REVOLUTIONARY WAR.

     Not a few of the first settlers of the county had seen since the War for Independence, but no record has ever been kept and we can therefore mention but a few, namely: Conrad Kline, George Ater, Edward Davison (also a noted Indian fighter in Kentucky), Fergus Moor, John Thompson, Capt. Eleazar Williamson and Col. Thomas Gibson.

WAR OF 1812.

     We are able to give only a very incomplete list of those who served in the second war against Great Britain.  The following served from Pickaway County: John Shoemaker, Samuel Lutz, Henry Drum, Joshua Dunnick (in Captain Nye's company of light-horse), Isaac Woods, David Yates (who held a commission as officer), John Boggs .(who held the rank of major), James Renick (who held the rank of general and was at the surrender of Detroit by General Hull), Valentine Keffer (major in General Renick’s regiment), Bethuel Anderson (sergeant, afterward a lieutenant in the State militia), Henry Dreisbach, Absolom Van Vickle, Elias Florence (who enlisted in a light-horse company that was never called into service; he was later colonel of a regiment of State militia for many years), Daniel Van Sickle, Benjamin Duvall, Luke Decker (commissary to Gen. W. H. Harrison), George Coon, John Smith, Sr., and William Teegardin.
     Of those who settled here, after serving in the War of 1812 from other counties or States, we are able to mention the following: John Flemming, Frederick West, Francis Rush, Jacob Yoakum, John Lane, Nathaniel Champ, Jacob Hott, Thomas Vause (captain of a light-horse company), Nathan Perrill (2nd lieutenant), Daniel Wilson and Isaac Bean - all from Virginia; James Milton, Robert Gibson, William Boyd and John Cochran (lieutenant) - all from Pennsylvania; and Benjamin Hill and William Fullen, from Ross County, Ohio.  Major Puthuff and George Rowe were also soldiers of the War of 1812.

STATE MILITIA

     The Second Company of the Second Regiment, Fifth Brigade, Second Division, was re-cruited in Deer Creek and surrounding townships and served under General Harrison at Upper Sandusky.  The following is the roll, the original being dated Sept. 6, 1817:

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MEXICAN WAR

Company I, Second Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which was organized at Circleville and was composed almost wholly of Pickaway County men, was mustered in July 2, 1846, at Cincinnati; saw service in Mexico and was mustered out, June 22, 1847, at New Orleans, Louisiana.  The colonel of the regiment was George W. Morgan; the regiment lost during its period of service six killed, two drowned and 60 died of disease.  The roster of Company I is as follows:

     The following citizens of Pickaway County also served in the Mexican War, in the organizations named:

There are now only three veterans of the Mexican War living in Pickaway County, namely:
Peter Longworth, of Company I, and
George W. Tritch, of Company F, Second Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and
Lemuel Rodarmel, of Company E, Fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.

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     Jacob Brown, who enlisted at Columbus in Company E, Second Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was a resident of Pickaway County for 50 years, dying Oct. 11, 1903.

WAR OF THE REBELLION

     We are indebted to Whitelaw Reid's Ohio in the War" for the accounts of the services of the various organizations from Pickaway County that follow.

Second Regiment, Ohio Vol. Inf.

    The Second Ohio was first organized for the three months' service and at the conclusion of the period was organized for the three years' service at Camp Dennison, in August, 1861.  Company I, the only company in which enlistments were made from Pickaway County, was mustered into the service on Jan. 15, 1862.  Early in this year the Second Ohio took part in several small affairs with the enemy along the Memphis & Charleston Railroad..  On teh 8th of October it participated in the battle of Perryville, losing nearly 40 per cent, of all engaged, Capt. Milton McCoy of Company I, being wounded in this fight.  The regiment was in the Army of the Ohio, in command of Maj. Gen. D. C. Buell until he was succeeded by Gen. William S. Rosecrans, who changedthe name of the department to the "Army of the Cumberland."  Subsequently the division to which thee Second Ohio was attached was assigned to the 14th Army Corps, Gen. George H. Thomas commanding, where it remained up to the battle of Atlanta.  The Second Ohio participated in the battles of Stone River, Hoover’s Gap, Chickamauga (in which it lost 183 officers and men, killed, wounded and missing), Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge, Resaca, Peach Tree Creek and other engagements of the Atlanta campaign.  The regiment remained in front of Atlanta until Aug. 1, 1864, when it was ordered to Charleston for final discharge; some four weeks later it was mustered out at Columbus, Ohio.  The regiment lost - killed in battle, 111; wounded, 425.  Leonard A. Harris, John Kell and Anson G. McCook were the colonels of the regiment, in the order named.
     The enlistments in Company I, Second Ohio, from Pickaway County were as follows:

13th Regiment, Ohio Vol. Inf.

     On June 30, 1861, the 13th Ohio, which had been organized at Camp Jackson and drilled at Camp Dennison, embarked for West Virginia, where it took part in a number of engagements that fall, after which it went into camp opposite Louisville, Kentucky.  On December 11th it received orders to join the column under General Buell, then about to resume his chase after General Bragg.  On Feb. 26, 1862, it reached Nashville.  On Apr. 2, 1862, the regiment marched from Nashville to reinforce General Grant, reaching Savannah on the morning of the 6th and taking part in the engagement.  On April 29th the regiment joined in the advance on Corinth, reaching the vicinity of that city about May 12th, where it performed its share on the picket-line and in various affairs with the enemy until the city was evacuated, May 31st.  Then the regiment went into Alabama.  From July 16th to August 21st, it was encamped at Battle Creek.  From August 21st to September 26th, it was in pursuit of General Bragg, finally reaching Louisville.  On the 1st of October the pursuit of Bragg was resumed.  The 13th was at Perryville on October 8th, but was not actively engaged.  On October 30th, Gen. W. S. Rosecrans was assigned to the command of the Army of the Ohio.  On Dec. 26, 1862, the advance on Murfreesboro was

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     Company E, from Pickaway County, was mustered into service Dec. 30, 1861, with the following officers and men:  Captain, Justus G. McScholler; 1st lieutenant, Archibald Lybrand; 2nd lieutenant, Charles W. Trimble; sergeants - Horace S. Clark, Samuel Peters, Samuel F. Jones, John Alexander and Henry W. Meeker; corporals - Ebenezer E. Clark, William B. Davis, Job P. Duvall, Thornton Van Meter, Frank M. Snider, Oliver H. P. Burnett, George W. Gephart and Jacob Grant; musicians - William Hege and William Haddock; privates - John Allton, Joseph Birt, William T. Biggarstaff, Lewis Barnhart, James T. Brown, Thomas Butterman, Andrew Clendenin, James Callen, John Dinley, Isaac Duvall, Samuel Davis, Joseph Dolon, Charles Davisson, Archibald Drake, Frank M. Ferguson, John Funn, James Greer, William H. Grindle, Thomas Geer, Thomas Godfrey, An

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thony Gardner, Peter Gallagher, Patrick Hein, Michael Harkins, Edwin Helwagen.  John Henson, Wesley Hayes, William Jackson, John W. Kelte, David Long, James H. Lee, John C. McFadden, John McCollister, Joshua Morris, John McManis, William D. McBride, Daniel Marbarger, David O'Donnel, Daniel O., Horn, Peter Rape, Philip Reed, William Ross, Cyrus Rush, John Reynolds, John Shafer, David Stonerock, William W. Townsend, George W. Turflinger, Joseph H. Turflinger, David Thompson, Benjamin Thorp, George Westerville, James Welsh, John White, James Whalen, Marcus Walston, and Henry Furniss.

85th Regiment, Ohio Vol. Inf.

     This three-months' organization never reached the regimental point.  It was recruited to the proportions of a battalion and retained at Camp Chase to guard Rebel prisoners imprisoned there.  Occasionally a company would be transferred to another regiment and sent to the field.  The services performed at Camp Chase were both important and arduous.  The colonel of the regiment was Charles W. B. Allison.

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Second Regiment, Ohio Heavy Artillery.

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SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.

Fourth Regiment, Ohio Infantry, U. S. Vols.

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MILITARY COMPANIES.

The Circleville Guard.

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The Circleville Guards

     From the conclusion of the Spanish-American War until early in 1904 Circleville had no military company.  In February of this year, Company F, Fourth Regiment, O. N. G. (Circleville Guards) was organized, with the fol-

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lowing officers: Captain, George Florence; 1st lieutenant, Harry D. Jackson; 2nd lieutenant, John S. Bailey; Ist sergeant, Charles S. Gusman; 2nd sergeant, I. Lutz May; 3rd sergeant, Frank Ross; 4th sergeant, Percy W. May; 5th sergeant, Harry G. Stevenson; quartermaster sergeant, James Baughman; Captain Florence, Lieutenant Bailey and Quartermaster Baughman were Spanish-American War veterans.  Captain Florence resigned in February, 1906, for business reasons, and in August, Col. C. S. Ammel of the Fourth Regiment, appointed him quartermaster of the regiment.  On Oct. 9, 1906, he was elected major.  The present membership of the company is as follows: Captain, Harry D. Jackson; 1st lieutenant, John S. Bailey; 2nd lieu tenant, Charles S. Gusman; Ist sergeant, I. Lutz May; 2nd sergeant, Frank Ross; 3rd sergeant, Percy W. May; 4th sergeant, Harry G. Stevenson; 5th sergeant, A. Lewis Ellis; quartermaster sergeant, James Baughman; Ist corporal, Herbert Martell; 2nd corporal, Bert Russel; 3rd corporal, Benjamin Brannon; 4th corporal, Harry Kellenberger; 5th corporal, Wilson Stout; 6th corporal, George H. Adkins; privates - Stanley Allen, Noah Brown, Harley Bush, James Carpenter, Roy Cave, Fred Cook, James Cook, Elmer Denman, Lewis Denman, George Dunkel, Harry Foust, Lewis Friend, Charles Garner, Frank Hamilton, Cliff Hanley, William Hegele, Fred Jackson, Fred Leist, Mack A. Lytle, Albert Myers, Charles Niles, William Niles, Horace Niles, John Payne, Floyd Pickle, Stanley Poling, Ralph Roby, Henry Roundhouse, Guy Rush, Harry Seigwald, Nelson Stout, Edwin Thomas, Harvey Thomas, George Toole, Enos Washburn, Turney Weldon, Arthur Willis, Joseph Wilson, William Wilson, Howard Wolfe and Leonard Young.
     The company drills every Monday evening.  It has been called into service but once, which was in June, 1906, to quell a riot caused by the miners in Jefferson County, near Steubenville.  The encampments of the company have been held at the following places: Athens, 1904; Newark, 1905; and Strasburg, 1906.  The armory is in Memorial Hall.