The General Assembly of Ohio passed an act to regulate the militia of the state on March 12th, 1844. An annual enrollment of all persons between the ages of 21 and 45 was required of the township assessors. That duty fell to William Armstrong and the following is a list of those enrolled for muster which totaled 92 men including himself.

The 159th was mustered late in the war. The time of service was a little over 3 months which gave them the nickname, "100 day men," and most of that time found the regiment protecting the Barracks at Baltimore. During the Battle of the Monacacy in Maryland, the 159th saw action. Though there were many wounded, few of the regiment lost their lives. Some 100 soldiers were commandeered to act as mounted infantry under Capt. E. H. Leib of the 5th Calvary and Capt. H. S. Allen.

Upon completion of their allotted time, a statement signed by Abraham Lincoln was drafted as follows:

The regiment from Zanesville was ordered mustered out on August 14, 1864 by Samuel B. Lawrence, Asst. Adjutant General and Brigadier General W. W. Morris was charged with the execution of the order. The Commanding officer at that time was Col. Lyman J. Jackson.

It was reported on July 13th, 1864 the following enrollment of the 159th OVI:

The following men served in the 159th OVI from Salem Township:
	James Manley Shirer (Co. A) Winfield Scott Shirer (Co. A) Convers M. Shirer (Co. A) James Hunter (Co. G) Daniel Wymer (Co. 8 [A?])

From Dyer's Compendium: 160th Regiment Infantry. Organized at Zanesville and mustered in May 12, 1864. Left State for Harper's Ferry, W. Va., May 12. Detached for duty guarding supply train at Martinsburg. Assigned to Reserve Division, Dept. of West Virginia, May 25. Moved to Woodstock, W. Va. Detached and moved to Martinsburg in charge of supply trains. Newtown May 29-30. Skirmish at Middletown June 7. Operations in the Shenandoah Valley in charge of wagon trains till July. Operations about Harper's Ferry July 4-7. Maryland Heights July 6-7. Duty in the trenches about Harper's Ferry till August 25. Ordered home and mustered out September 7, 1864. Regiment lost during service 1 Enlisted man killed and 1 Officer and 14 Enlisted men by disease. Total 16.

The following information was taken from the pamphlet, which was originally printed and published in 1866 by Logan and Dodd. The author being John W King

SALEM TOWNSHIP

ALER, Frederick, Company I, One-Hundred & Twenty-Second
BARTHOLEMEW, Alva, Company E, Ninety-Seventh
BOWDEN, William H, Company E, Ninety-Seventh
BRILL, Samuel A, (unknown)
BAUGHMAN, Sutherland, Company A, Sixteenth
BAUGHMAN, Ezra, Company ___, Fifteenth
BOWMAN, George, Company E, Ninety-Seventh
DOUGHTY, Henry H, Company E, Ninety-Seventh
DAILY, Jasper, Company ___, Fifteenth
FORREST, James H, Company E, Ninety-Seventh
HENRY, Asa, Thirteenth, Tennessee
KEYS, Charles, Company E, Ninety-Seventh
McDOWELL, John, Company C, Sixty-Second
OLIVER, John, Company F, Seventy-Eighth
ROFF, Homer H, Marine
SHIRER, Converse M, Company E, Ninety-Seventh
SHIRER, Benjamin F, Fourth Cavalry
VERNON, Asa, Company K, Sixty-Fourth
VERNON, Nicholas, Company F, Seventy-Eighth

submitted by Doug Kreis

Many of the 1890 Federal Population Census records were destroyed by fire which occurred in the Commerce Department Building in January of 1921, and there are but few of those schedules left. The only reliable sources of information for that period are the Special Schedules which enumerate the, Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War. These records were abstracted for Salem township 1890 Ohio Veterans Census OM496, Roll # 73:

The following men served in the Spanish American War from Salem Township:
    Willis R. Bradford (Light Artillery).

If anyone knows of any more residents not mentioned here that served in any of our countries conflicts, please email me at Denny Shirer so that they can receive the recognition they deserve. Please include what unit(s) they served in and in what conflict(s).