Williams-Madison County OhArchives Military Records.....Porter, Edward Riley October 16, 1865
Civilwar - Pension 68th Regiment of Ohio, Co. G
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Claim Of Officer Or Invalid Pension
The State of Ohio, County of Williams, 88.  On this Sixteenth day of October, A.D.,
1865, personnaly appeared before me, Judge of the Probate Court, a Court of Record
within
and for said county, Edward R. Porter, aged 18 years, a resident of Madison Tp, in
the county of Williams, and State of Ohio, who, being first duly sworn according
to law, declares that he is the identical Edward R. Porter, who enlisted in the
service
of the United States, at Pioneer, in the County of Williams, and State of Ohio, on
the Seventh
day of December, in the year 1863, as a private in Company "G", commanded by
captain
Joseph Ice, in the 68th Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry, commanded by Lt. Col.
Wells
in the war of 1861, and was honorably discharged on the Tenth day of July A.D. 1865,
as will
appear by his certificate of discharge herewith presented.

That while in the service aforesaid, and in the line of his duty, on the 20th day of
August,
A.D., 1864 at Atlanta while advancing with ___ skirmish line of said ___ he received
a
gunshot wound in the left shoulder-The ___ ____ at the back part of the shoulder at
the
_____ of the shoulder blade-fracturing the shoulder blade at the _____--thence _____
through
to the left breast near the heart and then lodging where it still remains. 
Rendering the 
shoulder joint totally useless, and making it impossible to move the arm above the
elbow, and 
causing a great stiffness of the left arm and fingers and makes the arm allmost
entirely useless
for any purpose of manual labor-rendering the applicant unable to gain a subsistence
by manual labor.

That since leaving the service he has resided at Madison Township, in the State of
Ohio, and his
occupation has been nothing.

He makes this declaration for the purpose of being placed on the Invalid Pension
Roll of the 
United States, on the account of disability above stated.

Additional Comments:
Handwriting illegible at times, but was true to errors and misspellings.

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