attended Kenyon College (General Catalogue of Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio. [1826-1899] By Kenyon College, p. 50, and the Columbus Morning Journal May 2, 1866, p. 3)
worked as a clerk for the family business (Columbus city directory, 1862)
wanted to marry a young woman whose name started with O (per letter to Anna, October 27, 1863)
had a close friend named Alf Field whom he entrusted with his collection of letters from the war
was also close friends with Lt. Joe Houston (per letter to Anna, October 27, 1863)
was the first man to enlist in Company A of the 95th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (Columbus Morning Journal, May 2, 1866, p. 3)
he entered as a private, but was quickly promoted to Orderly Sergeant (Columbus Morning Journal, May 2, 1866 p.3)
he was absent for the first battle fought by the 95th O.V.I., the disastrous Battle of Richmond, Kentucky (Columbus Morning Journal, May 2, 1866, p. 3)
Co. A was the first to take possession of Jackson, Mississippi when ii was captured by the Union Army (Columbus Morning Journal, May 2, 1866, p. 3)
the last known photograph of him http://www.ohiomemory.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p267401coll32/id/15280/rec/4, which shows him in the 1st Lieutenants boards that he earned in September, 1863, might be the one he mentions in the October 27, 1863 letter to Anna
he had been acting captain of Co. A for some months before he died, but was never officially promoted to that role. However, his comrades gave him the honorary title of Captain at a dinner after the war was over (Columbus Morning Journal, May 2, 1866, p. 3)
His father was able to find his grave in Guntown using a diagram provided by one of his fellow soldiers. The tree marking his grave had been knocked over, so a local woman helped Fernando locate the grave. He was re-interred at Green Lawn Cemetery on May 7, 1866 (Columbus Morning Journal, May 2, 1866, p. 3)

Oscar D Kelton