Prisoner
of War
Jacob
F. Pettit
Company F, 96th Ohio Infantry
Enlisted August 8, 1862, age 37. Battles: Chickasaw Bayou, Vicksburg,
Jackson, Grand Coteau, where taken prisoner, and exchanged May, 28,
1864; Spanish Fort, Fort Blakely, Mobile, and Whistler; transfered
to Company A November 18, 1864, and mustered out with Company July
7, 1865. Died November 20, 1882, at Eden, Ohio.
Image by Washburn, New Orleans.