F.D. Ketchum's Aid to Civil War Soldiers

On August 16, 1861 Company E of the 7th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was engaged in the Battle of Cross Lanes, (West) Virginia, during the Civil War. According to the History of Erie County, Ohio, edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich, several men from the Ohio 7th were killed, wounded or captured. Frederick D. Ketchum, a pioneer ship builder from Huron, Ohio, covered expenses related to attending to the wounded soldiers from the 7th Ohio Volunteer Infantry after the devastating battle. F.D. Ketchum's son, George C. Ketchum, was an officer in Company E, of the Ohio7th and he survived the Battle of Cross Lanes.

Listed below is a list of names of individuals who contributed to repaying F.D. Ketchum for the expenses he paid out for the care of wounded soldiers following the Battle of Cross Lanes.

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After the Civil War, both F. D. Ketchum and George C. Ketchum moved to Mackinac County, Michigan, where George C. Ketchum served as Probate Judge of MackinacCounty from 1873-1877, and as Postmaster, from 1877-1880. Both father and son are buried in the Mackinac IslandProtestantCemetery.