Co D 14th Wisconsin Infantry
Enlisted 24 Feb 1864 from La Crosse, Wisconsin.
Killed in Action at Lovejoy Station, Georgia.
September 2, during the night the enemy evacuated his position [at Jonesboro], and orders were received to follow...and moved south on the main road to Lovejoy's. ...the Forty-sixth Ohio, Major Alexander, and One hundred and third Illinois, Capt Post, ...charged the rebel infantry. Lieut Mellen and Lieut Roberts, Forty-sixth Ohio, both very excellent officers, were killed in this advance. -OR Series 1 - Volume 38 (Part III) page 521
His mother, Emily Devoll, received a Mother's pension, 18 Oct 1878.
Enlisted 24 Feb 1864 from La Crosse, Wisconsin.
Killed in Action at Lovejoy Station, Georgia.
September 2, during the night the enemy evacuated his position [at Jonesboro], and orders were received to follow...and moved south on the main road to Lovejoy's. ...the Forty-sixth Ohio, Major Alexander, and One hundred and third Illinois, Capt Post, ...charged the rebel infantry. Lieut Mellen and Lieut Roberts, Forty-sixth Ohio, both very excellent officers, were killed in this advance. -OR Series 1 - Volume 38 (Part III) page 521
His mother, Emily Devoll, received a Mother's pension, 18 Oct 1878.
Co D 14th Wisconsin Infantry
Enlisted 24 Feb 1864 from La Crosse, Wisconsin.
Killed in Action at Lovejoy Station, Georgia.
September 2, during the night the enemy evacuated his position [at Jonesboro], and orders were received to follow...and moved south on the main road to Lovejoy's. ...the Forty-sixth Ohio, Major Alexander, and One hundred and third Illinois, Capt Post, ...charged the rebel infantry. Lieut Mellen and Lieut Roberts, Forty-sixth Ohio, both very excellent officers, were killed in this advance. -OR Series 1 - Volume 38 (Part III) page 521
His mother, Emily Devoll, received a Mother's pension, 18 Oct 1878.
Enlisted 24 Feb 1864 from La Crosse, Wisconsin.
Killed in Action at Lovejoy Station, Georgia.
September 2, during the night the enemy evacuated his position [at Jonesboro], and orders were received to follow...and moved south on the main road to Lovejoy's. ...the Forty-sixth Ohio, Major Alexander, and One hundred and third Illinois, Capt Post, ...charged the rebel infantry. Lieut Mellen and Lieut Roberts, Forty-sixth Ohio, both very excellent officers, were killed in this advance. -OR Series 1 - Volume 38 (Part III) page 521
His mother, Emily Devoll, received a Mother's pension, 18 Oct 1878.
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