Lewis S. Scudder

Abt 1843 - 1926  (83 years)

• Name	Lewis S. Scudder
  Birth	Abt 1843	Ohio   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	29 May 1926	Ohio
  Burial	Springfield, Clarke, Ohio
  Person ID	I13079	Scudder
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2011

  
  

  Father	William Slater Scudder,   b. Abt 1814, New York d. 15 Sep 1896, Fairfield, Greene, Ohio (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	1 Sep 1836	Essex county, New Jersey
  Family ID	F4522	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha O. Shrodes,   b. Abt 1846, Ohio d. 29 Nov 1892, Ohio (Age 46 years)
  Marriage	12 Jan 1865	Greene county, Ohio
  Children	1. John L. Scudder,   b. Abt 1866, Ohio d. 28 Dec 1919, Ohio (Age 53 years)   2. Sarah Daisy Scudder,   b. 8 Oct 1869, Clark county, Ohio d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F6115	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Lewis was a cigar maker in Springfield, Ohio. At the time of the 1920 census, Lewis was a widower and was an inmate in the Central Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. During the Civil War, he had served as a muscian in Company H, 44th Ohio Infantry, from16 September 1861 to 4 January 1864, and then was transferred to Company H, 8th Ohio Cavalry. The regiment was organized at Springfield, Ohio, September 12 to October 14, 1861. It moved into West Virginia and operated until September, 1862, having frequent engagements with the enemy, when it moved to Kentucky. In December the men were mounted as cavalry and operated against John Morgan. It joined Burnside's advance into East Tennessee, and in January 1864, the Regiment re-enlisted as veterans providing it should be mounted as cavalry. When it again assembled, after a furlough home, it was designated as the 8th Ohio Cavalry. The regiment then proceeded to West Virginia, and in June joined Averill's raid on Lynchburg, skirmishing with the enemy in the advance and on the return. At Liberty it lost 71 men. At Beverly in October it was surrounded by the enemy, but drove the Rebels off in a hand to hand fight. In the meantime, a detachment of the regiment, under Colonel Moore, served in the Shenandoah Valley, fighting at Winchester, Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek. On the 11th of January, 1865, the camp of the Regiment was suprised and over 500 officers and men were captured. They were marched through snow, barefooted, and with scarcely any food, to Staunton, where they were loaded on stock cars and sent to Libby Prison. The sufferings of the men were dreadful at the hands of a cruel and relentless foe. They were exchanged in February, and in August 1865, the regiment was mustered out of service.

  
  

• Sources

  [S602] 1880 United States Census, FHL Film 1254999; National Archives Film T9-0999; Page 444D.