. He enlisted at Reedsburg, Sept. 7, 1861, in Co. I, 16th O.V.I.; was mustered in the U. S. service at Camp Tiffin, Ohio, Oct. 7, by Lieut. Geo. Jones; was mustered out at Camp Chase, Ohio, Oct. 31, 1864. He re-enlisted in Co. C, 39th O. V. V. I. April 4, 1865; discharged at Louisville, Ky., July 9, 1865. He is living on a farm near Granby, Mo., R. F. D. No. 1. Granby is in the southwestern part of Missouri.

Details from Proceedings of Eleven Reunions, 16th Regiment, O. V. I. (#38, page 620)

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