William Harrison Stouder was born in Mongtomery County, Ohio. 22 years old when he enlisted at Dayton, Ohio, on May 29, 1861. He mustered into service as Private Harrison Stouder on May 31, 1861, in Company E, 24th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Stouder was listed as being 5 feet, six inches, Fair complexion, Blue eyes, Light Brown Hair, and was a laborer before he enlisted.

At the Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia, a Confederate attack broke through the Union center. The attack fell on the right flank of the 24th OVI, and the assault resulted in the capture of several Union soldiers, including Private Stouder. Nearly one year after the expiration of Private Stouder's term of service, Federal soldiers released him from an unnamed prisoner of war camp. The most likely choices were Cahaba, Alabama; Macon, Georgia; or Andersonville, Georgia. On March 24, 1865, on orders, Stouder mustered out of federal service with an honorable discharge and returned home to Montgomery County, Ohio.

In the post-war, William Harrison Stouder moved to Delaware County, Indiana, where he resided most of the remainder of his life. He filed for a pension on March 10, 1886, and was granted a pension. Stouder did not keep in close contact with his old comrades since he is not listed on the 1891 nor 1893 24th OVI's reunion rosters. His death occurred February 27, 1914, at Muncie, Indiana. He is interred in Beech Grove Cemetery, Delaware County, Indiana.

Source: "Ohio Soldiers buried in Delaware County, Indiana, as of 1915," in the Ohio Genealogical Society's periodical "The Report," Winter 1995, v.35, no.4, p.185, Civil War Pension Record Index, 24th O.V.I.; Descriptive Roll, Company E, 24th O.V.I.

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