Sgt. John C Hall

Personal
birthdate:	September 21, 1842	place:	Franklin Township, Wayne County, Ohio
father:	David Hall	birthdate:		place:		deathdate:		place:
mother:	Maria Caskey	birthdate:		place:
pre-war occupation:		place:		post-war occupation:	coal business	place:	Wooster, Ohio
married:	October 21, 1874	to:	Lavinnie Vinnie K. Eicher	place:
wife born:	.June 4, 1852	place:		died:	October 17, 1897	place:
child:	Glenn	place:		died:		place:
child:	Elsie Dale	place:		died:		place:
child:	Robert	place:		died:		place:
married:	November, 1898	to:	Susan Livingston	place:
wife born:		place:		died:		place:
died:	March 29, 1907	place:	Wooster, Ohio	cause of death:	complications of diseases

Military Career
90-day service:	April 22, 1861 (?)		Company ?	place:
3-year service:	September 10, 1861 (?)	Private	Company C	place:
promoted:	January 1, 1862	Corporal	Company C
promoted:	June 1, 1863	Third Corporal	Company C
promoted:	September 1, 1863	Sergeant	Company C
discharged:	October 31, 1864	mustered out with regiment		place:
re-enlistment:	February 28, 1865	Private	102d OVI, Company H	place:
promoted:	May 1, 1865	Corporal	Company H
discharged:	July 12, 1865	Huntsville, Alabama

Additional Details

John Hall was with the 16th OVI when the unit was moved to Phillipi, (West) Virginia, to participate in one of the very first battles of the Civil War. When his enlistment was over, he re-enlisted for three years and was with this unit for its entire term of duty. He was in Company C, the left flank company of the Regiment.

December 27-29, 1862, John and the regiment were involved in the unsuccessful charge at Chickasaw Bayou.

May 16-17, 1863, involved in the approach battles to Vicksburg at Champion's Hill and Big Black River bridge.

May 19, 1863, John received a concussion in the first charge at Vicksburg.

June 13, 1864, while at parade John suffers a severe cut to his right ankle and foot.

In a brief biography, John mentions among his army experiences that he is involved in the He was one of the ten men detailed to shoot the bushwacker, Lieutenant Robertson. Additional details on the nature of this event are not known.

October 21, 1874, married Lavinnie Eicher, who is a sister of Joseph Eicher, another member of Company AAA, 16th OVI. Lavinnie died in 1897, and John remarries Susan Livingston in November of 1898.

John Hall lived on West Liberty Road (now Route 30), near Wooster, and had a coal business in the area behind the house.

John applied for a pension on June 4, 1898, claiming that on June 13, 1864, his right foot and ankle were injured at Morganza Bend, Louisiana. In the Declaration for Original Invalid Pension, on February 2, 1898, he claims that while going to school, he slipped and fell and injured his right ankle and he could do no duty after this time.

March 29, 1907, John died due to a complication of diseases from which he had suffered for about a year, but always bearing his suffering in a quiet manner and did not complain. Family stories have him suffering from severe arthritis.

Details originated by H. Arlan Heiser

First page of diary of Sgt. John C. Hall

Gravesite of John C. Hall at Wooster Cemetery, Wooster, Ohio