At Mound Hill Cemetery, a beautiful cemetery located in Eaton, Ohio, are some of my ancestors, at least two of whom served during the Civil War. Daniel Cooper, my third great-uncle, joined the 35th Ohio on September 7th, 1861, and served all three years. Originally part of Company G, he transferred to Company C and served as corporal. He was discharged on July 16th, 1864 in Columbus, Ohio for wounds received on September, 20th, 1863 at the Battle of Chickamauga. Jacob Cooper, my third great grandfather, must have felt the urge to not be outdone by his son by joining the 133rd Ohio, a hundred days regiment, on May 2nd, 1864, and was discharged on August 20th. The roster of the 133rd shows that Jacob was 24 when he joined, but this must have been incorrect as he was 50 in 1864. His pension records show Company G, with his wife as Harriet as his widow, and she is indeed Jacob's wife (and my possible connection to George S. Patton, Jr. as Harriet was a Patton).
At Mound Hill Cemetery, a beautiful cemetery located in Eaton, Ohio, are some of my ancestors, at least two of whom served during the Civil War. Daniel Cooper, my third great-uncle, joined the 35th Ohio on September 7th, 1861, and served all three years. Originally part of Company G, he transferred to Company C and served as corporal. He was discharged on July 16th, 1864 in Columbus, Ohio for wounds received on September, 20th, 1863 at the Battle of Chickamauga. Jacob Cooper, my third great grandfather, must have felt the urge to not be outdone by his son by joining the 133rd Ohio, a hundred days regiment, on May 2nd, 1864, and was discharged on August 20th. The roster of the 133rd shows that Jacob was 24 when he joined, but this must have been incorrect as he was 50 in 1864. His pension records show Company G, with his wife as Harriet as his widow, and she is indeed Jacob's wife (and my possible connection to George S. Patton, Jr. as Harriet was a Patton). 
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