Wood, Lewis
Person
Biographical Note
Lewis Wood was a private in Company K of the 2nd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, possibly serving as the company's cook. He entered service at age 37 as a member of Company K on August 24, 1861, and was transferred to Company H on February 17, 1863. On April 20, 1864, he was transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Lewis Wood Letters
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-011
Scope and Content Information
The collection consists of eight letters written by Wood to his wife Mary Louisa Wood, in Unionville, Ohio. Seven of the eight letters were written in January and February 1862, from Camp Dennison, Ohio; en route to Missouri; and in Hudson, Platte City, and Kansas City, Missouri. The last letter was written on April 9, 1863, from Covington, Kentucky. Wood makes no mention of battles or skirmishes that his regiment might have been involved in, but the letters portray accounts of movements of...
Dates:
1862 - 1863
Found in:
Special Collections, Virginia Tech