Elias Conover was born on 25. Mar. 1836 at Warren County, Ohio. He was the son of
William Conover and
Hester Runyan. Elias Conover married
Margaret Stowder, daughter of
Samuel Stowder and
Nancy Cowan, on 18. Aug. 1861 at Clermont County, Ohio. Elias Conover Co. K, 48th Regiment on 19. Sep. 1861 at Camp Dennison, Ohio. He 83rd Regiment on 17. Jan. 1865. Elias Conover was shown in the census on 11. Jun. 1900 as a farmer.
Elias Conover and
Margaret Stowder appeared on the census of 11. Jun. 1900 at Wayne Twp., Clermont County, Ohio; 4 children, 4 living. Elias Conover died on 18. Jan. 1906 at Edenton, Clermont County, Ohio, at age 69. He was buried on 20. Jan. 1906 at Edenton Cemetery, Clermont County, Ohio. One of the defining events in American history, the Civil War involved millions of men who served the United States and the Confederate States. Millions of these men, or their dependents, applied for pension support from the federal government. These application cards (for Federal, not Confederate pensions) were indexed by the Pension Office and kept by the National Archives. This database is an index to nearly 2.5 million of these application cards. Each record includes the veteran's name and state in which he, or his dependents, filed the application. If a widow or a child filed the application, their name is provided. Because these pension files were for federal benefits, this collection only contains the names of Union veterans. To researchers of Civil War ancestors this database can be a useful source of detailed information. In addition, the index contains a link to a digitized image of the index card itself, which will contain additional information on the individual, such as unit of service, date of filing, and application and certificate numbers for the pension case file housed at the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington D.C.
Media: Please Note: Due to deficiencies in the microfilms of the original source cards (i.e. faded, illegible, etc.), about 1% of the pension cards were not included in this index, and may be re-scanned and included at a later date if legible digital scans can be created. The microfilm rolls of these original source cards may provide additional data for these missing images. The Family History Library in Salt Lake City or The National Archives and Records Administration (microfilm #T288) are excellent sources for the complete collection on microfilm.
Media: Requirements for a pension varied according to congressional amendments after the original 1862 legislation. Each amendment extended the benefits by more liberal terms. Veterans, widows, parents, and minor dependents were eligible for pensions under certain conditions, and each was required to file an application. The files contain much military service and family information. Included are a declaration by the claimant, a statement of service from the War Department or the Navy Department, a personal history questionnaire, a family questionnaire, and affidavits by comrades-in-arms, relatives, and neighbors attesting to the validity of the claimant's declarations. Where disability and need were factors in the decision, medical reports of physical condition were included. Contrary to custom of several years ago, the medical documents were not withheld and are routinely part of the general file.
Media: Taken from Chapter 9: Research in Military Records, The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy by Johni Cerny; revised by Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck and David Thackery; edited by Loretto Dennis Szucs and Sandra Hargreaves Luebking (Salt Lake City, UT: Ancestry Incorporated, 1997).
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Media: Occasionally index cards will have a slightly different layout as the nature of the service dictated that different information be recorded.
Military: Database: American Civil War Regiments
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Elias Conover
Service Record:
Enlisted as a Private on 19 September 1861 at the age of 24
Enlisted in Company K, 48th OVI Regiment Ohio on 19 September 1861.
Transferred Company K, 48th OVI Regiment Ohio on 17 January 1865
Transfered in Company D, 83rd Infantry Regiment Ohio on 17 January 1865.
Mustered out Company D, 83rd Infantry Regiment Ohio on 22 June 1865 in Camp Dennison, OH
Military: Officers Killed or Mortally Wounded: 3
Officers Died of Disease or Accident 54
Enlisted Killed or Mortally Wounded 3
Enlisted Died of Disease or Accident
Military: List of Soldiers
Military: Regimental History
OHIO
FORTY-EIGHTH INFANTRY
(Three Years)
Military: Forty-eighth Infantry. - Cols., Peter J. Sullivan, Job R. Parker; Lieut.-Cols., Joseph W. Lindsay, James R. Lynch; Majs., James S. Wise, Samuel G. W. Peterson. This regiment was organized from the state at large, from Sept. to Dec., 1861, to serve for three years. On the expiration of its term of service the original members (except veterans) were mustered out and the organization composed of veterans and recruits retained in service until Jan. 17, 1865, when it was consolidated with the 83d Ohio infantry. On July 24, 1865, a battalion of six companies was organized by the consolidation of the 83d and 114th regiments. Two companies, E and F, were mustered out Oct. 14, 1865, by reason of expiration of term of service, and the remaining four companies, A, B, C and D, were retained in service until May 9, 1866, when they were mustered out in accordance with orders from the war department. The following is a list of battles, in which this regiment bore an honorable part, as given in the Official Army Register, Part V, page 126:
Shiloh, Tenn; Corinth, Chickasaw bayou, Miss; Arkansas Post, Ark; Port Gibson, Jackson, Champions hill, Big Black river, Siege of Vicksburg, Miss; Carrion Crow bayou, Sabine crossroads, La; Fort Blakely, Ala. The 48th lost about one-third of its members in the battle of Shiloh. In the attack upon Corinth it was among the first organized troops to enter the Confederate works. At Sabine cross-roads, then a mere remnant of its former self, it severely punished the "Crescent regiment," but in turn was overpowered and captured.
Military: Source: The Union Army, vol. 2
Military: Battles Fought
Military: Fought on 06 April 1862 at Shiloh, TN.
Fought on 07 April 1862 at Shiloh, TN.
Fought on 11 January 1863 at Arkansas Post, AR.
Fought on 11 March 1863 at Near Fort Greenwood, AR.
Fought on 19 May 1863.
Fought on 22 May 1863 at Vicksburg, MS.
Fought on 03 November 1863 at Carrion Crow Bayou, LA.
Fought on 08 April 1864 at Sabine Cross Roads, LA.
Fought on 20 September 1864 at Vicksburg, MS.
Fought on 21 September 1864 at MS Rvr, Enroute To Nw Orleans.
Military: 83rd---------------------------------------------------------------
Name of Regiment Date of Organization Muster Date Regiment Type
83rd Infantry Regiment OH 24 July 1865 Infantry
Officers Killed or Mortally Wounded 4
Officers Died of Disease or Accident 52
Enlisted Killed or Mortally Wounded 2
Enlisted Died of Disease or Accident
4 52 2
Military: List of Soldiers
Military: Regimental History
OHIO
EIGHTY-THIRD INFANTRY
(Three Years)
Military: Eighty-third Infantry. - Col., Frederick W. Moore; Lieut. Col., William H. Baldwin; Maj., Stephen S. L'Hommedieu. This regiment was organized at Camp Dennison in Aug. and Sept., 1862, to serve for three years. The 48th Ohio infantry was consolidated with it on Jan. 17, 1865. The members whose term of service would have expired previous to Oct. 1, 1865, were mustered out July 24, 1865, when the veterans and recruits were consolidated with the veterans and recruits of the 114th Ohio infantry, and formed into a battalion of six companies, designated the 48th battalion, Ohio infantry, whose final record is given in connection with the 48th infantry. The 83d originally numbered 1,010 men. After some time spent in Kentucky it was ordered to the field of operations in Mississippi. In the engagement at Chickasaw bayou, where it obtained its first full view of the grim visage of war, it did not lose heavily, but the men were under fire for several days and were compelled to eat their rations uncooked. It was the first regiment to plant the colors on the enemy's battlements at Arkansas Post, for which it was honorably mentioned in the official reports and the legislature of Ohio showed its appreciation of the regi-
ment's bravery by a unanimous vote of thanks. The regimental colors were completely riddled and more than one-fifth of the men were killed or wounded. The regiment was one of the first to reach the enemy's works at the Big Black river and on May 20, was confronting the Confederate works at Vicksburg. It participated in the second assault, losing about eight percent of the number engaged, and it assisted in the subsequent siege operations until the surrender of the city. It participated in the operations around Jackson and upon the evacuation of that place followed the fleeing Confederates as far as Brandon, when it returned to Vicksburg. It was later sent to Louisiana and in the encounter at Grand Coteau lost 56 men, mostly captured. At Sabine cross-roads it was again hotly engaged and was one of the regiments that bore the brunt of the fight. In May, while on a foraging expedition it had a brisk skirmish at Gov. Moore's plantation, coming off victorious. It remained in Louisiana until the spring of 1865, when it moved with the expedition against Fort Blakely, Ala. During the siege at that place the regiment captured 2 redoubts, 8 cannon, 2 mortars, a long line of breastworks, 800 prisoners, 2 flags, and a large quantity of small-arms, ammunition, and other stores. It lost 36 officers and men killed and wounded, the colors were well riddled, and the staffs, both of the regimental banner and the national colors, were shot in two, but the color-bearers gallantly carried the tattered flags over the parapet. This was the regiment's last engagement.
Military: Source: The Union Army, vol. 2
Military: Battles Fought
Military: Fought on 03 November 1862 at Grand Coteau, LA.
Fought on 11 January 1863 at Arkansas Post, AR.
Fought on 16 May 1863 at Champion Hills, MS.
Fought on 19 May 1863 at Vicksburg, MS.
Fought on 20 May 1863 at Vicksburg, MS.
Fought on 21 May 1863 at Vicksburg, MS.
Fought on 22 May 1863 at Vicksburg, MS.
Fought on 23 May 1863 at Vicksburg, MS.
Fought on 01 July 1863 at Vicksburg, MS.
Fought on 05 July 1863 at Near Vicksburg, MS.
Fought on 10 July 1863 at Jackson, MS.
Fought on 03 November 1863 at Grand Coteau, LA.
Fought on 08 April 1864 at Sabine Cross Roads, LA.
Fought on 02 October 1864 at Morgan's Ferry, LA.
Fought on 13 October 1864.
Fought on 19 October 1864.
Fought on 06 April 1865 at Fort Blakely, AL.
Fought on 09 April 1865 at Fort Blakely, AL.