Samuel Sparklin
Mustered into service as a Private on July 29th, 1861
Born 14 September 1822
Died 14 March 1887
Buried Goshen Cemetery, Wayne County Indiana
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Private Sparklin was hurt carrying logs at Ft. Craig in the fall of 1861 and spent time at the Indiana Hospital in Washington D.C. He was detached as a nurse in October of 1861 and finally discharged for disability on January 23rd, 1862. He would later serve as a corporal in Company B of the 152nd Ohio National Guard from May 1st, 1864 to September 2nd, 1864.
Samuel never filed for a pension but 2 years after his death in 1887 his widow received a "Widows" pension.