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HISTORY OF MORGAN CO., OHIO
with
PORTRAITS AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
of some of its
PIONEERS AND PROMINENT MEN
By Charles Robertson, M. D.
Revised and Extended by the Publishers
Chicago:
L. H. Watkins & Co.
1886

MILITARY
 

CHAPTER XII.
SEVENTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT
pg. 190

Volunteer Militia - Early organization in Morgan County - The Mexican Campaign - Morgan County's Part Therein - Morgan in the Rebellion - The 17th Ohio Regiment_Co H - 26th Regiment -2nd Co - 25th Regiment - Co. H - 2d West Virginia Cavalry - Captain Scott's Cavalry Company18th Regiment - 17th (Three Years) Regiment - 62d Regiment - 77th Regiment - 78th Regiment 86th Regiment - 97th Regiment - 122d Regiment - 9th Cavalry - 161st Regiment, O. N. G.1st Regiment Heavy Artillery - 78th O. V. I. - Co. D - 77th O. V. I. - Co. K - U. S. Signal Detachment - 193d O. V. I. - Miscellaneous List - Captain Joseph Francis Sonnanstine - Hughes Post No. 285, G. A. R.
- Reminiscences of Prison Experience.

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.

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.


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.


DEATHS AND DISCHARGES.

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.
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.


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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