Eleazor J. Gorham

First Name: Eleazor
Middle Name(s): J.
Last Name: Gorham
Unit: 
Co. K, 79th Ohio Infantry; Co. A, 75th Ohio Infantry
Rank: 
private
Residence (County): 
Clinton County, OH
Biography: 

Eleazor J. Gorham (b. ca. 1825) was a farmer from Clinton County, Ohio. At the time of the 1860 Census, He and his wife, Mary M. Gorham (b. ca. 1824) had three daughters: Mary Ellen (10), Malvina (8), and Almira (6). He mustered into service as a private in Co. K, 79th Ohio Infantry on October, 21, 1862. He transferred to Co. A, 75th Ohio Infantry in June 1865. The letters were written to his daughter, Mary Ellen Gorham (b. ca. 1850).

Authored Letters

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ID Letter Date Author Recipient From To
13303 Gorham1 October 25, 1862 Eleazor J. Gorham Mary Ellen Gorham Germany, OH Clinton County, OH
13313 Gorham9 November 22, 1862 Eleazor J. Gorham Mary Ellen Gorham Nashville, TN Clinton County, OH
13304 Gorham2 December 8, 1862 Eleazor J. Gorham Mary Ellen Gorham Germany, OH Clinton County, OH
13306 Gorham3 December 29, 1862 Eleazor J. Gorham Mary Ellen Gorham Louisville, KY Clinton County, OH
13317 Gorham12 February 25, 1863 Eleazor J. Gorham Mary Ellen Gorham TN Clinton County, OH
13307 Gorham4 March 9, 1863 Eleazor J. Gorham Mary Ellen Gorham Woodsonville, KY Clinton County, OH
13309 Gorham5 March 19, 1863 Eleazor J. Gorham Mary Ellen Gorham Murfreesboro, TN Clinton County, OH
13310 Gorham6 May 29, 1863 Eleazor J. Gorham Mary Ellen Gorham Murfreesboro, TN Clinton County, OH
13311 Gorham7 August 23, 1863 Eleazor J. Gorham Mary Ellen Gorham Nashville, TN Clinton County, OH
13312 Gorham8 October 9, 1863 Eleazor J. Gorham Mary Ellen Gorham Nashville, TN Clinton County, OH
13314 Gorham10 December 22, 1863 Eleazor J. Gorham Mary Ellen Gorham Nashville, TN Clinton County, OH
13319 Gorham13 March 25, 1864 Eleazor J. Gorham Mary Ellen Gorham Lookout Valley, TN Clinton County, OH
13321 Gorham14 May 5, 1864 Eleazor J. Gorham Mary Ellen Gorham Ringgold, GA Clinton County, OH
13322 Gorham15 June 12, 1864 Eleazor J. Gorham Mary Ellen Gorham GA Clinton County, OH
13324 Gorham16 January 30, 1865 Eleazor J. Gorham Mary Ellen Gorham Robsinville, SC Clinton County, OH
13326 Gorham17 March 25, 1865 Eleazor J. Gorham Mary Ellen Gorham Goldsboro, NC Clinton County, OH
13327 Gorham18 March 26, 1865 Eleazor J. Gorham Mary Ellen Gorham Goldsboro, NC Clinton County, OH

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