69th OHIO SOLDIER’S STENCIL: COMPANY MUSICIAN 1861 TO 1865, 14th ARMY CORPS- THE REGIMENT FOUGHT FROM STONES RIVER TO BENTONVILLE

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This is in excellent condition, with no bends or tears, just a few age stains. These were commercially sold, made of a thin sheet of metal wrapped around a sturdier metal frame, and stamped through with the appropriate characters. They usually came with a small brush and bottle of black ink to mark personal possessions. This one reads, “ALBERT BONER, / Co. G. 69 REG. O.V.I.” and was likely purchased by the soldier himself or perhaps his wife before he headed off to war.

Born in Ohio in 1831, Boner was 30 years-old, married and a carpenter by profession when he enlisted in the army on Dec. 2, 1861, mustering into Co. G of the 69th Ohio as a musician on Feb. 28, 1862. He served through the war, mustering out only on July 17, 1865, at Louisville. The regiment served in the Army of Ohio to November 1862, then the Army of the Cumberland and the combined Department and Army of Ohio and Cumberland. Most of the regiment’s service, starting in early 1863 and lasting for the rest of the war, was with the 14th Corps. It saw significant fighting starting at Stones River (Murfreesborough) and later at Missionary Ridge (where it claimed to be among the first to reach the top of the ridge,) joined Sherman for the Atlanta Campaign in May 1864, fighting at Resaca, Pumpkin Vine Creek, Dallas, Kennesaw, Marietta, and Peachtree Creek, the Siege of Atlanta, and Battle of Jonesboro, following which it took part in Sherman’s March to the Sea and the Campaign of the Carolinas, including Bentonville in March 1865, losing during its service 5 officers and 84 enlisted men in just in those killed or mortally wounded.

Boner spent most of his life in Preble County. The 1850 census picks him up there living with his father, a carpenter, his mother, and several siblings. He married in 1851 and the 1860 census shows him living with his wife, his parents and several siblings. He married in 1851 and in 1860 is living with his wife, 8-year-old son, and with his father, listing himself as a carpenter and his father as Preble County Sheriff. By 1861 the couple had a daughter as well. After the war he worked several jobs. In 1870 he is selling sewing machines and in 1880 he is listed as a machinist, but by 1900, he is listed as a day laborer, at age 69. He died May 11, 1902, just shy of age 71. His wife survived him by another eight years. Both his children lived to 1928.

This is a great personal item from a soldier in a very active regiment and would fit well in display or collection relating to the regiment or to soldiers’ personal and camp gear.  [sr] [ph:L]

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