Source:
HISTORY of JEROME TOWNSHIP, UNION COUNTY,
OHIO
Curry, W. L. : Columbus, Ohio: Press of the E. T.
Miller Co.
1913
46TH REGIMENT,
OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
- THREE YEARS
pg. 106
This
regiment was organized at Worthington, Ohio, in the
fall of 1861 and was mustered into the United States
service October 16th, 1861, under Colonel Thomas
Worthington and Lieutenant Colonel Charles C.
Walcutt. Colonel Worthington resigned
November 21st, 1862, and Lieutenant Colonel
Walcutt was promoted to Colonel and commanded
the regiment with marked ability through many of the
hard and decisive battles in which it participated.
Colonel Walcutt was promoted to Brigadier
General for distinguished service on the field.
He was severely wounded twice, and was one of the
General Grant's most trusted young officers in
the Army of the Tennessee.
Nine soldiers of this regiment, of whom Sergeant
James Gowan was killed at the battle of Mission
Ridge, Tenn., November 25th, 1863, and William
Hudson and Thomas Wray died in the
service. To have served in this regiment
through its many campaigns and battles was a
distinguished honor. The other six names are:
William B. Herriott, David M. Pence, John P.
Williams,Charles C. Comstock, Ammon P. Converse
and Edward R. Buckey.
The regiment joined
General Sherman's army at Paducah, Kentucky, in
February, 1862, and participated in the bloody
battle of Shiloh, Tenn., Apr. 6th and 7th, 1862.
The loss was 295 killed, wounded and captured.
In April the regiment moved with the army upon Corinth.
The summer of 1862 was spent at Memphis, and in
November the Forty-sixth started on a campaign
through Mississippi under General Grant. In
June, 1863, it participated in the siege of
Vicksburg, and after the surrender moved upon
Jackson. In October the regiment, under
Sherman, embarked for Memphis and Chattanooga.
It took part in the assault on Mission Ridge,
sustaining a heavy loss; then marched to the relief
of Knoxville.
At Resaca, New Hope Church, Kenesaw, and the various
battles and skirmishes of the Atlanta campaign, the
Forty-sixth was ever at the front. At Ezra
Church the regiment especially distinguished itself
in repelling the attacking rebels and capturing the
colors of the Thirtieth Louisiana. After the
fall of Atlanta, the regiment pursued Hood into
northern Alabama and Tennessee. In November it
marched with Sherman to the sea,
participating in a sharp encounter at Griswoldsville
and in the skirmishing around Savannah. From
Savannah it moved to Bentonville, where it was
complimented for gallant conduct in the battle at
that place.
The Forty-sixth moved through the Carolinas, on to
Washington, and after the grand review proceeded to
Louisville, Ky., where it was mustered out on the
22nd of July, 1865.
The regiment has to its record eighteen battles, as
shown by the official records, with many skirmishes;
marched many hundreds of miles, was on the firing
line when the war closed, and fought in the last
battle of General Sherman's at Bentonville,
N. C., Mar. 19th 1865. The losses, killed,
died at wounds and disease, were 290, and the total
casualties as shown by the official record were
seven hundred and twenty-five. |
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