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James S.
Anderson
by Sarah Hadley
James
S. Anderson, born between the years of 1842-43, was one of the
many brave men who fought in the Union army during the American
Civil War. Originally from Newcomerstown, Ohio, located in
Tuscarawas County, he served as a private in the One Hundred and
Twenty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment. According to the
Official Roster of Soldiers of the State of Ohio,
Anderson enlisted in the war on August 22, 1865, at the age of
nineteen and was mustered into the “G” Company on October 5,
1862, at Camp Zanesville in Ohio by Charles C. Goddard, Captain
of the 17th Infantry U.S.A.[i][1]
Anderson served in the One Hundred and Twenty-second Regiment
for three years, until he was mustered out on June 26, 1865,
near Washington D.C., by J. C. Robinson, brevet Major. Once he
returned home, Anderson attended Martin-Boehm Academy Senior
Preparatory in 1867 where he was actually expelled for unknown
reasons.[ii][2]
According to the American Civil War Research Database at The
State Library of Ohio, Anderson was married to a Mary J.
Anderson. Unfortunately, it is noted that she later became his
widow. The dates of his marriage and his wife’s death were not
provided. Finally, it is reported that Anderson died on January
19 1907.[iii][3]
There is little known about James S. Anderson’s life before and
after the Civil War; however, the history of his regiment during
the war is well documented.
[i][1]
Foraker, Joseph B., Robinson,
James S. and Axline, H. A. Official Roster of the
Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the
Rebellion, 1861-1866. (Cincinnati: The Ohio Valley
Press, 1888) 331.
[ii][2]
Roster of Students of
Otterbein University who served in the Union Army during
the War of the Rebellion 1861-1865. Otterbein College
Archives, Courtright Memorial Library, 1908.
[iii][3]
The American Civil War
Research Database at The State Library of Ohio.
(Historical Data Systems, Inc. Duxbury, MA) Soldier
History 1.
Bibliography
The
American Civil War Research Database at The State
Library of Ohio. Historical Data Systems, Inc.
Duxbury, MA. Regiment Assignments 1.
Foraker,
Joseph B., Robinson, James S. and Axline, H. A.
Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in
the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1866. Cincinnati:
The Ohio Valley Press, 1888.
Granger,
Moses Moorhead. The Official War Record of The 122nd
Volunteer Infantry. (Volumes 25, 27, 29, 33, 36, 37,
40, 42, 43, & 46, Series I, U. S. war Records, and from
Volumes 3 & 5 of Series III. Zanesville: George
Lilienthal Printer, 1912, 5.
Hartley,
James J. The Civil War Letter of the Late 1st
Lieut. James J. Hartley, 122nd Ohio Infantry
Regiment. Jefferson, NC & London: McFarland &
Company, Inc., Publishers, 30.
Hunter,
Robert, ed. Sketches of War History: 1862-1865.
Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co., 1890; reprint Broadfoot
Publishing Co., Wilmington, n.d., 142.
Ohio
In The War: Vol. II - 40.
122nd (Regiment Ohio volunteer Infantry:
Roster, Three Years’ Service, 625.
Roster
of Students of Otterbein University who served in the
Union Army during the War of the Rebellion 1861-1865.
Otterbein College Archives, Courtright Memorial Library,
1908.
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James
S. Anderson