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)
SPANISH AMERICAN WAR
Co. L
Company L,
Third Infantry, Ohio National Guard, answered first call
for troops for the Spanish-American war, April 26, 1898,
mobilized at Camp Bushnell, Columbus, O., and was
mustered into United States service, May 10, 1898. The Third regiment was assigned to the Fifth Army Corps
and sent at once to Tampa, Fla. The corps was
ordered to prepare to embark on transports for Cuba, had
excess baggage stored and some of the horses loaded,
when word came that, owning to there not being
sufficient transports, the Third Ohio would not be
taken, greatly to the disappointment of the ambitious
recruits and the relief of the mothers and sweethearts
at home. The six months' service of the regiment
was spent in camp at De Sota park near Tampa at
Fernandino, Fla., and Huntsville, Ala. The company on the first call was made up of
seventy-two officers and men. Upon the second call
for troops the company was filled with recruits to the
number of one hundred and nine, whose names are here
recorded:
OFFICERS |
Capt. William T. Amos 1st Lieut. Henry M. Theurer 2d Lieut. Emerson V. Moore Sergeant, 1st. Jesse C. Wilson Q. M. Cliffe Wilson, Q. M. Benjamin McCullough Q. M. Jesse L. Frazier Q. M. Frank M. Hussey Q. M. Arthur W. Kah |
CORPORALS
Amann, Ferd Dill, Omer Ginn, Robert Haines, Eayre |
Hussey, Weber Kendall, Elmer Kraft, Louis P. Kucky, James |
Laughlin, Jesse Orbison, James VanDeGrift, Robert Wikoff, Dan Williams, Melvin T. |
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Musicians
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Kah, Harland E. |
Rostron, Charles |
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Artifacer
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Talbot, Asby G. |
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Wagoner
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Sarver, William |
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Privates
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Ackerly, George Apgar, William Barber, Rolla Beck, Henry W. Bennett, Martin Bower, Samuel Brandt, Joseph Bulle, Marion Burton, Daniel Bush, DeWitt S. Carey, Jason Cowan, Edwin Deveney, William Dunnavant, William Eberle, William F. Edgar, Fred S. Ehrhardt, George Elliott, Ervin Flinn, Eayre Foust, Oliver Frey, Chris Funk, Benjamin Gilfillan, William Given, Frederick T. Griffen, Henry Haines, George Harbaugh, Charles
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Havescher, Fred Heiges, Ralph Hoff, William Horner, Oliver Huffman, Albert Humphreys, Harry Hussey, Clem Kiplinger, Clinton Kress, William Kummer, William Lewis, George Lewis, Harry Leymaster, William Longnecker, John Luckey, Reuben Ludwig, John McHenry, John McKercher, John McVay, Frank Miller, Harry Montross, Bayly Morton, George Motsinger, Roy Neal, Harry Nicholson, Edward Ockenfels, Frank Odell, Omer |
O'Neil, Daniel Parcher, Walter Pfaadt, Louis Price, Marenas Reiger, Joseph Rhinehart, Alvin Rhodefer, Harry Rostron, William Ruff, George Sarver, Emory Schaub, Joseph Shannon, Stephen Snider, Philemon Staley, Jacob Stang, John Struckman, Julius Swob, George Toller, John
Vogler, Emer Wagner, Albert Weaver, Todd Wiley, Ben. Williams, Adolphus Willoughby, Franklin Wright, Freeman Young, Adam M. Young, John Young, Karl F. |
These officers
and men were at the time of service all residents of
Shelby county. There was much sickness due to the
unsanitary condition of the camp at Tampa. Many of
Company L were in serious condition and many were sent
home on sick furlough, but a remarkable feature was that
there was not a death in the company during the six
months' service. The company was mustered out at
Columbus in October with their flag, a beautiful silk
one presented by the young ladies of Sidney, unspotted
with blood and unsullied with the marks of the
battlefield. At the reception given in the armory
a few evenings after their return Melvin Williams
on behalf of the boys presented Lieut.-Col. W. T.
Amos with a beautiful sword. |
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