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MILITARY
(Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens.
Evansville, Ind. - A. B. C. Hitchcock - 1913 - 913 pgs)
(Transcribed by Sharon Wick)
(Shelby
Co., Ohio, Military Index)
BATTERY M,
FIRST
OHIO LIGHT ARTILLERY
The
Ninety-ninth was organized at Camp Lima, O., and
mustered into service August 26, 1862. Of this regiment
two companies were raised in Allen county, two in Shelby, two
in Hancock, and one each in Auglaize, Mercer, Putnam and Van
Wert.
For the regiment seventeen hundred men were recruited,
but seven hundred were at once transferred to the One Hundred
and Eighteenth Ohio.
They left Camp Lima, August 31, with one thousand and
twenty-one men, under orders to report at Lexington, Ky.
While en route it was learned that the enemy had taken
Lexington and the regiment was ordered to Cynthiana.
After a few weeks it went to Covington and entered the
fortifications at Fort Mitchell. In September it went by
steamer to Louisville, and was so disposed as to assist in the
defence of the place against the threatened assault of the
army under Bragg. On the 1st of October the regiment was
transferred to Colonel Stanley Matthew's Brigade, which was
composed of the Fifty-first and Ninety-ninth Ohio; the Eighth
and Twenty-first Kentucky, and the Thirty-fifth Indiana.
This subsequently became the Third Brigade, Third Division,
Twenty-first Army Corps. The regiment now marched in
pursuit of Bragg's retreating forces as far as Wild Cat, from
which place the brigade moved to Mount Vernon, and again in
regular order to Somerset, Columbia, Glasgow, and Gallatin.
From this last point it was ordered to Lebanon to intercept
the command of John Morgan. The march to Lebanon and
back to Silver Springs was made in one day, and Morgan's
command was first dislodged, but followed the brigade on its
retreat and captured about one hundred of the Union forces who
were unable to keep up the rapid march of the brigade.
About twenty of these stragglers who were captured belonged to
the Ninety-ninth. After a few days' rest the regiment
moved toward Nashville and took position about seven miles
from that city. Here the troops suffered greatly from
sickness, and when the forward movement was ordered to Stone
River the regiment could only muster three hundred and
sixty-nine privates, two field officers, seven line officers,
and three staff officers, who were fit for duty. On
December 26, the regiment advanced toward Murfreesboro', being
under the rebel fire during part of the march. At the
battle of Stone River it formed on the extreme left of the
line. On the morning of December 31, the division
crossed Stone River, but on account of the disaster on the
right, was ordered back to hold the ford while the first and
second brigades were sent to reinforce the corps of General
McCook. On January 1, 1863, the third division crossed
the river and took a position which it held until Friday
afternoon, when the rebels formed in heavy column, and
doubling on the centre, drove Van Cleve's division across the
river. This division was at once reinforced and drove
the rebels back, capturing all the artillery used in the
attack. Bragg commenced his retreat under cover of that
night. In this battle the Ninety-ninth lost three
officers and seventeen men killed; two officers and forty-one
men wounded, and one officer and twenty-nine en captured.
After this battle the regiment took position at
Murfreesboro' on the left of the line.
On June 30, 1863, it marched to McMinnville, where it
remained until the 16th of Aug., when it moved to Pikeville.
After various marches and duties the regiment moved to
Ringgold and participated in the battle of Chickamauga.
Soon afterward the Twentieth and Twenty-first Corps were
consolidated, and the Ninety-ninth Regiment was transferred to
the Second Brigade, First Division, Fourth Corps. This
brigade camped for a time opposite Lookout Mountain, but on
the 1st of November moved to Shell Mound, where it did duty
guarding and repairing the railroad from Chattanooga to
Bridgeport. On the 22d it moved up the valley, and on
the 24th participated in the "battle above the clouds," being
the second line of the charging column. As the lines
swept around them mountain the Second closed up on the First,
until, nearing the Point, it rushed impetuously through the
first line and held the advance until relieved by fresh troops
after nightfall.
The next day the regiment was engaged at Mission Ridge,
occupying the extreme right of the National line. After
following the Rebels to Ringgold the regiment returned to
Shell Mound, where it remained until February, 1864, when
it moved to Cleveland, Tenn., and on the 3d of May entered
upon the Atlanta campaign. It next participated in the
actions of Rocky Face Ridge, Kenesaw Mountain, Pine Mountain,
Atlanta, Jonesboro' and Lovejoy, in all of which engagements
the regiment bore an honorable and prominent part.
On the 28th of June it was assigned to the Fourth
Brigade, Second Division, Twenty-third Corps, and on the 19th
of July took possession of Decatur. The regiment
participated in the actions before Atlanta and moved to
Jonesboro' and Lovejoy. It was next assigned to the
First Brigade and returned to Decatur, having lost in the
Atlanta campaign thirty men killed and fifty-six wounded.
On the 1st of October the regiment started in pursuit of the
command of Hood, moving to Centreville by way of Resaca,
Johnsonville, and Waverly. For a few weeks its
communication was cut off, but it finally received orders by
courier to march to Franklin. AS this place was in the
hands of the enemy the march was continued to Nashville.
It next appeared in line in front of Nashville, and on
the morning of the 15th of December moved against the intrenched
army of Hood. It drove the enemy from one position to
another until it found them posted on a hill covered by a
stone wall. The division, without orders, charged the
position, carried it, and turned the guns upon the retreating
foe. The enemy was pursued to Columbia, where this
regiment was consolidated with the Fiftieth Ohio and the
Ninety-ninth ceased as an organization. The regimental
colors were then sent to Sidney, until the return of
Sergeant Wm. M. Van Fossen, when he took them in charge,
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Schultz, F. |
Maj. |
Sept. 1861 - July 12, 1865 |
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Scoville, Charles W. |
Capt. |
Oct., 1864; mustered out with company |
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Amann, Ferdinand |
1st Lieut. |
Sept., 1861 - Nov., 1862 |
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Schwerer, Constantine |
1st Lieut. |
Sept., 1861 - Nov., 1862 |
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Hein, Joseph |
1st Lieut. |
Nov., 1861 - Nov., 1862 |
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Sturgis, Eben P. |
1st Lieut. |
Nov., 1862, with company |
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Chase, Charles F. |
1st Lieut. |
Mar., 1864, with company |
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Reckard, Frank R. |
1st Lieut. |
Mar., 1864, with company |
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Eberle, Joseph |
2nd Lieut. |
Sept., 1861; resigned Oct., 1862 |
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Linch, John C. |
2d Lieut. |
Oct., 1862; resigned June, 1863. Declined promotion. |
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Zeigler, Jacob |
2d Lieut. |
June, 1863; mustered out with company |
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Sloane, Stephen |
2d Lieut. |
May, 1864; mustered out with company |
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Beatty, Lee P. |
2d Lieut. |
Sept., 1864; mustered out with company |
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Manning, Wm. H. |
2d Lieut. |
May, 1865; mustered out with company |
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Kotzebue, Charles |
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promoted to 2d lieut. |
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Ruff, William |
Qtr. Master- Sgt. |
Dec. 13, 1864 |
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Bodmer, Charles |
Qtr. Master |
Sept., 1861 - Dec. 13, 1864 |
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Meier, Thomas |
Sergt-Major |
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Schunk, Henry |
Sergeant |
Sept., 1861 - Dec. 31, 1864 |
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Achbach, George |
Sergeant |
Sept., 1861 - Dec. 13, 1864 |
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Eisenstein, Jacob |
Corporal |
Sept., 1861 - Dec. 13, 1864 |
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Bruning, John |
Private |
Sept., 1861 - Dec. 13, 1864 |
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Chrsitler, Christian |
Private |
Sept., 1861 - Dec. 13, 1864 |
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Cigrant, Peter |
Private |
Sept., 1861 - Dec. 13, 1864 |
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Emig, Adam |
Private |
Sept., 1861 - Dec. 13, 1864 |
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Frantz, Otto |
Private |
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Giegler, Gottlob |
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Gotschall, John |
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Heiser, John |
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Sept., 1861 |
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Heiser, Joseph |
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Dec., 1864 |
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Kaufle, John |
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Messmar, Jacob |
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Miller, Joseph |
Private |
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Monroe, George |
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Nuss, John |
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Rineker, Willialm |
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Rock, George |
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Vesper, Daniel |
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Wasserman, Christian |
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Assman, Frank |
corporal, July 15, 1863 |
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Badaur, Peter |
private, Feb. 29, 1864 |
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Eisenstein, Frederick |
died Nov. 5, 1862, Nashville |
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Enders, Christian |
March 17, 1863 |
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Foust, Henry |
died July 2, 1862, Corinth |
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Grimm, George |
disability, Oct. 19, 1863 |
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Hassler, Jacob |
died May 14, 1862 |
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Johnston, John W. |
private, July, 1864 |
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Kemper, George |
died May 13, 1862, Louisville, Ky. |
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Mauser, Frederick |
died June 24, 1862 |
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Nassber, August |
died Nov. 1, 1862, Nashville |
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Nichel, Paul |
died June 22, 1862 |
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Nicholas, Theobold |
died Sept. 1, 1862, Nashville |
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Schabe, Gottlib |
died May 14, 1862 |
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Weiss, John |
first, died May 4, 1862 |
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Weist, John |
corporal, May 1, 1862 |
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Wissenger, Conrad |
died Mar. 17, 1863 |
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Wolfrom, Christian |
died Nov. 4, 182, Nashville |
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Wyatt, Thomas M. |
private, June, 1865 |
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