South, Zedekiah, Colonel, 153rd Regiment, Ohio Infantry, USA

A lithograph by J. W. Carnahan, the document depicts an ornate war monument with the record of South inscribed by hand in the center. South was mustered into Co. G of 48th Ohio Infantry, discharged in 1862 due to illness from typhoid fever, reenlisted on 02 May, 1864 to serve as a colonel in the 153rd Regiment, and honorably discharged on 09 September, 1864. A brief history of the regiment and South's postwar military career is also included.