SEVENTY-FIFTY OHIO INFANTRY.
The organization of
this regiment was completed at Camp John McLean, near
Cincinnati, December 18, 1861. By the first day of spring
a prolonged march in West Virginia fairly initiated the men into
the hardships of the soldier's life.
On the twelfth of April, at Monterey Court House, they
received a spirited attack form the enemy. The
Seventy-fifth, being in the advance, stood its ground manfully,
and the enemy finally gave way. Shortly after this, is an
attempt to guard the stores accumulated at McDowell, a little
village at the foot of Bull Pasture mountain, a severe battle
occurred with the rebel General Jackson. At the close, so
severe was the loss of the enemy, that he reported it as "the
bloodiest of the war for the number engaged." No prisoners
were taken on either side. The Seventy-fifty gained
especial laurels to its name under the immediate eye of General
Milroy, who warmly congratulated Colonel McLean on the gallantry
of his regiment.
Following a number of engagements which our space will
not permit us to describe, came the relieving of General
Fremont, when Major General Pope took command; and the next
affair in which the Seventy-fifth faced the enemy was at Cedar
Mountain, Virginia, on the eighth of August, 1862. During
the week that followed, there were frequent engagements, and at
Freeman's Ford there was a heavy loss.
Jackson finally flanked Pope, got in his rear, burnt
his wagon-trains and three trains of cars, and was again
attacked by General Pope at Groveton, near the old Bull Run
battle-field, August 28, 1862. For a time the fighting was
bloody in the extreme, and the Seventy-fifth lost one hundred
and fifteen in killed and wounded. It was observed, as an
evidence of the severity of the fire, that ninety shots took
effect on the colors of this one regiment, during the battle.
Nothing of importance now occurred in the history of
the regiment until the second of May, 1863, at Chancellorsville.
The history of that battle is well known. The Eleventh
corps, surprised and overwhelmed by the impetuous rebels, fell
back in almost complete demoralization. Yet McLean's Ohio
brigade, a part of that corps, merited the highest praise for
the cool, steady manner in which it received the enemy under the
most trying circumstances. In the short space of one-half
hour, one hundred and fifty men were killed or wounded.
After this battle, the Seventy-fifth returned to its
old camp near Brook's station, when it became a part of the
force that confronted the enemy at Gettysburgh, on the first of
July, 1863. The regiment was under fire every day of the
battle until its termination. Of sixteen officers that
went into the engagement, three were killed, seven dangerously
or fatally wounded, and four taken prisoners. Of two
hundred and ninety-two enlisted men, sixty-three were killed,
one hundred and six wounded, and thirty-four taken prisoners.
On the sixth of August, Colonel McLean, with the Ohio
brigade, consisting of the Fifty-fifth, Seventy-third,
Seventy-fifth, and Eighty-second infantry regiments, was sent to
Charleston, South Carolina, and on the eighteenth went into the
trenches on Morris Island. The duty here was severe in the
extreme, owing to the intense heat and the impossibility of
getting even temporary relief. More men died from disease
than were killed by the enemy's shells.
Early in the ear 1864, the regiment was mounted and was
afterward known as the Seventy-fifth mounted infantry,
performing all the duties of a regular cavalry regiment.
Immediately after this, we hear of it, broken into sections,
being sent in different directions to hinder blockade running,
to bring cattle needed by the National army that had been driven
away by their owners, to protect the unionists from rebel
persecutions, and to repel threatened attacks. Frequent
skirmishing with the Second Florida cavalry was ended, on the
tenth of August, 1864, by General Birney being relieved of his
command by General Hatch. The expedition that followed,
into the interior of Florida, ended disastrously in the capture
of about half the command.
In October the November of the same year, six companies
were sent to Columbus, to be mustered out, their term of service
having expired.
After the fall of Savannah of the same year, six
companies were sent to Columbus, to be mustered out, their term
of service having expired. This was accomplished on the
fifteenth of January, 1865. In August, 1865, it retired
from service with honor to its members and to their State.
The colonel of this regiment during a large part of its
service - Andrew L. Harris, originally captain of company C,
from Preble county, now auditor of said county - was specially
distinguished for his bravery and efficiency in service, and
received particular notice for his daring in leading a desperate
charge during the service of the regiment in Florida.
FIELD OFFICER.
Colonel Andrew L. Harris
COMPANY C.
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Captain A. L. Harris
First Lieutenant Oscar Minor
Second Lieutenant James Mulharen
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Sergeant David C. Balentine
Sergeant Thomas Mulharen
Sergeant Benjamin F. Storer
Sergeant William C. Seibert
Sergeant Henry C. Lockwood
Corporal Isaac N. Love
Corporal William V. Freeman
Corporal Levi P. Harvey
Corporal William Griffin
Corporal Leander R. Brazier
Corporal Jesse D. Lincoln
Corporal David D. Murray
Corporal John W. Murray
PRIVATES.
Appleby, Alexander
Appleby, Robert
Bartley, Michael
Baughman, Samuel
Becker, Henry
Bell, William
Brasier, John
Brennon, John
Brower, Milton
Brown, William C.
Brubaker, Abraham
Castor, William
Clear, Elias
Clear, Raymond
Collins, Absalom G.
Crabaugh, Jeremiah N.
Crabaugh, Joseph
Dailey, Henry
Degroot, William H. H.
Detrow, Jacob
Dickey, William H.
Duggins, John
Duggins, William H.
Emlick, Washington
Evans, Robert
Fisher, Samuel C.
Foutz, Jeremiah
Gard, Martin
Gordon, Enoch
Greenfield, Morris
Harbaugh, James
Harris, Joseph
Harris, William
Hinkle, James
Hunters, John
Jennibeck, John |
Jones, Martin W.
Kelley, Timothy
King, William
Kizer, Jacob
Kline, Henry
Laughlin, Timothy
Leech, William
Longnecker, Lewis
Martin, George W.
Martin, Thomas
Monaeneith, Isaac
Morrow, Delormah B.
Morrow, William
Norris, Peter A.
Pacey, John
Parks, John F.
Parks, Levi D.
Parks, Richard
Pattinger, Thomas
Pattinger, Wilson
Perkins, Simeon
Price, Isaiah C.
Pullen, William
Quilter, John
Quinn, John W.
Runyon, Hayden D.
Sliver, William
Smith, Albert C.
Smith, John
Smith, Joseph
Thrash, Horatio
Trueaxe, Marcus
Ware, John
Wharton, Lewis
Zingling, William A. H. |
COMPANY G.
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
First Lieutenant Franklin F. Raikes
Second Lieutenant Henry L. Mosey
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Serteant Alphonso C. Davis
Sergeant William H. Dunmore
Corporal William H. Patterson
Corporal Samuel W. Pottinger
Corporal John Fowler
Corporal John A. Loop
Drummer John P. Jennings
Fifer Isaac Kail
PRIVATES.
Alloway, John
Beall, Uriah
Bechtel, John
Bennett, John
Blossom, William
Bowers, Andrew
Briggs, John
Brummitt, William H.
Butt, Benjamin
Ekes, Alfred
Foultz, William
Hamilton Peter
Hornaday, Benjamin
Hornaday, Paul
Hornaday, William
Keriven, Dennis
McLane, Hugh
McLane, Leroy |
Meradith, Lindley
Mikeswell, Leander
Neff, Daniel
Orebaugh, Francis
Owens, John
Potts, Jonathan
Raikes, Wesley
Raikes, William
Robison, Elliott
Scott, Richard
Stanton, Thomas
Stubbs, Salmon
Wadock, William
Walls, Simon
Westfall, Levi
Wyle, William
Wysong, Jacob
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