Monday, October 8, 2012

Civil War Veteran: Ozias W. Foote

Ozias W. Foote
Born:  July 24, 1836, Corwall, Addison, Ohio
Died:  September 17, 1888, California
SGT MAJ, F&S, CO E 128 OHIO INF

Enlisted in Co. E 128th Ohio Inf. as a Sergeant on January 9, 1864 and was promoted to Full Sergeant Major on May 21, 1865. On July 6, 1865 he was promoted to Full 2nd Lieutenant, mustering out at Camp Chase, Ohio on July 13, 1865.
He served in the Guard Garrison at Ohio's Johnson's Island guarding Confederate prisoners.

Still living in Ohio in 1880, by 1888 he had moved to San Jacinto, California where he was a farmer.



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