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CHAPTER XL.
HISTORY OF THE WAR CONTINUED.
COMPANY F, NINETY-FIFTH OHIO INFANTRY-COMPANIES D AND F, ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTEENTH OHIO INFANTRY-COMPANIES A, B, C, D, E AND F, ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIFTH OHIO NATIONAL GUARD-COMPANY D, FIRST OHIO CAVALRY-COMPANY A. TENTH OHIO CAVALRY-THE EIGHTEENTH UNITED STATES REGULARS-THE "SQUIRREL HUNTERS."
IN the month of August, 1861, company F was recruited, by Captain David Thomas, and assigned to the Ninety-fifth infantry. In a short time the regiment received marching orders, and proceeded to Lexington, Kentucky. On its arrival at that place rumors of a rebel advance via Cumberland Gap caused the transfer of about ten thousand troops to Richmond, Kentucky.
On the twenty-ninth of August the brigade of General Manson, then five miles south of Richmond, had an encounter with Kirby Smith's advance. They remained all night on the field, confident of success; but it was not so decreed. Blind to danger. and bold to rashness, our troops not only stood their ground, but advanced to meet certain defeat and almost certain death. The next morning the rebel army made an attack. After some skirmishing, our troops were driven headlong from their position. One hundred and twenty men of the Ninety-fifth, and a majority of the line officers, deeming themselves the only representatives of the State on the field, stood their ground until completely surrounded, when they were compelled to surrender.
In this battle eight men were killed, forty-seven wounded and six hundred captured. Among the wounded were Major Jefferson Brumback and Captain David Thomas, of Newark. The loss of the other regiments engaged .was about two-hundred and fifty killed and eight hundred wounded.
The regiment after being paroled was regularly exchanged in November, 1862, when it was reorganized and recruited to nearly its original strength.
On the twenty-fifth of May, 1863, the regiment was ordered to Memphis, at which place a division was organized for service at Vicksburgh. It took part in the siege and assaults until a few days before the capture of the city.
The Ninety-fifth aided in the capture of Jackson, Mississippi, and also in the operations around the Big Black river, where it captured a battery of four guns and sixty rebel gunners. After the fall of Jackson the Fifteenth corps, to which the Ninety-fifth was attached, marched with General Sherman to the relief of Chattanooga. During the winter the Ninety-fifth was assigned to the Sixteenth. corps, with which it served until the end of the war.
Early in June, 1864, an expedition, composed of three brigades of infantry, a division of cavalry and a strong force of artillery, under the command of General Sturgis, undertook to strike the Mobile & Ohio road near Tupelo. Memories of the Richmond disaster yet lingered in the minds of the men, and it was with forebodings they pursued their march. They arrived at Guntown on the tenth of June, and at once engaged with the enemy, but were defeated. The regiment went into the fight with nineteen commissioned officers and three hundred muskets, and returned to Memphis with nine officers and about one hundred and fifty men.
In July, the Ninety-fifth, in company with Major General A. J: Smith, again set out from Memphis for the purpose of retrieving the former disaster. The rebels under D. N. Lee and Forrest, attacked them, but were defeated with heavy loss.
Owing to a rumored movement of General Price, a division-in which the Ninety-fifth served - was placed under command of General Mower,
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for operations in Arkansas. But on arriving at Little Rock it was found that Price had marched to Missouri. Mower pursued until Rosecrans turned back the head of the rebel column, and it finally disappeared in the wilds of Arkansas. The regiment then proceeded to Nashville, Tennessee, where the enemy was encountered, and skirmishing was engaged in for several days. The cloud that for two years rested on this regiment sailed away, and success was met with on every side. The regiment then joined General Canby's forces at New Orleans, where it arrived in March, 1865. Early. in April the Ninety-fifth began a northward march. On the nineteenth of August, 1865, it was mustered out of the service.
The rolls disclosed the fact that of one thousand and eighty-five officers and men composing this regiment, five hundred and twenty eight were killed in battle, or died of wounds or disease in the service. Company F alone had lost thirty-four men on the field and in hospital.
MUSTER-IN ROLL OF COMPANY F, NINETY-FIFTH
REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.
The members of this company were all enrolled in 1862:
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
Captain David Thomas, July 18.
First Lieutenant Morris Yeoman. July 19.
Second Lieutenant Joseph J. A. Thrapp, August 18.
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Orderly Sergeant Joseph Houston, August 18.
Sergeant Alanson Brooke. August 7.
Sergeant Matthias W. Comstock. August 7.
Sergeant William Colvin, July 26.
Sergeant Samuel H. Brown, August 18.
Corporal James Lake. August 1.
Corporal Thomas Davis, August 7.
Corporal John Bell, August 18.
Corporal John Rese, August 15.
Corporal Jolts Litle, August 14.
Corporal William Holler, August 18.
Corporal John G. Loughman, August 18.
Corporal Joseph Dodson, August 1.
Musician Alonzo Robinson, August 1.
Musician Thomas Carmicle, August 15.
Wagoner William Conine. August 20.
PRIVATES.
Thomas Allen, August 1.
William Arnold. August 1.
Morris Allen, August 1.
Peter Brady, August 1.
Barney Brady. August 10.
Thomas Bellwood. August 7.
Hiram Barcus. August 7.
John Blosser. August 15.
Perry Bowens. August 16.
Michael Bergen, August 10.
James Belt, August 15.
James Chilcot, August 18.
William Cheeke, August 6.
George Cheek, August 6.
David Cooper. August 1.
Frederick Cokenbarger, August 10.
Thomas Duckworth, August 1.
William Davidson, August 1.
William J. Delong, August 1.
David Dodson, August 1.
Hamilton Dage. August 1.
Eleazer Eddington. August 1.
Charles Ewing, August 15.
Theodore Eddleblute, August 18.
Samuel Farmer, August 1.
Jesse Greene, August 10.
John W. Greene, August 10.
John W. Hill, August 1.
George Handley. August 10.
George Haines, August 15.
Joshua Harris. August 18.
Jacob Henderson, August 1.
John Irwin, August 1.
Thomas Johnson. August 1.
Henry Johnson, August 1.
Joseph Kugler, August 1.
John Kindred. August 1.
Henry Kent, August 10.
Joseph Lease, August 1.
William Leavington, August 15.
Obadiah Lovegrove, August 15.
Samuel Lorish, August 18.
Robert H. Loughman. August 10.
Daniel D. Layman, August 18.
William D. Layman. August 18.
Joseph Mayberry. August 18.
Kaleb Moxley, August 1.
Hugh Mayhurd. August 10.
Henry Nelson, August 16.
Minott O. Nash, August 1.
William D. Nash. August 1.
John P. Overholt, August 1.
Joseph Price. August 1.
Samuel Price, August 1.
Joseph Priest, August 18.
Albert Pumphrey. August 1.
Henry Paunley, August 10.
Joseph Rodgers, August 10.
Stephen A. Ritter, August 18.
Lewis B. Skinner, August 1.
Charles Savory, August 1.
Spencer Siegler, August 1.
Thomas Spielman, August 1.
Abraham H. Sells, August 1.
George Swigert, August 1.
Joseph Shire, August 5.
William O. Swindle, August 18.
Thomas M. Stockton. August 18.
Ezra Smith, August 18.
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Joseph Simmons, August 1.
Thomas L. Skinner, August 5.
John L. Thompson, August 18.
Arthur J. Vanhorn, August 2.
Bums Vanhorn, August 2.
John Weekly, August 5.
Israel Wilson, August 5.
Robert Wilson, August 4.
Jesse Walker. August 1.
Marion Wilcox, August 4.
John Willard, August 1.
George G. Warman, August 18.
George C. Wilcox, August 15.
COMPANY D, ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTEENTH
OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.-This Company was recruited in August, 1862, by Captain Marvin M. Munson, of Granville.
On the twenty-seventh of December, company D, together with the regiment, was ordered to Louisville. The order was unexpected, as the organization was incomplete; but in two hours after its reception the One Hundred and Thirteenth was on its way, finely equipped.
On January 13, 1863, Captain Munson resigned his commission, and the command of the boys of company D devolved upon other officers during their term of service. The same month the regiment moved from Louisville to Mouldraugh's Hill, but returned again in a short time, and embarked for Nashville. The regiment then moved to Franklin, having been assigned to General C. C. Gilbert's division, and took part in several expeditions against the enemy.
The command formed the right wing of the army of the Cumberland, and entered upon the Tullahoma campaign, but was not in an engagement It participated in the Chattanooga campaign as a part of the reserve corps.
The One Hundred and Thirteenth bore a distinguished part in the battle of Chickamauga, being brought into action on the second day, at a most critical point and moment. The loss was heavy in the regiment; being one hundred and thirty-eight officers and men out of three hundred and eighty-two that went into action.
At the battle of Mission Ridge the division was detached from the Fourteenth corps, and formed a part of General Sherman's force.
The regiment moved to the relief of Knoxville, and endured all the sufferings and trials of that campaign.
After Longstreet was forced to retire, it returned to Chattanooga, and eight miles south of that place went into winter quarters.
The Atlanta campaign opened May 7, 1864. The One Hundred and Thirteenth took an active part in all the operations around Atlanta, and was almost always under fire.
In the battle of Kenesaw, the regiment formed the first line of assault, and consequently lost heavily. After the fall of Atlanta the regiment was sent to Chattanooga; from that place it marched southward, and joined Sherman in his "march to the sea." With one exception, the march of the One Hundred and Thirteenth was unbroken until it reached the defenses of Savannah. After the evacuation of the city it camped on the Savannah river until a crossing was effected, when the One Hundred and Thirteenth found itself on South Carolina soil.
The regiment was severely engaged at Bentonville, fighting hand-to-hand. After the surrender of Johnson it moved via Richmond, Virginia, to Washington city, then proceeded to Louisville, Kentucky, where it was mustered out on the sixth of July, 1865. Twenty-five Licking county boys lost their lives while serving in this company.
COMPANY F, ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTEENTH
REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.-Captain Levi T. Nichols, of Newark, and Lieutenant Nelson Durant, of Hartford, recruited this company fur the One Hundred and Thirteenth regiment, all from Licking county, excepting about twenty men who were enlisted in Franklin. The career of this company is almost a repetition of that of company D in the same regiment. Captain Nichols served until the close of the war.
Lieutenant Durant, after being promoted to a captaincy, was honorably .discharged in November, 1864.
The company lost seventeen men in the service, who were from Licking county.
MUSTER IN ROLL OF COMPANY D, ONE HUNDRED
AND THIRTEENTH OHIO VOLUNTEERS.
The members of this company were all mustered in 1862.
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Captain Marvin M. Munson, August 12.
First Lieutenant Frederick A. Eno. August 20.
Second Lieutenant Charles Sinnet, August 20.
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NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
First Sergeant Charles C. Hays, August 20.
Sergeant James R. Ladd, August 22
Sergeant Benjamin W: Mason, August 22.
Sergeant Joseph W. Gooding, August 20.
Sergeant Frederick J. Cressy, August 22.
Corporal Samuel L. Rose. August 20
Corporal Jasper L. Gillispie, August 20.
Corporal George W. Bowie, August 22.
Corporal William C. Mason. August 21.
Corporal Isaac Evans, August 22.
Corporal Madison Messenger. August 22.
Corporal Lyman Pratt, August 12.
Corporal Warren C. Rose, August 12.
PRIVATES.
W. H. H. Avery, August 12.
Abraham Barkley. August 22.
Amos Bartholomew, August 22.
Leroy S. Bancroft, August 23.
Lorenzo Barrick, August 20.
Stillman Clark. August 20.
Loyd H. Clouse, August 19.
Henry C. Carlock, August 22.
Andrew J. Chambers. August 20.
Henry C. Case. August 22.
David N. Connard. August 22.
Charles M. Carrier. August 20.
John F. Cheek. August 20
George L Devilbliss. August 22.
John F. Densor, August 22.
William Dunn. August 22
David R. Dunn. August 22.
John E. Evans. August 20.
Thomas D. Evans, August 22.
Shepard Fulton. August 20
George W. Flaharda, August 22.
Rodney Flaharda, August 18.
George A. Graves, August 20
George Gardiner, August 20.
Moses Goodrich. August 20
Guilford Hanslip, August 11.
Heman Hobart, August 20
Ezra D. Hummel, August 22.
Burton Huson. August 20.
Alfred Jones. August 20.
Thomas A. Jones, August 21.
Henry Jewell. August 20
Enos Jewell, August 20.
Albert Kneeland, August 19.
Horatio H. Kneeland, August 19.
James Merrill. August 20.
Matthias Montonya,. August 20.
Rufus Merrill, August 22.
John Morehead. August 22.
William J. Minton, August 22.
Isaac S. Minton, August 22.
Thomas H. McBride, August 22.
George F. Nelson, August 20.
William R. Newberry, August 20
Jerry Owen, October 1.
Solomon Priest, August 22.
Jacob Pitts, August 20.
Andrew J. Powell. August 20
William Ports, August 20.
Lyman Pratt, August 20.
James S. Ports, August 22
James Partridge. August 20.
Hiram Paige, August 20.
Charles D. Parker, August 20.
Henry C. Paige, August 20.
Daniel Rose, August 11.
Albert Rose. August 22.
Samuel Richards, August 23.
Gilman Rose, August 22.
Thomas S. Sedgwick, August 11.
Elias W. Showman, August 20.
William H. Starr, August 11.
Elias Thomas. August 22.
Jesse H. Tucker, August 22.
John Wamsley, October 20.
Theodore Worden August 22.
George A. Wilson, August 20.
George P. Wright, August 20.
Hiram Williams. August 22.
Lewis Williams, August 22.
Henry A. Wells, August 20.
William F. Williams. August 20.
Samuel H. Wilcox, August 22.
MUSTER IN ROLL. COMPANY F, ONE HUNDRED AND
THIRTEENTH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.
The members of this company were all mustered out in 1862:
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Captain Levi T. Nichols, August 17.
First Lieutenant Nelson Durant, August 13.
Second Lieutenant Lucius S. Windle, August 13.
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
First Sergeant James L. Wheelock. August 14.
Sergeant Marquis D. L. Parr, August 22.
Sergeant John Ogilvie. August 14.
Sergeant Paschal J. Horton August 22.
Sergeant John D. D. Stevens, August 14.
Corporal Lyman W. Lincoln, August 20.
Corporal Edward J. Carlisle, August 19.
Corporal Matthew H. Porter, August 20.
Corporal Stewart J. Ogilvie, August 14.
Corporal Charles A. Coffroth, August 21.
Corporal Thomas Parr, August 18.
Corporal William H. Thrall, August 14.
Corporal George W. Brigham, August 14.
PRIVATES.
Levi Agler, August 22.
George W. Allison, August 20.
Henry Blade. August 20.
Amos Bartholomew, August 22.
George W. Brook, August 22.
Isaac Bally, August 22.
Henry S. W. Butt., August 22.
John C. Ball, August 22.
Robert Ballinger, August 22.
Alonzo W. Brown, September 27.
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George W. Clarke, October 4.
Albert Cady, August 22.
Deaver Coffman. August 20.
John R. Crass, August 22.
Jacob S. Clouse. August 22.
Samuel M. Davidson, August 20.
Michael Delliplane, August 22.
Thomas Dispenet, August 22.
John Denune. August 19.
Thomas Davis, August 14.
Bentley Eichelbarger, August 22.
John R. Ellis, August 22.
Joel Ellis, August 22.
Jasper Evans. August 19.
Isaac Evans, August 22.
Sylvester Frye. August 18.
Thompson P. Freeman, August 15.
John Gray, August 22.
Oliver Green, August 22.
Edgar Horton, August 20.
John Q. Howard. August 21.
Henry J. Howell, August 22.
Philo House, August 22
James Hourigan August 22.
Henry Ibbotson, September 20.
Joseph Jackson, August 20.
William H. Lane. August 15.
John Lillibridge. August 20.
James Love, August 21.
John W. Layman. August 22.
Vincent Lake. August 22
William H. Larabee. August 22.
Jacob Lown, August 22.
Thomas W. Larabee. August 22.
Charles G. Larabee, August 22.
Robert McGary, September 11.
Wesley Murphy August 22
Urial A. McComb, August 14.
Thompson E. Osburne, August 20
John Perrine, August 20.
William T. Reed, August 22.
John E. Rice. August 22.
Amos Rich, August 22.
John Reuch, August 22.
Esau Rice, September 16.
John Seally, August 20.
John A. Smalley, August 22.
Timothy M. Steadman, August 22.
Rollin B. Staddin, August 22.
Andrew J. Shaw, August 22.
George Smart, August 14.
Benjamin Shoffer, August 22.
Henry Thrall. August 15.
Jones Williams, August 18.
George H: Winslow, August 22
Ezra L. Whitehead, August 22.
Tuller Williams, August 22.
ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIFTH OHIO NATIONAL GUARD.-Six companies, under command of Captains W. A. McKee, U, S. Westbrook, L J. Johnson, John H. Baird, John L Francis and Lieutenant John C. Hancock, were recruited in Licking county for this regiment, to nerve one hundred days, and on the eleventh of May, 1864, left for Cumberland, Maryland, with the regiment eight hundred and fifty strong. They were soon ordered to Martinsburgh, & the companies were stationed along the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, with headquarters at Martinsburgh. On the morning of the third of July orders were received to abandon Martinsburgh, but the order failed to reach the companies at North Mountain; and after fighting five hours against three thousand rebels, with five pieces of artillery, they surrendered The men were taken to Andersonville, and the officers to Macon afterward to Columbia. Only about one half of those that were captured lived to return to their homes. Captain John L Francis, of company F, died in prison at Columbia, South Carolina, December 4, 1864. The remainder of the regiment that escaped capture moved in the direction of Maryland Heights and encamped near that place until the sixth of July, when it moved to John Brown's school-house and was engaged in skirmishing, with a loss of five killed, ten wounded, and twenty-seven missing. After this the regiment was engaged in guarding artillery on the heights, and remained on duty there until it was mustered out, which was on the first of September, 1864.
During its short but eventful term of service the mortality of this regiment exceeded, with one exception, that of any other band of men who went forth from Licking county. Eighty-eight men were lost on the field and in prison. Companies F and B alone. lost seventy-two men, nearly all of whom were starved to death in the Andersonville prison pens. The survivors to-day are the sternest adherents to the cause for which their comrades died that can be found in our midst, and no political demagogy can swerve them from voting in the future as they shot in the past.
Of the field and stab officers in this regiment who went out from Licking county may be mentioned Andrew Legg, colonel; David Thomas, jr., major; David H. Gregory, assistant surgeon; and Charles T. Dickinson, adjutant.
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MUSTER IN ROLL OF COMPANY A, ONE HUNDRED
AND THIRTY-FIFTH OHIO NATIONAL GUARD.
The members of this company were all mustered in 1864.
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
Captain William A. KcKee, May 2.
First Lieutenant Hiram Bricker, May 2.
Second Lieutenant Jesse Wilson, May 2.
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
First Sergeant Peter Bollvine, May 2.
Sergeant Robert B. Alsdorf, May 2.
Sergeant James R. Alsdorf, May 2.
Sergeant William J. D. F. Coe. May 2.
Sergeant Samuel W. Trowbridge, May 2.
Corporal James H. Adams, May 2.
Corporal Robert Graham. May 2.
Corporal David C. Houck, May 2.
Corporal John J. Houck, May 2.
Corporal Sylvester Hays, May 2.
Corporal Howard Kirkpatrick, May 2.
Corporal William Seymour, May 2.
Corporal Daniel S. Warner. May 2.
Musician Llewellen P. McNaughten, May 2.
Musician George W. Nash, May 2.
Wagoner Daniel Vanostrand, May 2.
PRIVATES.
William Alsdorf, May 2
William A. Arvin, May 2.
Homer Burns. May 2.
William Q. Belt, May 2.
William H. Burnsides, May 2.
Smith H. Bond, May 2.
Alonzo Coad, May 2.
Philip H. Conard. May 2.
Presley Campbell. May 2.
Willoughby Condit, May 2.
Casper Condit, May 2.
Joseph Copper, May 2.
Reuel Dodd. May 2.
John M. Dodd, May 2.
Amza Dodd. May 2.
James M. Dunlop, May 2.
Richard T. Dove: May 2.
William Dewitt, May 2.
Israel H. DeWolf, May 2.
John W. Finney, May 2.
John Hervey. May 2.
George W. Halcomb, May 2.
Benjamin F. Jacobs. May 2.
William Kirkpatrick. May 2.
Sheppard A. Knisley. May 2.
Silas H. Kent. May 2.
John Lloyd, May 2.
James D. Lusk, May 2.
William R. Lampson, May 2,
Martin Lampson, May 2.
George Lytle. May 2.
Alburtus Moore. May 2.
William McNaughten, May 2.
Orson Mantonya May 2.
Lewis C. Marsh, May 2.
William T. O'Bannon. May 2.
William O'Bannon, May 2.
James Pierce, May 2.
Elias Pleukharp, May 2.
Jonathan Price, May 2.
Andrew Patton, May 2.
Samuel Preston, May 2.
William H. Patrick, May 2.
Henry C. Pruden, May 2.
Enos W. Robb, May 2.
Robert Stevenson, May 2.
Jacob A. Stevenson, May 2.
Lemuel B. Stevens, May 2.
William M. Smoots. May 2.
Matthias F. Smoots, May 2.
Nathaniel F. Smoots, May 2.
George W. Smoots, May 2.
Willard N. Smoots. May 2.
Aden S. Stickle. May 2.
Charles Sterrett, May 2.
Henry M. Tippett, May 2.
Thomas Thatcher, May 2,
William H. Wheeler, May 2.
George Wheeler, May 2.
Timothy H. Wheaton. May 2.
Lewis Williams, May 2.
Dennis Warner, May 2.
Andrew Worley, May 2.
George G. Warman, May 2.
MUSTER IN ROLL OF COMPANY B, ONE HUNDRED
AND THIRTY-FIFTH OHIO NATIONAL GUARDS.
The members of this company were enrolled in 1864.
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Captain Ulyssus S. Westbrook, May 2.
First Lieutenant George W. Hull, May 2.
Second Lieutenant Rynier V. Outcalt. May 2.
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Fiat Sergeant Jacob W. Smart, May 2.
Sergeant William Camp. May 2.
Sergeant Anthony M. Prior, May 2.
Sergeant Joseph W. Myers, May 2..
Sergeant William Tucker. May 2.
Corporal Zadoc Buckingham, May 2.
Corporal George M. Crooks, May 2.
Corporal William Hughes. May 2.
Corporal Henry C. Lawyer, May 2.
Corporal Micajah Martin. May 2.
Corporal Joseph A. Smart. May 2.
Corporal Leroy Roberts, May 2.
Corporal Robert L. Westbrook, May 2.
Musician Mason Patterson. May 2.
Musician Wartenbe N. ----, May 2.
Wagoner William Johnson. May 2.
PRIVATES
Alfred Alward. May 2.
George Brookover, May 2.
Joseph Bell. May 2.
Holmes Bogle. May 2.
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Homer Bright. May 2.
Woodson Bell, May 2.
John W Belt, May 2.
Benjamin Belt, May 2.
Nicholas Brown, May 2.
William Crooks, May 2.
Milton Clemens, May 2.
Harvey Cain, May 2.
John H. Dair. May 2.
Franklin Davy, May 2.
John Davis, May 2.
John W. Etnire, May 2.
George R. Flesher, May 2.
Daniel Fundersmith. May 2.
Jesse German, May 2.
John Gillespie. May 2.
William Hamilton. May 2.
Samuel. Harris. May 2.
William Harmon, May 2.
William C. Hazlet, May 2.
John Humbarger, May 2.
James Holmes, May 2.
Jesse Hancock, May 2.
Thomas Hayes. May 2.
Charles A. Irvin, May 2.
Arthur S. Lake, May 2.
Leroy Lake. May 2.
Nelson Lewis, May 2.
James H. Loughman, May 2.
Henry Lickliter, May 2.
Lloyd Myers, May 2.
John McBride, May 2.
William D. Morgan, May 2.
Levi Morgan. May 2.
Jesse Morgan, May 2.
Jacob Mauk, May 2.
George W. Moore, May 2.
Sylvester Myrie, May 2.
John L. Norman, May 2.
George Pratt, May 2.
Chary C. Rankin, May 2.
George W. Rankin, May 2.
Samuel Richardson, May 2.
Sanford Rose, May 2.
Winfield S. Richey, May 2.
Joseph Runnion, May 2,
William P. Starkey, May 2.
William Shiplett, May 2.
Samuel Stanberry, May 2.
George Stanberry, May 2.
John W. Shutt, May 2.
Elisha Standiford, May 2.
Henry Vermillion, May 2.
Urias Vanhorn, May 2.
Wilson Vankirk, May 2.
George Vankirk, May 2.
John S. West, May 2.
Jesse Williams May 2.
Benjamin Wilcox, May 2.
William Wilcox. May 2.
Bloomfield Zane, May 2.
Lemuel H. White, May.
MUSTER IN ROLL. OF COMPANY C, ONE HUNDRED
AND THIRTY-FIFTH OHIO NATIONAL GUARD.
The members of this company were all mustered in 1864:
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Captain Luther J. Johnson, May 2.
First Lieutenant George A. Ball, May 2.
Second Lieutenant Samuel M. Brooke, May 2.
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
First Sergeant Walter M. Smith, May 2.
Sergeant Squire J. Brooke. May 2.
Sergeant Warren H. Beach, May 2.
Sergeant Joshua W. Griffith, May 2.
Sergeant Thomas M. Gregory. May 2.
Corporal Theodore M. Ball. May 2.
Corporal William G. Boss, May 2.
Corporal Oliver Dorsey, May 2.
Corporal John S. Edwards, May 2.
Corporal Daniel E. Jones, May 2.
Corporal Daniel W. Peugh, May 2.
Corporal Andrew Schmucker, May 2.
Corporal Leander White, May 2.
Musician John Lee Brooke, May 2.
Musician William Vanatta. May 2.
Wagoner James Jenkins. May 2.
PRIVATES.
Alfred Alward, May 2.
John W. Alexander. May 2.
Alfred A. Andrews, May 2
William Beverly, May 2.
Samuel M. Bedwell, May 2.
Robert Bowie, May 2.
David M. Black, May 2.
J. Healy Dickinson. May 2
Leander Davis, May 2.
Melville Davis, May 2.
Albert C. Ewing, May 2.
John Edwards, May 2.
Herman Forry, May 2.
John W. Green, May 2.
James W. Gray, May 2.
Bryant Gurney, May 2.
Julius C. Graces, May 2.
Henry Huber, May 2.
James Hurrell. May 2.
Cyrus D. Hughes, May 2.
John R. Hughes, May 2.
Craig Hutchinson, May 2.
John W. Hays, May 2.
Josiah Hughes. May 2.
Martin Hartshorn, May 2.
Edward Irwin, May 2.
Daniel L. Jones, May 2.
David W. Jones, May 2.
Nicholas Kline, May 2.
John Lawler, May 2.
Robert Lloyd, May 2
Socrates Lott, May 2.
William Lippincott, May 2.
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John C. Mix. May 2.
Jacob Moser May 2.
Henry H. Munsell. May 2.
William Miers. May 2.
David D. Owens, May 2.
Homer D. Plaice, May 2.
Eugene Peck. May 2.
Nicholas H. Pond May 2.
Thomas J. Parr, May 2.
Charles M. Rider, May 2.
Frank Rogers, May 2.
William Roe, May 2.
Harry S. Spellman, May 2.
James Shrum. May 2.
Irving Sharrer, May 2.
John Snyder, May 2.
John Southwick, May 2.
Edgar Scott. May 2.
William T. Taylor, May 2.
Charles J. Upham, May 2.
James E. Upham, May 2.
Zara Van Buskirk, May 2.
Carey A. Wilson. May 2.
Theodore F. Wright, May 2.
Adam D. Wise, May 2
Evan Williams, May 2
Levi Webber, May 2.
Jacob Woodard, May 2.
David Williams. May 2.
John A. Williams. May 2.
Robert Williams. May 2.
MUSTER-IN ROLL OF COMPANY D, ONE HUNDRED
AND THIRTY-FIFTH OHIO NATIONAL GUARDS.
The members of this company were mustered in 1864.
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Captain John C. Baird May 2.
First Lieutenant William Wansbrough, May 2.
Second Lieutenant Joseph Atkinson. May 2.
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
First Sergeant F. B. Elliott, May 2.
Sergeant Jonathan Egolf. May 2.
Sergeant Timothy D. Marsh, May 2
Sergeant Isaac Oldham, May 2.
Sergeant Jacob S Youmans, May 2.
Corporal Peabody S. Atkinson, May 2.
Corporal Charles E. Martin, May 2
Corporal Christopher C. Neff, May 2.
Corporal Newton Parker, May 2
Corporal Nathan F. Perry, May 2.
Corporal William Slough, May 2.
Corporal Sinner Swisher, May 2.
Corporal Asa F. Whitehead, May 2.
Musician Henry Dibble. May 2.
Musician Reuben Lunceford, May 2.
Wagons Samuel Folk. May 2.
PRIVATES.
George J. Atkinson, May 2
John E. Artz May 2.
Hiram Brook, May 2.
Edmund Besse, May 2.
Robert Barb. May 2.
Benjamin Besse. May 2.
Alva Barb. May 2.
Julius Barnes. May 2.
William Butler, May 2.
Denver Banner. May 2.
Harvey Clark, May 2
Aaron M. Condit, May 2.
Amos Edgerly. May 2.
David Ewing. May 2.
James Folk, May 2.
David Headley, May 2.
John Hanson, May 2.
Lafayette Headley. May 2.
William G. Hooker. May 2
Thomas C. Hanley, May 2.
Stephen W. Harrison, May 2.
William C. Johnson, May 2.
Morris W. Kent. May 2
Samuel Kindred, May 2.
John Lockwood. May 2.
N. B. Lenington. May 2.
Thomas S. Lenington, May 2.
Selah Moulton, May 2.
John W. Miller, May 2.
Silas Monroe, May 2.
George M. Meeker, May 2.
David Owens, May 2.
Enos. Osborn, May 2.
Sylvester Peters, May 2.
Ralph B. Pierson, May 2.
Hiram Palmer, May 2.
John N. Perry, May 2.
Jonathan Pheaster. May 2.
John H. Parkinson. May 2.
Barnabas Philbrooke, May 2.
Seth Philbrooke, May 2.
Martin L. Root. May 2.
Elias N. Root, May 2.
L. R. Royce, May 2.
David Rockey, May 2.
S. C. Roberts. May 2.
Samuel Salts, May 2.
J. H. Samson. May 2.
J. J. Stuart, May 2
Jacob H. Sinsebaugh, May 2.
J. B. Shambough, May 2.
Charles Stuart, May 2.
E. H. Shambough, May 2.
J. W. Shambough, May 2.
Wesley Staples, May 2.
Samuel Slough, May 2.
Branson Stover, May 2.
Irving Slough, May 2.
R. C. VanDorn, May 2.
Richard Wolcott, May 2.
John B. Whitehead, May 2.
Robert E. Williams. May 2.
Mercer O. Wooster. May 2.
George E. Williams, May 2.
HISTORY OF LICKING COUNTY. - 335
MUSTER IN ROLL OF COMPANY E, ONE HUNDRED
AND THIRTY-FIFTH OHIO NATIONAL GUARD.
The members of . this company were all enrolled in 1864
COMMISSIONED OFFICER.
First Lieutenant James C. Hancock, May 2.
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
First Sergeant Levi Cooper, May 2.
Sergeant William De France, May 2.
Sergeant Daniel A. Fleming, May 2.
Sergeant John Poland, May 2.
Sergeant Alexander Wilson, May 2.
Corporal Henry L Beecher, May 2.
Corporal Charles M. Barrick, May 2
Corporal Harvey D. Evans, May 2.
Corporal John F. Montgomery, May 2.
Corporal Emmet Patterson. May 2.
Corporal Michael A. Shank, May 2.
Corporal William O. Swindell, May 2.
Corporal Alfred Wells. May 2.
Musician William D. Evans. May 2.
Musician Thomas R. Wilson.
Wagoner Abraham Belford, May 2.
PRIVATES.
Thomas Ambrick, May 2.
Andrew Anderson, May 2.
Josiah Anderson, May 2.
Milton F. Beardsley, May 2.
Peter Brady, May 2.
William H. Barrich. May 2.
William M. Bill, May 2.
Elbrige Clevis, May 2.
Frank H. Crusen, May 2.
Thomas Coon, May 2.
Joseph Cheanly, May 2.
Allen De Wolf, May 2.
William De Bevoice, May 2
Adam T. Day, May 2
William Eggleston. May 2.
William Evans, May 2.
Thomas J. Evans, May 2.
John Forsythe, May 2.
Erastus Francis. May 2.
David Farmer, May 2.
Bentley Gill, May 2.
John Higginbottom, May 2.
William Hughes, May 2.
James Hughes. May 2.
Edward Hughes. May 2.
Hiram Hancock. May 2.
Thomas Jones, May 2.
Alexander Low, May 2.
Joseph N. Livingston. May 2
William E. Mitchell, May 2.
John W. Moore. May 2.
Joseph C. Murrell, May 2.
Albert Nichols. May 2
David Ormsby, May 2.
Howard Parr, May 2.
Frederick Rickley. May 2.
Joseph F. Rodgers, May 2.
Hurry Rose, May 2.
James Sparks, May 2.
William Shank, May 2.
John J. Smith. May 2.
William Smith, May 2.
James Smith, May 2.
Erastus F. Sparks, May 2.
Milton Snow, May 2
Spencer Seymour, May 2.
Lewis L. Stevens, May 2.
Jonathan Shaw. May 2.
James C. Taylor. May 2.
Samuel W. Tiehurst, May 2.
James M. Tarlton, May 2.
William Venible, May 2.
Ezekiel Whitehead. May 2.
Rosell Wilcox, May 2.
William Wells. May 2..
Peter Wolf, May 2.
Thomas Yost, May 2.
William Bell, May 2.
MUSTER IN ROLL OF COMPANY F, ONE HUNDRED
AND THIRTY-FIFTH OHIO NATIONAL GUARDS.
The members of this company were all mustered in 1864:
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Captain John L. Francis, May 2.
First Lieutenant Edward John, May 2.
Second Lieutenant George W. Patterson, May 2.
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
First Sergeant Thomas L. Lemert, May 2.
Sergeant Theodore Burrell, May 2.
Sergeant John McDowell, May 2.
Sergeant William Painter, May 2.
Sergeant Warren Sherman, May 2.
Corporal Jordon H. Banks. May 2.
Corporal John R. Carter. May 2.
Corporal Samuel Diven. May 2.
Corporal Albert Flinn, May 2.
Corporal Josiah Glancy, May 2.
Corporal Jonathan Frampton, May 2.
Corporal John Rochell, May 2.
Corporal Elias Varner, May 2.
Musician Munson R. Patterson. May 2.
Musician John W. Patterson, May 2
Wagoner John W. Hull. May 2.
PRIVATES.
John Q. Adams. May 2.
Isaiah Anderson, May 2.
Asbury Anderson. May 2.
Thomas Barnes, May 2.
Robert Bodle, May 2.
Willie H. Benear, May 2..
Jeremiah Beatty. May 2.
Rufus A. Beem, May 2.
George H. Barston. May 2.
Benjamin Biggs, May 2.
William A. Cooksey. May 2.
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James A. Chapin, May 2.
James Chapin, May 2.
Loveless Coy, May 2.
Charles C. Carter, May 2
Horace Chidister, May 2.
Isaac Cooper, May 2.
Joseph B. Doughty, May 2.
David Denman, May 2.
John T. Drake, May 2.
Henry Dickerson. May 2.
George W. Dunn, May 2.
Albert Dow, May 2.
William E. Ensley May 2.
Cyrus Evans, May 2.
Walter B. Finney, May 2.
Ezra Frost, May 2.
James Freese, May 2.
Michael B. Forgrave, May 2.
John Francs, May 2.
Hugh A. Fleming, May 2.
John S. Gardner, May 2.
George W. Gardner, May 2.
James R. Green, May 2.
Wesley Holmes, May 2.
Joseph S. Holmes, May 2.
James A. Hanger, May 2.
Samuel Jones, May 2..
George John, May 2.
George W. Jones, May 2.
Evan E. Jones, May 2.
Samuel D. Jones, May 2.
Potters Little. May 2.
William Lugenbeal, May 2.
James Legg, May 2.
Elias Morris. May 2.
William H. Morris. May 2.
Thomas A. Miller, May 2.
Richard Mechens, May 2.
James McClay, May 2.
Samuel Miller, May 2.
John Norman, May 2.
Jacob Phillips, May 2.
Albert Phillips. May 2.
Samuel Palmer. May 2.
Walter Pierson. May 2.
John Sullivan, May 2.
Reuben Sherman. May 2.
William W. Shaw, May 2.
Rufus Talbot, May 2.
John F. Vanallan, May 2..
Thomas J. Willey, May 2.
Thomas Watson, May 2.
Jonathan Woodruff. May 2. .
COMPANY D, FIRST OHIO VOLUNTEER CAVALRY.
-Company D was recruited in the latter part of the summer of 1861 by Captain David A. B. Moore, and was mustered into the service on the fifth of October, 1861. It being the first organization of its class raised in the county, there was once manifested a great desire to join its ranks.
About the first of December the regiment proceeded by rail and steamboat to Louisville, Kentucky, where it remained until the sixteenth of January, during which time the colonel-O. P. Ransom-resigned his commission. Orders were received to join General Thomas at Somerset. After four days' marching the regiment reached Lebanon, Kentucky, where it went into camp. The victory of Mill Springs had been achieved a few days before:
On the twelfth of February Lieutenant Colonel T. C. H. Smith also resigned his commission. His place was filled, however, by Colonel Minor Millikin, who commanded this famous cavalry regiment during most of its brilliant career.
The regiment arrived at Nashville, Tennessee, on the sixth of March, and there lay in camp until the fourteenth. It then marched through to the Tennessee river with General Thomas' division, and arrived at Pittsburgh Landing just after the bathe of that name had ceased. It took part in the advance upon Corinth, having frequent skirmishes with the enemy, with, however, but slight loss.
On the twelfth of June, 1862, the First returned to Corinth, where it remained for about a week. On the seventeenth it moved eastward to guard the line of the Mobile & Charleston railroad. Com panics L and M, under command of Captain Pal. ten, were stationed at Bear creek, near Iuka. Companies B, D, G and H, under Colonel Milliken, were stationed at Tuscumbia, the headquarters of General Thomas. The remainder of the regiment, under Captain Eggleston, proceeded further east to Courtland. A detachment from Tuscumbia, under the command of Captain Emery, had a severe engagement with the rebels about the first of July. On the twenty-fifth of July Courtland was attacked by a large force of rebel cavalry under General Anderson.
Two companies of the Tenth Kentucky infantry, and companies E and K of the First Ohio cavalry engaged in this battle, but were defeated. The remnants of the detachment reached Decatur on the twenty-sixth, from which place they marched through to Athens, Alabama, rejoining the regiment on the thirtieth of July.
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On the seventeenth of August, Colonel Millikin, with six companies moved to McMinnville, while the other four; under Captain Patten, were sent on a scout to Fayetteville. On their return they were assigned to duty at General Crittenden's headquarters. Colonel Millikin, with the First battalion, marched through to Louisville, and on the second day of October left that place and engaged in battle near Shepherdstown, capturing twenty-five prisoners.
Major Laughlin's detachment left Louisville on the second of October, and met the enemy nine miles from Bardstown, where a lively battle ensued, with a loss of twenty-five killed and wounded
The next service of the First cavalry was in the advance of our forces, under General Rosecrans, on Murfreesborough, Tennessee.
On the twenty-seventh of December the regiment had a skirmish at Triune, and on the twenty-ninth encountered and defeated Wharton's brigade of rebel cavalry. In this battle of Stone River, Colonel Minor Millikin was killed. His death was keenly felt by all who knew him, and was mourned by his comrades as the brave mourn for the brave. Major David A. B. Moore, of Newark, was also killed in this battle, and old company D lost a beloved commander, and the country lost a patriotic defender.
After the death of Colonel Millikin the command of the regiment devolved upon Major Laughlin On the first of July, 1863, the regiment entered Tullahoma, and after heavy skirmishing commenced its march over the Cumberland mountains, encamping the following month near Stevenson, Alabama. The regiment was at this time .under command of Lieutenant Colonel Cupp.
On the nineteenth of September it arrived on the Chickamauga battle-field. After a very severe contest, the battle ended, but not without the loss of its brave commander, Lieutenant Colonel Cupp, who was universally beloved.
The command now devolved upon Major T. J. Patten, under whom the First calvary fell back into Chattanooga
On the twenty-sixth of September, General Crook's division, of which the First cavalry formed a part, was dispatched to guard the Teen river from Chattanooga to Washington, in east Tennessee. The First was stationed at the latter place.
On the first of October the rebel General Wheeler, with eight thousand cavalry, broke through General Crook's lines. A severe engagement followed, in which our forces were defeated General Crook hastily gathered up his scattered command and at once set out in pursuit of the rebels, who were advancing rapidly over the mountains towards McMinnville, and so vigorous was the chase that the rebels dared not stay in one place long enough to effect any damage..
The regiment proceeded to march toward Chattanooga, arriving there on the twenty-second of November. On the evening of the same day, General Sherman having already moved his forces across the river above the town, the First Ohio, and five other cavalry regiments under Colonel Long, crossed over and made a raid in rear of Bragg's position, which, for its brilliant success, is unsurpassed in the annals of the cavalry.
About this time Colonel B. B. Eggleston returned from recruiting service in Ohio, and assumed command of the regiment. January r, 1864, Colonel Eggleston moved the regiment to Pulaski, Tennessee, and from that place they proceeded to Ohio to spend the thirty days furlough, to which all veterans were entitled.
On the first of April the First cavalry was again re-united at Nashville, Tennessee recruited to full ranks.
On the twenty-second of May, together with the Third and Fourth Ohio cavalry, under their old commander Colonel Long, it started to join the advancing column of Sherman, then near Rome, Georgia.
On the twenty-nineth the regiment participated in a severe engagement at Moulton, resulting in the complete defeat of General Roddy, who had attacked Long's brigade. The regiment joined the main army near Allatoona, on the sixth of June, and retrained with it until after the fall of Atlanta. k In front of Kenesaw the First cavalry had frequent and severe skirmishing, in which it lost about thirty men. The regiment accompanied General Kilpatrich nick in his raid around Atlanta. When surrounded by the enemy the First particularly distinguished itself by holding in check for some time a force
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from Cleburne's rebel infantry division, with a loss of fifty men. Among the killed was Captain William H. Scott, of company D. Scott was another of Newark's sons. He entered the service as a private soldier, but rapidly advanced through the ranks of second and first lieutenant to a captaincy on account of his skill and daring as a soldier. At Lovejoy station he and five others charged a rebel battery-Scott with a hatchet, no other implement being at hand. They took the battery, but. were completely surrounded by the rebels, and were obliged to cut their way out with their sabers. Scott was fatally wounded by a shell exploding and killing his horse. A comrade took him from the field when he died. Colonel Eli Long was severely wounded in this battle. The regiment then went into camp near Atlanta.
When General Hood attempted to cut Sherman's communications the First cavalry followed in pursuit. On the seventeenth of November the regiment arrived at Louisville, and on the twenty-eighth of December left that place to join the cavalry corps on the Tennessee.
James W. Kirkendall, of this county, was about this time, January 6, 1865, promoted to a captaincy and commanded the company until the final muster out.
During the month of February, 1865, the First Ohio was transferred from the Second brigade, Second division, and brigade with the Seventh Ohio and Fifth Iowa, forming the Second brigade, Fourth division, which was placed under the command of Brevet Brigadier General A. J. Alexander.
On the twenty-second of April Macon was entered, where the force heard of the surrender of Lee. The regiment then garrisoned Georgia and South Carolina, until the thirteenth of September, when it was mustered out, paid oft, and discharged at Columbus, Ohio, on the twenty-eighth of September, 1865. The company had lost seventeen men in battle and hospital during its term of service.
MUSTER IN ROLL OF COMPANY D, FIRST OHIO VOL-
UNTEER CAVALRY.
The members of this company were all enrolled in 1861.
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
Captain David A. B. Moore, August 5.
First Lieutenant Samuel G. Hamilton, August 5.
Second Lieutenant Ira Stevens, August 5.
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
First Sergeant James W. Kirkendall, August 5.
Quartermaster Sergeant W. H. Scott, August 5.
Sergeant James Linton. August 5.
Sergeant E. A. Trowbridge, August 5.
Sergeant Frank McKinney, August 5.
Sergeant Frank Bills, August 5.
Corporal M. S. Lahue. August 5.
Corporal James Milligan, August 5.
Corporal H. C. Elks, August 5.
Corporal Wesley Realhorn. August 5.
Corporal Charles Goodrich. August 5.
Corporal Daniel Shottle, August 5.
Corporal Charles J. Scott, August 26.
Corporal Charles Wells. August 5.
Bugler Henry Bush. August 5.
Wagoner D. L. Bellair. August 5.
PRIVATES.
James Anderson, August 5.
Thomas H. Amarine. August 26.
John Barber. August 26.
Enoch Burrows. August 26.
Andrew Castell, August 5.
Marcus Cole. August 26.
Joshua Cole, August 26.
George W. Coulter, August 5.
Joshua Cross, August 5.
Robert Cross. August 5.
Allen Demman, August 5.
William H. Demman, August 5.
James Deveraux. August 5.
Daniel Drumm. August 5.
Edward W. Evans, August 5.
Harvey Ferguson. August 5.
Nathaniel Finegan, August 5.
Horace Foot, August 26.
Lucius A. Gloyd. August 5.
James L. Hasting, August 5.
------ Hildreath, August 5.
George Hinton, August 5.
Thomas Holliday, August 26.
James Houk. August 5.
Sebastian Imhooff, August 5.
Robert W. Irwin, August 26.
William H. Kipp, August 5.
James Leslie. August 5.
Marian Lansdown. August 26.
John Martin, August 5.
George A. Moorehead, August 5.
George Ingman, August 5.
George Morrison, August 5.
James Myers, August 5..
Thadus McVay, August 5.
John Miller, August 5.
William Nugent, August 26.
Nathan Parish, August 5.
Wesley Poland. August 5.
Davis Price. August 5.
John Robertson, August 5.
David Reece. August 5.
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John J. Smith. August 5.
Henry Snider, August 5.
George Snider, August 5.
John R. Stevenson, August 5.
Thaddeus Stevenson. August 5.
Wright B. Taylor, August 5.
Alvin Thompson, August 26.
Daniel J. Tracy, August 26.
George L. Warner, August 5.
Wesley Walls. August 5.
Leroy S. Williams, August 5.
Henry Wheeler, August 5.
Daniel Young, August 5.
William H. Myers, August 5.
COMPANY A, TENTH OHIO VOLUNTEER CAVALRY.
This company was recruited in October, 1862, by Captain William Thayer. The first move was toward Nashville, Tennessee, thence, to Murfreesborough, at which place and vicinity it remained until the army of the Cumberland opened the campaign against General Bragg at Tullahoma. During this campaign, the Tenth cavalry was engaged wherever duty called, performing a vast amount of marching and fighting, and vanquishing such rebel cavalry as it met.
At the battle of Chickamauga, the main portion of the regiment was engaged in guarding communications in the rear. After the battle the Tenth was ordered up the Sequatchie valley, and while at this place a portion of the regiment was detailed to accompany a detachment of the Fifteenth Pennsylvania cavalry on a scout into east Tennessee. This detachment was absent from the regiment about three months, and during that time was almost daily engaged with the enemy. At. one time the detachment defeated a force of five hundred rebels. The regiment then marched to Ringgold, Georgia, and was at once attached to the Second brigade, Third division cavalry corps. At the battle of Resaca the Tenth, under Colonel Smith, fought valiantly, but with considerable loss. The regiment was actively engaged in all of Kilpatrick's movements during Sherman's Atlanta campaign. The great "march to the sea" was inaugurated. This promised serious work for the cavalry. The enemy was first encountered at Jonesville, Georgia, and from that place to Savannah scarcely a day passed without encounters with the rebels. The victory at Lovejoy's station was mainly due to a general charge by the entire division of cavalry. Bear Creek station was next the scene of action, which battle the Tenth was successful According to instructions from General Sherman, the regiment moved on to Macon, and at that place engaged in battle. General Kilpatrick fought his command to within a mile of the city, and under the fire of thirteen pieces of artillery, the Tenth Ohio, led by Captain Hofford, charged the work with drawn sabers, and never halted until the fort was entered and two pieces of artillery were captured, but not without heavy loss. Captain J. Hofford was taken prisoner. The enemy was also encountered at Griswoldsville, Gordon and Milledgeville.
When the capital of , the State fell into the hands of the national army, Kilpatrick was ordered to -move his command and assist in rescuing our prisoners, then in stockades between Millen and Augusta. Kilpatrick proceeded to cross the Oconee river, and move on the Augusta road, by way of the Ogechee shoals. Arriving at the shoals, Captain Estes, with a detachment of the Tenth, left the command and marched rapidly in the direction of Waynesborough, but reaching that place too late to rescue our prisoners, as they had been removed to some point south The command then withdrew in the direction of Louisville, Georgia, closely followed by Wheeler, with whom several conflicts occurred, our troops always repulsing their attacks. After a few days' rest at Louisville, orders were received from General Sherman to move toward Augusta.
A short distance from Louisville the regiment encountered the rebel cavalry; attacked and drove it in the direction of Waynesborough. The next siege occurred on the first of December, 1864. The national force numbered but five thousand six hundred, while the rebel cavalry numbered from ten to twelve thousand. The Second division moved out in advance. The men of the Ninetysecond Illinois, on foot, with their Spencer sevenshooters, made directly for the, barricades, while the Tenth, with drawn sabers, charged. on the flanks.
The advance squadron of the Tenth was led by Captain Samuel Norton, of company D, who - was killed at the head of his column. while encouraging his men to deeds of daring.
The enemy was completely routed and driven
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eight miles. The loss on both sides. was severe. After this engagement the cavalry followed the army on its march to the coast. On reaching the Gulf railroad, Kilpatrick was ordered to cross the Ogechee river and try to communicate with our fleet from Kilkenny bluff: This was accomplished by Captain Estes and Captain Day of the Tenth Ohio cavalry. Colonel Smith, the commander of the Tenth, during the greater part of the time the regiment was in service, was on duty as brigade commander, and although greatly enfeebled by ill health, remained with his command until it reached Cartersville, Georgia, whet he was compelled to leave for home.
The regiment participated in the last campaign of the war through the Carolinas, frequently routing the enemy and invariably repulsing his attacks. It was finally mustered out at Lexington, North Carolina, on the twenty-fourth of July, 1865, and the men returned to Camp Cleveland for final discharge and payment. Captain Thayer, who recruited the first company and was consequently senior captain, was soon promoted to major.
Company A had lost five men by death in action and hospital, and its loss in wounded was severe.
MUSTER IN ROLL OF COMPANY A, TENTH OHIO VOL-
UNTEER CAVALRY.
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Captain William Thayer, October 4, '62.
First Lieutenant, Milton Valentine, October 3, '62.
Second Lieutenant John A. Parish, November 8, '62.
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
First Sergeant Charles D. Clarke, October 17, '62.
Quartermaster Sergeant John R. McColloch, October 10, '62.
Commissary Sergeant Frederick Miner. October 6, '62.
Second Sergeant David C. Hill, October 17, '62.
Third Sergeant William Jaspar. October 18, '62.
Fourth Sergeant Charles M. Adair, October 15, '62.
Fifth Sergeant Done Maggue, November 22, '62.
Sixth Sergeant Charlie Hoover, October 16, '62.
Corporal Matthew Miner, October 16, '62.
Corporal Martin Cook, October 9, '62.
Corporal William Rickey. October 9, '62.
Corporal Addison W. Smyder, October 10. '62.
Corporal George W. Riley, October 21, '62.
Corporal Samuel Mock. October 6, '62.
Corporal Benton Jones, October 9,. '62
Corporal James E. Akins. October 16, '62.
PRIVATES.
Samuel Avey. October 5, '62.
Martin Adams. October 15, '62.
William H. H. Belt. October 8, '62.
Hamlin Birch, October 18, '62.
John Barker, October 14, '62.
Lewis Benadam, October 27, '62.
Joseph. Boham, October 28. '62.
George Brown. October 9. '62.
William Cramer. November 13, '62.
Daniel H. Cooper, October 9,. '62.
James Cullen, October 15, '62.
John Canaday, October 15, '62.
Shadrack Castelle, October 9, '62.
Sylvester H. Camell, October 12, '62.
Henry P. Divine, October 8, '62.
David Eving, October 9, '62.
John D. Ellsen. October 9, '62.
Edward Flowers, November 13, '62.
Jacob Good, October 28. '62.
George W. Giles, October 28, '62.
Charles Graham. October 11, '62.
Joseph H. Hutzel, October 9, '62.
Levi Harris, October 5, '62.
George Hutzel, October 10, '62.
Amos Hixon, October 12, '62.
Westley Harmon. October 20, '62
Daniel Holder, October 9, '62.
Nelson Hardesty, October 9, '62.
Benjamin Jones, October 9, '62.
Hubbard Jones. October 10, '62
Samuel Karhmer. October 16, '62.
William Knapp, November 25, '62.
James R. Looker, October 6, '62.
Daniel Lines, October 16, '62.
Evan B. Lemmer. October 10, '62.
Daniel L. Miner, October 23. '62.
Benjamin Markell. October 22, '62.
William McBride, October 9, '62.
Edward Morrill, October 20, '62.
Matthew McLaughlin, October 13, '62.
Elisha E. Morrison, November 13, '62.
George Mason, October 23, '62.
David Martin, October 19, '62.
William Munbower, November 10, '62.
Michael McVerner. November 10, '62.
Jonas Nesley, October 13, '62.
Stewart Plummer, October 18, '62.
James Palsgrove. October 13, '62.
William Ritenour. October 9, '62.
Jacob A. Roach. November 28, '62.
Justus Robisin. October 9, '62.
George Redd. October 13, '62.
Samuel Renshaw, October 15, '62.
David Pickard, October 20, '62.
Frederick Staley, October 21, '62.
Perry Shultz, October 21, '62.
Ervin Shultz. October 21, '62.
Daniel E. Shultz. October 9, '62.
Perry Sullivan. October 30, '62.
Adam Spenster, October 9, '62.
Alfred Stultz, October 10, '62.
James Smith, October 18, '62.
Jesse Vial. October 10, '62.
Seth H. Violet. October 9, '62.
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John H. Voers, November 13, '62.
William Vance, October 20, '62.
John Williams, October 30, '62
G. B. Wilkinson, October 21, '62.
Jonah White, October 9, '62.
John Ward, October 9, '62.
William Wilcox, October 9, '62.
Frederick Willard, October 6, 62.
Isaac Williams, October 7, '62.
David Ward, November 22, '62.
Louis Wagner. November 27, '62.
Charles Willson, October 20, '62.
George Willson, October 22, '62.
Levi Zimmerman, February 20, '63.
Nathan B. Giles, February 14, '63.
Philip Hoffman, February 9, '63.
Frederick Hotzler, February 16, '63.
Jacob Kamerer. February 23, '63.
William Coan. February 23, '63.
EIGHTEENTH UNITED STATES INFANTRY.
First Lieutenant W. W. Stevenson, of the regular army, opened a recruiting office in Newark in the summer of 1861, to procure enlistments for the Eighteenth United States regulars-a new regiment then organizing under Colonel Carrington. Lieutenant Stevenson was assisted by Wilbur F. Arnold and James D. Wallace, two prominent young men of Newark who had patriotically enlisted in the Regular service.
About eighty men were recruited from Licking county and forwarded, in detachments, to the general rendezvous of the regiment at Columbus. The company entered the field the following fall, and did active and efficient service during the war It was en raged in the battles at and near Lebanon, Mill String, Somerset, and Louisville, Kentucky. Also at Fort Donelson, Nashville, Shiloh, Corinth, Iuka, Perryville, Stone River, and :Mission Ridge. It fought all through the Atlanta campaign, and was with Thomas' army at Franklin, Columbia, and Nashville.
Lieutenant Stevenson became quarter master of the regiment, and died in Kentucky during the winter of 1861-62.
Lieutenant Wilbur F. Arnold was first quartermaster sergeant and subsequently promoted to second- and first lieutenant. He served gallantly all through the war, and at its close was assigned to duty at Harrisburgh, Pennsylvania, as disbursing officer. He afterwards was ordered on duty in Texas, where he died of disease. Lieutenant Arnold was a young man of high scholarly attainments, and although physically disabled, his patriotism led hits to persevere in being accepted into the regular army. The country thus gained the services of a competent and gallant officer. His death,. in the morning of a promising manhood, was deeply deplored by his army associates as well as by a host of warm friends at home.
Sergeant James D. Wallace recruited most of the men fur this company, and being a good drill officer he brought the recruits to a high state of discipline and efficiency before they entered the field. He was soon promoted to sergeant major of the Second battalion, in consideration of his efficiency as a drill sergeant.
Seventeen Licking county men died while serving in this company, and many were wounded during the active and dangerous service which fell to the lot of the Eighteenth regulars.
As stated in a preceding chapter, many Licking county men, not included in the lists herein given, enlisted in companies and regiments in other counties and States. Quite a large detachment of colored men enlisted in the One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Ohio infantry, afterwards known as the Fifth Colored United States infantry these men saw very severe service under General Butler, near Petersburgh, Virginia, and a number of Newark boys were killed and wounded. Detachments and enlistments from Licking county not heretofore mentioned, entered the following organizations: Seventeenth Ohio volunteer infantry, One Hundred and Forty-second Ohio national guards, Forty-fifth Ohio volunteer infantry, Sixth United States cavalry, First Nebraska infantry. Thirtieth Ohio volunteer infantry, Eleventh Ohio volunteer infantry, Twenty-fourth Iowa infantry, Second Ohio heavy artillery, Fourth Ohio cavalry, Eighty-seventh Ohio volunteer infantry, One Hundred and Ninety-fourth Ohio volunteer infantry, Fifteenth Ohio volunteer infantry, One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Ohio volunteer infantry, Twenty-first Ohio volunteer infantry, Twenty-eighth Iowa infantry, Thirty-second Ohio volunteer infantry, Sixth Ohio volunteer infantry, Ninth Ohio volunteer cavalry, First Iowa cavalry, Seventy-eighth Ohio volunteer infantry, Sixty-First New York infantry, Eleventh Pennsylvania cavalry, Fourth Iowa infantry, Fourth Ohio
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volunteer infantry, Sixth Ohio volunteer cavalry, One Hundred and Eighty-ninth Ohio volunteer infantry, Forty-fifth Illinois infantry, Twenty-fourth Ohio volunteer infantry, One Hundred and Twenty-first Ohio volunteer infantry, Thirteenth Ohio volunteer infantry, First United States engineers, Ninety-third Illinois infantry, One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Ohio volunteer infantry, First United States cavalry, Seventeenth Illinois infantry, and Eleventh Ohio volunteer cavalry.
Many entered the United States navy, the gunboat service, and the United States signal corps.
The list would not be complete of those who responded to their country's call without making special mention of the band of men who hastily threw aside pressing business engagements at home and entered upon a short term of service when the tide of battle rolled up close to their Ohio firesides. These. men were styled "Squirrel Hunters," they provided themselves with rifles and regular hunting accouterments, marching forth without uniform or tactics.
When Cincinnati was threatened in September, 1862, by the rebel General Kirby Smith, Governor Tod celled upon the State to furnish instantly, for a short term of service, all companies or squads of men and individuals who would volunteer for the defense of the State. "Throughout the interior church and fire bells rang, mounted men galloped through neighborhoods to spread the alarm; there was a hasty cleaning of rifles and moulding of bullets, and filling of powder horns, and mustering at the. villages; and every city bound train ran burdened with the gathering host."
Licking county furnished four hundred and four men for this service, embracing those from all the different walks of life; merchants, clerks, lawyers, and farmers who were tied to such occupations as to prevent them from entering into a longer service.
They went to Cincinnati and crossed over into Kentucky, performing garrison duty in the long line of works which had been thrown up for the protection of Cincinnati. After the threatened danger had passed they returned to their homes; and their services were recognized by the whole people of Ohio, and by the Governor who caused to be issued lithographic discharges, signed, sealed and delivered to the "Squirrel Hunters."
CHAPTER XLI.
HISTORY OF THE WAR CONTINUED.
ORGANIZATION OF THE SOCIETY OF THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF LICKING COUNTY-A LIST OF ITS MEMBERS WITH THEIR ARMY RECORDS-THE GREAT STATE REUNION IN 1878-THE PRESIDE\T OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE GENERAL OF THE ARMIES VISIT NEWARK-THE VETERAN HOSTS OF OHIO RENEW THEIR PLIGHTED FIDELITY TO THE UNION.
IN 1877 the soldiers of Licking county-survivors of the late war organized a military society and inaugurated the grand movement of soldiers' re-unions, which was so successfully conducted in the years following throughout the State and in other parts of the country. There seemed to be a prevailing relaxation of interest in the cause which led these men to war seventeen years before. In fact the political aspect of the country warranted the belief that the grand principles so nobly sustained in battle were in danger of being ignored or forgotten through partisan prejudice.
The soldier was fearful, too, lest the dearly bought laurels he had won would be lost sight of in the busy scenes of varied peaceful avocations which had since led the country to such prosperity.
He became anxious that his sons should enjoy the same blessings after the actors in that epoch had passed away.
To secure these blessings to posterity, and to
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form a more perfect fellowship among comrades then living, a series of re-unions were inaugurated and societies were organized to carry these plans into execution.
Another object in view was the revival of the custom of paying respect to the memory of the dead by annual tributes of flowers. This custom had not been observed in Newark since the war, and it became painful to the old soldier in witnessing the continued indifference of citizens to the performance of that duty. With what success the soldiers' society attained these ends can be drawn from a perusal of the reports given of the grand re-union and the observance of Decoration day in the years following its organization.
In November, 1877, the society of the soldiers and sailors of Licking county was organized by the election of the following officers: Lieutenant Colonel Joseph C. Wehrle, president; Lieutenant Colonel Edwin Nichols, vice-president; Major Charles D. Miller, secretary; Major David Thomas, treasurer.
The following is the constitution adopted by the society:
1. This organization shall be known as "The Society of the Soldiers and Sailors of Licking county, Ohio."
2. All officers, soldiers and sailors in the United States service during any part of the war of the Rebellion, who were honorably discharged, or who are now in the service, may become members by signing these articles.
3. The officers of the society shall be a president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer, to be elected by ballot, annually, and to sere until their successors are elected.
4. The duties of these officers shall be such as usually pertain to such offices. The treasurer shall annually report upon the condition of the finances.
5. The team objects of this organization shall be to perpetuate ate the memories of the service and cherish its friendships, by annual meetings or celebrations, under the charge of the officers of the society, and such assistants as may be appointed for the purpose. These celebrations may, upon a vote of the society, be extended to embrace the officers, soldiers and sailors in a district of counties outside of and including the county of Licking. The objects of the organization may be furthered in any other appropriate manner the society may adopt
6. The society shall meet annually, at such time-as may be agreed upon by resolution, for the erection of officers an such older appropriate business as may be presented, and the bearing of reports. Special meetings may be called by therotary, upon the order of the president. At such special meetings ten or more shall make a quorum.
7. The treasurer shall pay out the moneys of the society, n on the written order of the president and secretary.
8. That the personal recollections of the officer, soldiers and sailors of this society may be communicated and further perpetuated, banquets may be appointed by a vote of the society, on which occasions the president and secretary may appoint different members to prepare and read manuscript accounts of their experiences during the war, or verbally, by speeches, to recount incidents. and anecdotes of the sends. personally known to them.
Colonel Kibler, chairman of the committee on organization, offered the following amendatory resolutions, which were adopted
Resolved, That the treasurer collect of the members. of this society an annual fee of one dollar, to repay the expenses; but the payment of such fee shall not constitute a condition precedent to membership.
Resolved, That the annual meetings of this society for the years succeeding 1877, be held to ten o'clock, A. M., on Thanksgiving day.
The following is a list of the names of the members of the society, their rank, command, time of service, post office address and military record: The records follow in the order of names as subscribed to the constitution of the society. Brevity in some does not indicate less service rendered than in others. Some relate little incidents connected with their army life; others give merely a brief statistical record. The records of a few officers are taken from the State roster; the others are given as furnished, in the following order:
JOSPEH C. WEHRLE, brevet lieutenant colonel United States volunteers, company E, seventy-sixth Ohio infantry, enlisted October 17, 1861, and discharged October 28, 1864. He took part in every engagement that the seventy-sixth regiment was in, from Fort Donelson to the expiration of his term of service. He was wounded January 11, 1863, at Arkansas Post.
At the close of the war Captain Wehrle received a commission from the President of the United States, as brevet lieutenant colonel, "for gallant and meritorious services during the war." Newark, Ohio.
EDWIN NICHOLS, lieutenant colonel Twenty-seventh regiment, Ohio veteran volunteer infantry, enlisted August. 18, 1861, and discharged in September, 1864. He took part in the following named battles: New Madrid, Island No. 10, Fort Pillow, siege of. Corinth, battle of Corinth, battle of Iuka, Parker's Cross Roads, capture of Decatur, Alabama and the battles of the Atlanta campaign. He originally took a company from Newark, Ohio,
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and was assigned to company C, Twenty-seventh Ohio volunteer infantry, at Camp Chase, Ohio. He resigned after the fall of Atlanta, on account of bad health. Newark, Ohio.
CHARLES D. MILLER, brevet major, United States volunteers, company C, Seventy-sixth regiment, Ohio infantry. Enlisted October 18, 1861; discharged November 18, 1864. He took part in the following named battles: Fort Donelson, Shiloh, siege of Corinth, Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, Jackson, Mississippi, siege of Vicksburgh, siege of Jackson, Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta, Ezra Chapel, Jonesborough, Lovejoy Station and Ship's Gap. He was slightly wounded in June, 1863, at Vicksburgh, in the foot with grape shot, and May t5, t864, at Resaca, in the hip with a musket ball. He enlisted as a private October 18, 1861; was appointed first sergeant December 9, 1861, sergeant major May 24, 1862, first lieutenant and adjutant June 24, 1862 (to rank from May 30, 1862), and captain March 10, 1864. He served with company C from October 18, 1861, to May 24, 1862; as adjutant from May 30, 1362, to March 10, 1864; and as captain commanding company C from March 10, 1864, to August 16, 1864. He was appointed assistant adjutant inspector general First brigade, First division, Fifteenth army corps, August 16, t864, and served on the staff of Colonel Milo Smith until the expiration of his term of service. He was commissioned by the president of the United States, March 12, 1867, as brevet major United States volunteers, to rank from March 13, 1865, "for gallant and meritorious services during the war." Newark, Ohio.
DAVID THOMAS, JR., major One Hundred and Thirty-fifth regiment Ohio national guards. Enlisted originally in Ninety-fifth Ohio volunteer infantry, August 16, 1862, as captain; discharged in March, 1865. He took part in the following named battles: Richmond, Kentucky, and North Mountain, Virginia. He was wounded August 31, 1862, at Richmond, Kentucky; was taken a prisoner of war at North Mountain, Virginia, July 3, 1864, and confined in rebel prisons until March, 1865, Newark, Ohio.
JOSEPH M. SCOTT, captain. company B, Seventy-sixth regiment Ohio volunteer infantry. Commissioned February 6, 1862, to rank from November 12, 1861. Resigned September 30, 1862. He took part in the following battles: Fort Donelson, Shiloh and the siege of Corinth. Alexandria, Ohio.
JONATHAN REES, captain company F, Twenty-seventh regiment Ohio volunteer infantry. Enlisted originally as private; commissioned second lieutenant April 10, 1862; first lieutenant July 21, 1862, and captain September 26, 1864. He resigned September 30, 1864. Newark, Ohio..
FREDERICK H. WILSON, brevet lieutenant colonel United States volunteers. Commissioned second lieutenant Seventy-sixth regiment Ohio volunteer infantry August 14, 1862; first lieutenant March 10, 1864; captain April 13, 1864, and major United States volunteers in adjutant general's department in July, 1865. Mustered out in April, 1866. He took part in. the following named battles: Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, sieges of Jackson and Vicksburgh, Lookout :fountain, Mission Ridge, Ring-old, Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta, Ezra Chapel, Jonesborough, Lovejoy Station, Griswoldville, Savannah, Columbia and Bentonville. Newark, Ohio.
NATHAN BOSTWICK, brevet lieutenant colonel . Twentieth regiment Ohio volunteer infantry. Commissioned second lieutenant December 16, 1861, first lieutenant May 9, 1862, captain January 30, 1864, and major January 11, 1865, He was taken prisoner at the battle of Atlanta, July 22; 1864, and afterwards escaped and returned to the Union lines. Newark, Ohio.
ALLEN W. BALL, captain One Hundred and Ninety-first regiment Ohio volunteer infantry. Enlisted as private in company H, Third Ohio volunteer infantry in April, 1861. Commissioned first lieutenant in One Hundred and Ninety-first Ohio volunteer infantry March 3, 1865. Mustered out with the regiment as adjutant in September, 1865. Newark, Ohio.
GEORGE W. CHASE, first lieutenant and quartermaster. Enlisted in company H, First Ohio volunteer infantry, April 19, 1861, as a private, and afterwards in the Eighty-eighth Ohio volunteer infantry. Discharged in November, 1863. He took part in the following named battles: Fairfax Court House, Bull Run, Culpepper Court House, Orange Court House, Frankfort, Nashville, Knoxville, and numerous small engagements, not
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called battles. He was wounded August 11, 1861 -not seriously-and was taken a prisoner of war at first Bull Run, and by Morgan at Cynthiana, Kentucky, but escaped before going to Libby or Andersonville.
He enlisted in the First Ohio volunteer infantry, as private, was breveted second lieutenant after the Vienna affair, in August, 1861; was on recruiting service for the First, Second, Nineteenth, Sixty-third, Seventy-eighth, and Eighty-fifth Ohio volunteer infantry regiments; acted as adjutant in organizing new regiments and afterwards served as regimental quartermaster. Newark, Ohio.
JOHN H. MCCUNE, captain company H, Thirty-first regiment Ohio volunteer infantry. Enlisted September 8, 1861; discharged in 1864. He took part in the following. named battles: Mill Springs, Perryville, Chickamauga and Mission Ridge.
He was aid-de-camp to General Schoeff; also to General S. S. Fry and General James B. Steedman, and afterwards was ordnance officer on General Baird's staff. Newark, Ohio:
SYLVESTER S. WELLS. first lieutenant and adjutant Seventy-sixth regiment Ohio volunteer infantry. Appointed sergeant major, in December, 1861, commissioned first lieutenant March 24, 1862, to rank from January 22, 1862. Resigned May 3, 1862. He took part in the following named battles: Fort Donelson, Shiloh and siege of Corinth. Newark, Ohio.
FRANK J. BRACKETT, captain company B, Seventy-sixth regiment Ohio infantry. Enlisted September 30, 1861; discharged July 20, 1865. He took part in the following named battles: Fort Donelson, Shiloh, siege of Corinth, Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, Jackson, siege of Vicksburgh, Ringgold, Resaca; Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta, Ezra Chapel, Jonesborough, Lovejoy Station, Savannah, Columbia, Bentonville, and Raleigh.
He enlisted as a. private September 30, 1861; promoted to sergeant, first sergeant, second lieutenant, first lieutenant, and captain. He was struck by lightning at Youngs Point, in the spring of r863, and rendered unfit for duty for taro months. Fredonia, Ohio.
J. C. CAMPBELL, colonel Seventy-sixth regiment Pennsylvania infantry, Enlisted August 6, 1861; discharged. January 23, 1865. He took part in the following named battles: Port Royal, Edisto Island, Pocotaligo, Fort Pulaski, Broad River, James Island, Fort Wagner, second attack on Fort Wagner, City Point, Bermuda Hundred, Drury's Bluff, Cold Harbor, Carter's Farm, Dutch Gap, White House, and Gaines' Mills. He was wounded November 17, 1864, at Chester Station.
He engaged also in the trenches is front of Petersburgh, at the mine explosion in front of Petersburgh, at Chester Station, Fort Sedgwick and many skirmishes of less note; also in the hard fight taking the island on which Fort Wagner was located. Newark, Ohio.
WILLIAM C. LYON, captain company C, Twenty-third regiment Ohio volunteers. Enlisted April 15th and mustered in May 20, 1861; discharged twenty-second day of April, 1865. He took part in the following named battles: Carnifex Ferry, Cotton Mountain, Hawk's Nest, Fayette C. H., Raleigh C. H., Clark's Hollow, Princeton, Giles C., H., East River, Frederick City, South Mountain, Antietam, Hancock, and Wytheville. He engaged in the capture of the main force of John Morgan's command in Ohio. He was a prisoner of war at Libby, Macon, Charleston, and Columbia, South Carolina, from February 13, 1864, to March 4, 1865.
He was taken prisoner in company with Brigadier General E. Parker Scammon and his entire staff: He escaped several times but was retaken and returned each time to the same prison, from which he finally escaped. His regiment was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel R. B. Hayes, now President of the United States, who fell badly wounded early in the engagement at South Mountain. Captain John W. Skyles and Lieutenant Martin Ritter, of the same company, were both wounded-the former losing an arm and the latter a leg. Newark, Ohio.
JOHN HISER, captain company E, Seventy-sixth regiment .Ohio veteran volunteer infantry. Enlisted October 21, 1861; discharged July 17, 1865. He took part in all the battles from Fort Donelson to Bentonville, North Carolina, inclusive, except Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge and Ringgold. He enlisted as a private, served as a corporal, duty sergeant, first sergeant, second lieutenant, first lieutenant and captain, and was with the
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regiment from its organization until mustered out of service, except when on detached duty. Newark, Ohio.
ELLIOTT W. CROSSE, ensign, South Atlantic blockading squadron, United States navy. Enlisted :March 4, 1862; discharged October 16, 1865. He served on the tear vessels Potomska, Catskill and Massachusetts, and engaged in the bombardments of Charleston, Pocataligo Bridge and Fort Fisher. He was wounded at Pocataligo Bridge in November, 1864. Newark, Ohio.
CORY A. WILSON. He was a member of the One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Ohio national guards, and was a prisoner of tear for a long time. Newark, Ohio.
WILLIAM A. BELL, captain company E, Sixty-fifth Ohio veteran volunteer infantry. Enlisted October 7, 1861; discharged December 3, 1865. He took part in the following named battles: Shiloh, Corinth, Perryville, Kentucky, Stone River, Liberty, Gap, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Buzzards' Roost, Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain, Decatur, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Jonesborough, Lovejoy, Spring Hill, Franklin and Nashville. he was out three months in the Fourth regiment Ohio volunteer infantry at the first three months' rail. Newark, Ohio.
CHARLES H. KIBLER, brevet lieutenant colonel United States volunteers. Commissioned captain company D, Seventy-sixth regiment Ohio volunteer infantry, February 6, 1862 (to rank from December 16, 1861.) Resigned May 23, 1863, on account of ill health. Re-instated by order of the Secretary of War and served on the staff of General Woods until August, 1864. Breveted lieutenant colonel by the President for gallant any meritorious services during the war. Newark, Ohio.
CHARLES R WOODS.-The military history of Charles R, Woods, of the United States army, as shown by the files of this office:
ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,
WASHINGTON, January 2, 1875.
REGULAR ARMY RECORD.-Graduated at the United States military academy, and appointed brevet second lieutenant First infants. the first of July, 1852; second lieutenant First infantry, July 31, '52; second lieutenant Ninth infantry, March 3, '55; first lieutenant Ninth infantry, October 16, '55; captain Ninth infantry, April 1, '61; major Eighteenth infantry, April 20, '64; transferred to Twenty-seventh infantry. September 21, '66; lieutenant colonel Thirty-third infantry, July 28. '56; unassigned March 15, '69; assigned to Fifth infantry, March 24, '69; colonel Second infantry, February 18. '74. (Brevetted lieutenant colonel July 4, '63, for gallant and meritorious services at the capture of Vicksburgh, Mississippi; colonel November 24, '63, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Chattanooga, Tennessee; brigadier general March 13, '65 for gallant and meritorious services in battles before Atlanta. Georgia, and major general March 13, '65 for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Bentonville. North Carolina.]
SERVICE.-On duty at Fort Columbus, New fork harbor. September 30, to October 24, 1832; at Fort Wood, New York harbor, to November '52; thence he proceeded to Texas, and joined his company December 16, '52; served therewith to May 12, '55, when he left to join the Ninth infantry, intuiting for the regiment from June 12, '53, to November 28, '55; with regiment at Fort Monroe, Virginia, to December 15, '55; thence with regiment to and in Washington Territory to November 3, '57; on leave of absence to January 21, '58; on recruiting service and en route to company to September 17, '58; with regiment in Washington Territory to April 29, '60; on general recruiting service at Fort Columbus, New fork harbor, to April 20, '61; on duty at Generals Patterson's and Banks' headquarters, is Maryland, to August, '61; on recruiting service at St. Louis, Missouri, to October 3. '61; (in volunteer service October 13, '61, to September 1, '66-see record below). Commanding district of the Chattahoochie to March 1, '66; on permission to delay to June 14, '67; commanding depot, Newport barracks, Kentucky. to April 16. '69; commanding post of Fort Wallace. Kansas. May 1, '69 to (and troops in field at Kit Carson; Colorado Territory), February 20, 71; on sick leave to July 15,. '71; member of army regulation board to March. '72; on South Carolina division to March 3, '73; commanding Fort Lamed, Kansas, to March 23, '73; on sick lease, and on South Carolina division to date of retirement,,. December 14, '74.
VOLUNTEER RECORD, -- Mustered into service as colonel Seventy-sixth Ohio volunteers, October 15, 1861, brigadier general volunteers. August 22, '63.Breveted major general November 22, '64 for long and continued services and for special gallantry at Griswoldsville, Georgia.
SERVED. Commanding : forty-fourth Ohio volunteers in the West Virginia campaign from October 14, 1861 to November 13, '62. Tenth Ohio volunteers in same campaign to November 18, 1861 at Newark, Ohio organizing. drilling and equipping his regiment, to February 6, 1862 commanding regiment in the district of west Tennessee to February 21, 1862; Third brigade, Third division. district of west Tennessee to April 25, 1862; his regiment in same brigade to August 1862; the brigade to second brigade. Third division, army of the Southwest to October 15, 1862; Third division. army of the Southwest to October 28, 1862 Second brigade. Third division. to December 16, 1862; his regiment in the. Fifteenth corps, to April 2, 1863, and Second brigade, First division, Fifteenth corps, to July 30, 1863; on leave of absence to August 18. 1863; commanding second brigade, First division. Fifteenth corps, to September 1, 1863, and First brigade, First division. Fifteenth corps, to October 31, 1863; First division, Fifteenth corps, to November 23, 1863, and First brigade, First division. Fifteenth corps, to December 23, 1863; on lease of absence to January 3, 1864; commanding First division. Fifteenth corps, to February, 1864; First brigade. First division. Fifteenth corps, to July 15, 1864; First division, Fifteenth corps, to August, 1864; resumed
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command of same division September 23, 1864, and remained in command thereof to July, 1865; commanding department of Alabama from July 18, 1865, to June 1,. 1866; department of the South to August 18, 1866; district of Chattahoochie to--see regular army record.
Mustered out of volunteer service, September 1, 1866.
THOMAS M. VINCENT,
Assistant Adjutant General.
Postoffice address, Newark, Ohio.
GEORGE A. BALL, brevet captain company K, One Hundred and Ninety-fifth Ohio volunteer infantry. Enlisted April, 1861; discharged December 18, 1865. He took part in the following named battles: Cheat Mountain, Chaplin Hills, and Stone River. He was wounded January 3, 1863, at Stone River.
He first entered the service in April, 1861, in company H, Third Ohio volunteer infantry; served until April, r863; re-enlisted as first lieutenant in the One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Ohio national guards, in 1864; then re-enlisted as first lieutenant in the One Hundred and Ninety-fifth Ohio volunteer infantry, in 1865. Newark, Ohio.
KIMBLE ABBOTT was a member of company C, Twenty-seventh Ohio volunteer infantry, and served four years. Newark, Ohio.
LEONIDAS H. INSCHO, second lieutenant company A, Twenty-third Ohio veteran volunteer infantry. Enlisted June 16, 1861; discharged August 7, 1865. He took part in the following named battles: Skeary Town, Carnifex Ferry, Princeton, Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Fayetteville, Cloyd Mountain, New River, Lynchburgh, Cattletown, Winchester, Barrysville, Opequan, Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek. He was wounded slightly September 14, '62 and September 19, '63, at South !Mountain and Opequan. Ht enlisted first in company E, Twelfth Ohio volunteer infantry, and served three years, then returned and served in the Twenty-third Ohio veteran volunteer infantry; was never sick a day during his whole term of service, and never missed a roll call, drill or guard duty. At South Mountain, after a hand-to-hand fight over a stone wall, Lieutenant Inscho captured four prisoners of war, among them one commissioned officer, and delivered them safely to his commanding officer. Chatham, Ohio.
JOHN B. VANCE, first lieutenant company H, One Hundred and Fortieth Pennsylvania infantry. Enlisted August 8, 1862; discharged September 28, 1864, on account of wounds. He took part in the following named battles: Chancelorsville, Gettysburgh, Pennsylvania, Falling Waters, Maryland, Raccoon Station, Bristow Station, Mine Run, Morton's Ford, Wilderness, Todd's Tavern, Po River, and Spottsylvania Court House. He was wounded July 2, 1863, at Gettysburgh, and May 12, 1864, at Spottsylvania Court House. He enlisted as private; appointed third sergeant September 8, '62; elected second lieutenant November 5, '62; promoted to first lieutenant August 13, '63; was in command of company A at Bristow Station and Mine Run campaign, and in command of company D in the Wilderness campaign until wounded. Newark, Ohio.
THOMAS G. BROOKE, drum major company C, Seventy-sixth Ohio volunteer 'infantry. Enlisted October 11, 1861; discharged March 19, 1863. He took part in the following named battles: Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Milliken's Bend, Bolivar, Sherman's attack on Haines' Bluff, Arkansas Post and Grant's attack on Vicksburgh. His discharge was owing to general orders No. 126, dated September 6, 1862, which discharged from service all brass bands and leaders of field bands, as being in excess of organization. He remained with the regiment seven months after date of general order No. 126, up to date of final discharge, March 19, 1863, and took part in the ensuing battles. Newark, Ohio.
SAMUEL W. BROOKE, second lieutenant company A, One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Ohio national guards. Enlisted June 5, 1862; discharged May r, 1866. He took part in the following named battles: Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Milliken's Bend, in 1862 and in 1864, at the taking of Cumberland gap and Taswell, and in 1865, at Harper's Ferry or John Brown's school house.
His first service was with the Seventy-sixth regiment, and as drum major, was then transferred to the regimental band and discharged by act of Congress. His second service was in the six months' service, as first lieutenant company I, One Hundred and Twenty-ninth regiment; third service as second lieutenant company A, One Hundred and Thirty-fifth regiment Ohio national guards. Newark, Ohio.
JAMES W. KIRKENDALL, captain company D,
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First Ohio veteran volunteer cavalry. Enlisted August 5, 1861; discharged September 13, 1865. He took part in the following named battles: Shiloh, Corinth, Perryville, Stone River, Chickamauga, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta, Lovejoy Station, Jonesborough, Mission Ridge, Ebenezer Church, Selma, Montgomery, Columbus and Macon. He was wounded at Springfield, Kentucky, in the hand.
He was in active service during the war, and saw and endured more than can be related at present. Union Station, Ohio.
WILLIAM T. EVANS, first lieutenant company I, Second Ohio heavy artillery. Enlisted in July, 1863; discharged in August, 1865. He participated in the battles at Cleveland and Strawberry Plains, Tennessee, and served with his company on garrison duty at Fort DeWolf and Camp Nelson, Kentucky, and at Forts McPherson and Galpin, in Tennessee. He commanded company H on a raid into east Tennessee under General Steedman, and commanded General Schofield's body guard. The last few months of service he was on the staff of General Stoneman as brigade quartermaster. Newark, Ohio.
GEORGE W. KIRBY, private company F, Ninety-fifth Ohio volunteer infantry. Enlisted September 12, 1864; discharged August 29, 1865. He took part in the following named battles: Skirmish at Rally Road and Nashville, Tennessee, December 16 , 1864, siege of Spanish Fort, from March 27 to April 8, t865. He never was off of duty from any cause whatever during all his term of service. Newark, Ohio.
JAMES W. DUNN. - He was a member of company A, Seventy-sixth Ohio volunteer infantry and served eleven months. Chatham, Ohio.
FREDERICK LISEY, private company B, Seventeenth Ohio veteran volunteer infantry. Enlisted August 6, 1861; discharged July 25, 1865. He took part in the following named battles: Wild Cat, Kentucky, Mill Springs, Kentucky, Corinth, Iuka, Perryville, Stone River, Hoover's Gap, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Ringgold, Buzzard's Roost, Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw, , Atlanta, Jonesborough, Lovejoy Station, Savannah, Columbi and Bentonville. He operated with "Sherman's bummers" through the Carolinas, and upon one occasion rode in advance of the army with thirty others, penetrated the rebel works at Bentonville, withdrew safely and reported the rebel strength at headquarters. Newark, Ohio.
AMOS R LEE, private company C, Seventy-sixth regiment Ohio infantry, Enlisted March 1, 1864; discharged July 20, 1865. He took part in the following named battles: Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain, Dallas, Atlanta, Ezra Chapel, Jonesborough, Lovejoy Station, Savannah, Columbia and Bentonville. Newark, Ohio.
BENJAMIN ABBOTT, sergeant company C, Seventy-sixth regiment Ohio infantry. Enlisted October 30, 1861; discharged July 20, 1865. He took part in the following named battles: Shiloh, Corinth, Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, Jackson, Vicksburgh, Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge, Ringgold, Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta, Ezra Chapel, Jonesborough, Lovejoy Station, Savannah and Columbia. He was never absent from the regiment during active service, from muster in until muster out, and was never in hospital. Newark, Ohio.
MOSES B. ROOT, corporal company H, Seventy-sixth regiment Ohio volunteer infantry. Enlisted November 1, 1861; discharged July 27, 1865. He took part in the following named battles Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth, Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, Vicksburgh, Jackson, Lookout :Mountain, Atlanta, Ezra Chapel, Jonesborough, Lovejoy Station, Savannah, Columbia, and Bentonville.
He never missed an engagement that the regiment was in, from muster in to muster out. Apple] ton, Ohio.
JOSEPH MEISTER, corporal company E, Seventy-sixth Ohio infantry. Enlisted August 18, 1862; discharged June 16, 1865. He took part in every engagement with the Seventy-sixth Ohio since August, 1862. He was wounded November 27, 1863, at Ringgold, Georgia.
This soldier died at his residence in Newark, November 18; 1878, mostly from the effects of the severe wounds received in the service. He was the first member of the Soldiers' and Sailors' society who has died, and a number of his comrades attended the funeral.
JOSEPH A. DEAMUDE, first sergeant company D,
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Ohio veteran volunteer infantry. Enlisted October 31, 1861; discharged July 16, 1865: He took part in all engagements from Fort Donelson to Bentonville, South Carolina.
At Lookout Mountain, Sergeant Deamude, together with one man of the same company, surprised and captured fourteen of the enemy and turned them over safely at headquarters. Newark, Ohio.
SIMON WILLIAMS, private company D, Seventy-sixth Ohio. Enlisted November 27, 1861; discharged at Savannah, Georgia, December 19, 1864. He took part in the following named battles: Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth, Arkansas Post, Richmond, Chickasaw Bayou, Raymond, Champion Hills, Jackson, Black River, Vicksburgh, Jackson second time, Canton, Lookout Mountain, Chattanooga, Mission Ridge, Ringgold, Dallas, Dalton, Resaca, Kenesa Mountain, Augusta, R. R, July 22d and 28th, on the right, Jonesborough, Lovejoy Station. Macon and Savannah. Wilkins Run, Ohio.
GEORGE W. TORRANCE, sergeant company C, Seventy-eighth regiment Ohio volunteer infantry. Enlisted February 6, 1862, at Zanesville, Ohio; discharged January 12, 1865, at Beaufort, South Carolina, for disability. He took part in the following named battles: Pittsburgh Landing, Iuka, battle and siege of Corinth, Fort Donelson, Jackson, Tennessee, Bolivar, Tennessee, Iuka, skirmish near Grand Junction, Tennessee, Port Gibson, Raymond, Baker's Creek, and the battles and surrender of Vicksburgh, Kenesaw `fountain, skirmish at Nickajack Creek, Georgia, Peach Tree Creek and Atlanta; July 21st and 22d. Wounded at Kenesaw Mountain June 27, 1864, and at Atlanta, July 21, 1864, and also severely at Atlanta, July 22, I864.
He was a prisoner of war one day and night at Atlanta; remained on the battle-field all night, wounded, July 22, 1864, among the rebel wounded and dead; was treated as .well as could be expected under the circumstances; he could not walk and they let him lie just where he felt He took part in all the marches and campaigns with the army of the Tennessee. Newark, Ohio
FRANKLIN F. WISE. - He was a member of company C, Fiftieth Pennsylvania volunteers, and served three years and three months. Newark, Ohio.
JAMES D. COON.-He was a member of company C, Twenty-seventh Ohio volunteer infantry, and served one year. Newark, Ohio.
THOMPSON F. OSBURN, sergeant company F, One Hundred and Thirteenth regiment Ohio volunteer infantry. Enlisted August 22, 1862; discharged July 7, 1865. He took part in the following named battles: Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Buzzard's Roost, Resaca, Rome, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, in front of Atlanta, Jonesborough, March to the Sea, and through the Carolinas, and Bentonville, North Carolina.
Sergeant Osburn fired one of the last guns of the war in his department, on the tenth of April, 1865, near Smithfield, North Carolina. He also fired one of the first and one of the last guns of the battle of Chickamauga. Vanattas, Ohio.
JONATHAN MCPHERSON, private company F, Seventy-third Ohio volunteers. Enlisted February 15, 1865; discharged July 26, 1865. Newark, Ohio.
GEORGE H. BOGGS, private company C, Seventy-sixth regiment Ohio volunteer infantry. Enlisted October 7, 1862; discharged August 4, 1863. He took part in the following named battles: Ash Hollow, Cottonwood Springs, Solomon's Fork, Jackson, and Vicksburgh. The first three battles were with the Indians during service in the regular army; the last two in the war of the Rebellion. He was wounded July 29, 1857, at Solomon's Fork.
Sergeant Boggs enlisted in the First United States cavalry, February 22, 1855, and was discharged February 22, 1860. He was wounded by the Indian chief "White Feather," in a hand-to hand fight on Solomon's fork. Newark, Ohio.
LEROY S. BANCROFT, private company D, One Hundred and Thirteenth regiment Ohio volunteer infantry. Enlisted August 25, 1862.; discharged July 10, 1865. He took part in the following named battles: Franklin, Chickamauga, Buzzard's Roost, Dalton, Resaca, Rome, Dallas, Kenesaw, Chattahooche, Peach Tree Creek, New Hope Church, Jonesborough, Atlanta, Savannah, Black River, Bentonsville, and Goldsborough.
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missed a day of duty during his whole term of service. Newark, Ohio.
ISAAC N. PRESTON, private company C, Seventy-sixth Ohio veteran volunteer infantry. Enlisted October 30, 1861; discharged July 19, 1865. He took part in the following named battles: Fort Donelson, siege of Vicksburgh, Jackson, Mississippi, siege of Atlanta, siege of Corinth, Chicksaw Bayou, Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta, Ezra Chapel, Jonesborough, Lovejoy Station, Savannah, and Columbia.
Ike Preston was the "statistician and directory" of company C. Nothing escaped his notice, and to this day his remarkable memory series him in relating with precision-as to dates and places the many little incidents connected with the service. Chatham, Ohio.
JOHN N. LYNN was last a member of company F, One Hundred and Seventy-eighth Ohio volunteer infantry, and served three years and ten months during the war. Newark, Ohio.
THOMAS COCHRAN was a member of company I, One Hundred and Twenty-first Ohio volunteer infantry, and served one year and one month. Newark, Ohio.
EDWARD B. JONES, first sergeant company C, Twenty-seventh regiment Ohio veteran volunteer infantry. Enlisted in July, 1861; discharged July 11, 1865. He took part in the following named battles: Sieges of New Madrid and Island No. Ten, Iuka, Mississippi, September 19th, Corinth, Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta; on Saludas river, South Carolina, Cheraw, on Great Pedee river, and Bentonville, North Carolina. He was slightly wounded at Atlanta, July 22, 1864.
He first enlisted in Captain McDougal's company H, Third Ohio volunteer infantry, in three months' service, in April, 1861, and was discharged at Camp Dennison to give room for three years' men; re-enlisted in Captain Edwin Nichol's company in July, 1861, and re-enlisted as a veteran December 15, 1863, at Prospect Station, Tennessee. Newark, Ohio.
MILTON R SCOTT, private company D, Seventy-sixth Ohio volunteer infantry. Enlisted November 25, 1861; discharged December 20, 1864. He took part in the following named battles: Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, siege of Vicksburgh, and other minor engagements.
He served on detached duty at headquarters in 1864. In civil life he entered into the profession of journalism, and is now editor and proprietor of the Newark Banner. Newark, Ohio.
JOSIAH SPEA.RS was a member of company D, Seventy-sixth regiment Ohio volunteer infantry, and served one year and four months, Newark, Ohio.
HENRY BASH was a member of company C, Seventy-sixth regiment Ohio volunteer infantry-, and served three years and five months. He was severely wounded in the battle of Jonesborough, Georgia. Utica, Ohio.
EDWARD H. PERKINS, first lieutenant One Hundred and Thirty-ninth New York infantry, enlisted February 16, 1864; discharged July 20, 1865. He engaged in the following named battles: Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw and Atlanta, Georgia.
He enlisted as a musician in company C, Seventy-sixth Ohio infantry, February r6, 1864, and was discharged May :g, 1865. He was commissioned first lieutenant One Hundred and Thirty-ninth New fork infantry, May 29, 1865, but continued in service with the Seventy-sixth Ohio infantry. Newark, Ohio.
TIMOTHY POWERS, private company D, Seventy-sixth Ohio volunteer infantry, enlisted January 5, 1864; discharged June 29, 1865. He took part in the following battles: Resaca, Dallas; Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta, Jonesborough and Lovejoy Station. Newark, Ohio.
JOHN EVERS, private First Kentucky independent battery; enlisted April 14, 1862; discharged July 12, 1865. He took part in the following named battles: Antietam, Frederick City, South Mountain, Cotton Mountain, Winchester, Snickers Gap, Lynchburgh and Strasburgh. Newark, Ohio.
JACOB F. THEURER, sergeant company E, Seventy-sixth Ohio veteran volunteer infantry, enlisted in November, 1861; discharged July' 19, 1865. He took part in every engagement with the regiment during its term of service, and was never sick in hospital, but always ready for duty. Newark, Ohio.
BENJAMIN F. Rice, sergeant company B,
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Seventy-sixth regiment Ohio volunteer infantry, enlisted November 8, 1861; discharged April 7, 1863. He took part in the following named battles: Fort Donelson, Pittsburgh Landing and Arkansas. Post. He was discharged on account of being paralyzed by a stroke of lightning at Young's Point, Louisiana, February 14, 1863. Johnstown, Ohio.
FRANCIS O. JACOBS, private company A, Fourth Ohio volunteer infantry, enlisted April 8, 1861; discharged in December, 1863. He took part in the following named battles: Rich Mountain, Petersburgh, Romney, Blue's Gap, Winchester, Fredericksburgh and Chancellorsville. He was wounded Sunday, May 3, 1863, at Chancellorsville. Newark, Ohio.
BENTLEY GILL.-He was a member of company D, Seventy-sixth Ohio volunteer infantry, and served three years and three months. Newark, Ohio.
ELIJAH BECKHAM. He was a member of company A, Seventy-sixth Ohio volunteer infantry, and served four years. Fallsburgh, Ohio.
SAMUEL F. GILBREATH, private company A, Seventy-sixth regiment, Ohio infantry. Enlisted October 5, 1861 ; discharged July 20, 1865. He took part in the following named battles: Fort Donelson, Shiloh, siege of Corinth, Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, Jackson, siege of Vicksburgh, Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge, Ringgold, Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta, Ezra Chapel, Jonesborough, Lovejoy Station, Savannah and Bentonville. He was never away from the regiment during his whole term of service; he never rode in an ambulance; never was in a hospital and never was in the guard-house. Fallsburgh, Ohio.
JONATHAN TAVENER.-He was a member of company D, Seventy-sixth Ohio volunteer infantry, and served three years and seven months. Newark, Ohio.
GEORGE W. MCQUEEN. - He was a member of company A, Seventy-sixth Ohio volunteer infantry, and served two years. Fallsburgh, Ohio.
CHARLES W. HULL, private company A, Seventy-sixth Ohio volunteer infantry. Enlisted February 23, 1864; discharged July. 15, 1865.H took part in the following named battles: Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta, Georgia, Jonesborough, Lovejoy Station, Taylor's Ridge, Savannah, Georgia, Columbia, South Carolina, Bentonville, and Raleigh, North Carolina. He never missed a meal or a battle from Nashville to the close of the Rebellion. He was wounded May 16, 1864, at Dallas, Georgia. Fallsburgh, Ohio.
J. W. MARTIN, private company A, Seventy-sixth Ohio volunteer infantry. Enlisted February 29,1864; discharged July 18, 1865. He took part in every- battle in which the Seventy-sixth was engaged from the first day of April, 1864, to the time it was mustered out of service. He was a prisoner of war at Taylor's Ridge, but escaped in a short time. Perryton, Ohio. .
WILLIAM HOLLER, first Sergeant company F, Ninety-fifth regiment Ohio volunteer infantry. Enlisted August 18, 1862; discharged August 14, 1865. He took part in the following named battles: Richmond. Kentucky, Jackson, Mississippi; siege of Vicksburgh, Tupelo, Mississippi; siege of Spanish Fort, Alabama.
He was a prisoner of war at Richmond, Kentucky, from August 30, 1862, to September 1, 1862; was paroled September 1, 1862; and exchanged in February, 1863. Newark, Ohio.
MINOT O. NASH, JR., private company F. Ninety-fifth Ohio infantry. Enlisted August to, 1862; discharged August 10, 1865. He took part in the following named battles: Richmond, Kentucky, Jackson, siege of Vicksburgh, siege of Jackson, Brice's Cross Roads, Tupelo, Nashville, and siege of Spanish Fort, Alabama.
He was a prisoner of war and paroled at Lexington, Kentucky, from September 5, 1862, to about November 15, 1862. Newark, Ohio.
HENDERSON ALLBAUGH, corporal company H, Seventy-sixth Ohio volunteer infantry. Enlisted February 8, 1862; discharged July 29, 1865. He took part in the following named battles: Fort Donelson, Pittsburgh Landing, Chickasaw, Arkansas Post, Vicksburgh, Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge, Ringgold, Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta twenty-second of July, Ezra Chapel, Bentonville, Savannah, and Jonesborough. Newark, Ohio. .
EDWARD T. CROSSE, fifth sergeant company D. Seventy-sixth Ohio volunteer infantry. Enlisted.
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December 10, 1862; discharged July 19, 1865. He took part in the following named battles: Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, siege of Vicksburgh, Lookout Mountains Ringgold, Mission Ridge, and in two engagements around Atlanta, Georgia, and others; making thirty-two battles and skirmishes during the war. Newark, Ohio.
EDWARD BARRETT. - He was a member of company C, Seventy-eighth Ohio volunteer infantry, and served three years. Newark, Ohio.
NOAH SMITH.-He was a member of company E, Seventy-sixth Ohio volunteer infantry, and served there years and nine months. Beech Corners, Ohio.
DAVES WHITE, private company D, Fifty-first regiment New York volunteers. Enlisted August 25, 1861; discharged :March 13, 1863, 863, at Fairfax hospital, Virginia. He took part in the following named battles: Yorktown, Virginia, Roanoake Island, North Carolina, New Berne, North Carolina, Nassau River, forty-five miles above New Berne, Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Rappahannock Station, Virginia, Mannassas Junction, Virginia, and three days at Bull Run, Virginia. He eras wounded the last day at Bull Run in August, 1862; was a prisoner of war at Nassau River from April 30 to July z., 1862; also at Raleigh, North Carolina, and Libby, Virginia. He was in the three months' service with the First New York volunteers under Colonel Ellsworth, and served four months and sixteen days. Newark, Ohio.
EDWARD F. NEWKIRK.-He was a member of company E, Twelfth Ohio volunteer infantry, and served two years and six months. Newark, Ohio.
WILLIAM J. LAWRENCE. - He was a second lieutenant in company G, Sixty-first Pennsylvania volunteers, and served four years and seven months. Newark, Ohio.
WILLIAM H. ZIPPERER, private company H, Seventeenth regiment Illinois volunteer infantry. Enlisted May 25, 1861: discharged at Springfield Illinois, June 4, 1864. He took part in the following named battles: Fredericktown, Missouri Fort Donelson, Tennessee, Pittsburgh Landing, Tennessee Raymond, Mississippi, siege of Vicksburgh burgh, Mississippi and Iuka, Mississippi. Newark, Ohio.
MILLIGAN DUNN, private company D, One Hundred and Thirteenth regiment, Ohio volunteer infantry. Enlisted August 31, 1862; discharged July 25, 1865. He took part in the following named battles: Kenesaw Mountain, Ringgold, Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia, Buzzard's Roost, Knoxville, Tennessee, Dallas, Franklin, Lookout Mountain and Peach Tree Creek. Fallsburgh, Ohio.
GEORGE W. DUNN, private company F, One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Ohio national guard. Enlisted May 2, 1864; discharged January 26, 1865, at Columbus, Ohio. He took .part in the following named battles: North Mountain, July 3, 1864, in the Shenandoah valley, Virginia, and was captured in the same fight on the day above mentioned, by General McCoslin's forces. He was a prisoner of tear at Andersonville, from July 27, 1864, to December to, 1864.
He was taken to Charlotte, thence to Lynchburgh, Virginia, thence to Andersonville, :where some thirty thousand were hemmed in by a stockade, with a dead-line on the inside for the purpose of killing the prisoners, for a reward of from thirty to sixty days' furlough, given to kill a Yankee! Fallsburgh, Ohio.
HENRY C. BOSTWICK, private company A, Ninety-sixth Ohio volunteer infantry, enlisted July 28, 1862; discharged November it, 1863. He took part in the following named battles: Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, and Vicksburgh. Newark, Ohio.
JOSHUA MORAN was a member of company A, Seventy-sixth Ohio volunteer infantry, and served three years and tea months. Fallsburgh, Ohio.
GEORGE T. VEACH corporal company D, Seventy-sixth Ohio veteran volunteer infantry, enlisted October 19, 1863; discharged July 20, 1865. He took part in all of the engagements with the regiment after joining the company and regiment in front of Chattanooga. He was wounded July 22, 1864, slightly in left foot, at Atlanta, Georgia.
He enlisted February 27, 1866, at Columbus, Ohio, in company C, Third battalion, Eighteenth United States regulars, and was discharged February 27, 1869, at Salt Lake City, Utah Territory. (Character excellent, as marked on discharge from regular army.) Since becoming a member of the. society, George T. Veach was accidentally killed by a locomotive, March 24, 1879, at Manhattan,
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Kansas, and his remains were brought to Newark and buried in Cedar Hill cemetery, March 29th. He was a gallant soldier in the war of the Rebellion, and displayed great bravery at Atlanta, July 22, 1864, where, in the charge of the Seventy-sixth regiment, he threw down his drum, picked up a musket and was the foremost man of his company. He entered the service quite young as a drummer boy.
JOHN BIERLEY was a member of company H, One Hundred and Eightieth Ohio volunteer infantry, and served one year and three months. Newark, Ohio.
W. B. BOWER, sergeant company L, Eleventh Ohio volunteer cavalry. Enlisted July 14, 1863; discharged July 14, 1866. He took part in quite a good many Indian fights and skirmishes, dates of which have been forgotten. His regiment was on the frontiers, fighting Indians, with regimental headquarters at Fort Laramie, Wyoming territory, and operated ail over Wyoming, Dakota, Idaho, Colorado, and Montana territories.
This soldier died in Newark, September 25, 1880, and was buried in Cedar Hill cemetery.
MOSES S. HARRISON, private company D, Seventy-sixth Ohio infantry. Enlisted October 4, 1862; discharged August 4, 1863, at Black River bridge, Mississippi. He took part in the following named battles: Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, and Vicksburgh. He was wounded May 19, 1863, in the rear of Vicksburgh. Newark, Ohio.
JOHN HUMBARGER, private companies B and F, One Hundred and Thirty-fifth and One Hundred and Eighty-seventh regiments Ohio volunteer infantry, enlisted May 2, 1864, and February 15, 1864; discharged September 2, 1864, and March 8, 1866. He took part in the battle of North Mountain. He was wounded July 3, 1864, at North Mountain, and a prisoner of war from the third until the sixth of July.
He escaped at Kearnstown and returned to his command at Harper's Ferry. The rest of the prisoners went to Andersonville. Newark, Ohio.
J. W. LATTIMER was a member of company K, Eighteenth Ohio volunteer infantry, and served eight months. Newark, Ohio.
WILLIAM LIPPINCOTT was a member of company C, One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Ohio national guard. He also served in the regular army and remained in service six years. Perryton, Ohio.
THOMAS E. HAYES, private company B, One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Ohio national guard. Enlisted May 2, 1864; discharged January 19, 1865, at Columbus, Ohio. He took part in an engagement at North Mountain Station, July 3, 1864, under command of Major David Thomas; after a fight of about three or four hours was captured with the entire force of officers and men, by rebel General McCausland with a force of several thousand men.
He was a prisoner of war at Lynchburgh, Andersonville, Millers, and Savannah from July 3, 1864, to November 25, 1864, at which time he was paroled; and on the following day was given up to the Union fleet, near Fort Pulaski, a mere skeleton, from ill treatment while a prisoner with the rebels. Granville, Ohio.
THOMAS W. BLUNT. - He was a member of company A, Seventy-sixth Ohio volunteer infantry, and served one year and five months Perryton, Ohio.
ERWIN H. CATHRIGHT. -He was a member of company F, One Hundred and Twenty-third Ohio volunteer infantry, and sewed two years. Newark, Ohio.
LOAMI MORGAN, private company C, One Hundred and Thirty-fifth regiment Illinois volunteers: Enlisted May 15, 1864; discharged September 28, 1864. Little Clay Lick, Ohio.
JAMES W. WILSON, private company A, Seventy-sixth regiment Ohio veteran volunteer infantry. Enlisted February 26, 1864; discharged July 15, 1865. He took part in the following named battles: Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain, Jonesborough, Atlanta, July 22d and 28, 1864, and Bentonville. Newark, Ohio.
CHARLES SEDERS, private company H, Seventy-sixth regiment Ohio volunteer infantry. Enlisted in March, 1864; discharged in July, 1865. He took part in the following named battles: Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta, Ezra Chapel, Jonesborough, Lovejoy Station, Savannah, and Bentonville.
He was wounded slightly May 24, 1864, at Dallas, Georgia. Newark, Ohio.
JAMES W. GEORGE. - He was a member of corn-
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pany F, Second battalion, Eighteenth United States regulars, and served three years. Newark, Ohio.
G. W. CAMPBELL.-He was a member of company R, Ninety-seventh Ohio volunteer infantry, and served three years. Newark, Ohio.
ALBERT E. MAGOFFIN, sergeant major Eighty-ninth Ohio volunteer infantry. Enlisted July 31, 1862 ; discharged October 27, 1863. He took I part in the following named battles: Hoover's Gap, Tennessee, and numerous skirmishes at I divers places. Newark, Ohio.
WILLIAM INGMAN, ordnance sergeant company H, Third Ohio volunteer infantry. Enlisted in April, 1861; discharged July 31, 1865. He took part in the following named battles: Middlefork Bridge, West Virginia, Rich Mountain, West Virginia, Bridgeport, Alabama, and Perryville, Kentucky. He was wounded at Perryville. He reenlisted in the One Hundred and Ninety-seventh Ohio volunteer infantry, and was in service six months after the war closed. Newark, Ohio.
NATHANIEL FINEGAN, sergeant company D, First regiment of Ohio volunteer cavalry. Enlisted august 5, 1861; discharged October 6, 1864: He took part in the following named battles: Siege of Corinth, Perryville, Stone River, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Mission Ridge, Boonvine, Mississippi, and other battles from Chattanooga to Atlanta, as attache to Thomas' staff, performing valuable but not dangerous duty. By command of Major General Rosecrans he was detailed March m, 1863, for duty in the Topographical Engineers' bureau, department of the Cumberland, as draughtsman, and was relieved September 20, 1864, to be mustered out of service with his regiment. Newark, Ohio.
DAVID W. VANATTA.-He was a member of company D, Seventy-sixth Ohio volunteer infantry, and served one year and six months. He died at his home, in Vanatta, Licking county, Ohio, December 24, 1879, and was buried in Cedar Hill cemetery.
FRANK H. BROWNE. - He was a member of company E, Twelfth Ohio volunteer infantry, and served three years. Newark, Ohio.
WILLIAM P. DEBEVOISE, private company E, One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Ohio national guard, enlisted May 1, 1864; discharged May 31, 1865. He was captured at Martinsburgh, West Virginia, and was a prisoner of war ten months, from July 3, 1864, to May 1, 1865, at Andersonville, Macon, Albany, Thomasville, Blackshier, Savannah and Millen, in Georgia.
This soldier in describing his prison life, says that he would have preferred participating in all the battles of the war than to have endured the hardships in these prison pens, which he says "were worse than hog pens:" He was more-than half starved all the time, and upon one occasion lived on one ear of corn for forty-eight hours. He was struck with a bayonet when too weak to walk, and when released from prison, his life was nearly gone, and he was so exhausted that he could scarcely stand upon his feet. Newark, Ohio.
THOMAS S. HURSEY, private company E, Twelfth regiment West Virginia infantry, enlisted August 7, 1862; discharged June 26, 1865. He took part in the following named battles: Winchester, Virginia, June 13, 14 and 15, 1863, New Market, Virginia, Cedar Creek, Hatchet's Run, Virginia, Battery Gregg, Virginia, and Appomattox Court House. He was wounded May 15, 1864, at New Market, Virginia.
He was mustered into service August 26, 1862, in West Virginia, by Major B. H. Hill; appointed I corporal August 26, 1862; resigned in September, 1862 ; is entitled by general order to credit for actions in which his regiment was engaged while in hospital wounded, viz: Piedmont, Lynchburgh; Winchester, Monocacy, Winchester, September' 19, 1864, and Fisher's Hill. Chatham, Ohio.
JAMES B. ODELL, private company F, One hundred and ninety-first Ohio volunteer infantry, enlisted February IS, 1865; discharged August 27, 1865. Newark, Ohio.
B. G. HARTIGAN.-He was a member of company G, Eightieth Ohio volunteer infantry, and served three years and three months. Columbus, Ohio.
SOLOMON ROUSCULP, musician company K, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Ohio volunteer infantry. Enlisted August 29, 1862; discharged July 1, 1865. He took part in the following named battles: Martinsburgh, Virginia, Wamping Heights, Locust Grove, Mine Run, Wilderness,
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Spottsylvlnia, Cold Harbor, Bermuda Hundred, Petersburgh, Monocacy, Charleston, Smithfield, Winchester, Cedar Creek, Fisher's Hill, Middleton, Petersburgh, and Lee's surrender. Thornville, Ohio.
JOHN CROOKS, second sergeant company I, Fifty-first Ohio volunteer infantry. Enlisted April 12, 1861; discharged November 5, 1865. He took part in the following named battles: Stone River, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge, Buzzard's Roost, . Peach Tree Creek, in front of Atlanta, Jonesborough, Franklin and Nashville. He was wounded slightly at Lookout Mountain.
He took part in thirty-five skirmishes and battles, of which the above named are the main ones. He first enlisted in the Sixteenth Ohio volunteer infantry; and served four months in that organization. Newark, Ohio.
JAMES K. JENNINGS, private company D. Seventy-sixth regiment, Ohio volunteer infantry. Enlisted December 6, 1861; discharged December 19, 1864. He took part in the following named battles: Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth, Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, Jackson, Vicksburgh, Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge, Ringgold, Resaca, Kenesaw, Atlanta, Jonesborough, Lovejoy Station, Macon, and Savannah. Newark, Ohio.
SPENCER SEYMOUR. - He was a member of company E, One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Ohio national guard. Newark, Ohio.
WILLIAM WING SPELLMAN, private company D, Twenty-second Ohio infantry. Enlisted September. 3, 1861; discharged August 2, 1862. He was discharged on account of chronic bronchitis, a disease contracted in the service, and has never received any bounty.
His regiment was formerly called the Thirteenth Missouri, and during the summer of 1862 was changed to the Twenty-second Ohio-Crafts J. Wright, colonel Granville. Ohio.
SAMUEL HOWELL-He was a member of company M, Fifth Ohio cavalry. Newark, Ohio.
JAMES W. OWENS, captain company K, Eighty-sixth regiment Ohio volunteer infantry. Commissioned first lieutenant June 5, 1862, and commissioned captain July 17, 1863. He served one year and four months as first lieutenant in the three months' service and as captain in the six months' service. Newark, Ohio.
MILES ARNOLD, first, lieutenant company C, Seventy-sixth Ohio infantry. Enlisted April 17, 1861; discharged October 18, 1864. He took part in the following named battles: Rich Mountain, West Virginia, Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth, Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, Vicksburgh, Jackson, Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge, Ringgold, Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw and Atlanta. He was wounded severely with three musket shots at Atlanta, July 22, 1864; was reported mortally wounded, but lived after great suffering.
He served in company B, Seventeenth Ohio, in the three months' service; joined the Seventy-sixth Ohio October 18, 1861; appointed sergeant December 9, 1861; first sergeant June 7, 1862; commissioned second lieutenant November 23, 1863, and first lieutenant March 10, 1864. He . was mustered out on account of wounds October 18, 1864, and has been unable to perform labor since that time. Ferris, Hancock county, Illinois.
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