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COMPANY F.
In the fall of 1861, by the
indefatigable exertions of Colonel Hildebrand,
the 77th Regiment was recruited and organized at
Marietta, and mustered into service about the 1st of
February, 1862.
Immediately after organization, and before it was fully
equipped, the regiment was ordered to Camp Dennison.
On the 17th of February, 1862, it was ordered to report
to General Sherman, at Paducah, and on the 20th
was assigned to Sherman's Division, of Grant’s
army, and with the 53d and 56th formed the 3d Brigade
under Colonel Hildebrand. On the 9th
of March the Division joined an expedition under
Major-General F. O. Smith to the mouth of the
Tennessee River, thence down the Mississippi,
disembarking at Pittsburg Landing. On the 18th of
March moved out two miles from the Landing and went into
camp at Shiloh Church. On the 1st of April the
regiment was ordered up the river to Eastport,
Miss., to ascertain the force and position of the enemy
at Iuka, where it had its first skirmish, and returned
to Pittsburg m time to take part in the battle of the
5th and 7th of April, 1862, in which the regiment
occupied a prominent position during the two entire
days, only leaving the field on the 7th when night ended
the tight. On the 8th the regiment was in the
advance in pursuit of the retreating foe, during which
time they were charged by Forrest’s cavalry; but,
fortunately, by the coming up of the 53d Ohio, the
rebels were driven back. In this action the
regiment numbered only 250 men and 13 officers.
The entire loss during the three days in killed, wounded
and missing was 220.
The regiment was with Sherman during the siege
of Corinth; afterward encamped in Fort Pickering, at
Memphis, in charge of military prisoners; left Memphis
on the 31st of July, 1863, with a full complement of
men, and was assigned to the 3d Brigade, 3d Division of
Steel’s Arkansas expedition. On the 23d of
December, 1863, the regiment reenlisted and left for
Columbus, and after thirty days’ furlough was ordered to
Little Rock, Arkansas, thence to Shreveport, La., and
was engaged in the skirmish in the vicinity of
Arkadelphia.
On the 22d of April, 1864, the 77th, under Captain
McCormick, with two other regiments, commanded by
Lieutenant-Colonel Drake, of Iowa, was detached to
escort a large train of cars to Pine Bluff for supplies.
On the 25th, at Mark's Mills, the escort was attached in
detail by General Fagan's rebel Division,
First the two regiments under Colonel Drake,
though making a splendid defense, were overpowered
before Captain McCormick, three or four
miles in the rear, could come to his assistance.
When the 77th came up it went into the fight and for two
hours kept up the unequal contest, but in vain; and
almost the entire number took up
their march farther South, and on the 15th of May
reached the prison pens called Camp Ford, near Tyler,
Texas,
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where they remained ten months before they were
exchanged.
Those not captured formed a company and took part in a
fight at Jenkin Ferry, on the Sabine River, in which
they lost more than half their number in killed and
wounded.
After their exchange (February 1865), the regiment
under Colonel Steel, was transferred to the Army
of the Gulf; was at the capture of Mobile, thence to the
Rio Grande and encamped at Brownsville, Texas, from
August, 1865, until Mar. 8, 1866, when it was mustered
out of service, and reached Columbus on the 23d,
numbering 17 commissioned officers and 348 men.
Thus the regiment was the advance and the rear guard of
the army.
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OFFICERS. |
| Captain,
Samuel Fulton, |
e. as private
Oct. 2, 1861; promoted to corpl. Nov. 23,
1861; to sergt. Apr. 8, 1862; to second
lieut. Feb. 13, 1863; to first lieut.
May 30, 1863; to capt. July 11, 1865; m. o.
w. c. |
| First
Lieutenant, William H. Bingham, |
e. Dec. 18,
1861; pro. to sergt. Apr. 17, 1862; first
sergt, 1865; m. o. w. c. |
| First
Lieutenant, William H. Burris, |
e. as private
Nov. 14, 1861; app. corpl. Apr. 13, 1862;
first sergt. Sept. 7, 1862; pro. to first
lieut. July 11, 1865; m. o. w. c. |
| Captain,
James H. Lutgen, |
e. Oct. 12,
1861; res. Jan., 1864. |
| First
Lieutenant, David A. Henery, |
e. Nov. 6,
1861; must. as second lieut.; pro. to first
lieut, April, 1863; re-e. Dec. 20, 1862;
taken prisoner at Murk's Mills, Ark., Apr.
25, 1864; escaped and res. from physical
disability. |
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VETERANS.
|
| Henery,
Samuel J., |
e. Nov. 6,
1861; pro. to sergt. Apr. 17, 1862; dis.
Feb. 20, 1866. |
| Harpel,
Jesse, |
e. Nov. 6,
1861; pro. to corpl. Sept. 29, 1863; vet. as
sergt. Dec. 31, 1864; m. o. w. c. |
| Henery,
Andrew H., |
e. Nov. 6,
1861; pro. to corpl. Feb. 1, 863; vet. as
sergt. 1865; m. o. w. c. |
| Blind,
John L., |
e. Nov. 30,
1861; pro. to corpl. June 1, 1864; vet as
sergt. Dec. 10, 1865; m. o. w. c. |
| Eddlebute,
Jacob, |
e. Dec. 16,
1861; pro. to corpl. Aug. 2, 1864; m. o. w.
c. |
| Hook,
John, |
e. Nov. 9,
1861; vet. as corpl. Dec. 31, 1864; dis.
Feb. 21, 1866. |
| Rogers,
Jacob F. |
e. Dec. 20,
1861 vet. as corpl. Dec. 31, 1864; m. o. w.
c. |
| Henery,
John B., |
e. Dec. 20,
1861; vet. as corpl. June 6, 1865; m. o. w.
c. |
| Flowers,
David M., |
e. Dec. 20,
1861; vet. as corpl. Sept. 23, 1865; m. o.
w. c. |
| McCarty,
James B., |
e. Nov. 9,
1861, as mus.; dis. Feb. 21, 1865. |
| Bulstrom,
Patrick, |
e. Dec. 19,
1861; m. o. w. c. |
| Bishop,
Josephus, |
e. Feb. 15,
1864; captured at Mark's Mills, Ark., Apr.
25, 1864. |
| Chidester,
William B., |
e. Nov. 11,
1861. |
| Coalman,
Edward R., |
e. as sergt.
Nov. 23, 1861; m. o. w. c. |
| Choguill,
George B., |
e. Nov. 6,
1861; m. o. w. c. |
| Davis,
David, |
e. Feb. 11,
1864; captured at Mark's Mills, Ark.; m. o.
w. c. |
| Dobbins,
John W., |
e. Nov. 27,
1861; m. o. w. c. |
| Gates,
Leander, |
e. Nov. 30,
1861; m. o. w. c. |
| Givens,
Joseph B., |
e. Nov 18, 1661;
m. o. w. o. |
| Hooper,
Thomas, |
e. Dec. 9,
1861; m. o. w. c. |
| Hamble,
Richard, |
e. Nov. 16,
1861; m. o. w. c. |
| Llewellyn,
Jesse, |
e. Dec. 20,
1861; m. o. w. c. |
| Kean,
James B., |
e. Feb. 9,
1864; m. o. w. c. |
| Long,
Jefferson, |
e. Oct. 29,
1861; m. o. w c. |
| McKibbin,
Jesse, |
e. Oct. 26,
1861; m. o. w. c. |
| McElhose,
Abram, |
e. Nov. 25,
1861; m. o. w. c. |
| Nott,
Vandiver, |
e. Nov. 25,
1861; m. o. w. c. |
| Nott,
Freeman, |
e. Dec. 5,
1861; dis. Feb. 21, 1866. |
| Prest,
Jacob, |
e. Oct. 20,
1861; dis. Feb. 20, 1866. |
| Russell,
Reuben, |
e. Nov. 22,
1861; m. o. w. c. |
| Rowland,
John, |
e. Dec. 20,
1861; m. o. w. c. |
| Rosser,
Thomas, |
e. Nov. 14,
1861; m. o. w. c. |
| Sheets,
John R., |
e. Nov. 4,
1862; m. o. w. c. |
| Smith,
William, |
e. Nov. 16,
1861; m. o. w. c. |
| Springer,
Samuel, |
e. Nov. 8,
1861; m. o. w. c. |
| Thomas,
Joseph H., |
e. Nov. 25,
1861; m. o. w. c. |
| Williams,
Geo. W., |
e. Nov. 20,
1861; dis. at Brownsville, Tex. |
| Calendine,
Daniel, |
e. Nov. 25,
1861; died at Brownsville, Tex., Nov. 23,
1865. |
| Davis,
Lahureth, |
e. Oct. 26,
1861; died a prisoner Aug. 3, 864, at Tyler,
Tex. |
| McCarty,
Augustus, |
e. Nov. 18,
1861; pro. to sergt. Mar. 1, 1864; dis. Jan.
5, 1865. |
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| Kenney,
Jacob P., |
e. Oct. 21,
1861; pro. to sergt. Dec. 12, 1861; dis.
Dec. 9, 1865. |
| McFarland,
William P. B., |
e. Nov. 18,
1861; dis. May 30, 1865. |
| Beswick,
John, M. D., |
e. Dec. 14,
1861; trans. non-com. staff, Oct. 5, 1865. |
| Davison,
Eli B., |
e. Nov. 17,
1861; trans. to non-com. staff Aug. 10,
1865. |
| Dailey,
Peter, |
e. Dec. 4,
1861; trans. to non-com. staff, Dec. 10,
1865. |
| Stanhope,
John W., |
e. Dec. 12,
1861; trans. to non-com, staff May 15, 1865. |
| Van Fleet,
John, |
e. Dec. 13,
1861; missing in action. |
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DEATHS AND
DISCHARGES.
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| First
Lieutenant
Herschell B. White, |
e. Oct. 18,
1861; wo. at Shiloh and dis. |
| Sergeant
William B. Hook, |
e. Nov. 1,
1861; dis. at e. t. s. |
| Sergeant
Sydney B. Lutgen, |
e. Dec. 16,
1861; dis. Aug. 26, 1862. |
| Corporal
Charles S. Henerey, |
e. Nov. 9,
1861; dis. Oct. 21, 1862. |
| Corporal
James Longley, |
e. Nov. 4,
1861; dis. Aug. 29, 1862. |
| Corporal
Leroy S. Craig, |
e. Dec. 5,
1861; dis. Aug. 11, 1862. |
| Corporal
Thomas Rowland, |
e. Nov. 8,
1861; dis. at e. t. s. |
| Musician
William Ridgely, |
e. Nov. 9,
1861; dis. for disa. July 9, 1862. |
| Beswick,
Francis M.,
|
e. Nov. 7,
1861; dis. at e. t. s. |
| Beach, Georce
M., |
e. Nov. 9,
1861; taken prisoner at Shiloh; died at
Washington, D. C. |
| Blondin,
James W., |
E. Dec. 19,
1861; dis. June 20, 1862. |
| Colerick,
Seneca,
|
e. Nov. 25,
1861; dis. in 1862 on account of wo.
received at Shiloh. |
| Davis,
Ezekiel,
|
e. Oct. 26,
1861; died at Moscow, Tenn., in 1862. |
| Dobbins,
George F., |
e. Nov. 27,
1861; dis. Oct. 11, 1862. |
| Doran,
Joseph, |
e. Dec. 2,
1861; died a prisoner Tyler, Texas. |
| Ellis,
Alonzo B., |
e. Nov. 30,
1861; died at St. Louis, May 21, 1862. |
| Flemman,
David, |
e. Nov. 11,
1861; died at home in 1862. |
| Green,
John, |
e. Nov. 29,
1861; died at home Jan. 14, 1862. |
| Grimes,
Samuel, |
e. Dec. 16,
1861; dis. at e. t. s. |
| Hale,
Thomas, |
e. Nov. 27,
1861; wo. at Shiloh and dis. Sept. 28, 1862. |
| Heskett,
Christopher C., |
e. Nov. 27,
1861; dis. |
| Herald,
Thomas, |
e. Dec. 20,
1861; died at Shiloh Dec. 20, 1862. |
| Herald,
James T., |
died at
Shiloh. |
| Harris,
Ai., |
e. Dec. 27,
1861; died at Little Rock, Ark. |
| Kennison,
William S., |
e. Oct. 26,
1861; died at Alton, Ills., in 1863. |
| Kennison,
Lovit E. B., |
e. Dec. 13,
1761. |
| Kenney,
James, |
e. Nov. 8,
1861; died at Marrietta, O. |
| Lutgen,
Athenius, |
e. Oct. 18,
1862; dis. at Alton, Ill., Oct. 21, 1862. |
| Linn, John
R., |
e. Nov. 15,
1861; dis. after battle of Shiloh. |
| Longley,
Thomas, |
e. Nov. 4,
1861; dis. Oct. 11, 1862; re-e. 1864. |
| Linkin,
Emanuel, |
e. Dec. 6,
1861; killed at Shiloh, Apr. 8, 1862. |
| Mercer,
James, |
e. Nov. 9,
1861; died at Moscow, Tenn., July 11, 1862. |
| McElhose,
Geo. B., |
e., Nov. 27,
1861; wo. at Shiloh and dis. Aug. 3, 1862,
re-e. in 1864. |
| McKibben,
William H., |
e. Dec. 16,
1861; received sunstroke in 1862; dis. |
| Nott,
William, |
e. Dec. 5,
1861; died at Hamburg, Tenn., July 4, 1862. |
| Price,
Stephen, |
died at
Alton, Ill., Sept. 3, 1862. |
| Russell,
Thomas, |
e. Nov. 9,
1861; died May 24, 1862. |
| Russell,
Henry, |
e. Nov. 9,
1861; died May 8, 1862. |
| Reiker,
John, |
e. Nov. 28,
1861; pro. to corpl. Apr. 17, 1862; to serg.
Feb. 9, 1863. |
| Reynolds,
Alexander, |
e. Dec. 20,
1861; killed at Shiloh, Apr. 8, 1862. |
| Rogers,
Asa B., |
e. Dec. 20,
1861; died at Alton, Ill., Sept. 12, 1862. |
| Savage,
David, |
e. Nov. 4,
1861; dis. July 5, 1867, at Columbus, Ohio. |
| Sanborn,
Geo., |
e. Dec. 3,
1861; died Aug. 14, 1862. |
| Salkeld,
Augustus, |
e. Dec. 20,
1861; dis. |
| Stoneman,
John, |
e. Dec. 20,
1861; killed at Shiloh, Apr. 8, 1862. |
| Nowles,
John T., |
e. June 29,
1863; dis. Mar. 8, 1866. |
| Bishop,
Geo., |
e. Feb. 9,
1864; died a prisoner at Tyler, Texas, Oct.
27, 1864. |
| Balderson,
James, |
e. Feb. 11,
1864; died a prisoner, at Tyler, Texas, Aug.
31, 1854. |
| Boll,
Sampson, |
e. Feb. 20,
1864; died a prisoner at Tyler, Texas, Oct.
11, 1864. |
| Darnell,
James, |
e. Feb. 11,
1864; died Mar. 11, 1865, at New Orleans. |
| Doran,
Joseph, |
e. Dec. 2,
1861; died a prisoner Jan. 4, 1865, at
Tyler, Texas. |
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| Deeker,
Jacob ., |
e. Feb. 20,
1864; died a prisoner July 21, 1864, a
Tyler, Texas. |
| Long,
Joseph K., |
e. Feb. 22,
1864; died a prisoner Aug. 3, 1864, at Tyler
Texas. |
| Pearson,
Barnabas, |
e. Feb. 25,
1864; died a prisoner, Aug. 11, 1864, at
Tyler, Texas. |
| Siedford,
John. |
e. Sept. 15,
1862; killed in action at Jenkins Ferry,
Ark., Apr. 30, 1864. |
|
Schloterbeck, John H., |
e. Feb. 15,
1864; died a prisoner July 7, 1864, at
Tyler, Texas. |
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Schloterbeck, Joseph, |
e. Feb. 27,
1864; died a prisoner at Tyler, Texas, June
29, 1864. |
| Smith,
Nathan B., |
e. Apr. 15,
1865; missing in action at Manton's Mills,
Ark., Apr. 25, 1865. |
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M. O. W. C. AND
DIS. AT E. T. S.
|
| Berry,
Robert C., |
e. Apr. 11,
1865; pro. to first lieut. and assigned to
Co. B Apr. 19, 1865. |
| Ogg,
Charles W., |
e. Oct. 12,
1862; m. o. Oct. 12, 1865. |
| Pitts,
Morris, |
e. July 29,
1864; m. o. July 19, 1865. |
| Pitts,
Ingrham,
|
e. Oct. 25th,
1862; m. o. July 19, 1865. |
| Richey,
Joseph, |
e. Nov. 6,
1862; m. o. Nov. 5, 1865. |
| Sheid,
John, |
e. Feb. 23,
1864; m. o. Nov. 7, 1865. |
| Schwartz,
Fred, |
e. Oct. 13,
1862; m. o. Oct. 12, 1865. |
| Christy,
Francis M., |
e. Nov. 22,
1861; m. o. May 30, 1865. |
| Craig,
James M., |
e. Feb. 14,
1864; m. o. June 27, 1865. |
| Choguill,
Elisha, |
e. Feb. 11,
1864; m. o. Feb. 17, 1865. |
| Chidester,
Daniel D., |
e. Dec. 14,
1861; m. o. Feb. 17, 1865. |
| Dougherty,
Samuel, |
e. Feb. 17,
1865; m. o. Feb. 17, 1866. |
|
Dierwester, Theophilus, |
e. Sept. 19,
1864; July 19, 1865. |
|
Hendershot, Zelotus, |
e. Sept. 20,
1864; m. o. July 19, 1865. |
| Linn,
Charles, |
e. Feb. 17,
1865; m. o. Feb. 17, 1866. |
| Mercer,
Solomon, |
e. Feb. 17,
1865; m. o. Feb. 17, 1866. |
| Henery,
Joseph J., |
e. Feb. 9,
1864; m. o. w. c. |
| Israel,
Elisha, |
e. Feb. 18,
1864; m. o. w. c. |
| Johnson,
Joseph, |
e. Feb. 18,
1864; sick at Mobile, Ala., at m. o. |
| Johnson,
John, |
e. Feb. 18,
1864; m. o. w. c. |
| Kraps,
Joshua J., |
e. Feb. 16,
1864; m. o. w. c. |
| Lightner,
Samuel, |
e. Feb. 11,
1864; m. o. w. c. |
| McElhose,
Archibald, |
e. Feb. 17,
1864; m. o. w. c. |
| McElhose,
Geo. B., |
e. Feb. 20,
1864; m. o. w. c. |
| Otis,
Timothy, |
e. Jan. 18,
1864; absent on furlough at m. o. |
| Pitner,
Geo. W., |
e. Jan. 25,
1863; m. o. w. c. |
| Power,
James R., |
e. Aug. 31,
1863; m. o. w. c. |
| Sanders,
Jno. T., |
e. Feb. 13,
1864; m. o. w. c. |
| Johnson,
George, |
e. Dec. 29,
1861; m. o. w. c. |
| Spear,
Henry Y., |
e. Feb. 28,
1864; m. o. w. c. |
| Sherman,
Jesse H., |
e. Feb. 11,
1864; m. o. w. c. |
| Van Fleet,
Garrett, |
e. Feb. 11,
1864; m. o. w. c. |
| Vaughn,
Jesse, |
e. Feb. 20,
1864; m. o. w. c. |
| Walker,
John, |
e. Mar. 4,
1864; m. o. w. c. |
| Walker,
A., |
e. Mar. 8,
1864; captured Mar. 23, prisoner or war ten
months; exchanged; pro. to corpl and m. o.
w. c. |
| Wallace,
James W., |
e. Oct. 30,
1861; m. o. w. c. |
| White,
James B., |
e. Feb. 9,
1864; m. o. Mar. 8, 1866, Brownsville,
Texas. |
| Jeffres,
Andrew M., |
e. Aug. 2,
1863; dis. Feb. 2, 1866. |
| Israel,
William, |
e. Feb. 11,
1864; m. o. w. c. |
| Rowland,
Greenbury, |
e. Nov. 15,
1861; m. o. w. c. |
| Ellis,
Miles, |
e. Feb. 24,
1864; m. o. w. c. |
| Ellis,
William, |
e. Feb. 23,
1864; m. o. w. c. |
| Balderson,
Alfred, |
e. Feb. 19,
1864. |
The following were members of the company:
George
Comstock, Daniel Chidester, Nathan Clark, Thomas O.
Oliver, Josiah Rogers, Reynolds Franklin, Joshua Adrian,
Marion Grooves; Yarnell George, Thomas Coleric, Benjamin
Chidester, Mordecai Roland, Joseph T. Heralt, Daniel
Henry, Johiel Hagaman, Samuel P. Hinton, James King,
Levi Lightner.
Wier,
Andrew, e. Nov. 8, 1864.
Preston, John, e.
Nov. 28, 1861.
Pedicord, Milton, e.
Dec. 2, 1861.
Lee, Merriam, e. Dec. 9, 1861.
Smith, Joseph, e. a fifer, Dec. 9, 1861.
Smith, James, e. drummer, Dec. 9, 1861.
Smith, Nathan, e.
serg., Dec. 9, 1861.
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