Isaac Melville Bennett
BIRTH
24 Oct 1847
Cardington, Morrow County, Ohio, USA
DEATH
27 Oct 1911 (aged 64)
Tower Hill, Shelby County, Illinois, USA
CEMETERY
Tower Hill Cemetery
Tower Hill, Shelby County, Illinois, USA
Hero Story
174th Regiment, Ohio InfantryOVERVIEW:Organized at Camp Chase, Ohio, August 16 to September 21, 1864. Mustered in September 21, 1864. Left State for Nashville, Tenn., September 23, arriving there September 26. Moved to Murfreesboro, Tenn., and duty in the Defences of that city till October 27. Attached to Post of Murfreesboro, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to October, 1864. District of North Alabama, Dept. of the Cumberland, to December, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to February, 1865, and Dept. of North Carolina to June, 1865.

SERVICE:Moved from Murfreesboro to Decatur, Ala., October 27. Defence of Decatur October 27-29. Moved to Elk River October 29. (4 Cos. Detached at Athens, Ala.). Returned to Decatur November 1 and duty there till November 25. Moved to Murfreesboro November 25. Action at Overall's Creek December 4. Siege of Murfreesboro December 5-12. Wilkinson's Pike, near Murfreesboro, December 7. Ordered to Clifton, Tenn., and duty there till January 17, 1865. Movement to Washington, D. C., January 17-29, and duty there till February 21. Moved to Fort Fisher, N. C., February 21-23, to Morehead City February 24, and to New Berne February 25. Advance on Kinston and Goldsboro March 6-21. Battle of Wise's Forks March 8-10. Occupation of Kinston March 14, and of Goldsboro March 21. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 1-4. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. Duty at Raleigh and Charlotte, N. C. till June. Mustered out at Charlotte, N. C., June 28, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 21 Enlisted men kllled and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 94 Enlisted men by disease. Total 117.

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Co. A, 174 Regiment Ohio Infantry
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Emily Ann Bennett
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Mother Name
Barbara J. Bennett
Created by
Ralph Falconbury
Created on
11 Jun 2021