Wood, Lewis
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.
Lewis married a woman named Harriet A., and they may have had a daughter named Mary Louisa Wood. He died in 1897. He is buried in the Evergreen Cemetery, Geneva, Ohio.
Sources:
Additional information about Lewis Wood is available in the Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in War of the Rebellion, 1861-1866, Vol. XI, on pages 93 and 104.
"Lewis Wood" entry, Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146303587/lewis-wood, accessed Jan. 10, 2023.
"Lewis Wood" entry, the U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/1387591:4654, accessed Jan. 10, 2023.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Lewis Wood Letters
The collection consists of eight letters written by Lewis Wood to his wife Harriet A. Wood, in Unionville, Ohio, during the American Civil War. Wood makes no mention of battles or skirmishes that his regiment might have been involved in, but the letters portray accounts of movements of the company, daily routine activities and items of his personal interest.