Eli Pence;
Eli Pence was the last surviving Civil War veteran from Champaign County, Ohio, where he was born on January 20, 1842 and died on January 23, 1941, shortly after turning 99. He was also the only soldier from the 45th OVI to attend the regiment's 60th and last reunion, in August 1933, and was almost certainly its last survivor.
On August 4, 1862, at the age of twenty, he enlisted as a private in the 45th OVI and was mustered into Company H, which was largely raised from Champaign County. Eli was promoted to corporal on May 1, 1864 and was mustered out on June 12, 1865 at Camp Harker, Tennessee. His company suffered heavy losses in killed, wounded and captured, particularly in the siege of Knoxville and the battles at Philadelphia and Holston River, but Eli escaped with only a slight wound to his right shoulder at the Battle of Resaca. After the war, Eli returned to Ohio and, on March 4,1866, married Rachel A. Shroufe, the daughter of a prominent Champaign County family. Rachel died at the age of 72 in 1918 and on September 2, 1921, Eli remarried, to Ellen Walker, a widow from Plain City, Ohio, aged 62. He lived long enough to see the start of World War II, which he had predicted in his remarks at the 60th reunion.
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http://www.homestead.com/45ohio/pence.html
Eli Pence was the last surviving Civil War veteran from Champaign County, Ohio, where he was born on January 20, 1842 and died on January 23, 1941, shortly after turning 99. He was also the only soldier from the 45th OVI to attend the regiment's 60th and last reunion, in August 1933, and was almost certainly its last survivor.
On August 4, 1862, at the age of twenty, he enlisted as a private in the 45th OVI and was mustered into Company H, which was largely raised from Champaign County. Eli was promoted to corporal on May 1, 1864 and was mustered out on June 12, 1865 at Camp Harker, Tennessee. His company suffered heavy losses in killed, wounded and captured, particularly in the siege of Knoxville and the battles at Philadelphia and Holston River, but Eli escaped with only a slight wound to his right shoulder at the Battle of Resaca. After the war, Eli returned to Ohio and, on March 4,1866, married Rachel A. Shroufe, the daughter of a prominent Champaign County family. Rachel died at the age of 72 in 1918 and on September 2, 1921, Eli remarried, to Ellen Walker, a widow from Plain City, Ohio, aged 62. He lived long enough to see the start of World War II, which he had predicted in his remarks at the 60th reunion.
Sources: http://www.civilwardata.com/active/hdsquery.dll?SoldierHistory?U&378119
http://www.homestead.com/45ohio/pence.html
Eli Pence;
Eli Pence was the last surviving Civil War veteran from Champaign County, Ohio, where he was born on January 20, 1842 and died on January 23, 1941, shortly after turning 99. He was also the only soldier from the 45th OVI to attend the regiment's 60th and last reunion, in August 1933, and was almost certainly its last survivor.
On August 4, 1862, at the age of twenty, he enlisted as a private in the 45th OVI and was mustered into Company H, which was largely raised from Champaign County. Eli was promoted to corporal on May 1, 1864 and was mustered out on June 12, 1865 at Camp Harker, Tennessee. His company suffered heavy losses in killed, wounded and captured, particularly in the siege of Knoxville and the battles at Philadelphia and Holston River, but Eli escaped with only a slight wound to his right shoulder at the Battle of Resaca. After the war, Eli returned to Ohio and, on March 4,1866, married Rachel A. Shroufe, the daughter of a prominent Champaign County family. Rachel died at the age of 72 in 1918 and on September 2, 1921, Eli remarried, to Ellen Walker, a widow from Plain City, Ohio, aged 62. He lived long enough to see the start of World War II, which he had predicted in his remarks at the 60th reunion.
Sources: http://www.civilwardata.com/active/hdsquery.dll?SoldierHistory?U&378119
http://www.homestead.com/45ohio/pence.html
Eli Pence was the last surviving Civil War veteran from Champaign County, Ohio, where he was born on January 20, 1842 and died on January 23, 1941, shortly after turning 99. He was also the only soldier from the 45th OVI to attend the regiment's 60th and last reunion, in August 1933, and was almost certainly its last survivor.
On August 4, 1862, at the age of twenty, he enlisted as a private in the 45th OVI and was mustered into Company H, which was largely raised from Champaign County. Eli was promoted to corporal on May 1, 1864 and was mustered out on June 12, 1865 at Camp Harker, Tennessee. His company suffered heavy losses in killed, wounded and captured, particularly in the siege of Knoxville and the battles at Philadelphia and Holston River, but Eli escaped with only a slight wound to his right shoulder at the Battle of Resaca. After the war, Eli returned to Ohio and, on March 4,1866, married Rachel A. Shroufe, the daughter of a prominent Champaign County family. Rachel died at the age of 72 in 1918 and on September 2, 1921, Eli remarried, to Ellen Walker, a widow from Plain City, Ohio, aged 62. He lived long enough to see the start of World War II, which he had predicted in his remarks at the 60th reunion.
Sources: http://www.civilwardata.com/active/hdsquery.dll?SoldierHistory?U&378119
http://www.homestead.com/45ohio/pence.html
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