Erwin G. Seeley - Battery K 4th Artillery Ohio


Served in Co. B 20th Regiment Infantry Ohio. Organized at Columbus Ohio, April and May, 1861. Mustered in May 23, 1861. Ordered to West Virginia and attached to Kellys Command. Action at Richter June 23. Pursuit of Garnett July 15-16. Duty along Baltimore and Ohio Railroad till August. Mustered out August 23, 1861.

Served in Battery K 4th Artillery Ohio, as Sgt. Major from August 1863 until his discharge in 1870 as First Lt.

Bristoe Campaign Oct, 9-10 1863.
McLeans Ford, Bull Run, Oct. 15.
Advance to the Rappahannock Nov. 27.
Demonstration of the Rapidan Feb, 6-7.
Spotsylvania Court House May 8-12.
Assault on the Salient May 12
North Anna Rive May 22-26
On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28
Totopotomoy May 28-31
Cold Harbor June 1-12
Before Petersburg June 16-18
Siege of Petersburg June 1864 to April 2, 1865
Jerusalem Plank Road June 22, 1864
Deep Bottom July 27-29
Strawberry Plains Aug 14-18
Hatchers Run Oct 27-28
Warrens Raid on Weldon Railroad Dec 7-14
Dabneys Mills, Hatcher Run, Feb 5-7, 1865
Watkins House March 25
Appomattox Campaign March 28 – April 9
Hatchers Run, Boydton Road, March 30-31
White Oak Road March 31
Sutherland Station April 2
Sailors Creek April 6
High Bridge April
Appomattox Court House April 9 - Surrender of Lee and his Army
March to Washington, D.C. May
Grand Review 23

Duty in Defenses of Washington till August 1865

Edwin Seeley left Ft. Washington, Md, early in July 1865 for Richmond, VA. He was at Richmond, VA July to Oct 25, 1865, and at Ft. Delaware, Del. to Sept. 1866

Research by William Strathman, Des Moines, Iowa, September 25, 1990

[Erwin is SGS #2150 - Erwin (#2150) ; Austin H. (#742); Ajacks; Austin; Nehemiah; Robert; Nathaniel; Robert]