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The Last Resting Places of Our Gallant Heroes
Pvt. Joseph Richey Pvt. Samuel B. Miller
Pvt. Samuel S. Scott, Company A
Born abt. 1843
Died December 9 or 12 or 29, 1861, Camp Dennison, Cincinnati, Ohio, of disease
Buried at Lewis Cemetery, Muskingum County, Ohio
or Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio
(may have been moved to Lewis or Lewis gravestone may be memorial stone only)
pending permission from wvyen, FindAGrave.com
Pvt. Joseph Richey, Company H
Born abt. 1841 - Died August 19, 1863, Carrollton, Louisiana, of disease
Buried at Chalmette National Cemetery (formerly Monument Cemetery)
Note: gravestone incorrectly spells last name Rickey
courtesy of and with permission from Joseph Mann, U. S. Navy Veteran, FindAGrave.com
Pvt. Simeon P. Price Pvt. Joseph Weaver
Pvt. Simeon P. Price, Company B
Born abt. 1842 - Died June 15, 1862, Flat Lick, Kentucky, of disease
Buried at Knoxville National Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee
courtesy of and with permission from Howard Sutherland, FindAGrave.com
Pvt. Joseph Weaver, Company H
Born abt. 1842, - Died July 1, 1863, Seminary Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, of disease
Buried at Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio
* no soldier named Weaver in 15th Ohio - tombstone incorrect
pending permission from Dave, FindAGrave.com
Pvt. Henry Smyser Pvt. Jacob Diehl Smyser
Pvt. Henry Smyser, Company I
Private, Company C, 114th OVI

Born March 30, 1838, Reedsburg, Ohio - Died May 19, 1910, Wichita, Kansas
courtesy of and with permission from Elaine, direct descendant of soldier
Pvt. Jacob Diehl Smyser, Company I
Born February 17, 1840 - Died January 19, 1863, Young's Point, Louisiana, of disease
Buried at Reedsburg Cemetery, Reedsburg, Ohio
courtesy of and with permission from Elaine, direct descendant of soldier
Pvt. Henry Smyser

See the poignant story of brothers Henry and Jacob Smyser here.

The verse on Jacob Smyser's gravestone reads:

You died among strangers,
Far from your home.
No mother was there,
To watch o'er her son.
With strangers you suffered,
Among strangers you died.
Except a kind brother,
Who stood by your side.

Pvt. Henry Smyser
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