Son of John Myers
and
Elizabeth (McCune) Myers
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m. 1st Phoebe Ann (Coddington) Myers AlgerJan. 13, 1853, Dayton, Ohio

2nd m. Mary E. (Amsley) Drake Myers Dec. 2, 1869, Canton, IL
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Father of:
Peter C. Myers
William D. Myers
Blanche Lillie (Myers) Roos
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OVERVIEW:
Organized at Camp Chase, Zanesville, and Camp Dennison, Ohio, from October 10 to December 12, 1862. Moved to Louisville, Ky., December 27; thence to Muldraugh's Hill, Ky., January 3, 1863, and to Nashville, Tenn., January 28. Attached to District of Western Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, to February 1863. Reed's Brigade, Baird's Division, Army of Kentucky, Dept. of the Cumberland, to June 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Reserve Corps, Dept. of the Cumberland, to October 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to July 1865.
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SERVICE:
Moved from Nashville to Franklin, Tenn., on February 12, 1863, and duty there till June. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 23-July 7. Duty at Wartrace till August 25. Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 25-September 22. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-21. Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 24-November 23. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Orchard Knob November 23. Tunnel Hill November 24-25. Mission Ridge November 25. Chickamauga Station November 26. March to the relief of Knoxville November 28-December 8. Return to Chattanooga and duty in that vicinity till May 1864. Demonstration on Dalton, Ga., February 22-27, 1864. Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost Gap, and Rocky Faced Ridge February 23-25. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to September 8. Tunnel Hill May 6-7. Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. Buzzard's Roost Gap May 8-9. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Advance on Dallas May 18-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church, and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kenesaw, June 27. Ruff's Station July 4. Chattahoochee River July 5-17. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Utoy Creek August 5-7. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Operations against Forest and Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Sandersville November 26. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April 1865. Two League Cross Roads, near Lexington, S. C., February 15. Taylor's Hole Creek, Averysboro, N. C., March 16. Battle of Bentonville March 19-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D. C., via Richmond, D. C., April 29-May 19. Grand Review May 24. Moved to Louisville, Ky., June, and there mustered out July 6, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 9 Officers and 110 Enlisted men were killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 149 Enlisted men by disease. Total 269.