THE early military
history of Fulton county is so obscured by the
time that no statistics relative to the early
organization can be found, and we have been
compelled to rely wholly upon the memory of some
of the early settlers of the county, among which
we have received much information from Samuel
Carpenter and A. H. Jordan, esq., of
Royalton township.
Before this county was organized, in 1850, most of the
territory embraced in Fulton county was within
the limits of Lucas county, and the military
organizations were called Lucas County Militia.
There was a full regiment, five companies of
which belonged to Lucas county and three,
namely, Company A., captain, Lyman Parcher,
first lieutenant, Samuel Stutsman;
Company B, Charles Smith captain,
Elias Richardson, first lieutenant, and
William Sawyer, second lieutenant.
Company C, commanded by Captain Treadwell;
Peoli Alwood, first lieutenant, and John
Viers, second lieutenant. The regiment
usually had two general musters each year, which
were high old times, lasting three days, the
last of which was usually, after roll call in
the morning, turned over to general sports, such
as shooting at a mark, running foot races,
pitching the iron bar, throwing the maul,
wrestling, etc.; and as whisky was cheap in
[Page 335]
those days, only twenty cents a gallon, a great
quantity of the "creature" was usually disposed
of on these occasions. About the year
1844, it being this part of the county's turn
for the "general training," as it was called,
Colonel Briggs ordered the regiment to
assemble at H. C. Jordan's corners
for a one day muster. The order was
generally obeyed, and as there was a vacancy of
a lieutenancy in one of the companies, an
election was ordered to fill it, which resulted
in the election of a young soldier from Maumee.
After his election he was required to make good
his footing, which was to treat the whole
regiment, but the newly elected lieutenant not
having the necessary money and having forgot or
neglected to bring along a coon skin, the
regiment became violent and were about the
declare the office vacant and proceed with a new
election, when A. H. Jordon, good soul as
he is, and always was, came to the rescue and
furnished the thing needful. The boys had
become so thirsty by this time that it took five
gallons to go around. The regiment was
then ordered into line and commenced training,
but as they warmed up with the drill, the whisky
also warmed up, and before noon about one half
of the regiment were under arrest for disorderly
conduct, and as it took the other half to guard
those under arrest, this meeting was adjourned
to meet at AEtna (now Winameg) about one month
thereafter. It met according to the
adjournment for a three days' drill. It
had a fine time at this meeting and was
inspected and reviewed by Major General
Charles W. Hill, of Toledo, who highly
complimented the command for its proficiency in
drill and good soldierly bearing. During
the night of the second day's drill Colonel
Briggs had occasion to be outside the guard
line, and as he rode up to where True
Whiteman was standing guard, the latter
halted him, and told him to dismount and give
the countersign, but the colonel had forgotten
the countersign, and feeling his oats somewhat,
endeavored to force his way past the guard, but
True was "true blue," and understood his
duty, and, as the colonel roade up, persisting
that he was Colonel Briggs and had a
right to, and would pass at all hazards, the
guard thought differently, and clubbing his
rifle, promptly knocked the horse down on which
the gallant colonel was riding and made him a
prisoner until the adjutant was sent for, who
communicated the countersign to the colonel,
which he then gave to the guard and was
permitted to pass. This was the last
general muster in this county in ante-bellum
days, although the regiment met after that at
Maumee and other places in Lucas county.
THE WAR OF 1861-5
At the
breaking out of the War of the Rebellion, Fulton
county, in point of numbers, was one of the
smallest counties in the State, numbering at
that time, in round numbers, about twelve
thousand population. There were, at that
time, no villages in the county numbering one
thousand inhabitants, Delta being the largest
with a population of only a few hundred persons,
and
[Page 336]
all the other villages combined reaching less
than twelve hundred. The country was
sparsely settled, and by a strictly farming
people. As soon as Fort Sumter had been
fired upon by the rebels, the people of this
county, with one accord, sinking party
affiliations for the time, sprang to the defense
of the Union; public meetings were held all over
the county and, in a few days, two full
companies were raised, under the call of
President Lincoln for seventy-five thousand
men. Owing to the rapidity with which
Ohio's quota of the seventy-five thousand was
filled, but one of Fulton county's companies
could be accepted. This company,
ninety-seven strong, commanded by Captain E.
L. Barber, of Wauseon, was mustered into the
Fourteenth Regiment as Company H, and rendered
good service in that regiment during its term of
enlistment.
The other company was ordered to Camp Herrick, in
Swanton, where, after being drilled for about
one month, it was mustered out and paid off by
the State. After Congress met in July,
1861, the president issued his second call for
three hundred thousand troops for three years'
service. Ohio's quota was quickly filled;
the Fourteenth and Thirty-eighth Regiments were
raised in the northwestern counties of the
State; Fulton county contributing to the three
years Fourteenth Regiment at muster in,
forty-seven men, and sent to the regiment as
recruits, seven men, making a total of
fifty-four from Fulton county, for that
regiment.
Fulton county furnished for the Thirty eighth Regiment
two full companies; Company I, Captain M. R.
Brailey, and Company K, Captain R. A.
Franks. These two companies had an
aggregate of two hundred men, and forty-one men
mustered into other companies of the regiment; a
total at muster in of two hundred and forty-one
men from Fulton county. The county, during
the war, also sent one hundred and nine recruits
to the Thirty-eighth Regiment, making a total of
three hundred and fifty from this county for the
Thirty-eighth.
The county furnished to the Forty-seventh Ohio Regiment
fifty-three men. This was a squad of men
raised for other regiments, but they being full,
the men were mustered into the Forty-seventh.
There were recruited for the Sixty-seventh Ohio
Infantry two hundred and eleven men, who were
mustered in at the organization of the regiment
from Fulton county, and the county sent them
forty-nine recruits during its term of service,
making a total of two hundred and sixty men from
this county.
The county furnished for the Sixty-eighth Regiment one
company of ninety-seven men; for the One
Hundredth Regiment, one company H, was wholly
recruited from Fulton county, added to which the
county sent sixteen recruits. The county
also furnished twenty other men for this
regiment, who were mustered into other
companies, making a total of one hundred and
thirty-six.
For the One Hundred and Eleventh Regiment Fulton county
furnished sixty-two men, most of whom were
mustered into Company K.
[Page 337]
The county furnished one whole company, D, which
was mustered into the Forty-fourth Illinois
Regiment of infantry. It also sent to the
regiment, while at the front, twenty-seven
recruits, a total of one hundred and
twenty-four. Eighty-four men from the
county enlisted and served in Michigan
regiments.
For the Third Ohio Cavalry there were were fifty-five
men recruited from Fulton county, who served
with that regiment during the war.
There was recruited in this county for the
Thirty-seventh German Regiment twenty-six men;
and for other three years Ohio regiments, one
hundred and fifty-six men, making a grand total
of three years men who went into the service
from this county of one. thousand four hundred
and fifty-seven.
Fulton county furnished for the One Hundred and
Eighty-second Regiment sixty-one men, forty-five
of whom were mustered into Company B, and
sixteen into Company K, of that regiment.
This county also furnished for other one year
regiments, forty-two men, who were mustered into
the following one year regiments, viz. : the One
Hundred and Eighty-fourth, the One Hundred and
Eighty-ninth; the One Hundred and Ninety- first,
the One Hundred and Ninety-Third and the One
Hundred and Ninety-fifth, making a total of one
hundred and two men for the one year service.
Fulton furnished for the three months service,
ninety-seven men, mustered into Company H,
Fourteenth Regiment; and ninety-eight men, who
were mustered into Company G, Eighty-fifth
Regiment, and twenty-one men, who were mustered
into different companies of the Eighty-seventh
Regiment, making a total of two hundred and
sixteen, furnished by this county for the
different three months organizations.
In the spring of 1864, when General Grant
assumed the command of all the armies of the
United States, and was about to begin his famous
advance against the army of General
Lee, it being necessary that he should have
all the veteran troops of the Army of the
Potomac for that purpose, President
Lincoln called together, at Washington, the
governors of all the loyal States for
consultation, and to devise means, if possible,
to raise recruits for a short period, to guard
Washington, and to do other guard and garrison
duty in and about that city, and to hold places
captured in rear of the line of march of
Grant's army, and to guard the supply and
ammunition trains for his army, so that all the
old, available troops of the Potomac Army could
be at the front. The loyal governors assembled,
and, after consultation, Governor
Brough, of Ohio, suggested to the president
and State governors, the idea of calling out one
hundred thousand men for one hundred days
service, pledging Ohio for thirty thousand of
this class of troops. President
Lincoln immediately agreed with this
proposition, and, after a short conference, the
other governors agreed to the proposition. It is
needless to say that thirty thousand was much
larger than Ohio’s quota, yet the whole number
was speedily raised, and about three
[Page 338]
thousand surplus. The first regiment to respond
was the One Hundred and Thirtieth, or First Ohio
National Guards, wholly raised in the northwest
corner of the State. Fulton county reported with
three companies, but, as there was a total of
eleven companies reported, one company from this
county was distributed among other companies of
the regiment. Fulton county furnished for the
One Hundred and Thirtieth Regiment two hundred
and fifty-one men. Although the one
hundred days men did but little fighting, they
were of inestimable value in holding the rear of
Grant's army, preventing raids on
Washington, and giving to General
Grant all the good fighting men of his army.
For the cavalry service Fulton county did not send a
great number to the field. It did, however,
furnish for the Third Regiment of Cavalry
fifty-five men, most of whom were mustered into
Company H, of that regiment. There were also
enlisted in this county and mustered into other
cavalry regiments forty three men, making a
total of ninety-eight from Fulton county ror
this branch of the service. In addition to the
foregoing, thirty men from Fulton county
volunteered, and were mustered into the First
Regiment of Ohio Light Artillery; thirteen men
went into the Sharpshooters, twenty-three
enlisted and were mustered into the different
Ohio independent batteries, and eleven into the
United States Regulars, making a total of
eighty-seven men mustered into these
miscellaneous organizations.
Recapitulation. —Fulton county sent to the field
and had mustered into the service for three
years, one thousand four hundred and fifty-seven
men. For the one year service this county sent
to the field one hundred and two men; for the
six months service Fulton county sent to the war
ninety-four men; for the three months service
there were recruited in this county and sent to
the field two hundred and sixteen men; for the
one hundred days service this county sent two
hundred and fifty-four: miscellaneous
organizations, eighty-seven men, making a total,
for all armies of the service of two thousand
two hundred and seven men that actually entered
the service.
It will be observed that in many instances no company
roster is given in connection with the history
of the command. In explanation of this absence
it may be stated that no reliable record of
individuals could be obtained of many of the
Companies that entered the service later than
1862; and even for that year all do not appear.
Memorials and muster-out-rolls have been found
from which an incomplete record could be made,
and, in such cases, care has been used to make
the data as reliable as possible. Again, in
frequent cases, it appears that only a small
portion of a company was from the county, and in
order to give a complete roster, each name
should appear, and it has been found impossible
to determine just who of the company were from
Fulton.
THE FOURTEENTH INFANTRY—THREE
MONTHS SERVICE.
There was not at any time during
the progress of the war against the Rebellion, a
more hearty response to the president's demand
for volunteers than
E. L. BARBER
[Page 339]
under the first call for seventy-five thousand
men for three months' service. Indeed, so
promptly and so faithfully did the men of Ohio
answer to the necessities of the occasion, that
less by far were required than had volunteered
for the service. Ohio had overrun her quota by
the thousands.
In no place was greater patriotism and greater loyalty
to the Union shown, than in the then young and
struggling county of Fulton. Epaphras L.
Barber, then a resident of Wauseon, engaged
in the real estate business, at once signed the
enlistment roll, and his action was immediately
followed by others so rapidly, that on the 23d
day of April, just four days after the
enlistment began, the company, one hundred and
twelve strong, went to Toledo. In perfecting the
company organization, E. L. Barber, was
elected captain; Thomas M. Ward, first
lieutenant; and Reason A. Francks, second
lieutenant. Arriving at Toledo, the company was
attached to the Fourteenth Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, and made Company H.
The regiment was fully organized by the election of the
field officers as follows: James B. Steedman,
colonel; George P. Este,
lieutenant-colonel; Paul Edwards,
major. The Fourteenth, having close to one
thousand men, left Toledo for Cleveland where
they arrived on April 25th, and went into camp.
Two days later, April 27th, the regiment was
mustered into service.
The regiment was raised in what was then the Tenth
Congressional District, embracing the Country in
the vicinity of Toledo. So great was the
enthusiasm of the people, that many of the
companies were more than full. This was the case
in Company H, under Captain Barber,
by whom a portion were sent back home. In this
the captain exercised good judgment, and
returned those whose presence was most needed at
home, such as men having families dependent on
them for support.
Company H, as will be seen from the appended
muster-roll, was made up mainly of young men,
strong, sturdy fellows, taken from the farms and
shops of Fulton county, and not a man of them
but fully realized the serious business in which
they had enlisted; and although their term of
service was short, and their battles few, they
were, nevertheless, capital soldiers, and
rendered such service as was required of them
promptly and well.
When mustered into service the Fourteenth went into
Camp Taylor, near Cleveland, for drill, and in
this they were exercised to an abundant degree.
In fact, there were here, as well as
subsequently, numerous complaints on the part of
a few of Company H, that they were being too
much drilled, but later in the service (for most
of the men became veterans), they profited by
the drill and discipline they received from
Captain Barber, as is shown by the fact that out
of his company alone, twelve men became
commissioned officers in other commands.
On the 22d day of May the Fourteenth left Cleveland for
Columbus, where they received their clothing,
arms, and all necessary equipments, and on the
[Page 340]
[SCROLL DOWN - MORE TO BE ADDED LATER]
[Page 341]
[Page 342]
THE THIRD CAVALRY.
[Page 343]
[Page 344]
[Page 345]
[Page 346]
THE THIRTY-EIGHTH INFANTRY.
[Page 347]
[Page 348]
[Page 349]
[Page 350]
THIRTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT - FIELD
AND STAFF.1
Edwin D. Bradley, colonel, June 10, 1861;
resigned Feb. 6, 1862.
Edward H. Phelps, colonel, June 10, 1861;
promoted from lieutenant-colonel Feb. 6, 1862;
killed Nov. 25, 1863, in battle of Mission
Ridge, Tenn.
William A. Choate, colonel, Aug. 12, 1861;
promoted to lieutenant-colonel
-------
Note:
1. Name, rank, date of entering
service, and disposition.
[Page 351]
from captain company B, Feb. 6, 1862; to colonel
Nov. t, 1863; died Sept. 12, 1864, from wounds
received at Jonesboro, Ga.
Charles Greenwood, lieutenant-colonel; Aug. 26,
1861; promoted to major from captain company A,
Feb. 6, 1862; lieutenant-colonel Nov. 25, 1863;
resigned Aug. 12, 1864.
William Irving, lieutenant-colonel; Sept. 5,
1861; promoted to major from captain company G,
May 9, 1864; lieutenant colonel Nov. 3, 1864;
mustered out July 12, 1865.
Epaphras L. Barber, major; June 10, 1861;
resigned Jan. 12, 1862.
Andrew Newman, major; Sept. 1, 1861; promoted
from captain company H, Nov. 3, 1864; mustered
out July 12, 1865.
Israel A.Coons, surgeon, June 10, 1861; resigned
Aug. 13, 1863.
James Haller, surgeon, June 10, 1861; promoted
from assistant surgeon July 13, 1863; mustered
out Jan. 4, 1865.
Hazael B. Powell, surgeon, June 10, 1861;
promoted to assistant surgeon from private,
company B, July 19, 1863; to surgeon Jan. 29,
1865; mustered out July 12, 1865.
ROSTER COMPANY I.
Moses R. Brailey, captain, Aug 21,
1861; promoted to major Jan. 28, 1862.
Edward D. A. Williams, captain, Aug. 28, 1861;
promoted from first lieutenant Jan. 28, 1862;
resigned Apr. 15, 1864.
David Renton, captain, Sept. 5, 1861; promoted
from first-lieutenant company D Nov. 3, 1864;
mustered out with company July 12, 1865.
Elijah Fewlass, first lieutenant, Aug. 28, 1861;
promoted to second lieutenant from first
sergeant Mar. 9, 1862; first lieutenant June 16,
1862; resigned Apr. 20, 1863.
John S. Templeton, first lieutenant, Aug. 21,
1861; promoted to second lieutenant from
sergeant. June 16, 1862; first lieutenant
Apr. 20, 1863; discharged Dec. 31, 1863.
Joseph B. Coons, first lieutenant, Aug. 25,
1861; promoted from second lieutenant company C,
Apr. 13, 1864; mustered out with company July
12, 1865.
Thomas W. Wright, second lieutenant, Aug. 21,
1861; resigned June 16, 1862.
James McQuillen, second lieutenant, Aug. 28,
1861; appointed sergeant from corporal Sept. 1,
1862; promoted to second lieutenant Apr. 20,
1863; died Oct. 2, 1864, at Chattanooga, Tenn.,
of wounds received in action; commissioned first
lieutenant and captain.
Leonard Sindel, first sergeant, Sept. 4, 1861;
appointed corporal May 1, 1862; sergeant, June
1, 1862; first sergeant, May 23, 1863; died May
15, 1864, of wounds received ___, in action,
near Resaca, Ga.; veteran.
[Page 352]
Martin H. Trowbridge,
first sergeant, Aug. 25, 1861.
John L. Douglas, first sergeant, Aug. 28, 1861;
appointed sergeant from corporal Sept. 13, 1862;
first sergeant June, 10, 1865; mustered out with
company July 12, 1865; veteran.
William Stair, sergeant, Aug. 21, 1861;
discharged June 12, 1862, at Corinth, Miss., on
surgeon's certificate of disability.
Uriah W. Ladow, sergeant, Sept. 4, 1861;
discharged Sept. 13, 1862, at Nashville, Tenn.,
on surgeon's certificate of disability.
George W. Dinins, sergeant, Aug. 28, 1861;
appointed from corporal March 1, 1863; mustered
out with company July 12, 1865; veteran.
Robert J. Babcock, sergeant, Sept. 4, 1861;
appointed corporal Dec. 11, 1861; captured Aug.
7, 1862, in action near Decatur, Ala.; paroled;
appointed sergeant Dec. 11, 1861; captured Aug.
7, 1862, in action near Decatur, Ala.; paroled;
appointed sergeant Dec. 11, 1863; mustered out
with company July 12, 1865; veteran.
John Kain, sergeant, Sept. 4, 1861; appointed
corporal July 18, 1862; sergeant ___; mustered
out with company July 12, 1865; veteran.
Jonathan Enfield, sergeant, Sept. 4, 1861;
appointed corporal July 18, 1862; captured Aug.
7, 1862, in action near Decatur, Ala; paroled;
appointed sergeant June 10, 1865; mustered out
with company July 12, 1865; veteran.
Nicholas J. Baker, corporal, Aug. 28, 1861; died
Mar. 25, 1862, at Stanford, Ky.
Russell B. McCoy, corporal, Aug. 28, 1861;
killed Nov. 25, 1863, in battle of Mission
Ridge, Tenn.
John M. Hall, corporal, Sept. 4, 1861; appointed
corporal; mustered out Sept. 13, 1864, on
expiration of term of service.
Charles Herrington, corporal, Aug. 25, 1861;
appointed corporal July 18, 1862; mustered out
with company July 12, 1865; veteran.
Charles Wilbur, corporal, Aug. 27, 1861;
appointed corporal May 23, 1863; mustered out
with company July 12, 1865; veteran.
Thomas G. Adamson, corporal, Aug. 28, 1861;
appointed corporal Dec. 11, 1863; mustered out
with company July 12, 1865; veteran.
Wilbur S. Warner, corporal, Aug. 27, 1861;
appointed corporal Dec. 11, 1863; mustered out
with company July 12, 1865; veteran.
Thomas H. Wilcox, corporal, Sept. 4, 1861;
appointed corporal Dec. 1, 1863; mustered out
with company July 12, 1865; veteran.
Ezra Schlappi, corporal, Aug. 28, 1861;
appointed corporal June 1, 1865; mustered out
with company July 12, 1865; veteran.
Louis G. Aton, corporal, Aug. 28, 1861;
appointed corporal June 10, 1865; mustered out
with company July 12, 1865; veteran.
Harlan P. Hall, corporal, Aug. 8, 1862;
transferred from One Hundred and
[Page 353]
Fifth O. V. I., June 1, 1865; appointed corporal
____; mustered out with company July 12, 1865.
Albert H. Herrick, musician, Aug. 28, 1861;
discharged Nov. 20, 1862, at Columbus, O., on
surgeon's certificate of disability.
Privates.
Aton,
David, Sept. 4, 1861; mustered out with
company July 12, 1865; veteran.
Aton, Levi D., Aug. 28, 1861; mustered out with
company July 12, 1865; veteran.
Abbott, Frederick, Oct. 20, 1862; killed Sept.
1, 1864, in battle of Jonesboro, Ga.
Allen, Daniel O., Aug. 21, 1861; died Dec. 6,
1861, at Crab Orchard, Ky.
Adams, Merritt, Aug. 25, 1861; died Jan. 27,
1862, at Somerset, Ky.
Adams, John, Aug. 25, 1861; discharged June 17,
1862, at Columbus, O., on surgeon's certificate
of disability.
Ayers, Jeremiah, Aug. 25, 1861;
discharged Sept.16, 1862, at Columbus, O., on
surgeon's certificate of disability.
Berkey, Horatio, Aug. 21, 1861; mustered out
with company July 12, 1865; veteran.
Bryant, George E., Aug. 28, 1861;
mustered out with company July 12, 1865;
veteran.
Back, Ferdinand E., Dec. 28, 1863; transferred
from One Hundred and Fifth O. V. I., June 1,
1865; mustered out with company July 12, 1865.
Batchman, John, Aug. 21, 1861; discharged Mar.
18, 1862, at Clifton, Tenn., by order of war
department.
Bunda, William R., Feb. 16, 1864; discharged May
26, 1865, at Willett's Point, N. Y., on
surgeon's certificate of disability.
Canfield, Pomeroy, Sept. 4, 1861; mustered out
with company July 12, 1865; veteran.
Catterel, Eugene F., Jan. 29, 1864; mustered out
with company July 12, 1865.
Catterel, Henry, Jan. 7, 1864, mustered out with
company July 12, 1865.
Cornell, John W., Feb. 15, 1864; mustered out
with company July 12, 1865.
Cole, John, Sept. 4, 1861; died July 27, 1862,
at Ai, O.
Cotilanti, Joseph, Aug. 25, 1861.
Dowty, Hiram, Aug. 21, 1861; discharged May 18,
1862, at Clifton, Tenn., by order of war
department.
Daily, John Aug. 25, 1861; discharged May 18,
1862, near Corinth, Miss., on surgeon's
certificate of disability.
Dinins, William H. H., Aug. 28, 1861; mustered
out with company July 12, 1865; veteran.
[Page 354]
Dinins, Franklin, Aug. 21, 1861; mustered
out with company July 12, 1865; veteran.
Daily, William, Aug. 25, 1861; mustered out with
company July 12, 1865; veteran.
Dickson, Ezra, Sept. 4, 1861; mustered out with
company July 12, 1865; veteran.
Dayton, Travis F., Oct. 10, 1861; transferred
from Company E, Jan. 1, 1864; mustered out with
company July 12, 1865; veteran.
Doty, Abraham H., Dec. 1, 1863; mustered out
with company July 12, 1865.
Daily, Hamilton, Sept. 30, 1862; mustered out
with company July 12, 1865.
Douglass, Leroy, Nov. 1, 1863; died May
13, 1864, at Chattanooga, Tenn.
Dull, Jeremiah, Sept. 21, 1864; drafted, died
Jan. 30, 1865, at Savannah, Ga.
Ellsworth, Thomas, Sept. 4, 1861; died Nov. 25,
1862, at Delta, O.
Elliott, James A.,
Sept. 4, 1861; discharged Feb. 24, 1864, at
Columbus, O., by order of war department.
Fashbaugh, John Q.,
Aug. 28, 1861; wounded Nov. 25, 1863, in battle
of Mission Ridge, Tenn.; mustered out Sept. 13,
1864, on expiration of term of service.
Fauble, Samuel, Aug. 28, 1861; mustered out
Sept. 13, 1864, on expiration of term of
service.
Fashbaugh, Lewis, Aug. 28, 1861; died June 24,
1864, near Big Shanty, Ha., of wounds received
in action.
Francis, Lewis M., Oct. 8, 1864;
substitute; mustered out with company July 12,
1865.
Franks, William A. Aug. 28, 1861; transferred to
Company E, Dec. 11, 1863; veteran.
Geitgey, Samuel, Aug. 28, 1861; mustered out
Sept. 13, 1864, on expiration of term of
service.
Geer, David, Aug. 28, 1861; discharged June 30,
1862, at Columbus, O., on surgeon's certificate
of disability.
Groff, Philip T., Oct. 7, 1862; drafted;
mustered out Aug. 4, 1863, on expiration of term
of service.
Gay, Orrin P., drafted; mustered out Aug. 12,
1863, on expiration of term of service.
Griffin, Carver S., Feb. 2, 1864; mustered out
with company July 12, 1865.
German, Alfred, Jan. 13, 1864; mustered out with
company July 12, 1865.
Hilborn, Stephen P., Sept. 10, 1861; mustered
out Sept. 13, 1864, on expiration of term of
service.
[Page 355]
Hunt, Charles J., Aug. 28, 1861; absent, in
hospital at Atlanta, Ga., mustered out to date
Sept. 13, 1864, by order of war department.
Howden, Thomas, Aug. 25, 1861; died Feb.
6, 1862, at Somerset, Ky.
Hoodless, George, Aug. 25, 1861; died
April 12, 1863, at Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Hall, Alfred M., Sept. 4, 1861; discharged,
1863, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
Hubbard, Chancy M., Aug. 25, 1861; discharged
Aug. 18, 1862, on surgeon’s certificate of
disability.
Hunter, John W., Oct. 7, 1862; drafted; mustered
out Aug. 12, 1863, on expiration of term of
service. .
Herrick, Henry C., Aug. 28, 1861; prom. to drum
major Sept. 10, 1861.
Hedger, James R., Oct. 4, 1864, substitute;
mustered out with company July 12, 1865.
Herrick, Henry C., Oct. 5, 1863; mustered out
with company July 12, 1865.
Hogle, Joel B., Aug. 10, 1861; mustered out June
23, 1865, at Camp Chase, O, by order of the war
department; veteran.
Jackson, William H., Aug. 21, 1861; reduced from
sergeant June 1, 1862; discharged Aug. 28, 1862,
at Columbus, O., on surgeon's certificate of
disability.
Justice, Henry C., Oct. 8, 1864; substitute;
mustered out with company July 12, 1865.
Jones, Isaac N., Sept. 23, 1864; drafted;
mustered out June 10, 1865, near Washington, D.
C., by order of war department.
Kershner, George W., Sept. 4, 1861; discharged
May 18, 1862, at Corinth, Miss, on surgeon’s
certificate of disability.
Kennedy, John W., Sept. 4, 1861; discharged Aug.
16, 1862, at Columbus, O., on surgeon’s
certificate of disability.
King, William G., Sept. 4, 1861; discharged Jan.
3, 1863, at Cincinnati, O., on surgeon’s
certificate of disability.
Kershner, Jonathan, Sept. 4,1861; mustered out
with company July 12, 1865; veteran.
Kirkman, Robert, Jan. 27, 1864; mustered out
with company July 12, 1865.
Kinniman, Harrison, Oct. 7, 1864; substitute;
mustered out with company July 12, 1865.
Kennedy, William, Oct. 4, 1864; substitute;
mustered out with company July 12, 1865.
Kessler, Peter, Sept. 23, 1864; drafted;
mustered out June 10, 1865, near Washington, D.
C., by order of war department.
Kyper, Cyrus M., Aug 10, 1861; captured and
paroled March 31, 1863; transferred to Veteran
Reserve Corps Dec. 12, 1863.
[Page 356]
Lumbert, Nelson, Sept. 4, 1861; died Jan. 27,
1862, at Somerset, Ky.
Lindsey, John O., Oct. 7, 1862; drafted; died
Aug. 6, 1863, at Winchester, Tenn.
Lumbert, David, Sept. 4, 1861; discharged
May 31, 1862, at Columbus, O., on surgeon’s
certificate of disability.
Livingood, Asbury, Oct. 7, 1864;
substitute; mustered out with company July 12,
1865.
Loomis, Daniel, Nov. 12, 1863; mustered
out June 2, 1865, at Columbus, O., by order of
war department.
Lightcap, Albert H., Nov. 21, 1863;
discharged June 20, 1865, on surgeon’s
certificate of disability.
McQuillin, Ira, Sept. 4, 1861; mustered
out Sept. 13, 1864, on expiration of term of
service. ‘
McQuillin, Elmer, Sept. 20, 1862;
mustered out with company July 12, 1865.
Marsh, Richard, Sept. 10, 1861;
discharged March 18, 1862, at Clifton, Tenn., on
surgeon’s certificate of disability.
Moore, George, Oct. 7, 1862; drafted;
mustered out Aug. 8, 1863, on expiration of term
of service, '
Metts, William, Sept. 4, 1861; mustered
out with company July 12, 1865; veteran.
Mills, Jefferson C., Sept. 4, 1861; mustered out
with company July 12, 1865; veteran.
Matoon, Silas N., Nov. 21, 1863; mustered out
with company,July 12, 1865.
Miller, Daniel, Sept. 20, 1862; mustered
out with company July 12, 1865.
May, James, Oct. 7, 1864; substitute;
mustered out with company July 12, 1865.
Mead, Hiram, Aug. 21, 1861; killed Sept.
1, 1864, in battle of Jonesboro, Ga.; veteran.
Minion, James; died May 21, 1864, at
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Matz, Curtis, Sept. 25, 1864; drafted;
mustered out June 10, 1865, at Washington, D.
C., by order of war department.
Morgan, John F., Sept. 28, 1864; drafted;
mustered out June 10, 1865, at Washington, D.
C., by order of war department.
Metts, Thomas B., Sept. 4, 1861; mustered
out Sept.13, 1864, on expiration of term of
service.
Mills, Willard D., Aug. 28, 1861;
mustered out Sept. 13, 1864, on expiration of
term of service.
Marsh, Luther, Sept. 4, 1861; mustered
out Sept. 13, 1864, on expiration of term of
service.
Nobbs, Robert, Sept. 10, 1861; discharged
Sept. 8, 1862, at Corinth, Miss, on surgeon's
certificate of disability. [Page 357]
Naylor, Alfred, Oct. 7, 1864; substitute;
mustered out with company July 12, 1865.
Pelton, Benjamin H., Sept. 8, 1861; discharged
Nov. 22, 1862, at Columbus, O., on surgeon’s
certificate of disability.
Pool, Ethan A., Oct. 7, 1862; drafted; mustered
out Aug. 12, 1863, on expiration of term of
service.
Parker, Ira, Jan. 18, 1864; mustered out with
company July 12, 1865.
Palmer, Samuel L., Oct. 7, 1864; substitute;
mustered out with company July 12, 1865. '
Riley, John B. Aug. 28, 1861; transferred to
veteran reserve corps June 1, 1864.
Reed, David, Oct. 8, 1864; substitute;
mustered out with company July 12, 1865.
Ross, Christopher, Oct. 7, 1864;
substitute; mustered out with company July
12,1865.
Savage, Nelson, Aug. 28, 1861; mustered
out Sept. 13, 1864, on expiration of term of
service.
Smith, Josiah, Aug. 25, 1861; mustered
out Sept. 13, 1864, on expiration of term of
service.
Sanderlin, Thomas J., Aug, 25, 1861 died Jan.
16, 1862, at Somerset, Ky.
Swank, Peter, Aug. 25, 1861; died Sept.
5, 1864, at Atlanta, Ga., of wounds received ,
in action.
Schell, Adam, Aug. 21, 1861; discharged
Jan. 24, 1862, at Somerset, Ky., on surgeon's
certificate of disability.
Schlappi, William, Aug. 28, 1861;
discharged May 18, 1862, at Shiloh, Tenn., on
surgeon’s certificate of disability.
Sellers, John, Aug. 25, 1861; discharged
May 15, 1862, at Louisville, Ky., on surgeon’s
certificate of disability.
Savage, Florus F., Aug. 28, 1861;
mustered out with company July 12, 1865;
veteran.
Smith, Alexander, Dec. 7, 1863; mustered
out with company July 12, 1865.
Salsbury, Mathias, Feb. 15, 1864;
mustered out with company July 12, 1865.
Salsbury, David E., Jan. 13, 1864;
mustered out with company July 12, 1865.
Scott, Chauncy B., Jan. 5, 1864; transferred
from the One Hundred and Fifth O. V. I., June 1,
1865; discharged May 20, l865, at Fort Columbus,
N. Y. Harbor, on surgeon's certificate of
disability.
Scott, William, Feb. 16, 1864; died Aug. 7,
1864, at Jeffersonville, Ind.
Sexton, Seymour, Feb. 21, 1864;
transferred from One Hundred and Fifth O. V. I.,
June 1, 1865; absent, sick at Nashville, Tenn.;
mustered out to date July 12, 1865, by order of
war department. [Page 358]
Swain, John C., Dec. 29, 1863; transferred from the One
Hundred and Fifth O. V. I., June 1, 1865;
mustered out with company July 12, 1865.
Stewart, Miner D., Sept. 23, 1864; drafted; mustered
out June 10, 1865, at Washington, D. C., by
order of war department.
Snell, Adam, Sept. 23, 1864; drafted; mustered
out June 10, 1865, at Washington, D. C., by
order of war department.
Taylor, James A., Aug. 28, 1861.
Trowbridge, Solomon, Nov. 9, 1863;
discharged Oct. 24, 1864, on surgeon's
certificate of disability.
Trowbridge, Cornelius, Nov. 9, 1863;
mustered out June 26, 1865, at Louisville, Ky.,
by order of war department.
Viers, Elisha W., Aug. 28, 1861; mustered out
Sept. 13, 1864, on expiration of term of
service.
Vaughn, Caleb J., Aug. 21, 1861; mustered out
Sept. 13, 1864, on expiration of term of
service.
Veness, Charles N., Aug. 25, |86I; died June
22,1864, near Big Shanty, Ga., of wounds
received in action.
Vanfleet, Garret, Aug. 28, 1861;
discharged Jan. 24, 1862, at Somerset, Ky., on
surgeon’s certificate of disability. ’
Vanfleet, George, Aug. 25, 1861;
discharged March 18, 1862, at Clifton, Tenn., on
surgeon's certificate of disability.
Viers, James, Aug. 28, 1861; discharged
Oct. 23, 1862, at Nashville, Tenn., on surgeon’s
certificate of disability.
Viers, Nehemiah D., Aug. 28, 1861; discharged
Oct. 23, 1862, at Nashville, Tenn., on surgeon’s
certificate of disability.
Winslow, Thomas, Sept. 10, 1861; died
Dec. 20, 1861, at Somerset, Ky.
Wood, Edwin W., Aug. 27, 1861; died Jan.
30, 1862, at Somerset, Ky.
Whaley, Simeon, Oct. 7, 1862; drafted;
mustered out Aug. 8, 1863, on expiration of term
of service.
Woodruff, Samuel T., Oct. 7, 1862; drafted;
mustered out Aug. 8, 1863, on expiration of term
of service.
Williams, Roderick C., Jan. 27, 1864; mustered
out with company July 12, 1865.
Worthington, George R., Feb. 9, 1864; mustered
out with company July 12, 1865.
Wakelee, Byron, Dec. 29, 1863;
transferred from Io5th O. V. I., June 1, 1865;
mustered out with company July 12, 1865.
Wade, William C., Sept. 23, 1864; drafted;
mustered out June 10, 1865, near Washington, D.
C., by order of War Department.
Williams, William W., Sept. 4, 1861; discharged
Jan. 24, 1862, at Somerset, Ky., on surgeon’s
certificate of disability.
Young, Joel F., Feb. 9, 1864; died July 31,
1864, at Nashville, Tenn., of wounds received ,
in action; right arm amputated. [Page 359]
Zimmerman, Jacob, Aug. 25, 1861; killed Sept. 1,
1864, in battle of Jonesboro, Ga.
COMPANY K.
Rezin A. Franks, captain, Sept. 1, 1861;
resigned April 15, 1864.
Charles H. Gorsuch, captain, Sept. 1, 1861;
promoted from first lieutenant May 9, 1864;
mustered out with company July 12, 1865.
Foreman Evans, first lieutenant, Aug. 19,
1861; promoted from second lieutenant Company B,
May 9, 1864; resigned Nov. 14, 1864.
David M. Lazenby, first lieutenant, Sept. 5,
1861; promoted from second lieutenant Company G,
Jan. 28, 1865; mustered out with company July
12, 1865.
Charles L. Allen,
second lieutenant, Sept. 1, 1861; promoted to
first lieutenant and regimental quartermaster
March 21, 1862.
William Losure, second lieutenant, Sept. 1,
1861; promoted from first sergeant March 21,
1862; resigned Sept. 1, 1863.
Emanuel B. Cantlebury, second lieutenant, Sept.
1, 1861; appointed first sergeant from sergeant
— —; promoted to second lieutenant Nov. 21,
1863; first lieutenant Company C, Nov. 3, 1864.
Alphonso A. Evans, second lieutenant, Sept. 3,
1861; promoted from quartermaster sergeant June
27, 1864, to first lieutenant Company E, Jan.
20, 1865.
William A. Carnahan,
second lieutenant, Sept. 4, 1861; promoted from
first sergeant Company E, May 18, 1865; mustered
out with company July 12, 1865.
La Fayette B. Price, first sergeant, Sept. 1,
1861; appointed from sergeant May 8, 1864;
killed Sept. 1, 1864, in battle of Jonesboro,
Ga.; veteran.
Hiram K. Brooker, first sergeant, Sept. 1, 1861;
appointed corporal; first sergeant, Sept. 2,
1864; mustered out with company July 12, 1865;
veteran.
Ansel B. Ford, sergeant, Sept. 1, 1861; mustered
out Sept. 13, 1864, on expiration of term of
service.
Caleb H. Keith, sergeant, Sept. 1, 1861;
mustered as private; appointed sergeant; killed
Sept. 1, 1864, in battle of Jonesboro, Ga.;
veteran.
Francis M. Masters, sergeant, Sept. 1, 1861;
appointed from private July 7, 1864; killed
Sept. 1, 1864, in battle of Jonesboro, Ga.;
veteran.
Jeremiah F. Buzzell, sergeant, Sept. 1, 1861;
mustered as private; appointed sergeant ——;
discharged July 7, 1864, at Columbus, O., for
wounds received Nov. 25, 1863, in battle of
Mission Ridge, Tenn.
Elias D. Willey, sergeant, Sept. 1, 1861;
appointed corporal; sergeant, Sept. 2, 1864;
mustered out with company July 12, 1865;
veteran.
Virgil W. Weeks, sergeant, Sept. 1, 1861;
appointed from corporal mustered out with
company July 12, 1865; veteran.
[Page 360]
William H. Tayer, sergeant, Sept. 1, 1861;
appointed from corporal July 10, 1864; absent in
hospital from wounds received Sept. 1, 1864, in
battle of Jonesboro, Ga.; mustered out July 22,
1865, at Cleveland, O.; veteran.
John W. Tayer, sergeant, Sept. 1, 1861; mustered
as private; appointed sergeant; mustered out
with company July 12, 1865; veteran.
George T. Cottrell, corporal, Sept. 1, 1861;
appointed corporal ——; absent in hospital from
wounds received Nov. 25, 1863, in battle of
Mission Ridge, Tenn.; discharged Sept. 24, 1864,
on surgeon’s certificate of disability.
Albert Falkner, corporal, Sept. 1, 1861;
appointed corporal; killed Sept. 1, 1864, in
battle of Jonesboro, Ga.
Wesley Lewis, corporal, Sept. 1, 1861;
died April 7, 1862, at Nashville, Tenn.
Leonard Falkner, corporal, Sept. 1,1861;
died Nov. 26, 1862, at Sandersville, Tenn.
John Hine, corporal, Sept. 1, 1861;
discharged May 28, 1862, at Pittsburg Landing,
Tenn., on surgeon’s certificate of disability.
Benjamin Nothnougle, corporal, Sept. 1,
1861; mustered out with company July 12, 1865;
veteran.
Noble Geer, corporal, Sept. 1,
1861; mustered out with company July 12, 1865;
veteran.
John Kane, corporal, September 1, 1861;
appointed corporal ___; mustered out with
company July 12, 1865; veteran.
Jacob S. Sohn, corporal; appointed corporal
Sept. 2, 1864; mustered out with company July
12, 1865; veteran.
John Wilson, corporal, Sept. 1, 1861;
appointed corporal; mustered out with company
July 12, 1865; veteran.
John L. Brink, corporal, Sept. 1, 1861;
appointed corporal; mustered out with company
July 12, 1865; veteran.
William Westfall, corporal, Sept. 1, 1861;
appointed corporal; mustered out with company
July 12, 1865; veteran.
Benjamin F. Mattern, corporal, Sept. 1, 1861;
appointed corporal; mustered out with company
July 12, 1865; veteran.
Marriott Losure, musician, Sept. 1, 1861;
discharged Oct. 28, 1862, at Columbus, O., on
surgeon's certificate of disability.
Marian Losure, musician, Oct. 9, 1862;
discharged Nov. 5, 1862, at Columbus, O., on
surgeon's certificate of disability.
Nathaniel Mikesell, musician, Feb. 20, 1864;
died July 16, 1864, at Nashville, Tenn.
Mason Hatfield, wagoner, Sept. 1, 1861; died
Dec. 19,1861, at Somerset, Ky.
Privates..
Arch, William, Sept. 1, 1861; mustered
out Sept. 13, 1864, on expiration of term of
service. [Page 361]
Ackerman, George J., Oct. 6, 1864, substitute; mustered
out with company July 12, 1865.
Althope, Harmon C., Sept. 30, 1864, substitute;
mustered out June 10,
1865, near Washington, D. C., by order of war
department.
Andrews, James, Oct. 1, 1862; discharged April 1, 1863,
at Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Andrews, Leonard, Oct. 1, 1862; transferred to Veteran
Reserve Corps,
Dec.31, 1863.
Borream, Frederick, Sept. 6, 1862; died Feb. 1, 1863,
at Murfreesboro,
Tenn.
Barnhart, David, Sept. 24, 1864; drafted; died Jan. 29,
1865, at Savannah, Ga.
Barnes, William S., Sept. 1, 1861; discharged to date
July 2, 1865, by
order of war department; veteran.
Brown, Simeon C., Feb. 19, 1864; discharged Feb. 28,
1865, at Nashville,
Tenn., on surgeon’s certificate of disability.
Bolinger, Andrew J., Sept. 23, 1864; drafted; mustered
out June 10,
1865, near Washington, D. C., by 'order of war
department.
Bartz, John G., Sept. 25, 1864; drafted; mustered out
June 10, 1865,
near Washington, D. C., by order of war
department.
Bingaman, Benjamin F., Sept. 1, 1861; discharged Nov.
4, 1862, at Columbus, O., on surgeon's certificate of
disability.
Brown, Thompson, Sept. 9, 1862; discharged Jan.
9, 1863, at Columbus,
O., on surgeon’s certificate of disability.
Butler, Marshall W., Oct. 7, 1862; drafted; mustered
out July 27, 1863,
on expiration of term of service. '
Cantlebury, Levi, Feb. 26, 1864; absent in hospital
from wounds received
Aug. 5, 1864, in action near Atlanta, Ga; mustered out July 5, 1865, at
Camp Dennison, O., by order of war department.
Clutter, Robert D., Sept. 23, 1864; drafted; absent,
sick; mustered out
July 6, 1865, at David’s Island, New York
Harbor, by order of war department.
Christie, James, Jan. 4, 1864; transferred from the One
Hundred and Fifth
O. V. I. June 1, 1865; mustered out with company
July 12, 1865.
Coss, Martin V., Sept. 1, 1861; mustered out Sept. 13,
1864, on expiration
of term of service.
Coss, William G., Sept. 1, 1861; absent in brigade
hospital; mustered out;
Sept. 15, 1864, on expiration of term of
service.
Crane, Jefferson, Sept. 1, 1861; died July 14, 1862, at
Tuscumbia, Ala.
Cochran, Robert F., Sept. 23, 1864; drafted; mustered
out June 10, 1865,
near Washington, D. C., by order of war
department.
Cone, Henry, Sept. 1, 1861; discharged May 1, 1862, at
Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., on surgeon's
certificate of disability. [Page
362]
Childs, John M., Sept. 1, 1861; transferred to
Veteran Reserve' Corps Dec. 31, 1863.
Dunbar, William W., Sept. 1, 1861; died Nov. 18,
1863, at Chattanooga, Tenn.
Dunbar, Gurdon R. 15., Sept. 1, 1861; killed
Sept. 1, 1864, in battle of Jonesboro, Ga.;
veteran.
Donielson, Henry, Sept. 23, 1862; mustered out
June 10, 1865, near Washington, D. C., by order
of war department.
Dougherty, Henry, Sept. 1, 1861; discharged
March 6, 1863, at Murfreesboro, Tenn., on
surgeon's certificate of disability.
Eddy, John G., Sept. 1, 1861; mustered out with
company July 12, 1865; veteran.
Emerich, Josiah D., Feb. 10, 1864; absent from
wounds received August 5, 1864, in battle of Utoy Creek, Ga.; mustered out to date Aug. 14,
1865, by order of war department.
Everett, William, Sept. 23, 1864; drafted;
mustered out June 10, 1865, near Washington, D.
C., by order of war department.
Ford, Austin K., Sept. 1, 1861; mustered out
Sept. 13, 1864, on expiration of term of
service.
Fankhouser, John, Oct. 8, 1862; killed August 5,
1864, in battle of Utoy Creek, Ga.
Foster, Henry F., Sept. 1, 1861; mustered out
with company July 12, 1865; veteran.
Fellows, Hiram N., Sept. 1, 1861; discharged
June 15, 1865, at Dennison U. 5. General
Hospital, on surgeon's certificate of
disability; veteran.
Fuller, Martin H., Jan. 21, 1864; transferred
from One Hundred and Fifth O. V. I., June 1,
1865; mustered out June 2, 1865, by order of war
department.
Franklin, Jacob, Sept. 23, 1864; drafted;
mustered out June 10, 1865, .near Washington, D.
C., by order of war department.
Fairchild, George W., Sept. 23, 1864; drafted;
mustered out June I0, 1865, near Washington, D.
C., by order of war department.
Ferguson, James, Sept. 23, 1864; drafted;
mustered out June 10, 1865, near Washington, D.
C., by order of the war department.
Fairchild. David, Sept. 1, 1861; discharged May
29, 1862, at St. Louis, Mo., on surgeon’s
certificate of disability.
Frock, Jacob, Oct. 7, 1862; drafted; mustered
out July 27, 1863, on expiration of term
of service.
Gray, James E., Jan. 4, 1864; mustered out with
company July 12, 1865.
Grant, Isaac M., Oct. 6, 1864; substitute;
mustered out with company July 4, 1865.
Gould, Lewis B., Sept. 1, 1861; died Jan. 24,
1865, at York, O.; veteran. [Page
363]
Gunsaullus, Daniel E., Sept. 1, 1861; died Oct
1, 1864, at Franklin, O.;
veteran.
Geer, Israel S., Feb. 13, 1864; died March 8,
1864, at Chattanooga, Tenn.
Gunsaullus, George, Sept. 25, 1862; mustered out
June 10, 1865, near
Washington, D. C., by order of war department.
Gray, George E., Oct. 1, 1862; mustered out June
10, 1865, near Washington, D. C., by order of war department.
Gorman, William, Sept. 1, 1861; mustered out
June 21, 1865, at Camp
Dennison, O., by order of war department;
veteran.
Griffin, William, Sept. 1, 1861.
Gorsuch, Rezin, Sept. 1, 1861; discharged May 3,
1862, at Columbus, O.,
on surgeon's certificate of disability.
Gorsuch, Andrew J., Sept. 1, 1861;
discharged Aug. 4, 1862, at Columbus, O., on
surgeon’s certificate of disability.
Gwin, John, Oct. 1, 1862; discharged Aug. 12,
1863, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
Hanna, Julius J., Oct. 1, 1862; killed Sept. 1,
1864, in battle of Jonesboro, Ga.
Heckman, John, Dec. 29, 1863; mustered out with
company July 12,
1865
Howard, Edward L., Jan. 4, 1864; transferred
from One Hundred and Fifth
O. V. I., June 1, 1865; mustered out with
company July 12, 1865.
Heiligher, Oscar C. F., March 31, 1864;
transferred from One Hundred and Fifth O. V. I., June 1, 1865; mustered out
with company July 12, 1865.
Hendricks, Jackson, Sept. 1, 1861; accidentally
drowned Feb. 17, 1862,
in the Ohio River.
Hopkins, Edwin E., Feb. 1, 1864; died July 2,
1864, at Dallas, Ga.
Hale, Justus H., Feb. 15, 1864; died June 16,
1864, at Nashville, Tenn.
Harrington, George W., Sept. 1, 1861; discharged
Sept. 1, 1862. at Nashville, Tenn., on surgeon's certificate of
disability.
Howard, Ruel S., Sept. 27, 1864; drafted;
mustered out June 10, 1865,
near Washington, D. C., by order of war
department.
Henderson, William M., Sept. 23, 1864; drafted;
mustered out June 10,
1865, near Washington, D. C., by order of war
department.
Hayward, Robert, Sept. 23, 1864; drafted;
mustered out June 10, 1865, near Washington, D. C., by order of war
department.
Henkey, Charles, Sept. 22, 1864; drafted;
mustered out June 10, 1865,
near Washington, D. C., by order of war
department.
Hodges, David D., Sept. 23, 1862; died Nov. 28,
1862, at Gallatin, Tenn.
Herbert, Robert M., Oct. 7, 1862; drafted; died
Feb. 2, 1863, at Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Hicker, Daniel, Sept. 1, 1861; discharged May 1,
1862, at Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., on surgeon's
certificate of disability. [Page
364]
Harrington, George W., March 24, 1864;
discharged May 22, 1865, on
surgeon's certificate of disability.
Hunter, Isaac H., Sept. 1, 1861; discharged June
12, 1862, at Columbus, O., on surgeon's certificate of disability.
Inman, Ebenezer, Sept. 1, 1861; died June 3,
1862, at Danville, Ky.
Jones, Judson, Sept. 1, 1861; mustered out with
company July 12, 1865;
veteran.
Jay, Brice H., Sept. 1,
1861; prom. to sergt.-maj. March 16, 1863.
King, James F., Sept. 1, 1861; mustered out
Sept. 13, 1864, on expiration of term of service.
Keeser, Sewell, Sept. 1, 1861; mustered out with
company July 12, 1865; Veteran.
Kuney, Lanson, Feb. 1, 1864; mustered out with
company July 12, 1865.
Kane, Anthony, Jan. 5, 1864; transferred from
One Hundred and Fifth
O. V. I.; mustered out with company July 12,
1865.
Kain, William, Sept. 24, 1864; drafted; mustered
out June 10, 1865, near
Washington, D. C., by order of war department.
Le Clere, Lafayette, Sept. 1, 1861; killed
Nov.25, 1863, in battle of Mission Ridge, Tenn.
Looker, David, Sept. 1, 1861; absent in hospital
from wounds received
Aug. 6, 1864, in action near Atlanta, Ga;
mustered out July 5, 1865, at Camp Dennison, O., by order of war department;
veteran.
Lamberson, William W., Feb. 16, 1864; mustered
out with company July
12, 1865.
Linder, John, Sept. 23, 1864; drafted; mustered
out June 10, 1865, near
Washington, D. C., by order of war department.
Looker, James K., Sept. 1, 1861; transferred to
U. S. Engineer Corps
July 15, 1864; veteran.
Lunger, John, Sept. 1, 1861; transferred to
Veteran Reserve Corps Dec.
31, 1863.
McCutchen, William, Sept. 1, 1861; absent in
hospital from wounds received Nov. 25, 1863, in battle of Mission
Ridge, Tenn.; mustered out Sept.
.17, 1864, on expiration of term of service.
McVicor, Elijah, Sept. l, 1861; mustered out
with company July 12, 1865; veteran.
McKibben, William, Sept. 1, 1861; mustered out
with company July 12,
1865; veteran.
McClarran, Cornelius R., Sept. 1, 1861; mustered
out with company July 12, 1865; veteran.
McKibben, Robert J., Feb. 29, 1864; mustered out
with company July 12, 1865.
McMaster, Leonard, Jan. 21, 1864; mustered out
with company July 12,
1865. [Page 365]
McCambridge, Patrick, April 6, 1864; transferred
from One Hundred and
Fifth O. V. I. June 1, 1865; mustered out with
company July 12, 1865.
McClarran, William, Oct. 1, 1862; mustered out
May 27, 1865, at Camp
Dennison, O., by order of war department.
McKenzie, Samuel, Oct. 7, 1862; drafted;
mustered out July 27, 1863,
on expiration of term of service.
McGowen, Riley, Sept. 1, 1861; died March 26,
1862; at Lebanon, Ky.
McMichael, Leroy, Oct. 1, 1862; transferred to
Veteran Reserve Corps
Dec. 31, 1863.
Murray, Atwell, Sept. 1, 1861; mustered out
Sept. 13, 1864, on expiration of term of service.
Matthias, Franklin D., Sept. 1, 1861; mustered
out with company July 12,
1865; veteran.
Mikesell, Stillman, Sept. 1, 1861; mustered out
with company July 12,
1865; veteran.
Moore, Edson, Jan. 21, 1864; mustered out with
company July 12, 1865.
Mikesell, Charles, Sept. 1, 1861; killed Aug. 5,
1864, in battle of Utoy
Creek, Ga.; veteran.
Mattern, Jacob, Sept. 1, 1861; died May 10,
1862, at Gorham, O.
Mattern, Jerome P., Sept. 1, 1861; discharged
Feb. 12, 1863, at Murfreesboro, Tenn., on surgeon's certificate of
disability.
Moses, James, Sept. 1, 1861; discharged April
22, 1863, to enlist in marine brigade.
Mankins, Silas, Oct. 7, 1862; drafted; mustered
out July 27, 1863, on expiration of term of service.
Miller, Edmond, Sept. 1, 1861; transferred to
Veteran Reserve Corps, Sept. 30, 1863.
Noonan, John, Oct. 9, 1862; mustered out with
company July 12, 1865.
O'Donal, John, Dec. 13, 1863; transferred from
105th O. V. I., June 1,
1865; mustered out with company July 12, 1865.
Osterhaut, Henry H., Sept. 1, 1861.
Osterhaut, John W., Sept. 1, 1861; discharged
Aug. 29, 1862, at Columbus, O., on surgeon's
certificate of disability.
Palmer, David B., Sept. 1, 1861; mustered out
with company July 12,
1865; veteran.
Pomeroy, Henry B., Dec. 29, 1863; mustered out
with company July 12,
1865.
Parker, William H., Jan. 5, 1864; transferred
from 105th O. V. I., June 1,
1865; absent; sick since Jan. 26, 1865; no
further record found.
Pfefferley, Charles, Oct. 4, 1864; substitute;
mustered out with company
July 12, 1865.
Penny, Isaac, Sept. 1, 1861; discharged July 14,
1862, at Columbus, O.,
on surgeon’s certificate of disability.
[Page 366]
Powers, William, Sept. 27, 1864; substitute;
never reported for duty; absent, sick; no further record found.
Pike, Hiram, Sept. 1, 1861; discharged Sept. 2,
1862, at Nashville, Tenn.,
on surgeon’s certificate of disability.
Pelton, Thomas J., Sept. 13, 1862; discharged
Jan. 22, 1863, at Gallatin,
Tenn., on surgeon's certificate of disability.
Rice, Harvey M., Feb. 1, 1864; mustered out with
company July 12, 1865.
Rawdon, Caleb L., Jan. 2, 1864; transferred from
105th O. V. I., June 1,
1865; mustered out with company July 12, 1865.
Russell, Elijah B., Dec. 20, 1863; transferred
from 105th O. V. I., June 1,
1865; mustered out with company July 12, 1865.
Rowe, James, March 4, 1864; transferred from
105th O. V. I., June 1,
1865; mustered out with company July 12, 1865.
Reed, Eli S., Feb. 2, 1864; transferred from
105th O. V. I., June 1, 1865;
mustered out with company July 12, 1865.
Rember, Christopher, Sept. 21, 1864; drafted;
absent, sick in hospital;
mustered out to date July 12, 1865, by order of
war department.
Reigle, Adam, Sept. 24, 1864; drafted; absent,
sick in hospital; mustered
out to date July 6, 1865, at New York City, by
order of war department.
Rohr, George, Sept. 24, 1864; drafted; mustered
out June 10, 1865, near
Washington, D. C., by order of war department.
Rodgers, John, Sept. 21, 1864; drafted; mustered
out June 10, 1865, near
Washington, D. C., by order of war department.
Rock, George, Sept. 1, 1861; died June 1, 1862,
at Nashville, Tenn.
Rice, Joseph G., Sept. 1, 1861; discharged June
19, 1862, at Columbus,
O., on surgeon's certificate of disability.
Sellers, William, Sept. 1, 1861; mustered out
Sept. 13, 1864, on expiration of term of service.
Shorten, Daniel G., Sept. 1, 1861; mustered out
Sept. 13, 1864, on expiration of term of service.
Snow, Sardis D., Sept. 1, 1861; mustered out
with company July 12,
1865; veteran.
Scribner, Luke, Sept. 1, 1861; mustered out with
company July 12, 1865; veteran.
Stewart, James, Feb. I0, 1864; transferred from
105th O. V. I., June 1,
1865; mustered out with company July 12, 1865.
Stewart, Cyrus, Jan. 18, 1864; transferred from
105th O. V. I., June 1,
1865; mustered out with company July 12, 1865.
Single, Henry, Oct. 3, 1864; substitute;
mustered out with company July
12, 1865.
Stout, Jesse, Sept. 26, 1864; drafted; mustered
out July 20, 1865, at Camp
Chase, O., by order of war department.
[Page 367]
Spire, Andrew, Oct. 3, 1864; substitute;
mustered out with company
July 12, 1865.
Smith, John, Oct. 8, 1864; substitute; assigned,
but never reported for
duty; absent, sick in hospital; no record of
muster out found.
Skeels, William S., Oct. 9, 1861; mustered out
Oct. 17, 1864, on expiration of term of service.
Shell, George, Sept. 23, 1864; drafted; mustered
out Jan. 3, 1865, at
Savannah, Ga., by order of war department.
Supinger, Benjamin F., Sept. 24, 1864; drafted;
mustered out June 10, 1865, near Washington, D. C., by order of war
department.
Seltzeffer, Reuben, Sept. 15, 1862; mustered out
June 10, 1865, near
Washington, D. C., by order of war department.
Smith, Sala, Sept. 19, 1862; mustered out June
10, 1865, near Washington, D. C., by order of war department.
Skeels, Lyman H., Sept. 1, 1861; transferred to
Veteran Reserve Corps,
March 27, 1865; mustered out Aug. 26, 1865, at
Washington, D. C., by order of war department; veteran.
Snyder, John B., Sept. I5, 1862; transferred to
Veteran Reserve Corps
March 27, 1865.
Struble, Cornelius, Sept. 1, 1861; died Feb. 5,
1862, at Somerset, Ky.
Snow, Henry, Oct. 1, 1862; died Nov. 21, 1862,
at Pilot Knobb, Tenn.
Struble, William, Sept. 1, 1861; discharged Oct.
15, 1862, at Cincinnati, O., on surgeon’s certificate of disability.
Showers, Lewis, Sept. 1, 1861; discharged
25, 1863, at battle of Mission Ridge, Tenn.
Schaffer, Reuben C., Oct. 7, 1862; drafted;
mustered out July 27, 1863,
on expiration of term of service.
Schaffer, Enoch, Oct. 7, 1862; drafted; mustered
out July 27, 1863, on
expiration of term of service.
Thomas, Jacob, Sept. 1, 1861; accidentally
killed Nov. 17, 1861, by the
falling of a tree, at Wild Cat, Ky.
Taylor, John, Sept. 1, 1861; died June 28, 1862,
at Cincinnati, O.
Thomas, Simon, Oct. 7, 1862; drafted; absent,
sick at Nashville, Tenn.;
mustered out Aug. 19, 1863, on expiration of
term of service.
Tremain, Daniel M.; mustered out with company July 12,
1865; veteran.
Vandlin, Daniel B., Sept. 1, 1861; discharged June 19,
1862, at Columbus, O., on surgeon’s certificate
of disability.
Vanarsdale, Garrett, Sept. 1, 1861; discharged July 1,
1862, at Columbus, O., on surgeon’s certificate
of disability.
White, Daniel W., Feb. 22, 1864; mustered out with
company July 12, 1865
Wing, Otis J., Feb. 1, 1864; mustered out with company July
12, 1865.
[Page 368]
Walters, Jacob F., Feb. 5, 1864; died Feb. II,
1865, of wounds received Dec. I5, 1864, in
battle of Nashville, Tenn.
Wise, Michael L., Oct. 1, 1862; mustered out by
order of war department.
Wells, Thomas, Oct. 8, 1862; died March
27, 1863, at Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Woodward, Jeremiah, Sept. 1, 1861;
transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Sept. 1,
1863. THE FORTY-SEVENTH
INFANTRY. This regiment was
principally raised in the southwestern part of
the State. It first went into camp near
Cincinnati, but was afterward transferred to
Camp Dennison. Here the odds and ends of several
companies joined it, among which were fifty- two
men from Fulton county, forty-two of which were
mustered into Company I, and the other eleven
joined other companies of the regiment.
On the 27th of August, 1861, the regiment was ordered
to Clarksburgh, W. Va., and on arriving at that
place reported to General W. S.
Rosecrans. The regiment did a vast amount of
marching and picketing in West Virginia, and, in
the autumn it marched to Bullstown, on the
Little Kanawha River, and was brigaded with the
Ninth and Twenty-eighth Ohio, afterwards known
as the “ Bully Dutch Brigade.” Its first battle
was at Cornifex Ferry.
In the month of January, 1862, the Forty-seventh was
ordered by General J. D. Cox to make an
expedition to Little Sewell Mountain, and drive
the rebels from that place. After driving the
rebels out of their works, and taking a number
of prisoners, the Forty-seventh proceeded to
destroy the works. They returned to camp on the
22d of April, 1863. A detail of three companies
was sent on an expedition to Lewisburg, and, on
the 10th of May, was joined by one company of
the Forty-fourth Ohio, one from the
Forty-seventh Ohio, and one from the Second
battalion of the Second Virginia Cavalry.
Lieutenant-Colonel Elliott
took command, and immediately advanced upon
Lewisburg. The expedition was a complete
success. The rebels were completely routed, and
the camp equipage, horses, wagons, and many
prisoners fell into their hands. In their flight
the rebels threw away their arms, blankets,
coats, and everything that would impede their
escape. Soon after this expedition the
Forty-seventh was brigaded with the Thirty-sixth
and Forty-fourth Ohio Regiments, which was
called the Third Provisional Brigade. On
August 6th Major Perry was
dispatched with Company I and three other
companies to reconnoitre the northern part of
Greenbriar and Pocahontas counties, and capture
or drive the rebels out of the county. This was
successfully done, and after a great deal Of
hard marching and skirmishing, the guerillas
were driven across the river to White Sulphur
Springs. The Forty-seventh took an active
part in the siege and capture of Vicks
[Page 369]
burg, doing a great deal of fighting, and
capturing many prisoners, being nearly
all the time in the front line, and at the time
of the surrender occupying Seminary Hill Fort. The next day after the
surrender the Forty-seventh was dispatched towards Jackson, Miss., after
Johnson’s
rebel force, and assisted in the
attack and capture of Jackson, and destroyed the
fortifications around the city.
It took an active part in the battle Of
Chickamauga, October 24, 1863, the
Forty-seventh being on the skirmish line when
the advance was made, and did
its part of the fighting. On the 25th it marched
in pursuit of the enemy, and
on the 28th entered Grayville and destroyed a
store-house, mills, and machine
shop used by the rebels for manufacturing arms.
On March 6, 1864, the regiment re-enlisted for three more years, and left
on return furlough for home,
arriving in Cincinnati, March 22.
After the expiration of its furlough it returned
to the field and reached its
brigade at Stevenson, Ala., May 3, 1864. The
regiment was actively engaged
in all the fights from Chattanooga, Tenn., to
Atlanta, Ga. It marched with
Sherman's army to the sea, and participated in
the charge on Fort McAlister,
December 13th, being in the advance. The fort
was carried, the Forty-seventh being the first to enter. When the
Forty-seventh entered the field it had
eight hundred and thirty men, but when it
reached Savannah it numbered only
one hundred and twenty, except some recruits
that reached the regiment at
Atlanta. It was paid Off and mustered out August
24, 1865, having served
over four years. THE
SIXTY—SEVENTH INFANTRY. This
regiment was organized by the consolidation Of
two regiments partly
filled, viz., the Forty-fifth and the
Sixty-seventh, besides a few recruits from
Lucas and Fulton counties. At the muster in of
the regiment there were 211
men from Fulton county, as follows: Company A,
63 men; Company B, 30
men; Company C, 18 men; Company D, 2 men;
Company E, 17 men;
Company F, 35 men; Company I, 46 men; total,
211. The regiment left
Columbus for the front January 19, 1862, going
to West Virginia, and spent
the winter at Bloomway Gap and Pau Pau Tunnel.
Skirmishing was frequent
on the picket line between the Sixty-seventh and
Ashby's Cavalry.
On the 14th of March the regiment reported to
General Banks, at Winchester, and soon engaged the enemy and drove
them until darkness put an
end to the fight. They lay on their arms all
night, and the next morning were
the first to engage the foe. After the fight had
fairly begun, the Sixty-seventh was ordered to reinforce
General Taylor's
Brigade, and, in order to reach
that command it had to pass over an open field
for more than a mile, exposed
to a heavy fire from the enemy. The regiment
took the double quick, reached
Taylor's Brigade, and immediately went into
action. It lost in this battle fifteen killed and thirty-two wounded. For the next
three months the regiment [Page
370]
was on the march all over Virginia, and on the
29th of June embarked on a
steamer and barge for the James River, to
reinforce General McClellan. At
the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay the hawser
attached to the barge in tow by
the steamer parted, and the latter lay tossing
in the trough of the heavy sea
for more than hour before the steamer could
again make fast to it. Horses,
arms, camp and garrison equipage, and many of
the men were washed over
board and lost.
At Harrison’s Landing it campaigned with the
Army of the Potomac until
McClellan retreated from the Peninsula, when it
marched to Suffolk, Va. At
this time the regiment had been reduced to but
three hundred men fit for duty,
out of the eight hundred and fifty it had when
it left Columbus, in January,
1862. Passing over the next five months, which
were nearly all occupied in
marching, and being transported from one place
to another, on April 2, 1863,
it landed on Cole‘s Island, where, for seven
months, it endured all the hard
ships of the siege. It took an active part in
the charge on Fort Wagner,
where it lost heavily. It was, at last, allowed
a fews days’ rest before starting
on its expedition into Florida. The men
re-enlisted and returned to Ohio in
February, 1864, where they rested, visited, and
recruited until the expiration
of their furlough, when they again returned to
the front, about seven hundred
strong. Forty-nine of the recruits came from
Fulton county. They reached
General Butler at Bermuda Hundred on the 6th of
May, 1864, and on the 9th
were detached to guard the right flank of the
Tenth Corps, at the railroad at
Chester Station, for the purpose of destroying
the road from there to Petersburg. The regiment was placed on the turnpike
from Richmond to Petersburg, with one section of artillery, with orders
to hold the position at all
hazards. During the night reinforcements
arrived, and the next morning the
rebels made a general attack upon them. The
Sixty-seventh maintained its
position. The rebels made four successive
charges and were as often repulsed
by the Sixty-seventh. The section of artillery
was captured, and was, for a short
time, in the hands of the enemy, but was soon
recaptured by the gallant Company F, of the Sixty-seventh. The 10th of May,
1864, will always be remembered by the regiment as a sad, but glorious
day. Seventy-six officers and
men were killed and wounded in this battle. On
the 20th of May the Sixty
seventh, with other regiments, were ordered to recapture a portion of our
force which had been taken by the enemy. They
took the lines by a desperate charge, in which they lost sixty-nine
officers and men killed and wounded.
They, too, in this charge, captured the rebel
general, W. H. S. Walker, and his
sword was delivered to Colonel Voorhis as a
trophy of this victory. On the
16th of August four companies of the
Sixty-seventh charged the rifle pits at
Deep River, and the first volley of the enemy
killed and wounded one-third
of the charging column, but, before the rebels
could reload, the rifle pits were
in possession of the Sixty-seventh. On the 7th,
13th, 27th and 28th of Oc-
[Page 371]
tober, the regiment was engaged with the enemy,
and it is a fact that during
the camp ign of 1864, the Sixty-seventh was
under fire two hundred times,
and had lost in killed and wounded, during that
time, over four hundred men.
In the spring of 1865 the regiment participated
in the assault on the rebel
works in front of Petersburg, and on April 2,
led the charge on Fort Gregg
and Appomattox Court-house, and was in the last
fight the Union forces had
with the army of Virginia. The regiment was at
the grand review at Washington, and was not mustered out of service
until the 12th day of December,
1865. THE SIXTY-EIGHTH
INFANTRY. This regiment was
recruited in the counties of Defiance, Fulton,
Henry,
Paulding and Williams, during the fall and
winter of 1861—62. One full company was recruited in Fulton county. The
regiment rendezvoused at Camp
Latty, and moved to Camp Chase in January, 1862.
It left Camp Chase February 7, 1862, for the front, and arrived at
Fort Donaldson, Tenn., on the 14th,
when it was assigned to General C. F. Smith’s
division on the left of the line,
and constantly engaged in skirmishing during
both days of the fighting. It
guarded the supply and ordnance trains of
General Lew Wallace, during the
battle of Pittsburgh Landing; it was actively
engaged during the siege of Corinth in building roads, bridges and
entrenchments. The regiment participated
in the battles of Iuka and Monmouth. In the
spring of 1863 it was assigned
to the Second Brigade, Third Division,
Seventeenth Army Corps, and served
in that command until the close of the war. It
participated in the battle of
Thompson Hill, May 1, 1863, and in the battles
of Raymond, Jackson, Champion Hills and Black Jack, all in the month
of
May, 1863. In all of these engagements it
suffered serious loss, especially
at Champion Hills. It was constantly engaged in all the fighting during the
siege of Vicksburg. It took an
active part in the fight of Baker's Creek,
February 5, 1863. It veteranized,
and on the 15th of December, 1863, embarked for
home on its veteran furlough.
A It received recruits while at home, and an
additional number when returning;
one hundred and seventy men that had been sent
to it about the time it went
north on furlough, in all a total of over three
hundred, and when the regiment
arrived in Georgia, where it joined General
Sherman's army on the Atlanta
campaign, it had over seven hundred men for
duty. During the remainder of
the Atlanta campaign the regiment was almost
constantly under fire, and for
sixty-five days and nights was on the advance
line. It was in the battles at
Neuces, Nickajack, Atlanta, and on the 28th
Jonesboro and Lovejoy. After
the capture of Atlanta the regiment marched with
Sherman to the sea, and
through the Carolinas, and after the surrender
of Johnston, marched to Washington, D. C., and participated in the grand
review; from there to Louisville,
Ky., and on the 18th of July was mustered out of
service, and returned home. [Page
372]
For a more detailed account of the Sixty-eighth
Regiment see the report of its achievements in
the history of the regiment in the military
chapter of Henry county in this volume, and for
the purpose of keeping together as well as
possible, the names of all who were in this
command, the roster will be found in connection
with the history proper of it.
THE EIGHTY-FIFTH INFANTRY—THREE MONTHS REGIMENT.
The Eighty-fifth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, was organized at Camp Chase, on the
10th day of June, 1862. It was raised for the
purpose of
guarding prisoners at Camp Chase, Ohio. About
the middle of July, 1862, the guerilla, Morgan,
made a raid into Kentucky and threatened
Frankfort, the capital of that State. Aid being
necessary, and there being no other available
troops at hand, a battalion of four companies of
the Eighty-fifth was dispatched to their
assistance, under command of Lieutenant-Colonel
Sowers. On arriving at Frankfort they found the
loyal people of that place greatly alarmed, and
the rebel portion equally jubilant. The next day
after the arrival of the battalion of the
Eighty-fifth they were ordered out by
Adjutant-General Leslie Combs, about six miles
in the country, to intercept a force of Morgan’s
cavalry which were camped at that place; but the
rebels having been apprised of our approach beat
a hasty retreat just as the battalion came in
sight of their camp. The battalion was
ordered to double-quick, but soon found that
infantry was no match for horses, and so gave up
the pursuit and returned to the city. The next
day they were joined by a battalion of
Pennsylvania troops, and five companies of
Kentuckians and a day or two later Morgan
hastily left, and the battalion of the
Eighty-fifth again reported for duty at Camp
Chase, where it remained until about the middle
of October, when it was paid off and
discharged. Fulton county furnished one full
company, G, for this regiment,
ninety-seven men rank and file.
THE EIGHTY-SIXTH INFANTRY—SIX MONTHS REGIMENT.
This regiment was recruited from the northern
counties of Ohio, Fulton
county contributing one whole company, Company
H. It was organized at
Camp Cleveland, and recruited to a full regiment
in the month of June and
early part of July, 1863. About the time of its
muster in the rebel general,
John Morgan, was making his famous northern raid
through Indiana and Southern Ohio. The regiment
was immediately placed under marching orders and joined in the chase of the guerillas,
the rebels having just been defeated at Bufiington’s Island by
Generals Judah
and Shackleford's troops, and being thus
prevented from crossing the Ohio River at that
point, turned in a northeasterly direction and
marched to the Muskingum River, which they
reached a short distance below Zanesville. On
the arrival of the Eighty-Sixth at Zanesville, a
detachment of two hundred men, under the command
of Lieu- [Page 373]
tenant-Colonel McFarland, were sent to
Eagleport, where it was presumed
Morgan would attempt to cross the Muskingum. The
detachment arrived just
in time to witness the crossing of the rear
guard. Colonel McFarland immediately commenced skirmishing with the enemy and
detained them some time,
thus allowing General Shackleford to gain some
precious time in pursuit. In
the meantime Major Karns, with the remainder Of
the Eighty-sixth, had been
ordered to Cambridge to intercept Morgan at that
point. He arrived at
Washington on the turnpike, a few minutes after
Morgan’s forces had passed. Shackelford then coming up with the forces under
his command, the two jointly pursued the enemy to a place near
Salineville, Columbiana county, where the
rebels were overtaken and captured. The
Eighty-sixth returned to Camp
Tod, at Columbus, and on the 8th of August
proceeded to Camp Nelson, Ky.,
where they joined the forces under Colonel
De Courcy, in an expedition to capture Cumberland Gap then held by the enemy. The
expedition left Camp
Nelson August 17th, and on the 8th of September
arrived in front of Cumber
land Gap. The force under the command of De
Courcy Consisted of the
Eighty-sixth and One Hundred and Twenty-ninth
Ohio Infantry, detachments
of the Ninth and Eleventh Tennessee Cavalry, and
Captain Neil’s TwentySecond Ohio Battery. The country being filled
with rebel spies, De Courcy divided all his regiments into two battalions,
making each regiment appear as
two. This was done in order to deceive the
enemy, who greatly outnumbered
him. It was then represented to the rebel
commander that De Courcy's force
numbered ten or twelve thousand. Soon after the
arrival of De Courcy’s force
on the Kentucky side, Major-General
Burnside
arrived with his force on the
Tennessee side of the Gap, thus completely
investing the rebel garrison under General
Frazer. On the 9th of September the
Eighty-sixth formed in line of
battle along the Harlan Road, with skirmishers
in front, two pieces of Neil’s
battery on the left occupying an elevated
plateau, with the One Hundred and
Twenty-ninth in supporting distance in the rear.
The remainder of Neil's battery was in position in front of the Gap, and
the cavalry on the Barberville
road. This disposition of troops being made on
the north side in conjunction
with General Burnside’s forces on the south side
of the Gap, a formal summons was sent by General Burnside to the rebel
commander demanding the
surrender of the place. This demand was acceded
to by General Frazer, thus
saving great loss of life, as the Gap could have
been stoutly defended and the
loss of life would have been very great had it
been taken by direct assault.
The Eighty- sixth immediately marched into the
fort and took possession,
hoisting the stars and stripes in place of the
rebel flag, which had been defiantly waving in the same place for so many months.
The result of this victory
was two thousand eight hundred prisoners, five
thousand stand of arms, thirteen pieces of artillery, and a large quantity
of ammunition, quartermaster’s
and commissary stores. The Eighty-sixth remained
in the Gap as a part of [Page
374]
the garrison until its term of service expired.
It being one hundred and fifty
miles from the Gap to its base of supplies, over
bad roads, the troops were
compelled to subsist in a great measure off of
the country, and foraging parties had to go a great distance to reach
anything eatable, and the country being filled with guerillas, conflicts were of
almost daily occurrence. The time
for which the regiment enlisted having expired
on the 16th of January, 1864,
it started for Ohio, and after a seven days’
hard march it reached Nicholsville
on January 23. It left for Cleveland, Ohio,
where it arrived on the 26th, and
was mustered out of the United States service
February 10th, 1864. Company H had ninety-four men all from Fulton
county. THE ONE HUNDREDTH INFANTRY.
This regiment was organized at Camp Toledo, near
Toledo, and was mustered into the United States service on the Ist
day of September, 1862. It
was recruited in the northwestern counties of
the State, Fulton county furnishing one Company H, and about twenty other men
scattered through the different companies of the regiment. It immediately
left for Cincinnati, and on
the 9th camped in Covington, Ky. On the 8th of
October it marched for Lexington, and from there on to Danville, where it
arrived the 26th of December.
On the 2d of January, 1863, it marched to
Frankfort, Ky., and in February returned to Lexington, and thence to Crab
Orchard, Mt. Vernon and Somerset. On the 13th of August it again went into
camp at Danville, and from
there in the latter part of August the regiment
started on its march with the
Ninth Corps for East Tennessee. On arriving at
Knoxville a portion of the
regiment, two hundred and forty strong, under
Major Hayes, was sent up the
West Virginia line to guard the railroad, where,
on the 4th of September, the
entire detachment was captured by the enemy
after a spirited resistance lasting
more than two hours; and not until the
detachment had fired the last shot in
their cartridge boxes did they yield. The
regiment participated in the defense
of Knoxville, and did valuable service during
the winter of 1863—4, in and
about that place, being constantly on duty, as
were all of Burnside's troops.
In the spring of 1864, the regiment, with the
Twenty-third Army Corps,
marched from Knoxville to join Sherman, then at
Tunnel Hill, Ga. It moved
with Sherman on the Atlanta campaign and was
present at almost every battle from Rocky Face Ridge to Atlanta. On the 6th
of August it was engaged
in an assault on the rebel works in front of
Atlanta, and lost one hundred and
three men in killed and wounded, out of three
hundred engaged. Thirty-six
of these were killed on the field and eight more
died of their wounds shortly
after. Colonel Slevin was rendered a cripple for
life. After the capture of
Nashville the regiment went in pursuit of Hood
and was hotly engaged with
the enemy in the battles of Franklin and
Nashville. It then went with the
Twenty-third Corps to Washington, North
Carolina, and was there actively
[Page 375]
engaged, after which it marched to Goldsboro,
and from there with Sherman's army to Raleigh;
thence to Greensboro; and thence was sent to
Cleveland, O., where it was mustered out of
service on the 1st day of July, 1865.
The One Hundredth lost, during its two years and ten
months' service, sixty five men killed in
action; one hundred and forty-two wounded,
twenty-seven of whom died of wounds; one hundred
and eight died of disease; and three hundred and
twenty-five were captured by the enemy,
eighty-five of whom died in rebel prisons.
Of this regiment Company H was recruited wholly from
Fulton county in July and August, 1865. It was
organized by the election of L. Berry
Smith, captain; John L. Palmer, first
lieutenant, and Emmet Losure,
second lieutenant, and was mustered into the
service with the regiment at Toledo, September
1, 1862, and numbered one hundred rank and file
at muster in. Captain L. Berry Smith
resigned November 27, 1862, and Lieutenant
John H. Palmer succeeded him as captain of
the company. Emmet Losure was
promoted to first lieutenant, and Albert B.
Smith was promoted from first sergeant to
second lieutenant. John H. Palmer
resigned March 27, 1863, and Emmet
Losure succeeded him as captain; Albert
B. Smith was promoted from second to first
lieutenant, and First Sergeant John J. Hines
to second lieutenant. Captain Emmet
Losure died of small pox at Knoxville,
Tenn., January 12, 1864, and First Lieutenant
Albert B. Smith was promoted to the
captaincy of the company and served as such
until January, 1865. At the same time, January
14, 1864, sixteen of this company were
transferred to other commands, and to the
invalid corps. Eight men were killed in battle,
and two died from gun-shot wounds received in
battle; twenty died of disease contracted in the
service, and ten died in rebel prison pens. The
company was with the regiment in all its marches
and battles; at the siege of Knoxville, Mossy
Creek, Strawberry Plains, Tenn; at Resaca,
Tunnel Hill, Rocky Face Ridge, Ala; at the siege
of Atlanta, in the fights at Dallas, Etowah
Creek, in Georgia, and at the battles of
Franklin and Nashville, Tenn., and at Johnson’s
surrender to Sherman in North Carolina. The
company received sixteen recruits from Fulton
county during its term of service, and at its
muster out had but fifty-one out of the one
hundred and sixteen men in the organization.
Company Roster. Muster out
roll of Company H, of the One Hundredth Ohio
Vol. Inf., showing rank, date of enlistment, and
township of residence of each member.
Albert B. Smith, captain, July 31, 1862, Clinton
twp., promoted from first sergt. to second
lieut. Nov. 27, 1862; to first lieut. March 17,
1863; to capt. Jan. 14, 1865, and lieut-col. by
brevet.
John J. Hine, first lieut. Aug. 2, 1862, Clinton
twp., promoted to first sergt. Nov. 27, 1862; to
second lieut. March 17, 1863; to first lieut.
Jan. 14, 1865; taken prisoner at Limestone,
Tenn., Sept. 8, 1863; paroled March 1, 1865.
[Page 376]
Jacob R. Ely, first-sergt., Aug. 6, 1862, Gorham;
promoted to first sergt. March 17, 1864.
William Weir, sergt., Aug. 5, 1862, Clinton; appt.
sergt. Sept 2, 1862.
David Kesler, sergt., Aug. 11, 1862, Clinton; appt.
corp. Sept. 2, 1862; prom. to sergt. March 17,
1864.
Oscar F. Tayer, sergt., Aug. 6, 1862, Gorham, appt.
sergt. May 1, 1864.
David D. Donahue, sergt., Aug. 7, 1862, York; appt.
sergt. Sept. 16, 1864; missing in action at
Franklin, Tenn., Nov. 30, 1864.
George W. Vrooman, corp., Aug. 16, 1862, Clinton; appt.
corp. June 14, 1864.
Leonard Hartan, corp., Aug. 5, 1862, Franklin, appt.
corp. Sept. 16, 1864.
Elias Sellers, corp., July 24, 1862, Dover; appt. Oct.
14, 1864.
Silas Fausey, corp., July 29, 1865, Chesterfield; appt.
Jan. 10, 1865.
Amzie Stiles, corp., Aug. 11, 1862, Chesterfield; appt.
Feb. 28, 1865.
George S. Miller, corp., Aug. 11, 1862, Clinton; appt.
corp. April 29, 1865.
Camp Dennison, corp., Aug. 7, 1862, Fulton;
appt. Feb. 1864; missing in action at Franklin,
Tenn., Nov. 30, 1864.
Henry Beaver, corp, Aug. 5, 1862, Dover; missing in
action at Franklin, Tenn., Nov. 30, 1864.
Thomas Case, wagoner, July 25, 1862, Clinton; no
record.
Solomon S. Abbott, private, Aug. 7, 1865, Dover; no
record.
Oliver P. Barnes, private, July 22, 1862, Clinton;
absent in hospital at muster out.
James W. Baxter, private, Aug. 7, 1862, Franklin; no
record.
Campbell Bayes, private, Aug. 9, 1862, Clinton; wounded
at Franklin, Tenn., absent in hospital at
muster-out.
Josiah Braas, private, Aug. 6, 1862, Gorham; reduced
April 26, 1865, from corporal to private.
Allen Barden, private, Aug. 1, 1862, Royalton; missing
in action at Franklin, Tenn., Nov. 30, 1864.
Benjamin M. Black, private, Aug. 8, 1862, Clinton;
missing in action at Franklin, Tenn., Nov. 30,
1864.
Alexander Cameron, private, Aug. 2, 1862, Pike; no
record.
Addison Crew, private, Aug. 9, 1862, York; no record.
Benjamin Crew, private, Aug. 11, 1862, Clinton; no
record.
Micajah Crew, private, Aug. 7, 1862, Clinton; missing
in action at Franklin, Tenn., Nov. 30, 1864.
Jacob Collins, private, Aug. 9, 1862, Clinton; absent
in hospital.
Harper, Earl, private, Aug. 2, 1862, York; no record.
John Grove, private, Aug. 11, 1862, Clinton, missing in
action at Franklin, Tenn., Nov. 30, 1864.
[Page 377]
Henry J. Harrington, private, Aug. 11, 1862, Clinton,
no record.
James Hodge, private, Aug. 7, 1862, Clinton, no record.
John P. Holland, private, Aug. 9, 1862, Royalton, no
record.
Leonard Huth, private, Aug. 7, 1862, Fulton, no record.
Thomas Hess, private, July 28, Clinton, missing in
action at Franklin, Tenn., Nov. 30, 1864.
Mathias Miller, private, Aug. 7, 1862, Gorham, no
record.
Phillip Moore, private, Aug. 9, 1862, York, no record.
Charles J. McFarlinge, private, Aug. I1 1862, Dover, no
record.
Jesse W. Miles, private, Aug. 2, 1862, Clinton, no
record.
George W. Persons, private, Aug. 6, 1862, Gorham, no
record.
William H. Pelton, private, Aug, 2, 1862, Pike,
appointed sergeant Sept. 2, 1862, reduced to
private May 1, 1864, by order Colonel P. S.
Slevin.
John F. Raker, private, July 28, 1862, Swan Creek, no
record.
Harrison E. Randall, private, July 29, 1862, Clinton,
appointed corporal June 14, 1863, reduced to
private Feb. 28, 1865.
Daniel Steinbarger, private, Aug. 7, 1862, Fulton, no
record.
Isaac E. Smith, private, Aug. 12, 1862, Pike, no
record.
John Stair, private, Aug. 7, 1862, Fulton, missing in
action at Franklin, Tenn., Nov. 30, 1864,
unofficial notice of discharge.
Sylvearns Walter, private, Aug. 7, 1862, Clinton, no
record.
Jonas Weeks, private, Aug. 6, 1862, Fulton, no record.
Samuel S. O. Warren, private, July 31, 1862,
Chesterfield, absent in hospital.
Edwin M. Watrous, private, Aug. 6, 1862, Clinton,
reduced from corporal to ranks, date lost.
Franklin Wallace, private, Aug. 6, 1862, Gorham, absent
in hospital. The following roll
will show those who were members of the company,
but who ceased from the assigned cause to belong
to it;
L. Berry Smith, captain, July 19, 1862, Clinton,
resigned Nov. 27, 1862, cause, physical
disability.
John H. Palmer, captain, Aug. 2, 1862, Gorham, promoted
Nov. 27, 1862, vice Smith resigned March 17,
1863.
Harlan Bates, first sergeant Aug. 7, 1862, Clinton,
discharged Feb. 19, 1864, to enable him to
accept commission as second lieutenant.
John H. Corbett, private, July 24, Dover, discharged by
order of major
General Burbridge to accept commission as first
lieutenant.
Benjamin Kellogg, private, July 28, 1862, Clinton,
discharged Sept. 21, 1863, cause, disability.
Jesse L. Pelton, private, Aug. 2, 1862, Pike,
discharged June 16, 1863, disability.
Allen Shadle, private, Aug. 7, 1862, Dover, discharged
Dec. 3, 1865, disability.
[Page 378]
Henry Young, private, Aug. 5, 1862, Royalton,
discharged Dec. 5, 1862,
disability.
George Ziegler, private, Nov. 20, 1863, Toledo,
discharged May 20, 1865,
order war department.
J. Neal McManus, sergeant, July 24, 1862,
Clinton, transferred to invalid
corps March 15, 1864.
Alexander W. Baker, private, Aug. 1, 1862,
Royalton, transferred to in
valid corps, 1863, record lost.
Silas P. Bowerman, private, Aug. 9, 1862, York,
transferred to invalid corps,
1863, record lost.
William H. Grove, private, Dec. 17, 1863,
Toledo, transferred to 130th O.
V. Inf.
Newton Gamble, private, Dec. 12, 1863, Toledo,
transferred to 183d O. V.
Inf.
Martin V. Hatfield, private, Nov. 26, 1863,
Toledo, transferred to 183d O.
V. Inf.
James H. Haines, private, Nov. 20, 1863, Toledo,
transferred to 183d O. V.
.Inf.
Franklin Hickman, private, Aug. 6, 1862, Gorham,
transferred to invalid
corps, 1863. .
David Lambert, private, Nov. 20, 1863, Toledo,
transferred to 183d O. V.
Inf.
Wilson A. Olas, private, Aug. 6, 1862, Amboy,
transferred to invalid corps
1863.
Alexander Percy, private, Nov. 20, 1863, Toledo,
transferred to 183d, O.
V. Inf.
Julius N. Parker, private, Nov. 20, 1863,
Toledo, transferred to 183d O. V.
Inf.
Alexander Pierson, private, Dec. 31, 1863,
Toledo, transferred to 183d O.
V. Inf.
Noble Paige, private, Dec. 30, 1863, Toledo,
transferred to 183d O. V. Inf.
Wolcott Russell, private, Aug. 2, 1862, Pike,
transferred to 183d O. V. Inf.
John P. Sigsby, private, Dec. 3, 1863, Toledo,
transferred to 183d O. V. Inf.
Warren P. Sigsby, private, Dec. 3, 1863, Toledo,
transferred to 183d O. V.
Inf.
Joseph P. Miller, private, Aug. 6, 1862, Fulton,
transferred to Vet. Res.
Corps April 1, 1865.
Alva F. Mallory, sergeant, Aug. 6, 1862, Gorham,
killed at battle of Utoy
Creek, Aug. 6, 1864.
James Stulesman, corporal, July 30, 1862,
Chesterfield, killed at battle of
Utoy Creek Aug. 6; 1864. [Page
379]
Anderson E. Bradley, private, Aug. 11, 1862,
Chesterfield, killed in battle
at Franklin, Tenn., Nov. 30, 1864.
Martin Markley, private, July 24, 1862, Dover,
killed near Atlanta, Ga.,
June 26, 1864.
David T. McLaughlin, private, Aug. 5, 1862,
Franklin, killed at Utoy Creek,
Ga., Aug. 6, 1864.
Orlan W. Masters, private, Aug. 7, 1862,
Gorham, killed at Limestone,
Tenn., Sept. 8, 1863.
Benjamin Pelton, private, killed at Utoy Creek,
Ga., Aug. 6, 1864.
William E. Stoddard, private, Aug. 8, 1862,
Gorham, killed at Utoy Creek,
Ga., Aug. 6, 1864.
Emmett Losure, captain, July 19, 1862, Clinton,
promoted to first lieutenant Nov. 27, 1862, to captain March 17, 1863,
died at Knoxville, Tenn.,
Jan. 12, 1864, of small-pox.
Isaac Smith, corporal, Aug. 5, 1862, Dover, died
Feb. 14, 1863, of pneumonia, at Richmond, Ky.
Erastus C. Briggs, corporal, Aug. 2, 1862, York,
died at Crab Orchard,
Ky., May 1, 1863, of typhoid pneumonia.
John Agle, private, Aug. 7, 1865, York, died at,
Mount Vernon, Ky., June
13, 1863, of consumption.
David Booream, private, Aug. 8, 1862, Gorham,
died at Marietta, Ga.,
Sept. 14. 1864, of gunshot wound received in
battle.
Carroll Collins, private, Aug. 2, 1862, York,
died at Lexington, Ky., Nov.
14, 1862, of typhoid pneumonia.
Davis Dodge, private, Aug. 6, 1862, York, died
on flag of truce boat April,
1864.
Dusign Cadrick, private, died at Knoxville,
Tenn.
Orrison Dee, private, Aug. 6, 1862, Gorham, died
at Knoxville, Tenn., Jan.
9, 1864, of small-pox.
John B. Demaresq, private, Aug. 9, 1862, York,
died at Richmond, Va.,
while a prisoner of war, Nov. 18, 1863.
Simeon Elliott, private, Aug. 7, 1865, Pike,
died at Richmond, Va, while
a prisoner of war, March 2, 1864.
Daniel Ely, private, Aug. 6, 1862, Gorham, died
at Lexington, Ky., April
10, 1863, of typhoid pneumonia.
Robert M. Foster, private, Aug. 2, 1862,
Clinton, died at Andersonville,
Ga., while a prisoner of war, April 2, 1864.
William Fausey, private, July 31, 1862,
Chesterfield, died March 24, 1864,
of chronic diarrhea.
Champlain Gardiner, private, Aug. 6, 1862,
Gorham, died a prisoner at
Richmond, Va., March 30, 1864.
Mordecia Gorsuch, private, Aug. 8, 1862,
Clinton, died at Richmond, Va.,
while a prisoner of war, March 30, 1864.
[Page 380]
George H. Herrick, private, Aug. 9, 1865,
Royalton, died at Annapolis, Md, April 2, 1864,
of typhoid pneumonia.
George Harlan, private, Aug. 5, 1862,
Franklin, died at Lexington, Ky., Oct. 27, 1865.
Abraham Hartzel, private, Aug. 7, 1862,
Fulton, died at Mount Vernon, Ky., July 1, 1863.
Charles L. Jones, private, July 30, 1862,
Chesterfield, died at Knoxville, Tenn., Jan. 8,
1864, of small-pox.
Isaac Metts, private, July 29, 1862,
Clinton, died at Knoxville, Tenn., Jan. 31,
1864, of small-pox.
Ezra M. Ostrander, private, July 30, 1862,
Chesterfield, died at Richmond, Va., while a
prisoner, March 10, 1864. ,
John H. Reece, private, July 30, 1862,
Chesterfield, died at Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 1,
1865, of wound received in battle.
Isaac Robinson, private, Aug. 11, 1862, Clinton,
died at Richmond, Ky., Dec. 20, 1862, of typhoid
pneumonia.
Robert P. Smith, private, Aug. 11, 1862,
Chesterfield, died at Richmond, Va., while a
prisoner, March, 1864.
John Tremaine, private, Aug. 7, 1862,
York, died at Knoxville, Tenn., Jan. 9, 1864, of
small-pox.
Jasper C. Fulton, private, Aug. 9, 1862, Fulton, died
at Knoxville, Tenn., Feb. I4, 1864, of wound
received in battle.
George Wortman, private, Aug. 7, 1862,
York, died at Covington, Ky., Nov. 23, 1862, of
congestion of the lungs. '
Horace G. Wilcox, private. July 29, 1862,
Clinton, died at Richmond, Va., while a prisoner
of war, March 4, 1864.
Phineas Braley, private, Nov. 20, 1863,
Toledo, deserted at Burnt Hickory, Ga., May 29,
1864.
Jabez Lambert, private, Nov. 20, 1863,
Toledo, deserted at Columbus, O., Jan. 22, 1865.
THE ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVENTH INFANTRY.
The One Hundred and Eleventh Ohio Infantry
Regiment was raised in Lucas, Wood, Fulton,
Williams, Sandusky and Defiance counties, in the
month of August, 1862. It took the field at
Covington, Ky., on the 11th of September, 1862,
and on the 18th, with four other new regiments
and a battery, it made a reconnoissance
to Crittenden, Ky., and, after driving the rebel
cavalry of Kirby Smith, from that place, it
returned to Covington. On the 25th it took
transports to Louisville, where it was assigned
to General Buel's army, in the
Twenty-third Brigade, Twelfth Division, under
the command of General Dumont. It
moved on Shelbyville, October 3, and, on the
eighth took the advance in the movement on
Frankfort, where it had a slight skirmish with
[Page 381]
Bragg’s Cavalry. It moved on Lawrenceburgh,
October II, and from thence
to Crab Orchard, where it joined the whole army
of General Buel. After
Bragg's army had escaped, the One Hundred and
Eleventh moved, by rapid
marches, to Bowling Green, Ky., where it
remained garrisoning forts and
guarding railroads, from that place to
Nashville, until the 29th of May, 1863,
when it was ordered to Glasgow, Ky., where it
was assigned to the Second Brigade, Second Division Twenty-third Army Corps,
where it remained during
the remainder of the war, and until mustered out
of service. From Glasgow it
took part in the movement on Scottsville and
Tompkinsville. On the 4th day
of July, 1863, Morgan having crossed the
Cumberland River about six miles
above Tompkinsville, the One Hundred and
Eleventh gave chase and marched
from Tompkinsville to Glasgow, a distance of
thirty-two miles, carrying guns,
equipments and forty rounds of ammunition. On
the 6th the regiment
marched to Munfordville, and on the 9th took
cars for Louisville. Morgan,
now having crossed the Ohio River, a short
distance below that point, the One
Hundred and Eleventh crossed to New Albany,
Ind., from there to Jeffersonville, and took transports for Cincinnati. On
the way up, on an island, ten
miles above Louisville, the regiment was landed,
and a detachment of Morgan’s
men were captured, with about twenty-five
horses. The regiment arrived at
Cincinnati on the 13th, and at Portsmouth on the
18th. Learning of the capture of most of Morgan’s command, the regiment
returned to Cincinnati, where
the first captured portion of Morgan’s command,
being about thirty-five hundred, were turned over to the One Hundred and
Eleventh, who took the privates and non-commissioned officers to the
military prison at Indianapolis, and
the commissioned officers to Johnson's Island
without the loss of a single man.
The regiment at this time presented a rather
sorry appearance, it having been
for four weeks on the chase after Morgan, and
taking the rebels to prison,
without a change of clothing, so was, indeed,
rather rusty; but was mustered
for pay, and on the 29th of July was paid. The
boys here drew new clothing,
and the officers took a bath and “rigged up in
their best," and really made a
fine appearance that evening on dress parade, in
the presence of several thousand Cincinnatians. About the 1st of August the
regiment returned to Kentucky. Arriving at Lebanon it marched to New
Market, where the Second
Division of the Twenty-third Army Corps
rendezvoused, preparatory to their
march into East Tennessee. This movement began
on the 19th of August and
the command arrived at Jamestown, on the
Cumberland Mountain, eighty-five
miles distant from Knoxville, on the 26th. The
night of the 25th was a hard
one on the men. The One Hundred and Eleventh was
detailed to help the
division wagon train and artillery up the
mountain. This was accomplished
by fastening a hawser to the end of the wagon
pole and a company of men,
with hand spikes twisted in the hawser, drawing
the wagons up the almost perpendicular side of the mountain. From Jim Town
the division moved by rapid [Page
382]
marches through Yarman's Gap, and on the 30th of
August arrived at Montgomery. On the 2d of September it forded the Big
Emory River and arrived
at Loudon, Tenn., on the Tennessee River, on the
4th, where it remained until the 14th of November, where it took part in
the movement on New Market,
to check the rebel advance from Virginia. It
also took part in numerous
marches, scouts and skirmishes along the
Tennessee and Holston Rivers. On
the 22d of October General Longstreet appeared
with his army in front of
Loudon, and skirmishing began and was constantly
kept up, between the division to which the One Hundred and Eleventh
belonged, and the rebel advance.
On the 14th of October reinforcements met the
division at Lenoir, and the
Second Brigade was ordered to Huff’s Ferry,
three miles below Loudon, to
contest the crossing of Longstreet’s troops. The
roads were almost impassable, and it was dark before the Ferry was
reached. On a high bluff, about a
mile from the river, a brigade of rebels were
encountered; the Second Brigade
were immediately formed in single line and made
a successful charge; the
enemy was driven back with considerable loss,
the One Hundred and Eleventh
having but few wounded, as it was on the right
flank and partly under cover
of a dense woods. The brigade stood to arms all
night in a pelting rain. At
daylight the division fell back, the One Hundred
and Eleventh covering the
retreat. At Loudon Creek a lively skirmish took
place between the regiment
and the Sixth South Carolina Sharpshooters of
Longstreet's Division. The
rebels were held in check until Henshaw’s
Illinois Battery was moved up the
hill above the creek. In this engagement the One
Hundred and Eleventh lost
four killed and twelve wounded. The command then
marched rapidly to Lenoir, and, during the night, destroyed all its
camp and garrison equipage, and
on the morning of the 16th, at three o'clock, it
marched in the direction of
Knoxville. On this morning Lieutenant Omer P.
Norris, with fifty-two men,
of Company B, of the regiment, were captured by
the rebels while on picket.
Of these fifty-two, thirty-six were starved to
death in Anderson prison. At
Campbell Station General Burnside concluded to
halt the command and give
battle to General Longstreet, in order to impede
the progress of the enemy
until the fortifications around Knoxville could
be completed. In this engagement the One Hundred and Eleventh were in the
front line, immediately in
front of two rebel batteries, where, for six
hours, it was exposed to the shells of
the enemy; yet it lost but eight men in killed
and wounded, as the enemy's
shells mostly fell in rear of the line. That
night the regiment marched into
Knoxville, having been three days without sleep,
food or rest, and having been
engaged in three separate fights. It occupied
Fort College Hill during the
siege of Knoxville, and had six men killed and
wounded. After the retreat of
Longstreet the regiment was in the skirmishes at
Blain's Cross Roads, Danville
and Strawberry Plains, and when General
Schofield fell back a second time on
Knoxville, the regiment occupied an outpost
seven miles from the city. In
[Page 383]
protecting the crossing of the Second Division,
at Strawberry Plains, on the
let of January, 1864, the regiment had one man
killed. On the 9th of February, 1864, General
Schofield arrived at
Knoxville, and assumed command of
the department. On the 14th of March the
regiment marched to Morristown,
East Tenn.
On the following day it was on the picket line
and had a lively skirmish
with the enemy’s cavalry. The regiment was then
ordered back to Mossy
Creek, where it remained until April 20, when it
was sent to Charleston, on the
Hiawassa River about one hundred miles distant,
which march it accomplished
in four days, arriving at Charleston on the last
day of April. From here it
marched to Red Clay, Ga. At this point a
junction was formed between the
left wing of General Sherman's army and the army
of the Ohio, preparatory to starting on the Atlanta campaign. On the
7th of May the regiment
marched to Tunnel Hill, and on the 8th
skirmished into position in front of
Buzzard's Roost, and on the 9th an advance was
made on Rocky Face Mountain. The regiment being on the advance line of
skirmishers, in the short distance of three-fourths of a mile, it lost nine
men in killed and wounded. On
the 9th it marched through Snake Creek Gap, and
halted in front of Resaca.
On the 16th it charged the enemy’s work but was
unsuccessful for want of artillery support. Here the regiment lost heavily;
out of the seven companies
engaged the One Hundred and Eleventh lost seven
killed and thirty wounded.
In the second day’s fight at Resaca, the
regiment being in the supporting
column, was not injured and after an
unsuccessful night attack by the rebels,
they evacuated the place. On the 16th, while the
One Hundred and Eleventh were in pursuit, they had a lively skirmish
with the rebel cavalry and captured six prisoners. On the 27th while a rebel
brigade was making an advance on the Union lines, the One Hundred and
Eleventh was ordered out on
the double quick and charged and broke the rebel
lines. In this charge the
regiment lost fifteen men in killed and wounded.
It took an active part in the
whole campaign against Atlanta. It was engaged
in the siege of Kenesaw,
the battles of Pine Mountain, Lost Mountain,
Dallas, on the Chattahoochie River
near Nicojack Creek, Decatur, Peachtree Creek,
and in the siege of Atlanta,
and the skirmishes at Rough and Ready, Lovejoy’s
Station, and Utoy Creek.
When it started on the Atlanta campaign it had
three hundred and eighty effective men, and of this number it lost in killed
and wounded two hundred and
twelve. On the 8th of September the regiment
went into camp at Decatur,
Ga., where it remained until the 4th of October,
when the movement against
Hood's forces commenced.
During the stay of the regiment at Decatur, it
made a reconnoissance to
Stone Mountain, where it had a fight with rebel
cavalry and lost a few men.
It marched next to Allatoona Pass, eighteen
miles from Chattanooga, where
the twenty-third corps was ordered into Alabama
in pursuit of General Hood's
[Page 384]
army. At Cedar Bluffs on the Coosa River, in a
skirmish with the rebel cavalry, one officer and three men of the One
Hundred and Eleventh were captured while on picket. At Rome, Ga, the regiment
had a brisk skirmish
with the rebels. It reached Resaca on the
evening of the first of November, 1864, and from there the regiment went to
Jonesville, on the Tennessee River, to protect the place from a
threatened rebel raid. It left Jonesville
on the 20th of November, and moved by rail to
Columbia, Tenn., and assisted
in checking General Hood’s advance on Nashville.
It was in the skirmishes
in and about Columbia, and was rear guard at the
fording of Duck River,
while the army under General Thomas fell back on
Franklin. The regiment
was twice attacked while guarding the wagon
train to Franklin, each time repulsing the enemy. That night it marched, by the
outposts of General Hood’s
army in bringing up the rear. It reached
Franklin on the morning of the
30th of November, and was immediately placed in
the front line of the works,
on the left flank of the second division.
Twenty-third army 'corps, to the right
of the turnpike, and in that fight the regiment
that day lost twenty-two men
killed and forty wounded, out of a total of one
hundred and eighty men engaged. Many men on both sides were killed by
bayonet thrusts. The contest was so close that, at one time, the flag of
the One Hundred and Eleventh
was snatched from the hands of the color
sergeant by a rebel, who was instantly killed and the flag recovered. During the
charge the troops on the immediate left of the One Hundred and Eleventh fell
back, and the rebels on this part
of the line for some time poured an enfilading
fire along the line of the second
brigade. Owing to the loss of officers in this
and former actions, it became
necessary to make a detail from other regiments
to command the companies.On the morning of the 1st of December, the One
Hundred and Eleventh again
entered Nashville and was immediately placed in
the line of defenses, and was
severely engaged in both days of the fight
before Nashville. It captured three
rebel battle-flags, and a large number of
prisoners in the second day’s fight.
Its loss was seven killed and fifteen wounded.
After the fight the regiment
was sent in pursuit of General Hood, and on the
17th of January, 1865, it took
transports at Clifton, Tenn., to make the
campaign in North Carolina. It
passed through Cincinnati and Columbus, O., on
the 23d and arrived in
Washington, D. C., on the 31st. It embarked at
Alexandria on an ocean
steamer for Fort Fisher, where it joined the
army under General Terry,
and was actively engaged in the capture of Fort
Anderson, and in the skirmish at Mosby's Hall and Goldsboro. After the
surrender of General Johnson the regiment was sent to Salisbury, North
Carolina, doing garrison duty there
until ordered home for muster out. It arrived at
Cleveland, O., July 5, 1865.
The regiment had one thousand and fifty men at
muster in. It received
eighty-five recruits. Of the command two hundred
were discharged for disability, disease and wounds; two hundred died of
disease while in the service
[Page 385]
two hundred and fifty-two were killed in battle,
or died of wounds, and four
hundred and one were mustered out.
The One Hundred and Eleventh Regiment probably
was as well drilled as
any in the Union army, and did as much hard
marching, Skirmishing, and
severe fighting as any other, and received as
much praise from its superior officers for its gallantry and Obedience to orders.
It was always ably commanded.
It went out in the fall of 1862, under command
of Major M. R. Brailey, who
remained in charge during the fall campaign,
thoroughly disciplining and drilling the men. In December,
Colonel John R. Bond
arrived at Bowling Green,
Ky., and took the command. Major Brailey was
promoted to lieutenant-colonel in January, 1863, and Lieutenant
I. R.
Sherwood was made major of the
regiment. Colonel Bond was an excellent military
officer, and commanded the
regiment with marked ability, but he was absent
a large Share of the time, and
the command devolved on Lieutenant-Colonel
Brailey, until January, 1864, at
which time he was ordered discharged at the
officer’s hospital in Cincinnati, on
account of abscess of the lungs and other
disabilities, and Major Sherwood was
promoted to lieutenant-colonel. Colonel
Bond
having been mustered out of
the service in the spring of 1864,
Lieutenant-Colonel Sherwood was promoted
to colonel, and ably commanded the One Hundred
and Eleventh to the close
of the war. Colonel Brailey and Colonel
Sherwood
were both promoted to the
rank of brevet-brigadier-general for bravery and
meritorious service. This
regiment had sixty-two men from Fulton county
including recruits.
THE ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTIETH INFANTRY.
This regiment, First Regiment Ohio National
Guards, one hundred days
service, was raised in Lucas and Fulton
counties, and was organized during the
early part of May, 1864. Fulton county reported
with three full companies,
but there being eleven companies already
reported, one of them from Fulton
county was broken up and distributed among the
other companies of the regiment, filling those companies nearly to the
maximum number. The regiment
reported to General C. W. Hill, at Sandusky, and
after muster-in, was ordered
to Johnson's Island, in Sandusky Bay, to guard
the rebel prisoners confined there. While the One Hundred and Thirtieth was
on the island, the prisoners
attempted to escape by tunneling out, but their
plans were discovered in time
to prevent the act. On the 4th of June the
regiment received orders for removal, and soon after crossed the bay and took
the cars for Washington, D. C.
At Belair, the State arms, with which the
regiment had been supplied, were
turned over, and the command given such as used
by other military organizations in active service. The regiment then
proceeded to Washington, where it
remained three days, when it was ordered to
report to General Butler, at Bermuda Hundred. It was ordered by
General Butler
to Point of Rocks, on the
Appomattox. The rebels being in close proximity
to that place, and threat [Page
386]
ening an attack, the regiment was left under
arms for several days. After the enemy had left
that place the command returned to Bermuda
Hundred, and went into camp near General
Butler's signal tower, on the left Of the line
of entrenchments, where it was employed in
digging rifle-pits, and picketing. The
brigade consisted of the One Hundred and
Thirtieth, One Hundred and Thirty-second, One
Hundredth, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth, One
Hundred and Forty-second, and One Hundred and
Forty-eighth Ohio, it being the Second Brigade,
Third Division, Tenth Army Corps. On the 22d of
June the brigade had a sharp skirmish with the
rebel pickets, in which the One Hundred and
Thirtieth had one man severely wounded. On the
11th of August the regiment went in transports
to Fort Powhattan, where it remained on guard
duty until it was ordered mustered out. On the
7th of September the regiment embarked on the
steamer Key/part, and passed down the James
River. During the passage a severe
squall struck the steamer, and a serious
disaster was barely averted. On arriving at
Washington, the regiment took cars for Toledo,
Ohio, where it was paid Off, and mustered out of
service. Fulton county furnished two hundred and
fifty-one men for the One Hundred and Thirtieth
Regiment. THE ONE HUNDRED AND
EIGHTY-SECOND INFANTRY—ONE YEAR SERVICE.
This was a one year regiment, and was recruited
from different parts of the State, Fulton,
Henry, William's, Lucas and Wood counties
contributing five companies. These five
companies went by rail to Camp Chase, near
Columbus, O., where five other companies, made
up of different squads from all parts of the
State, were added, making a full regiment,
which, on the 28th of October, 1864, was
mustered into the service of the United States.
On the 1st of November the regiment proceeded,
under orders, to Nashville, Tenn., where it
joined General Thomas's forces.
For the next few weeks it was engaged in
drilling, standing guard, and doing out-post
duty. In the early part of December General
Hood, with his rebel army, made his
appearance before Nashville, and invested that
place. The regiment was actively engaged both
days in the battle of Nashville, and afterward
remained in Nashville, doing duty until the 7th
of July, 1865, when it was mustered out of the
service, and sent to Camp Chase, O., where, on
the 13th, it was paid off and discharged.
Fulton county furnished sixty-one men for this
regiment, forty-five for Company B, and sixteen
for Company K. THE FORTY-FOURTH
ILLINOIS INFANTRY—FULTON COUNTY’S
CONTINGENT THEREIN. This county
furnished one entire company for this regiment
(Company D), commanded by Captain E. L. Hayes;
first lieutenant, Jacob Hoffmire; second
[Page 387]
lieutenant, Jacob Fashbaugh. The
regiment was raised in Illinois, Ohio, Indiana,
and some other of the Western States, and was to
be called the Northwestern Sharp-shooters, but
as the officers from other States were
commissioned by the governor of Illinois, they
came under the control of that State, and
despite the agreement that the regiment should
be known as the First Regiment Northwestern
Sharpshooters, it was mustered into the United
States service as the Forty-fourth Illinois
Infantry, and served as such during the war.
Captain Hayes and others made
strenuous opposition, but without avail. Many of
the officers were put under arrest on account of
their opposition to being forced to go into an
organization for which they did not volunteer,
and for the first year and a half after the
regiment entered the service, there was a
continual quarrel and dispute between the
Officers and men representing the different
States. It, however, quieted down to some
extent, and the regiment for the last two years
of the war did efficient service. At the muster
in of the regiment Company D had ninety-seven
men, including officers, and during the war it
received twenty-seven recruits from Fulton
county. |
