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WAR OF 1812.
THE MARCH AND SURRENDER.
CAPTAIN ROOP.
THE MEXICAN WAR.
THE BUGLE BLAST.
CIVIL WAR, 1861 TO 1865.
WAR'S ALARM.
PORTSMOUTH RIFLES.
THE FIRST BATTLE
HOME RELIEF.
RELIEF FOR THE DESTITUTE.
DISTRIBUTION.
[ PORTRAIT C. R. MADDOCK]
MORGAN RAID.
THE FIFTY-SIXTH REGIMENT O. V. I.
THE ORGANIZATION.
THE GALLANT THIRTY-THIRD REGIMENT, OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.
THE NINETY-FIRST REGIMENT.
THE FIFTY-THIRD REGIMENT, O. V. I.
THE TWENTY-SECOND REGIMENT.
THE GROSBECK REGIMENT.
THE SECOND KENTUCKY.
On the
organization of this regiment, Captain Hurd, of Portsmouth,
raised a company numbered Company F, and joined the command.
The regiment was ordered to Bowl-
BATTERY L.
THE ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT.
EIGHTY-FIRST REGIMENT O. V. I.
CASUALTIES OF THE EIGHTY-FIRST REGIMENT.
[PORTRAIT OF THOS. G. VAUGHTERS, M. D.]
[PORTRAIT OF MRS. ARA B. VAUGHTERS]
THIRTIETH REGIMENT, O. V. M.
THE SCATTERED.
It seemed
impossible to get all the whereabouts of the Scioto boys. They
were badly scattered, enlisting here and there as fancy dedicated.
It is not intended to give in this history all the doings of the
different regiments, but so much with their losses as will show to
future generations the part Scioto took in the great struggle for
the Union from 1861 to 1865. In our hunt the following
scattering names were found here and there and they are given to
finish the list of all that could possibly be found who left the
county for the field of conflict. This chapter will be found
to condense more of the war history of Scioto County than was ever
placed together in one or many chapters.
The
Twenty-seventh Regiment, O. V. I. - This regiment had one
company partly made up from this county - Company G, under the
command of Captain Frank Lynch. It was attached to the
Army of the Southwest and was all through the Mississippi campaign.
It met with a heavy loss at the battle of Corinth. Company G
went into this battle with forty-two strong and met with a
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loss of sixteen, some being from this county:
Killed - First Lieutenant Henry A. Webb; Private Samuel R.
Turner.
Wounded - Captain Frank Lynch; Second Lieutenant George W.
Young; Sergeant J. H. Fullerton; Corporals J. M.
Stewart, Charles Statan, Privates, George W.
Bruner, Cleanthus Burnette, J. W. Jenkins, Asa Radway, Orrin B.
Gould, Phillip R. Harpel, J. R. Thomas, A J. McPheeson, Henery
Wilson.
The First Ohio Regiment had one company made up from Portsmouth
and Scioto County, Company G. This regiment stands in undimmed
luster through all the trial of that desperate conflict.
The One
Hundred and Seventy-third Regiment
The
One Hundred and Fortieth, O. N. G., took out a few men from this
county. They did duty in West Virginia, and at Bradford were
detailed for provost duty.
The
Fifth German Regiment was partly made up from Portsmouth,
Captain Sontag raising a company. He afterward resigned.
The
Eighteenth Ohio, a regiment that made a name for its fighting
qualities, had Lieutenant Wm. M. Bolles in one of its
companies. He was one of Scioto's heroes.
First
Ohio Sharpshooters looked to Captain C. A. Bartons.
They were all the name implies and right nobly did their gallant
Captain lead them. They were mustered in May 28, 1861.
The
Twenty-sixth Regiment, O. V. M., had one company recruited by
Captain Appler and afterward by Captain L. D. Adair the
former resigining. This regiment and Company I, commanded by
Captain Adair, suffered terribly at Chickamauga. It was
commanded by Colonel Young.
Four citizens of Madison Township and
six from Harrison joined Captain Baker's company,
principally recruited at Athens, Ohio.
This covered nearly all the forces that left Scioto
County. It was a hard struggle, yet Scioto County did its full
duty at home and abroad, and its record is found in three pages.
When the glorious news came that General Lee had surrendered,
then did Scioto County rejoice and the welkin rang with her shouts
of gladness. The light was breaking in the east and the "night
of her sorrow was o'er." She could rejoice for she had done
her duty to her own honor and the glory of her country.
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