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John Ward Adkins

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John Ward Adkins

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21 Aug 1908 (aged 71)
Ripley, Brown County, Ohio, USA
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Enlisted 7/20/1861, Co. H, 12th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, captured at Locust Lane, WV, sent to Libby Prison, Richmond, VA, and then to prison at Salisbury, NC. Released after 10 months in a prisoner of war exchange in the fall of 1862. Transferred to US Navy 14 Dec 1862 to 13 Jul 1865. Served as 2d Engr on the Monitor U.S.S. Wilwaulkee when it was sunk by torpedoes in Mobile Bay on 29 March 1865 as part of Adm Farragut Squadron, later released from service at the end of the war. ‎‎(Also served on the U.S.S. Elk, Fearnot, & Glyde.)
Enlisted 7/20/1861, Co. H, 12th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, captured at Locust Lane, WV, sent to Libby Prison, Richmond, VA, and then to prison at Salisbury, NC. Released after 10 months in a prisoner of war exchange in the fall of 1862. Transferred to US Navy 14 Dec 1862 to 13 Jul 1865. Served as 2d Engr on the Monitor U.S.S. Wilwaulkee when it was sunk by torpedoes in Mobile Bay on 29 March 1865 as part of Adm Farragut Squadron, later released from service at the end of the war. ‎‎(Also served on the U.S.S. Elk, Fearnot, & Glyde.)

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