Orlando Comstock Geer
Orlando Comstock Geer was born around 1840 in Ohio to Alexander and Cordelia Geer. His father was a carpenter. Geer grew up and attended school in Waynesfield, Ohio.
He enlisted in the Union army on August 19, 1861, and he mustered in as a corporal in Company A of the 14th Ohio Infantry later that year. The regiment took part in the siege of Corinth, the Battle of Perryville, the Battle of Chickamauga, the Battle of Missionary Ridge, the Atlanta campaign, the March to the Sea, and the Carolinas campaign. He was promoted to sergeant on May 21, 1865, and he mustered out on July 11, 1865.
Geer returned to his parents’ household in Maumee, Ohio, after the war, and he earned a living as a laborer. His father died in 1879, and he continued living with his mother until at least 1880. He applied for a federal pension in December 1892, and he secured one three years later. He apparently never married, and he died of “exhaustion” in Maumee on February 9, 1927.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (3264) | Geer, Orlando Comstock | 1840 | 1927-02-09 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Soldier
- Rank in: Corporal
- Rank out: Sergeant
- Rank highest: Sergeant
- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
- (3832) [writer] ~ Orlando C. Geer to Harriet C. Geer, 8 March 1864
People - Records: 1
- (3265) Geer, Harriet Cordelia is the [sibling of] (3264) Geer, Orlando Comstock
Places - Records: 2
Regiments - Records: 1
- (232) [enlisted] [A] ~ 14th Ohio Infantry
SOURCES
1850, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920 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; Ohio Death Records, 1908-1932, available from Ancestry.com; Ohio Soldiers Grave Registration Cards, 1804-1958, available from Fold3.com; The Times Recorder (Zanesville, OH), 2 March 1895.
