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47th Ohio Infantry
Company A
John Bechler - Sergeant
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Contact Name: Robert Reed
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Date Added: 6/7/2006

Company B
Alanson N. Belcher - Private
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Contact Name: LORI SHEPARD
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Date Added: 5/3/2005

Company B
Matthew M Brockway - Private
My 3 great grandfather. Later transferred to company I wounded June 22nd 1863 @ siege of Vicksburg. Discharged 1864 under surgeons certificate of disability
Contact Name: Nicholas George
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Date Added: 5/7/2015

Company B
Dexter Buell - Private
My GG Grandfather
Enlisted as a private on 27 Sept. 1864 at the age of 26
Drafted in Company B,47th Infantry Regiment Ohio on Sept. 27 1864.
Mustered out on 13 June 1865 in Philadelphia,PA. Mower Hosp.
Dexter was born in Courtland County,NY. 13 March 1837 and he departed this life at Cushing, OK. on 7 July 1933. His age was 96 years, 3 months and 24 days.
Dexter was loyal to his GOD and his Country.He was a member of the G.A.R. post of Phillipsburg,KS.He was a charter member and life long worker in the Baptist Church of Phillipsburg.
Dexter read his Bible thur 53 times in his life time.
Contact Name: Beth Lehman (Robinson)
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Date Added: 4/4/2004

Company D
Charles Wesley Morris - Private
Killed at the Battle for Atlanta July 22, 1864 leaving a widow
Sarah Jane Morris and a son Edwin Milton Morris.
Contact Name: Rob Grant
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Date Added: 7/23/2010

Company I
Isadore Benoir - Private
In 47th Reg from Dec 26, 1861 to June 25, 1865. Was discharged due to wounds received July 22, 1864 in the Battle of Atlanta, GA. (Veteran)
Contact Name: Don Bovia
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Date Added: 5/11/2021

Company I
Lewis Dixon - Private
Mustered in 21 Sep 1864. Died 6 Feb 1865, General Hospital in Savannah, GA.
Contact Name: C Shy
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Date Added: 2/22/2012

Company K
John R. Commons - Private
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Contact Name: Robin Marshall
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Date Added: 10/28/2010

Company K
George Wingerter - Corporal
George enlisted in the 47th Ohio in June 1861 and served through all the campaigns and battles of the regiment. He was 26 when he enlisted. The 47th Ohio Infantry had the most medal of honor recipients out of all the Union Army regiments. He is buried at the Dayton National Cemetery in Ohio where he died in 1895. He was an immigrant from Germany. He marched with Sherman to the sea and then up through the Carolinas and the end of the war. He marched in the Grand Review in Washington DC in May 1865. He was a cousin to my paternal great great great grandfather.
Contact Name: Paul D. Wingerter
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Date Added: 2/1/2008

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