Under the President's call of July, 1864, for troops to serve for one year, two full companies were recruited in Union County.  Leaving Marysville for Camp Chase on the 31st of August, they were assigned as Companies B and C, of the One Hundred and Seventy-fourth Ohio Infantry.
     The original commissioned officers of Company B were U. D. Cole, Captain; Peter Hill, First Lieutenant, and George Harriman, Second Lieutenant.  During its term of service this company lost five killed in battle, six wounded and twelve died in hospitals.
     Company C was mustered in under the following commissioned officers: William H. Robb, Captain; W. B. Brown, First Lieutenant, and Joseph Swartz, Second Lieutenant.  Captain Robb was discharged on account of wounds re-

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ceived at Murfreesboro, and Lieutenant Brown was then promoted to Captain, and was in command of the company until wounded at Kingston, March 10th, 1865, after which the command devolved upon Lieut. T. B. Myers.
     Company C lost eight of its members on the fields and in the hospitals, and fourteen wounded. Union County was represented among the field and staff officers of this regiment by A. J. Sterling, who served as Lieutenant Colonel from the organization of the regiment until its muster out.
     The One Hundred and Seventy- fourth Ohio was organized September 21st, 1864, under Colonel John S. Jones, and, on the 23rd, left Ohio for Nashville, Tenn., to report to Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman, then commanding the Military Division of the Mississippi.  On arrival at Nashville, orders were received to proceed to Murfreesboro, which was then threatened by Forrest's rebel cavalry.
     The regiment remained at Murfreesboro until October 27th, when it moved to Decatur, Ala., and assisted in defending that garrison from an attack made by Hood's advance.  After a movement to the mouth of Elk Creek and back again, the One Hundred and Seventy-fourth remained at Decatur, until recalled to Murfreesboro to participate in the investment of that stronghold.  It took an active part in the battle at Overall's Creek, losing two officers wounded, six men killed and thirty-eight wounded.
     After this engagement the regiment was ordered on dress parade and was complimented in person by General Rousseau for gallantry.  In the battle of the Cedars it again distinguished itself by making a charge on the enemy's breastworks and capturing two cannons, a stand of rebel colors belonging to the First and Fourth Florida, and about two hundred prisoners.  The regiment lost in this engagement one commissioned officer killed and seven wounded; four men killed and twenty-two wounded. It was complimented in general orders for its conduct on this occasion.
     After having participated in all the fighting around Murfreesboro, the One Hundred and Seventy-fourth joined the

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Twenty-third Army Corps at Columbia, Tenn., and was assigned to the First Brigade, First Division of that corps.   In January, 1865, it moved to Washington City, where it remained in camp until February 21st, then proceeded to North Carolina, and, joining the forces under General Cox, took a conspicuous part in the battle of Five Forks, at Kingston.
     On the 10th of March it successfully resisted a fierce attack made by General Hoke. It lost two officers wounded, four men killed and twenty-three wounded.
     This was the last battle in which the regiment was engaged.  It joined Sherman's forces at Goldsboro, and served under General Schofield at Wanesboro, N. C, until mustered out at Charoltte, June 28th.  Then returning to Columbus, Ohio, it was paid off, and discharged July 7th, 1865.
     Colonel John S. Jones, who commanded the regiment, had served three years as a Captain in the Fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and had seen hard service at the front, participating, with his regiment, in twenty-one battles in the Army of the Potomac, including the battle of Gettysburg.  Lieutenant Colonel James A. Sterling of Union County had served as a Captain in the 31st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Army of the Cumberland, having been discharged by reason of wounds received at the battle of Chickamauga.
     Under these officers of long service, with many other veterans who had seen service at the front, the regiment became, in a short time, one of the best disciplined and best drilled regiments in the department to which it was assigned and was always depended on in any emergency.  It may well be doubted if any other one-year regiment had a better record than the 174th, and the boys who served in it may well take a just pride in their services.
     Fourteen Jerome Township soldiers served in this regiment.  The losses by death were one hundred and seventeen.