Lorenzo Adams - G.A.R., Bishop Post

Lorenzo Adams joined the fray of the War of the Rebellion a little later, but he did so as soon as he turned 18.  Enlisting on March 8, 1864, he entered the war just as Company F, 68th regiment, was returning to the battlefield from a furlough.  They went straight south to join Sherman's Atlanta campaign.

Lorenzo served until his discharge on July 10, 1865 - 1 year, 4 months and 2 days, according to the 1890 veterans' census.

Lorenzo was born in Montgomery County, New York in 1846.  His father, Samuel, brought the family to Napoleon, Henry County, Ohio, just in time to make the 1860 census.  The family at the time consisted of parents (father was a shoemaker) and seven children - Samuel, 18 (a clerk), Thomas, 16 (a printer's apprentice), Lorenzo, 12, Jonas, 10, Immogene, 8, Mary, 6, and James 1.  All the children were born in New York.

After the war, Lorenzo married Elizabeth Dittenhaver on August 7, 1867.  Their location in 1870 is somewhat a mystery as they could not be found in that census; however, their first three children were born in Napoleon, Henry County in 1868, 1872, and 1878 which would indicate their presence there.  

In the 1880 census, they lived on Park Street in Columbus, Ohio.  L. H. (Lorenzo Harvey) worked as a painter and children, Lillie Maud, Arthur and Pearl were enumerated.  A fourth child was born in Defiance in 1883, so a move was made sometime between those years.

By 1894, Lorenzo had a job at the Ohio Penitentiary.  Whether or not the family moved back to Columbus is unknown.  When he died on February 25, 1898, the death record noted that he had lived in Toledo for seven months making the move to Lucas County in July 1897.  Lorenzo was only 52 years old at his death and he was still a guard at the O. P., according to the death record.

His obituary could not be located, but he and his wife were buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Toledo.

 
(This is part of a series on Civil War veterans of Defiance County who were part of the G.A.R., Bishop Post, that headquartered in the city.  Formed in 1879, the post was named after a local man, Captain William Bishop, Company D, 100th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Army who died as a result of wounds received in battle.  The veterans' photos are part of a composite photo of members that has survived.  If you have other information or corrections to add to the soldiers' stories, please add to the comments!)