1862 Amos enlisted as Private on 6 August 1862 at age of 18 in Company H of the 102 Ohio Infantry.
1862 Amos was captured at Athens, Alabama on 24 September 1862,
1865 Amos was involved in a prisoner exchange on 22 April 1865.
1865 Amos Brenizer died in the explosion and sinking of the Sultana on 27 April 1865 near Memphis, Tennessee. David T Brenizer (relationship unknown) was also on the ship. [1]
1891 (date unclear) A civil war pension record named Samuel Brenizer as the father of Amos, who served in 103(or 2) Ohio Infantry.
Sunday, Oct. 28, 2001, from The Daily Record, Wayne County, Ohio, concerning remembrance of the Sultana: A handsome free-standing plaque with 14K gold lettering, approximately 6 ½ by 4 ½ feet, will be given to the city of Mansfield (Ohio), and will be dedicated on Nov. 10 at 2pm in South Park. It is in memory of the men of the 102nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and it reads: "In memory of the 73 men of the 102nd OVI who died as a result of the steamship 'Sultana' blowing up on April 27, 1865, while returning 2,400 prisoners of war, on the Mississippi River. The result was the loss of over 1,800, the greatest maritime disaster in U.S. history. The 102nd Regiment was formed in Mansfield, and mustered in on Sept. 6, 1862. The regiment lost the most men of any infantry regiment on the ship as a result of the disaster." The 102nd Regiment lost 71 of 109 men, a casualty rate of 65%. This represents a large number of men from Wayne County who lived and died in the service of our country, and they should be honored. Wayne County men of the 102nd who survived were Philip Horn and George Schmutz from Co. I; Otto Bardon, Wilson Tracey and Harmon Christine from Co. H; Ezra Crawford from Co. A; George Anderson, William Keeler and Ignatious Saunders from Co. F. Among those who did not survive the terrible explosion were: Amos Musser, John Baney, Amos and David Brenizer, Miles Wells, Jonas Huntsberger, Cyrus Smith, Gideon Harrington, Thomas J. Wynn and Henry Bahl from Co. H; while those lost from Co. I were Godfrey Omweg and Benjamin McKelvey. Co. F lost George Sheppery, Charles Shoup, Henry Sidle and David Stine."
[1] Newspaper, Daily Record (Wayne County, Ohio), October 28, 2001.