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HISTORY
OF
LORAIN COUNTY
OHIO

With
Illustrations & Biographical Sketches
of
Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers.
Publ.  Philadelphia:
by Williams Brothers
1879

CHAPTER XV.
 LORAIN IN THE REBELLION.
Page 77

     All remember the early days of 1801.  Sumter had fallen; the Southern Confederacy was formed; the South, with stolen munitions of war, and stolen money, had organized a formidable army; secession was unmistakably resolved upon.  So appalling were these events, that the North stood awhile paralyzed and awe stricken.  Then came our President's call, for seventy-five thousand men.  Everywhere throughout the Northern States there was a hearty response - nowhere was it heartier than upon the Reserve of Northern Ohio.  Lorain took a gallant part in this first outburst of northern patriotism; and during the entire period of the war, there was no time when she was found faithless to duty.  Wherever danger lurked
 thickest, there we find the Lorain boys.  Many, very many never returned; their lives went out as a sacrifice.They died the noblest deaths for their country, and beneath the skies of the sunny South, where the groves of the magnolia and the orange shed an undying perfume - the spot, perhaps, unmarked and unknown - they "sleep the sleep that knows no waking."
"Rest on, embalmed and sainted dead,
     Dear as the blood ye gave;
  No traitor's footsteps e'er shall tread
     The herbage o'er your grave;
  Nor shall your glory be forgot
     While Fame her record keeps
  For Honor mourns the hallowed spot
     Where loyal valor sleeps."

     " 'The real heroes of this ware are the great, brave, patient, nameless people.'  It is to their service through these varied scenes that we now gladly turn.  The victory was not won through generalship - it is a libel on the word to say that generalship delayed for four years the success of twenty-five millions in conflict with ten millions, or required a million men in the closing campaigns to defeat a hundred thousand; it was won by the sacrifices, the heroism, the sufferings and the death of the men in the ranks.  Their story we now seek to tell.  It will not be picturesque or attractive, but full of dry details of fruitless fighting, of tedious marches, of heroic endurance, of patience, and of weariness.  Even such was the life they led for us; and its record, we are firmly persuaded, will never cease to be cherished by their grateful countrymen."
    
But let us not forget to pay a tribute of gratitude and just praise to the noble and heroic women of Lorain county, for their labors of affection and mercy

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during these weary, gloomy days.  Their generous, loving hearts sent forth pitying tears and prayers for the safety of loved ones, and the preservation of the Union.  While fair hands, many of them unused to labor, were occupied in preparing comforts for the well, dainties for the sick, necessaries for the wounded, and cheer for all, noble and self-sacrificing women all over the North formed themselves into aid societies, the good results of which can hardly be over-estimated.  Early and late these angels of mercy toiled and gathered, forwarding boxes of everything needed by the soldier.  Yet, could the senders have seen the tears of joy which often greeted its reception, they would have felt amply compensated.
     The historical sketches of the organizations following are from the very valuable work, "Ohio in the War," by Whitelaw Reid.  We have spent considerable time at the office of the adjutant-general, at Columbus, in procuring records.  Many muster-rolls are incomplete, or missing altogether; those of the three-months' men especially are nearly all destroyed.  In cases where less than full companies of men report for muster, the column on the muster roll, headed "where enrolled," will be filled with the place of rendezvous - for instance, the greater part of the soldiers from north-eastern Ohio rendezvoused at Camp Taylor, near Cleveland.  They are so recorded at the office of the adjutant-general, and no reference whatever is made to the county in which they resided when enlistment occurred.  We have, by correspondence with ex-company officers, endeavored to obtain the name of every citizen of Lorain county who was a soldier of the rebellion, and if omissions occur, the "boys" will, we trust, be charitable, believing that we have done all that circumstances would allow.
     The spelling of names is verbatim as given on muster-in-rolls, and the writer cannot be held responsible for errors of that kind.

SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.

 

THE EIGHTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.

 

TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.

 

FORTY-FIRST REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.

 

FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT OHIO INFANTRY.

 

FORTY-THIRD REGIMENT OHIO INFANTRY.

 

FIFTY-FOURTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.

 

ONE HUNDRED AND THIRD REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.

 

ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.

 

ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.

 

ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH REGIMENT OHIO NATIONAL GUARD.

 

ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH REGIMENT OHIO NATIONAL GUARD

 

ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SIXTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.

 

BATTERY "B," FIRST OHIO LIGHT ARTILLERY.

 

FIFTEENTH OHIO INDEPENDENT BATTERY.

 

SECOND REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER CAVALRY.

 

THIRD REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER CAVALRY.

 

TWELFTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER CAVALRY.

 

THE SQUIRREL HUNTERS.

     During the autumn of 1862, the Confederate General Kirby Smith advanced upon Cincinnati with a large army.  Governor Tod issued a proclamation calling upon all who would furnish themselves with rations and arms to turn out, organize under their own officers, and rendezvous at Cincinnati, transportation over the railroads to be provided by the government.  About three hundred and fifty citizens of Lorain county responded to the call of the governor  These men, of course saw no fighting, ,but their work was cheerfully performed, because they thought their services were needed.  Governor Tod caused lithograph discharges to be forwarded to those whose names could be obtained.  These discharges may be found in many homes in the county where they are properly prized.
     The soldiers of the early wars, with descriptions of forts and other defences, are given in the histories of their respective townships.

 

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