Joseph Awkerman / Aukerman Military Service
Joseph Awkerman/Aukerman enlisted in Company
I. 102nd Ohio Infantry on 9 August 1862 at age of
22. He was mustered out on 30 June 1865 at Nashville,
Tennessee. The 102nd Ohio Infantry served primarily as Railroad
Guards along the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad in Tennessee and
Alabama.
He was a resident of Congress Twp, Wayne
County, Ohio at the time of enlistment. His description was Grey
Eyes, Black Hair, Dark Skin, height: 6' 1/2" . He moved to
Wells County, Indiana after the War. His parents Joseph and Mary
(Rosenbaugh) Awkerman are buried in the Warner Cemetery in Congress
Twp, Wayne Co, Ohio.
Burial
in the Elm Grove Cemetery.
Sincerely,
Headquarters, 11th Ohio Cavalry
Kim Jeffery Torgler, Adjutant
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