Source:
HISTORY of JEROME TOWNSHIP, UNION COUNTY,
OHIO
Curry, W. L. : Columbus, Ohio: Press of the E. T.
Miller Co.
1913
94TH REGIMENT,
OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
- THREE YEARS SERVICE
pg. 121
The 94th
Regiment was was organized at Piqua, Ohio in the
summer of 1862, and was mustered into the service
August 24th, under Colonel Joseph W. Frizell.
Captain Andrew Gowen of Jerome Township served
in Company H of this regiment and was in the service
continuously from August 7th, 1862, to June 5th,
1865, participating in all of its battles. The
regiment was immediately ordered to Kentucky before
it was alarmed and fully equipped, and with no
experience in discipline or drill. Proceeding
by rail to Lexington, on their arrival they found
many stragglers from the battlefield of Richmond
passing through the town.
The regiment was ordered to Yates Ford on the Kentucky
River. This was the first march of the new
regiment and on arriving at the Ford about dusk the
regiment had their first war experience in a
skirmish with the pickets of the enemy, losing two
men killed and several wounded. The next
morning a large force of rebels advanced on the
regiment by shelling the woods with a battery.
The regiment, under orders, fell back slowly to
Lexington and on to Louisville with the army.
The dusty roads and scarcity of water caused many of
the men to become completely exhausted, as they had
been marching night and day since arriving at
Lexington, August 31st, the day after the fight at
Richmond, Kentucky.
This was the introduction of the regiment to the many
campaigns and battles in which they were destined to
participate, and is referred to by members of the
regiment as one of their hardest campaigns.
The regiment remained at Louisville until October 1st.
Their next service was in the battle of Perrysville,
in which they were actively engaged. They
served in the Army of the Cumberland, participating
in many decisive battles, including Stone River,
Chickamauga, and all the battles around Chattanooga.
They served in General Sherman's army on the
Atlanta campaign in the summer of 1864, and marched
to the sea.
Marching from Savannah through the Carolinas, they
participated in the battle of Bentonville, N. C.,
Mar. 19th, 1865, then marched to Washington and was
in the Grand Review.
The regiment participated in nineteen battles, the loss
by death was one hundred and ninety-nine, and it was
mustered out at Washington, D. C., June 6th, 1865.
The regiment was on the firing line in all the
battles of the Army of the Cumberland, and was one
of the fighting regiments of that splendid army. |
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