Norman L. Norris joined the Seventh Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry in 1861. The Seventh was organized at Cleveland, Ohio and Camp Dennison, Ohio. Norris achieved the rank of corporal. He and the Seventh participated in the battles of Cross Lanes, West Virginia; and in the battles of Winchester, Port Republic, and Cedar Mountain, Virginia. At Cedar Mountain, Norris sustained a shoulder wound and was sent to the Washington Street Hospital in Alexandria, where he died on September 4, 1862.
From the description of Norman L. Norris diary, 1862. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 43749089