Joseph W. Hitt.

Joseph W. Hitt.

State Records of Ohio.

Joseph W. Hitt, First Lieutenant, 66th., Ohio Infantry, Company C., Age 17, Enlisted or Mustered in November 6, 1861, for 3 years.  Promoted to Second Lieutenant from Sergeant-Major December 5, 1862; to First Lieutenant April 16, 1863.  Killed May 25, 1864, in the battle of Dallas.

Official Records of the Union Army.

Lieutenant Joseph W. Hitt, 66th., Ohio, acting as Aide-de-Camp, was killed while carrying orders to the right of the line.
Burial: Marietta National Cemetery, Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia.