CHAPTER XV
NOBLE COUNTY IN THE WAR

Co. D. 63rd REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
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    The Sixty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry was formed by the consolidation of two battalions, known as the Twenty-second and Sixty-third Regiments, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The battalion of the Twenty-second was recruited at Chillicothe; that of the Sixty-third at Marietta. The order for consolidation was issued January IS, 1862, and the organization was completed on the 23rd of the same month, with John W. Sprague as Colonel.
February 18th the regiment moved from Marietta toward Paducah, Ky. February 23rd. it joined the Army of the Mississippi, at Commerce, Mo. It was put in a brigade with the. Twenty-seventh, Thirty-ninth and Forty-third Ohio. Regiments, under Brigadier - General David S. Stanley. It took part in the operations resulting in the surrender of Island No. 10, in the siege of Corinth; the engagements at Farmington and Iuka. ''October 3rd, the regiment moved into Corinth, forming a line in the rear of | the outer works on the extreme left, i During the night it was placed on the right of Battery Robinett, which position it held during the battle on the following day. Before daylight on the morning of the 4th, a picket force from the regiment, moving out the Chevalla road, met the enemy advancing to place a battery. The picket drove the rebels back, capturing the captain of the battery and one gun. During the engagement which immediately followed, the regiment was much exposed, losing, in killed and wounded, forty-eight per cent of the officers and men in action. There were but three line officers that were not killed or wounded, and some of them were wounded more than once."
Leaving Corinth, November 2, the regiment went to join Grant, in Mississippi. On the 5th, near Grand Junction, it was joined by the battalion of the One Hundred and Twelfth Ohio, which had been consolidated with it, and which added materially to its strength. On the 27th of December, it joined General Sullivan's command, and on the 31st was in an engagement, at Parker's Cross Roads. Repulsing the enemy, and pursuing him to the Tennessee River, the Sixty-third returned to Corinth and went into winter quarters, January 9,1863. The regiment moved in April, with General Dodge's forces, beyond Tuscumbia, Ala., thence returning to Memphis. On the 16th of May it moved to Memphis. October 18 it joined Sherman's movement for the support of the army of the Cumberland; from Memphis to Eastport, Pulaski and Prospect, Tenn., where it arrived November 13.
Having re enlisted, the Sixty-third left Prospect, January 2, 1864, and were soon after given furloughs. Reassembling at Columbus, Ohio, February 18, it again left for the front, and was ordered to Decatur Junction, Ala. It took an active part in the capture of Decatur; was in the battle of Resaca, May 14; at Dallas, a few days later, and in the battles at Kenesaw Mountain, Decatur and Jonesboro. It went into camp at East Point, Ga., September 10, 1864. From May to this time it had lost in action 158 men. In October it moved north across the Chattahoochee, and entered upon an arduous campaign, suffering from lack of supplies and toilsome marches.
The Sixty-third was with Sherman through Georgia, from Atlanta to Savannah, and took part in all the dangers of that great campaign. January 5,1865, it left Savannah for Beaufort, S. C, and served in the Carolinas until after Johnston's surrender. May 19th it went into camp at Alexandria, Va., and on the 24th was reviewed by the President, General Grant, and others. The regiment was finally mustered out at Louisville, Ky., July 8, 1865, and by authority of general orders was entitled to inscribe upon its banners the names of the following battles: New Madrid, Island No. 10, Iuka, Corinth (Oct. 4), Atlanta and Savannah.

Co. D

Mustered in Oct. 9, 1861, at Marietta, Ohio; three years. Mustered out July 8,1865, at Louisville, Ky.

CAPTAINS.

James Taggart, 29, Nov. 9, 1861; res. June 23, 1862.
William J. Colliflower, 27, Nov, 9, 1861; from 112th O. V. I.; res. Aug. 6, 1862.
Angus McDonald, 32, Oct. 9, 1861; pro. second lieut.,-April 16, 1864; first lieut. Nov. 12, 1864; capt. Feb. 11, 1865; m. o. c.

FIRST LIEUTENANT.

William C. Thomas, 21, Aug. 12, 1862;
appd. first sergt. ; pro. second lieut. June 1, 1863, first lieut. and adjutant Sept. 10, 1864; m. o. r.

FIRST SERGEANT.

William G. Applebee, 22, Jan. 3, 1862; appd. corpl. March 15, 1862, sergt. Jan. 1, 1863, first sergt. Jan. 1, 1864; m. o. c; vet.

SERGEANT.

John Ruple, 24, Dec. 3, 1861; killed June 28, 1864, in action Kenesaw Mt., Ga.; vet.
James M. Pierce, 42, Nov. 21, 1861; dis. Dec. 9, 1862, at Columbus, Ohio, on s. c. d.
James C. Matheny, 19, Dec. 25,1861; appd. first sergt. Sept. 1, 1861, pro. second lieut. July 24, 1863; m. o. Dec. 26, 1864, on e. t. s.
Ezra Shock, 25, Aug. 14. 1862; from 112th, O. V. I.;m. o. c.
Paulen Jones, 21, Aug. 22, 1862; from 112th, 0. V. I.;m. o. c.
Isaac Marshall, 31, Oct. 6,1862; from 112th O. V. I.:m. o. c.

CORPORALS.

Martin Wyrick, 27, Aug. 20 1862; from 112th O. V. I.;m. o. c.
Orlando W. Stuckey, 24, e. Dec. 14, 1861; from 112th O. V. I.;m. o. c.
Nathan Baker, 23, e. Sept. 17, 1862; m. o. June 9, 1865; vet.
William A. Brown, 18, e. Nov. 27,1861; m. o. c.
Mahlon Brown, 25, e. Oct. 6, 1862; m. o. c

PRIVATES.

Bell, Ephraim, 19, e. Oct. 8, 1861.
Coffee, Worthington, 26, e. Dec. 8,1861;m. o. c.
Delancy, Benjamin, 10, e. Oct. 1, 1861.
Dixon, John M., 31, e. Dec. 27, 1861; dis. June 12, 1862; s. c. d.
Coffee, Samuel, 21, e. Dec. 1, 1861; m. o. c.
Goodings, Joshua R., 19, e. Feb. 6, 1864; died March 2, 1864, at Decatur, Ala.
Hart, Josiah, 22, e. Jan. 10, 1862. x x.
Hughes, William E., 22, e. Nov. 27, 1861; dis. Feb. 4, 1863, of wounds received in battle of Corinth, Miss.
Hughes, John W., 18, e. Dec. 2,1861; died July 17, 1864, at Marietta, Ga.
Hawthorn, Samuel, 19, e. Aug. 22, 1864; m. o. c; vet.
Lewis, William, 20, e. Sept. 9, .1861; m. o. c; vet.
Lewis, Winchester D., 18, e. Oct. 19, 1861; m o. c; vet.
Lyon, Michael, 30, e. Feb. 27, 1864; m. o. c.
Mayguckin, William A., 19, e. Oct. 1,1861; m. o. on e. t. s.
Marquis, Gallatin S., 18, e. Dec. 8, 1861; killed July 22, 1864, in action at Decatur, Ga.
McMunn, David A., 18, e. Dec. 8, 1861; appd. sergt. June 1-:, 1865; m. o. c.
McKensie, Bristol, —, Dec. 14, 1861; died Nov. 28, 1862, at St. Louis, Mo.
Minck, John, 40, e. Jan. 11, 1862; killed Oct. 4, 1862, battle of Corinth, Miss.
McFadden, James, 25, e. Oct. 5, 1861; pro. hospital steward Oct. —, 1861; capt., Sept 14, 1862; killed Oct. 4, 1862, in battle of Corinth, Miss.
Parrish, Thomas W., 18, e. Dec. 1, 1861; appd. corpl June 1, 1864; m. o. c.
Reed, John, 18, e. Dec. 25, 1861; dis. Dec. 18, 1862, on s. c. d.
Reed, John M., 41, e. Oct. 7, 1862; m. o. c.
Shuman, Jacob, 22, e. Dec. 23, 1862; m. o. c.
Shuman, Alonzo J., 18, e. Dec. 20, 1863; m. o. c.
Smith, William C, 18, e. March 10, 1865; m. o. c.
Stokes, Zacbariah, 2 5, e. Jan. 5, 1862; dis. Jan. 3, 1863.
Smith, James K. P., 18, e. Jan. 5, 1864; m. o. c.
Smith, Isaac, 32, e. Aug. 27, 1862; m. o. c.
Smith, Samuel W., 19, e. Dec. 1, 1861; appd. corpl. July 1, 1864; m. o. c.
Taylor, William, 27, e. Jan. 12, 1862; m. o. c.; vet.
Vansickle, Andrew, 38, e. Jan. 3,1862; died March 18, 1862, at Commerce, Mo.
Winders David, 18, e. Aug. 22, 1862; died Fob: 20, 1863, at Corinth, Miss.
Wilson, Thomas C., 18, e. Jan. 8,1862; dis. Jan. 3, 1863, from wounds received in battle of Corinth, Miss.
Wilson, Howard C.,—, e. Dec. 30, 1861; dis. Sept. 12, 1862, on s. c. d.
Ziler, Joseph B., 23, e. Aug. 22, 1862; m. o. c.
Bell, Hiram, 20, e. Dec. 23, 1863; m. o. c.

COMPANY F,

Mustered in February 1802, at Marietta, O., for three years. Mustered out July 8, 1865.

PRIVATES.

Caldwell, John, 24, e. Nov 11, 1861; m. o Nov. 11, 1864, e. t. s.
Davis, D. W., 30, e. Nov. 20, 1861; died May 16, 1864, at home in Noble Co., O., of , chronic diarrhoea.
Eicher, John, 52, e. Nov. 28, 1861; trans. O. V. R. C. April 28, 1864, by o. w. d.