Husband to Lydia Hendricks (Thrice Widowed: m. Richard Selman 1844; m. Perry Baldwin 1868; m. John Pastors 1888)
Father to Mary, Sarah, Nancy, William, Martin, Mariah, Margaret, and Abraham Lincoln Selman (Born in 1861 at the start of the Civil War).
Enlisted as a Private in Ohio's 30th Volunteer Infantry; Company G (Aug. 1861)
Richard's Complete Military Service Record (CMSR) was requested from the National Archives in 2022. Records show he was last present with his regiment on May 11, 1864 , the day after his Company reported back to Camp Chase after a month long furlough at home. He was marked absent thereafter and was considered a deserter. However, on January 16, 1891, a notation from the War Department was added to his record:
"It has been determined from the records and testimony presented that the charge of desertion is erroneous and [Richard] was actually killed after falling from a railroad train while with his command en route to Cincinnati, Ohio".
Father to Mary, Sarah, Nancy, William, Martin, Mariah, Margaret, and Abraham Lincoln Selman (Born in 1861 at the start of the Civil War).
Enlisted as a Private in Ohio's 30th Volunteer Infantry; Company G (Aug. 1861)
Richard's Complete Military Service Record (CMSR) was requested from the National Archives in 2022. Records show he was last present with his regiment on May 11, 1864 , the day after his Company reported back to Camp Chase after a month long furlough at home. He was marked absent thereafter and was considered a deserter. However, on January 16, 1891, a notation from the War Department was added to his record:
"It has been determined from the records and testimony presented that the charge of desertion is erroneous and [Richard] was actually killed after falling from a railroad train while with his command en route to Cincinnati, Ohio".
Husband to Lydia Hendricks (Thrice Widowed: m. Richard Selman 1844; m. Perry Baldwin 1868; m. John Pastors 1888)
Father to Mary, Sarah, Nancy, William, Martin, Mariah, Margaret, and Abraham Lincoln Selman (Born in 1861 at the start of the Civil War).
Enlisted as a Private in Ohio's 30th Volunteer Infantry; Company G (Aug. 1861)
Richard's Complete Military Service Record (CMSR) was requested from the National Archives in 2022. Records show he was last present with his regiment on May 11, 1864 , the day after his Company reported back to Camp Chase after a month long furlough at home. He was marked absent thereafter and was considered a deserter. However, on January 16, 1891, a notation from the War Department was added to his record:
"It has been determined from the records and testimony presented that the charge of desertion is erroneous and [Richard] was actually killed after falling from a railroad train while with his command en route to Cincinnati, Ohio".
Father to Mary, Sarah, Nancy, William, Martin, Mariah, Margaret, and Abraham Lincoln Selman (Born in 1861 at the start of the Civil War).
Enlisted as a Private in Ohio's 30th Volunteer Infantry; Company G (Aug. 1861)
Richard's Complete Military Service Record (CMSR) was requested from the National Archives in 2022. Records show he was last present with his regiment on May 11, 1864 , the day after his Company reported back to Camp Chase after a month long furlough at home. He was marked absent thereafter and was considered a deserter. However, on January 16, 1891, a notation from the War Department was added to his record:
"It has been determined from the records and testimony presented that the charge of desertion is erroneous and [Richard] was actually killed after falling from a railroad train while with his command en route to Cincinnati, Ohio".
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