Edward L. Root
Edward L. Root was born around 1843 in Ohio to Timothy and Adeline Root. His father was a farmer who owned $4,500 of real estate and $2,050 of personal property by 1860. Root grew up and attended school in Austinburg, Ohio. He enlisted in the Union army on August 3, 1863, and he mustered in as a private in Company M of the 2nd Ohio Heavy Artillery on September 9. He mustered out on August 23, 1865. He moved to South Dakota sometime after the war. He applied for a federal pension in June 1899 and eventually secured one. He eventually returned to Ohio, and he died in Montgomery County, Ohio, on July 9, 1926.
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(3252)Root, Edward L.18431926-07-09
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Private
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 1

  • (3826) [writer] ~ Edward L. Root to Timothy D. Root, 1 July 1864

People - Records: 3

  • (3252) Root, Edward L. is the [sibling of] (1691) Root, Timothy Dwight
  • (3252) Root, Edward L. is the [sibling of] (1692) Root, Stephen L.
  • (3252) Root, Edward L. is the [sibling of] (2422) Root, William W.

Places - Records: 2

  • (274) [birth] ~ Ohio
  • (2317) [death] ~ Montgomery County, Ohio

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (682) [enlisted] [Company M] ~ 2nd Ohio Heavy Artillery
SOURCES

1850 and 1860 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, available from Ancestry.com.