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ROSTER
OF THE
96TH REGIMENT OHIO VOL. INFANTRY.
1862 TO 1865

Compiled by
Robt. F. Bartlett
PERMANENT SECRETARY OF THE REUNION ASSOCIATION OF THE REGIMENT,
BY DIRECTION OF THE ASSOCIATION
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SOUVENIR EDITION
C
OLUMBUS, O.
PRESS OF HANN & ADAMS
1895

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ORGANIZATION
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     The 96th Regiment O. V. I. was organized at Camp Delaware, Ohio, Aug. 14 to 19, 1862, to serve three years, and was mustered into the service of the United States Aug. 19, 1862 by Captain Charles C. Goddad, 17th Infantry, U. S. A., and mustered out at Mobile, Alabama, July 7, 1865, and finally discharged at Camp Chase, Ohio, July 29, 1865.
     All enlistments were for three years, except a few of the recruits enlisted for one year, which are shown.
     Nov. 18, 1864, the Regiment was consolidated into a batallion and Captain E. B. Campbell and seventy-five men of the 42d O. V. I. were transferred to the 96th.
     The following is a list of the raids, battles, sieges, etc., in which the Regiment bore an honorable part:

* DALLAS RAID, Louisiana, Dec. 25th and 26th, 1862. (See official records of the War of the Rebellion, in Vol. XVII., part 1, page 605, et seq.)
* CHICKASAW BAYOU, Mississippi, Dec. 28th and 29th 1862.  (See records War of Rebellion, Vol. XVII., page 605 et seq.)
* ARKANSAS POST, Arkansas, Jan. 11, 1863. (See records War of the Rebellion, Vol. XVII., part 1, page 700, et seq.)
* EXPEDITION to GREENVILLE, Mississippi, Feb. 14th to 27th, 1863.  (See Rebellion, Vol. XXIV., part 1, pages 349 to 353, and Vol. XXIV., part 3, page 630.)
* VICKSBURG,  siege of Mississippi, May 18th to July 5th, 1863. (See Rebellion records, Vol. XXIV., part 1, page 137, et seq., and 249 and 295.)
* JACKSON, Mississippi, July 9th to 16th, 1863.  (See Rebellion records, Vol. XXIV., part 2, pages 592, 593 and 593, et seq.)
* GRAND COTEAU, Louisiana, Nov. 3, 1863.  (See Rebellion records, Vol. XXVI., part 1, page 359, et seq.)
* SABINE CROSS ROADS, Louisiana, April 8, 1864.  (See Rebellion records, Vol. XXXIV, part 1, pages 264, 268, 290 to 295 and 301 to 303.)
* MONETT'S BLUFF or CANE RIVER, Louisiana, April 23, 1864.  (See Rebellion records, Vol. XXXIV., part 1, page 294.)
* FORT GAINES, Alabama, Aug. 5th to 7th, 1864.  (See Rebellion records, Vol. XXXIV, part 1, pages 402, 418 to 456.)
* FORT MORGAN, Alabama, Aug. 8th to 23d, 1864.  (See Rebellion records, Vol. XXXIX, part 1, pages 402, 419 to 456.)
* SPANISH FORT, Alabama, Mar. 26th to Apr. 8th, 1865.
* FORT BLAKELY, Alabama, April 9, 1865.
* MOBILE, siege of, Alabama, March 26th to April 12th, 1865.
* WHISTLER's STATION, Alabama, Apr. 13, 1865.

FIELD AND STAFF.

Colonel, Joseph W. Vance,  Age 47; date of commission Aug. 12, 1862.  Battles: Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post Vicksburg, , Jackson; July 30, 1863, home on furlough; returned to Regiment Nov. 6, 1863, at New Iberia, Louisiana; Sabine Cross Roads, where killed Apr. 8, 1864; buried at Mt. Vernon, Ohio.  He commanded a brigade during the greater portion of his service.  His children are at Mt. Vernon, Ohio.
Lieutenant-Colonel Albert H. Brown Age 37; date of commission Aug. 7, 1862.  Battles: Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, Vicksburg, Jackson, Grand Coteau, Sabine Cross Roads, Cane River, Fort Gaines, Fort Morgan, Spanish Fort, where injured by explosion of shell and hearing of left ear impaired; Fort Blakely, Mobile and Whistler.  He led the Regiment in nearly every battle. (See pages 100 to 108 and 137 to 139, and page 157 regimental history. ) Mustered out with Regiment July 7, 1865.  Colonel Brown also served as private in Company C, 3d Regiment Ohio Volunteer Militia, in the Mexican War, enlisting June 6, 1846, at the age of 20 years, and discharged June 18, 1847, at New Orleans, Louisiana; also as Captain of Company K, 4th Regt. O. V. I., from Apr. 18, 1861, to June 9, 1862.  Member of 69th and 70th General Assemblies of Ohio.  Bloomfield, Ohio.
Major Charles H. McElroy,  (Details transcribed upon request this and below here)
Major Joseph Leonard,  
Surgeon David W. Henderson  
Surgeon John F. Hess  
Assistant Surgeon William J. Sullivan  
Assistant Surgeon George W. Ramage  
Adjutant George N. Clark  
Adjutant David A. Stark  
Adjutant Louis H. Mitchell  
Regimental Quartermaster Silas Baldwin,  
Regimental Quartermaster James G. Hamilton,  
Regimental Quartermaster George W. Kline,  
Chaplain Charles W. Ketchum,  
Chaplain George M. Scott,  
Sergeant-Major Jesse T. Burr,  
Sergeant-Major Frederick S. Burrows,  
Quartermaster-Sergeant Wm. H. H. Strother,  
Quartermaster-Sergeant John E. Kirk,  
Quartermaster-Sergeant Benjamin J. Williams,  
Commissary Sergeant George H. Tilton  
Commissary Sergeant Henry S. Bunker,  
Hospital Steward Heman W. Allen.  
Hospital Steward Henry S. Green  
Enos Ward, Principal Musician  
Thomas F. Kirk, Principal Musician  
Thomas R. Bowland, Principal Musician,  
Wilson S. McGinley, Principal Musician,  


COMPANY A.
Recruited in Knox County, Ohio.

Captain Wm. Mitchell  
Captain Henry P. Bennett  
Captain Emery M. Eastman  
First Lieutenant Wm. M. Young, Date of Commission Aug. 5, 1862; resigned Nov. 26, 1862.  Mt Vernon, Ohio.
First Lieutenant George H. Terry,  
First Lieutenant Louis H. Mitchell,  
Second Lieutenant Daniel N. Cooper,  
First Sergeant Wm. Roberts,  
Sergeant John M. Ewalt, Age 22; enlisted August 5, 1862.  Battles: Chickasaw Bayou.  Discharged Mar. 25, 1863, on certificate of disability.  Mt. Vernon, Ohio.
Sergeant George Trone, Age 22; enlisted Aug. 16, 1862  Battles: Chickasaw Bayou and Arkansas Post.  Wounded at latter battle; discharged Mar. 18, 1863, on certificate of disability.  Cincinnati, Ohio.
Sergeant Spencer D. Lincoln  
Sergeant Albert C. Williams,  
Sergeant Percival Pumphrey,  
Sergeant John H. Knode, Age 21; enlisted Aug. 2, 1862; appointed Corporal; promoted to Sergeant Oct. 1, 1863, and reduced to Corporal by consolidation of Regiment Nov. 18, 1864;  Battles: Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, Siege of Vicksburg, Jackson, Grand Coteau, Sabine Cross Roads, Forts Gains, Morgan and Spanish, and wounded Mar. 27, 1865, at latter place.  Mustered out June 15, 1865, at Columbus, Ohio, by order of War Dept.  Also served in first three months service in Company G, 20th Regiment O. V. I. Columbus, Ohio.
Errata.  Third line, for Corps read Corporal
Corporal George H. Lybarger  
Corporal Alfred R. McIntyre,  
Corporal Edward W. McGiffin,  
Corporal Geo. E. Browning,  
Corporal Manoah L. Terrill,  
Corporal Levi N. Dodd,  
Corporal Henry C. Bostwick,  
Thomas F. Kirk, Age 20; enlisted Aug. 2, 1862; promoted to Principal Musician Aug. 19, 1862, which see.
Thomas R. Bowland, Musician Age 20; enlisted Aug. 2, 1862; promoted to Principal Musician Nov. 1, 1864, which see.
Chas. H. Lauderbaugh, Musician  
Newton A. Chambers, Wagoner,  


PRIVATES.

  Age Enlisted Discharged Other
Armstrong, James C. 18 1862 Aug. 7 Mar. 6, 1863 on certificate of disability at St. Louis, Missouri.  Mt. Vernon, Ohio
Beam, Isaac W. 18 1862 Aug. 5 Jan. 23, 1863 at Louisville, Kentucky, on certificate of disability, Died in 1880.
Bender, Martin 39 1862 Aug. 4 Jul. 7, 1865 Battles: Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, Vicksburg, Jackson, Sabine Cross Roads. Mustered out July 7, 1865, by order of War Department.  Cleveland, Ohio.
Blocher, D. E. 19 1864 Oct. 3
 (for 1 yr)
1865 Oct. 3 Battle: Spanish Fort.  Transferred to Company C, 77th O. V. V. I., July 6, 1865.  Mustered out at expiration of service, Oct. 3, 1865.
Borden, Nathaniel B. 18 1862 Aug. 6   Battles: Chickasaw Bayou and Siege of Vicksburg.  Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Sep. 1, 1863.  Died.
Bounds, Isaac N. 18 1864 Feb. 29   Battle:  Spanish Fort.  Transferred to Company A, 77th Regiment O. V. V. I., July 6, 1865.  Reported dead.
Briggs, Adoniram J. 22 1862 Aug. 6   Battles: Chickasaw Bayou and Arkansas Post.  Died at Milliken's Bend, Louisiana, Apr. 22, 1863, and buried at Vicksburg, Mississippi
Brock, William 40 1862 Aug. 7   (From here on down, the details will be transcribed upon request)
Browning, Rollin P. 24      
Carson, George A. 21      
Case, Aaron 29      
Chadwick, Daniel 23      
Clements, James H. 21      
Conger, Madison 22      
Cummins, Albert 20      
Devoe, James W. 18      
Dewitt, John W. 29      
Disney, Judson 19      
Emmens, Albert 30      
Finnarty, George W. 22      
Fordney, William 19      
Fuller, George S. 18      
Graff, James K. P. 18      
Green, William 23      
Hayes, Olney K. 25      
Herrington, James H. 26      
Hildreth, George E. 19      
Hildreth, Henry M. 20      
Hildreth, Velosco B. 20      
Hoffman, Levi L. 19      
Hoffman, James M. 30      
Hutton, James T. 18      
Jackson, John W. 31      
Karrar, Henry 18      
Keller, John 18      
Kirk, John E. 18      
Kirby, Eben B. 28      
Knode, McNeil 18      
Kring, Isaac 21      
Lamson, Alvin 19      
Lauderbaugh, Hugh 19      
Lawton, Peter 18      
Magaw, John 20      
Martin, Joel R. P. 22      
McGraw, Wm. 18      
Martin, Wm. C. 31      
McCulloch, Barney F. 18      
McElroy, John 18      
McGrady, Daniel W. 18      
McGrew, Wm. A. 23      
Meeker, Norton A. 18      
Metzgar, Chas. E. 18      
Moody, John R. 22      
Moore, Aaron B. 20      
Penrose, Henry 37      
Phillips, Thomas R. 28      
Pierce, Isaac 43      
Pitkin, Ebenezer 18      
Porter, William 26      
Pruner, Philo 27      
Rigler, George 20      
Rizor, Benjamin 20      
Robertson, Jesse P. 30      
Roupe, George 21      
Roupe, Jacob 26      
Roupe, Michael 24      
Smale, Samuel 18      
Sperry, Wilmot 18      
Sprague, Braley 21      
Stull, George W. 18      
Tarr, John 22 1862 Aug. 9   Battles:  Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, Vicksburg and Jackson.  Died at latter place July 11, 1863, of sunstroke; buried at Vicksburg.
Tathwell, Edwin E. 18      
Taylor, John W. 18      
Thomas, Eugene I. 18      
Trimble, Thos. H. 21      
Vance, Harvey 20 1862 Aug. 4   Battle: Chickasaw Bayou.  Died Mar. 9, 1863, at Memphis, Tennessee; buried same place.
Ward, Jonah 20 1862 Aug. 6   Battle:  Chickasaw Bayou.  Died at Young's Point, Louisana, Mar. 2, 1863, and buried at Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Warden, Chas. H. 19 1862 Aug. 9 1863 Apr. 9 by order of Capt. Albert Dod, Athens, Ohio
Welch, Jos. B. 19 1864 Mar. 29   Died on transport "Jno. H. Groesbeck" Sept. 22, 1864.
Watkins, Nathaniel D. 21 1862 Aug. 5 1863 Mar. 18 Battle:  Chickasaw Bayou. Discharged on certificate of disability; also served in Company D, 145th Regiment O. V. I. Farwell, Mich.
Whitney, Walter S. 21 1862 Aug. 2   Battles: Chickasaw Bayou and Vicksburg.  Taken prisoner on the march to Jackson, Mississippi.
Williams, Lewis H. 24      
Woods, Josiah 21 1862 Jul. 30   Battle: Chickasaw Bayou.  Died at Milliken's Bend, La., Mar. 19, 1863, and buried at Vicksburg.
Wright, George 18 1862 Aug. 9   Died at Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 1, 1862; buried at same place.
Wright, Joseph P. 27 1862 Aug. 9 1865 May 29 Battle: Arkansas Post.  Transferred to 13th Company, Second Battalion Veteran Reserve Corps. Feb. 21, 1865, from which discharged at St. Louis, Mo.  Died June 18, 1891, at Monroe, Iowa.
Zimmerman, Andrew J. 18      

COMPANY B.

Captain Joseph Leonard Commission Dated July 21, 1862; promoted to Major July 13, 1864, which see.
First Lieutenant Henry P. Bennett. Date of commission Aug. 12, 1862; promoted to Captain Company A, Mar. 3, 1863, which see.
First Lieutenant George McClurg Age 37; enlisted Aug. 9, 1862; appointed Sergeant from Corporal May 1, 1863; promoted to second Lieutenant to date Mar. 3, 1863; to First Lieutenant May 25, 1864; transferred to Company C Battalion  Nov. 18, 1864; mustered out with Company C, July 7, 1865.  Battles: Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, Vicksburg, Jackson, Grand Coteau, Sabine Cross Roads, Cane River (home on furlough June 15, to Aug. 31, 1864), Spanish Fort, Fort Blakely, Mobile and Whistler.  Greersville, Knox county, Ohio.
First Lieutenant Charles O. Oldfield,  
Second Lieutenant William S. Wing  
Second Lieutenant Jacob W. Dalrymple  
First Sergeant Phineas A. Fawcett  
First Sergeant William R. Fobes  
Sergeant Murray J. Bennett  
Sergeant Henry L. Badger  
Sergeant Geo. W. Lore  
Sergeant Wm. H. Mast  
Sergeant Joseph T. Jacobs  
Sergeant Wm. H. Scarbrough  
Sergeant Jacob Young  
Sergeant John T. Truesdell  
Corporal David Bonar  
Corporal Henry B. Snediker  
Corporal Daniel G. Anderson  
Corporal John A. Peoples.  
Corporal Wm. E. Burke  
Corporal Daniel Keefer  
Corporal Frederick S. Burrows (See Sergeant Major)
Corporal Orrin L. Walter  
Corporal Geo. W. Tish  
Corporal Thomas J. Ball  
Wilson S. McGinley, Musician (See Principal Musician)
Columbus D. Popham, Musician  
William H. Wright, Wagoner  


PRIVATES.

  Age Enlisted Discharged Other
Ball, John N. 18 1862 Aug. 13   Battles: Chickasaw Bayou and Arkansas Post.  Died at Young's Point, Louisiana, Feb. 19, 1863; buried at Vicksburg in section C, grave 155.
Barker, Patterson 19 1862 Aug. 11   Battles: Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post and Vicksburg.  Sent to hospital at Memphis, Tennessee, July 12, 1863, and died there July 31, 1863; buried in section 1, grave 70, Memphis, Tennessee.
Barker, Ziba B. 28      
Barnes, Wilbert E. 25      
Barnes, Wilson 19      
Beck, Jonas 24      
Beers, Theodore L. 19      
Bennett, James 23      
Black, Lyman W. 27      
Black, Thornton F. 24      
Calhoun, Andrew 21 1862 Aug. 9   Battles: Chickasaw Bayou and Arkansas Post.  Died Apr. 12, 1863, on hospital boat D. A. January
Carpenter, Evan 32      
Craven, John N. 27      
Colwell, William H. 21      
Craig, Nathan 28 1862 Aug. 11   Died on hospital boat J. C. Swon, Jan. 29, 1863.
Craft, Frank 18      
Davis, Norman 18 1862 Aug. 10   left sick at Delaware Sept. 1, 1862.  Never returned to Regiment.
Dickerson, Alfred J. 20      
Dowds, Wm. B. 24      
Durbin, Benjamin 22 1862 Aug. 11   Battles: Chickasaw Bayou and Arkansas Post.  Died Feb. 3, 1863, at Young's Point, La., and buried at Vicksburg.
Dush, Calvin 19      
Edgar, Jesse K. 43      
Eggleston, Hiram 23      
Farquhar, Valentine 21      
Feaster, Jacob 18      
Greenlee, Barnet B. 19      
Harden, Job. 19 1862 Jul. 26 1863 Mar. 24 Battles: Chickasaw Bayou and Arkansas Post.  Discharged at Milliken's Bend, Louisiana.  Gambier, Ohio.
Harden, John 17      
Harden, Solomon 24 1862 Aug. 12   Battles:  Chickasaw Bayou and Arkansas Post.  Died Jan. 29, 1863, on hospital boat "J. C. Swon."
Hardinger, George 32 1862 Aug. 12   Battle: Chickasaw Bayou.  Died Jan. 24, 1863, on steamer "Fanny Buillit."
Henry, Daniel 29      
Hess, John H. 27      
Hess, Samuel A. 23      
Hibbitts, Thomas 31      
Hill, Franklin 19 1864 Feb. 2   Died June 13, 1864, at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and buried same place.
Hobbs, Samuel M. 18      
Huveler, George W. 24      
Ireland, David D. 28      
Kring, William 22      
Lafever, William P. 19      
Lafferee, William McH. 41      
Lemmar, George 30      
Lewis Milford 18 1862 Aug. 4 1863 Mar. 24 Battles:  Chickasaw Bayou and Arkansas Post.  Discharged on Surgeon's certificate of disability.  Indanapolis, Ind.
Link, William 23      
Myers, James 19 1862 Aug. 7   Battles:  Chickasaw Bayou and Arkansas Post.  Died at Young's Point, Louisiana, Feb. 21, 1863, and bur. at Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Minard, Nathan W. 26      
Morrison, Samuel 18      
Oxley, Jeremiah 20      
Parker, Thomas 23 1862 Aug. 12   Battles:  Chickasaw Bayou. Died Feb. 16, 1863, of typhoid fever at Young's Point, Louisiana, and bur. at Vicksburg.
Penrose, Morris 27      
Phillips, Ira M. 20      
Rhodes, Benjamin 21 1862 Aug. 2   left sick at Nicholasville, Ky., Nov. 11, 1862; died Jan. 26, 1863, at Lexington, Ky., and bur. same place in sec. 6, grave 274.
Redding, Marquis D'L 24      
Reynolds, John P. 32      
Rice, John 25 1862 Aug. 12   Battles:  Chickasaw Bayou and Arkansas Post.  Died Mar. 8, 1863, on hospital boat D. A. January, and bur. at Vicksburg in sec. C, grave 146.
Robinson, Squire 18 1862 Aug. 9   Battles:  Chickasaw Bayou and Arkansas Post.  Died Jan. 23, 1863, on hospital boat J. C. Swon, and bur. at Vicksburg.
Rowley, John R. 18      
Severns, Henry H. 22      
Severns, Loring L. 34      
Shirr, Benjamin 20      
Slayman, John 22      
Smith, John G. 21 1862 Aug. 11   Left sick at Nicholasville, Ky., Nov. 11, 1862; died Nov. 13, 1862, at same place. Bur. at Camp Nelson, Ky.
Stilley, Robert S. 20      
Stokes, Samuel 26      
Thayer, Alfred A. 24      
Thayer, Isaiah J. 28 1862 Aug. 13   Battles:  Chickasaw Bayou and Arkansas Post.  Died Sep. 2, 1862, at MIlliken's Bend, Louisiana, and bur. in sec. F, grave 36, Vicksburg.
Tress, Charles 28 1862 Jul. 25   Battles:  Chickasaw Bayou and Arkansas Post.  Died Jan. 28, 1863, on hospital steamboat J. C. Swon.
Tressel, John C. 18      
Walker, John W. 19      
Weirick, George 23      
Walters, George A. 21 1864 Feb. 11 1865 Jul. 6 Battle: Sabine Cross Roads. Sick and sent to hospital at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, July 20, 1864; transferred to Company D Nov. 18,1 864, and to Company A, 77th Regiment O. V. V. I., Jul 6, 1865, and mustered out with Company and Regiment, Mar. 8, 1866, at Brownsville, Texas.  Fredericktown, Ohio.
Wheatcraft, Cyrenus 19 1862 Aug. 9   Battles:  Chickasaw Bayou and Arkansas Post.  Died Jan. 28, 1863, on hospital steamer J. C. Swon; grave unknown.
Workman, Zachariah 27      
Wright, David 36      
Wright, William A. 19 1862 Aug. 11   Battles:  Chickasaw Bayou and Arkansas Post.  Died Mar. 10, 1863, on hospital boat D. A.  January; grave unknown.
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