The following data are extracted from 2nd Lieutenant Fitch's military records:
Residence was not listed; 28 years old. Enlisted on 6/17/1861 as a 2nd Lieutenant. On 6/17/1861 he mustered into "I" Co. OH 7th Infantry. He Resigned on 11/23/1861.
Source: Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio
The 7th Ohio Infantry Volunteers saw one major battle during Lieutenant Fitch's tenure. It occurred in West Virginia. According to reports:
Cross-Lanes, W. Va., Aug. 26, 1861. 7th Ohio Infantry. This regiment, the advance of Gen. Cox's command, was attacked at Cross-lanes near Summerville, while at breakfast. The surprise was so complete that the Confederate force under Floyd met with little resistance, the Federals fleeing at the first volley. The casualties were not reported.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 5
Subsequent reports of the skirmish at Cross Lanes, West Va., put the 7th Ohio Inf. casualties at 3 killed, 11 wounded, 32 captured, and 6 missing in action.
Lieutenant Fitch was the son of William Haynes Fitch and Eleanor Van Fleet, who, in the 1850 census, resided in Youngstown, Ohio. Edward would later marry Anna Jane. They would have a number of children in the Youngstown, Ohio, area.
Residence was not listed; 28 years old. Enlisted on 6/17/1861 as a 2nd Lieutenant. On 6/17/1861 he mustered into "I" Co. OH 7th Infantry. He Resigned on 11/23/1861.
Source: Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio
The 7th Ohio Infantry Volunteers saw one major battle during Lieutenant Fitch's tenure. It occurred in West Virginia. According to reports:
Cross-Lanes, W. Va., Aug. 26, 1861. 7th Ohio Infantry. This regiment, the advance of Gen. Cox's command, was attacked at Cross-lanes near Summerville, while at breakfast. The surprise was so complete that the Confederate force under Floyd met with little resistance, the Federals fleeing at the first volley. The casualties were not reported.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 5
Subsequent reports of the skirmish at Cross Lanes, West Va., put the 7th Ohio Inf. casualties at 3 killed, 11 wounded, 32 captured, and 6 missing in action.
Lieutenant Fitch was the son of William Haynes Fitch and Eleanor Van Fleet, who, in the 1850 census, resided in Youngstown, Ohio. Edward would later marry Anna Jane. They would have a number of children in the Youngstown, Ohio, area.
The following data are extracted from 2nd Lieutenant Fitch's military records:
Residence was not listed; 28 years old. Enlisted on 6/17/1861 as a 2nd Lieutenant. On 6/17/1861 he mustered into "I" Co. OH 7th Infantry. He Resigned on 11/23/1861.
Source: Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio
The 7th Ohio Infantry Volunteers saw one major battle during Lieutenant Fitch's tenure. It occurred in West Virginia. According to reports:
Cross-Lanes, W. Va., Aug. 26, 1861. 7th Ohio Infantry. This regiment, the advance of Gen. Cox's command, was attacked at Cross-lanes near Summerville, while at breakfast. The surprise was so complete that the Confederate force under Floyd met with little resistance, the Federals fleeing at the first volley. The casualties were not reported.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 5
Subsequent reports of the skirmish at Cross Lanes, West Va., put the 7th Ohio Inf. casualties at 3 killed, 11 wounded, 32 captured, and 6 missing in action.
Lieutenant Fitch was the son of William Haynes Fitch and Eleanor Van Fleet, who, in the 1850 census, resided in Youngstown, Ohio. Edward would later marry Anna Jane. They would have a number of children in the Youngstown, Ohio, area.
Residence was not listed; 28 years old. Enlisted on 6/17/1861 as a 2nd Lieutenant. On 6/17/1861 he mustered into "I" Co. OH 7th Infantry. He Resigned on 11/23/1861.
Source: Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio
The 7th Ohio Infantry Volunteers saw one major battle during Lieutenant Fitch's tenure. It occurred in West Virginia. According to reports:
Cross-Lanes, W. Va., Aug. 26, 1861. 7th Ohio Infantry. This regiment, the advance of Gen. Cox's command, was attacked at Cross-lanes near Summerville, while at breakfast. The surprise was so complete that the Confederate force under Floyd met with little resistance, the Federals fleeing at the first volley. The casualties were not reported.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 5
Subsequent reports of the skirmish at Cross Lanes, West Va., put the 7th Ohio Inf. casualties at 3 killed, 11 wounded, 32 captured, and 6 missing in action.
Lieutenant Fitch was the son of William Haynes Fitch and Eleanor Van Fleet, who, in the 1850 census, resided in Youngstown, Ohio. Edward would later marry Anna Jane. They would have a number of children in the Youngstown, Ohio, area.
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