Postbellum Life
Opdycke resigned from the regular army in 1866 and moved to New York City, where he engaged in the dry goods business. He wrote several articles on the war, and was active in veterans affairs. He died in New York at the age of 54 of an accidental gunshot to the abdomen, apparently while he was cleaning the weapon.
He is buried in Oakwood Cemetery Warren, Ohio.
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