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FIRST OHIO INFANTRY.
The First
Ohio was organized in April, 1861, for three months'
service, under Col. Alexander M. McCook; it
served near Washington City, in Schenck's
brigade. Re-organized for three years' service
in August, 1861, under Col. Benjamin F. Smith,
it served under Buell, at Shiloh; with
Rosecrans, at Stone River and Chickamauga; with
Grant at Mission Ridge and with Sherman on the
Atlanta campaign.
The regiment was mustered out October 14, 1864. During
its term of service, the First Ohio was engaged in
twenty-four battles and skirmishes, and lost 527
officers and men. It saw its first battle at
Pittsburg Landing, and
closed its career in front of Atlanta. It
marched 2,500 miles, and was transported by car and
steamboat 950 miles.
COMPANY K.
Thompson, M. L., e. Feb. 23,
1864, disc. June 6, 1865.
SECOND OHIO INFANTRY.
This
regiment served in the three months' campaign near
Washington City, under Col. Lewis Wilson, and
was organized for three years' service in August and
September, 1861, under Col. Leonard A. Harris.
It operated with
Gen. Buell's army in Kentucky; with
Gen. Rosecrans, at Stone River and Chickamauga,
and with Sherman on the Atlanta Campaign.
The Second Ohio lost severely in battle, having 111
killed and 425 wounded; and after thirty-eight
months of active service, it was mustered out and
honorably discharged at Columbus, Ohio, in August,
1864.
COMPANY A.
Sergeant S. B. Price, e. Aug.
20, 1861, disc. Oct. 1, 1864. Wounded.
Corporal C. M. Winget, e. Aug. 24, 1861,
killed at Stone River, Dec. 31, 1862.
Fritz, Michael, e. Aug. 24, 1861, died
in hospital at Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 10, 1862.
COMPANY C
Sells, J. M., e. Aug. 20,
1861, disc. June 10, 1861
COMPANY E
Robinson, W. R., e. Sept. 23,
1861, disc. 1864
COMPANY K.
Chapman, James, e. Apr.,
1861; wounded.
Doudna, George, e. July 25, 1861, disc. 1864.
Doudna, Benjamin, e. July 25, 1861, disc.
May, 1865.
THIRD OHIO INFANTRY.
The Third
Ohio was organized for three months' service, Apr.
16, 1861, and for three years, May 3, 1861, under
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It served under Gen. McClellan, in West Virginia,
with Gen. Mitchell in Kentucky and Tennessee, and
with Gen. Rosecrans, at Stone River.
In the spring of 1863, the Third Ohio took part in the
celebrated raid of Col. Streight, whose command was
captured by Forest on the 3d of May and taken to Belle Isle.
The men were soon after exchanged, but the officers were
incarcerated in Libby Prison.
The regiment did good service in Tennessee during 1863,
and until mustered out, June 23, 1864.
COMPANY B.
Demorest, John P., e. June 13, 1861, wounded at
Perryville, Ky., Oct. 8, 1862, disc. Mar. 5, 1863.
COMPANY D.
Corporal George Hoss, e. June 11, 1861, disc. June
21, 1864
Wingfield, William, e. Apr. 14, 1861, wounded at
Perryville, Ky., Oct. 8, 1862, disc. June 21, 1864.
Wingfield, Samuel, e. June 11, 1861, disc. June 21,
1864.
COMPANY F.
Turner, John, e. June 15, 1861, disc. August,
1864.
COMPANY H.
McPherson, Robert H., e. August, 1862, disc. 1865.
Smith, Thomas F. e. June 13, 1861, disc. June 21,
1864.
COMPANY K.
Corporal S. H. Woodruff, e. July, 1861, died at
Perryville, Ky., Oct. 9, 1862, of wounds received Oct. 8,
1862.
FOURTH OHIO INFANTRY.
The Fourth Ohio was
organized on the 25th of April, 1861, for three months'
service, under Col. Lorin Andrews. A few weeks
later, when the President called for three years' men, the
majority of this regiment was mustered in for three yeasr'
service, on the 5th of June, 1861. It took the field
under McClellan in West Virginia, and was present at
the battle of Rich Mountain,though not actively engaged.
ON the 7th of September, three companies, A. F. and K., were
engaged in a skirmish at Petersburg, Va., and captured a
large quantity of provisions and a number of prisoners.
On the 24th, six companies proceeded to Romney, and after a
sharp encounter drove the enemy from that place. the
regiment lost on the occasion thirty-two men wounded.
Col. Andrews having died, John S. Mason was
made Colonel and assumed command on the 14th of October.
The Fourth then marched to New Creek, where it joined
Gen. Kelly's command and moved on the rebels at Romney
and Blue Gap, capturing all the camp equipage, several
pieces of artillery and many prisoners. The regiment
was transferred to the Army of the Potomac and served in the
Pennsula campaign. In December it was engaged in the
battle of Fredericksburg, losing five officers and
forty-three men, out of the 115 engaged. From this
time until the movement upon Chancellorsville, the fourth
remained quietly in camp, near Falmouth. On the 3d of
May it was actively engaged, capturing a stand of colors and
over 100 prisoners. The regiment lost in this affair
seventy-eight killed and wounded out of the 352 engaged.
In July it participated in the battle of Gettysburg, Penn.,
with a loss of three officers and thirty-four men killed and
wounded, and after the battle followed in pursuit of the
retreating rebels as far as the Rappahannock; then moved to
New York to enforce the draft. In September it
proceeded to West Virginia and participated in the movements
of Gen. Grant until its term of service had expired.
The main part of the regiment was mustered out in September,
1864. Those who had re-enlisted as veterans were
organized into a battalion called the Fourth Ohio Battalion,
and operated in or near Washington D. C., until mustered out
at the close of the war.
COMPANY A.
Bidwell, Benjamin
COMPANY B.
Shirk, Jesse, e. May 10, 1864, disc. July 12,
1865.
COMPANY H.
Marsh, Milton, e. Apr. 12, 1861, disc. July 24,
1865.
Bell, John M., e. Feb. 29, 1864, transferred to
Fourth Battery, June 5, 1864.
Beckley, John, e. Feb. 26, 1864, transferred to
Fourth Battery, Jne 5, 1864. Wounded.
Mannasmith, James, e. Aug. 26, 1862, transferred to
Fourth Battery, June 5, 1864. Wounded in Va., 1864.
COMPANY I.
White, Isaac, e. Oct. 1, 1863, killed at
Petersburg, Va.
COMPANY K.
Carter, J. C., e. June 6, 1861, disc. June 5,
1864.
Doran, John, e. June 4, 1861, died at Harper's Ferry,
Va., Mar. 9, 1863.
Filler, Frank M., e. June 6, 1861, disc. Feb. 1,
1864.
Kile, W. W. e. June 5, 1861, disc. Dec. 13, 1862.
Smith, George W., e. June 4, 1861, disc. Feb. 14,
1864.
Tanner, Joseph
SIXTH OHIO INFANTRY.
This regiment was
organized Apr. 18, 1861, for three months' service, and June
18, 1861, for three years' service, under Col. W. K.
Bosley. It entered the field in West Virginia,
took part in the battle of Shiloh and in all the operations
before Corinth. It was engaged in the battles of Stone
River and Chickamauga and in the assault upon Mission Ridge.
It was mustered out June 23, 1864.
COMPANY B.
Adams, James, e. Apr., 1861, disc. June 23, 1864.
COMPANY E.
Malone, James
COMPANY F.
Dean, James, e. Apr., 1861. Killed.
McClurg, John, e. June 18, 1861, disc. July, 1864
SEVENTH OHIO INFANTRY.
The Seventh Ohio Infantry was
organized Apr. 30, 1861, for three months' service, and July
25 for three years. It served in West Virginia unitl
December and was then transferred to the Army of the
Potomac. It participated in the battles of Antietam,
Chancellorsville, Lookout Mountain and Resaca. Its
term of service having expired, it was mustered out July 8,
1864.
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COMPANY C.
Malery, Thomas L., e. June, 1861. Wounded at
Harper's Ferry, Va., disc. 1864.
COMPANY D.
Johnson, James, e. November, 1863, disc. August,
1865.
EIGHTH OHIO INFANTRY.
The regiment was
organized May 2, 1861, for three months' service, and June
26 for three years' service. It was engaged in the
battles of Cedar Creek, Winchester, Port Royal, South
Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and
Gettysburg. It participated in Grant's movements in
the Wilderness and was withdrawn from the trenches at
Petersburg to be mustered out July 13, 1864.
COMPANY C.
Curry, David.
TENTH OHIO INFANTRY.
The Tenth Ohio Infantry was a
three months' organization, but before half of its time
expired it volunteered for three years' service, and was
mustered in on the 3d of June, 1861. It operated in
West Virginia under McClellan and Rosecrans
and in Kentucky under Gen. Mitchell. It was in
the engagements at Perryville and Stone River, and with
Gen. Thomas was present at Mission Ridge, Buzzard's
Roost, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca and as far in the Atlanta
campaign as Kingston, when its term of service expired.
It was mustered out in JUne, 1864.
CAMPANY B.
Lieutenant W. M. Hayden, e. May 7, 1861, disc.
June 17, 1865.
COMPANY C.
Urten, Thomas, e. May 7, 1861. Died.
COMPANY D.
Mattex, J. A., e. May 7, 1861, disc. June 17,
1865.
COMPANY E.
Sergeant J. P. Martin, e. 1862, disc. 1865.
ELEVENTH OHIO INFANTRY.
This regiment was organized in
April, 1861, for three months' service, and June 20, for
three years. It took part in the battles of Bull Run,
South Mountain, Antietam, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge and
Buzzard's Roost.
The regiment was mustered out June 21, 1864.
COMPANY C.
Benedict, Harrision, e. June 20, 1861, disc. June
21, 1864.
Baughman, Anson, e. Dec. 9, 1861, disc. Apr. 1, 1865.
COMPANY H.
Irwin, John H., e. June 20, 1861, disc. June 21,
1864.
TWELFTH OHIO INFANTRY.
This regiment was
organized May 3, 1861, for three months' service, and June
28, for three years.
It served in West Virginia until the summer of 1862,
when it joined the Army of the Potomac, and dtook part in
the battles of Bull Run, South Mountain and Antietam.
It joined the forces under Hunter, and participated
in the expedition to Lynchburg. Then returned to
Columbus, Ohio, and was mustered out July 11, 1864.
COMPANY D.
Reif, J. F., e. June 15, 1861, disc. July 11,
1864.
THIRTEENTH OHIO INFANTRY.
On Tuesday, the 15th day
of April, 1861, the citizens of Marysville held a large and
enthusiastic meeting at the court house, for the purpose of
an expression of sentiment and of calling for volunteers.
Resolution expressing fidelity to the Union were
adopted by a unanimous affirmation. Immediately after
the adjournment of the meeting, the crowd re-assembled in
front of the court house and, after hoisting the glorious
old "star spangled banner" amid the cheers of the multitude,
a call was made for volunteers, when about thirty men
stepped into the ranks, the number soon after being
increased to seventy-five by accessions from other parts of
the county.
On the 25th, the organization of the company was
completed, J. G. Hawkins having been elected
Captain M. C. Lawrence, First Lieutenant, and J.
Slocum, Second Lieutenant; and after receiving a
handsome flag, presented by Miss Mary Coe, in behalf
of the ladies of the town, the company proceeded to Columbus
and was assigned as Company D, of the Thirteenth Ohio
Infantry, which was organized on the 30th of April, 1861,
for three months' service.
Capt. J. G. Hawkins was promoted to Major of the
regiment, Lieut. Slocum was elected Captain to fill
the vacancy occasioned by Capt. Hawkins' promotion,
and R. R. Henderson was promoted to Sergeant Major
in the Regimental Staff.
On the re-organization of the Thirteenth for three
years' service, J. Slocum was commissioned Captain;
J. D. Smith, First Lieutenant, and C. P. Davis,
Second Lieutenant, of Company F, recruited at Marysville.
And Maj. Hawkins was soon promoted to Lieutenant
Colonel, then to Colonel of his regiment.
Company F soon became one of the best drilled and
disciplined in the regiment. In a report of the battle
of Shiloh, one of the regimental officers made the following
statement: "No other company was more conspicuous
during the action than Company F. Their cool bravery
and steady bearing won for them great credit."
Besides Company F, Union County was represented in
Companies A, B, C, D, E, G, H and I, of this regiment.
Of the 160 men from this county who enlisted in the
Thirteenth Ohio for three years' service, twenty were
killed, seventeen were wounded and twenty-five died of
disease.
The Thirteenth Ohio was organized in April, 1861, under
the command of A. S. Piatt, was Colonel; C. B.
Mason, Lieutenant Colonel, and J. G. Hawkins,
Major. Col. Piatt was soon succeeded by Col.
W. S. Smith who was ap-
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pointed Brigadier General of volunteers in May, 1862, and
Col. J. G. Hawkins of Union County, assumed command of
the regiment.
The months of May and June were spent in drill and
discipline at Camp Dennison, and in July the regiment joined
Gen. McClellan's forces, then operating in Western
Virginia. In the battle at Carnifex Ferry, Sept. 10,
its courage and discipline were tested, and not found
wanting. From this time until the 6th of November, the
regiment was encamped at Ganley Bridge, having frequent
skirmishes with the enemy; it then joined the forces in
pursuit of Gen. Floyd, and participated in the
engagement at Cotton Hill, losing one killed and two
wounded.
The rebels having been driven from West Virginia, and
the National forces withdrawn from that section, the
Thirteenth went into camp near Jeffersonville, Ind.
On the 13th of December, its joined Gen. Buell's
army in Kentucky, where it remained in camp until February,
1862. It formed the advance of Buell's forces
on Nashville, and after stopping to repair an important
bridge over the Cumberland, which was damaged by the enemy
in their retreat, arrived at Nashville on the 26th, marched
through the city, and camped two miles beyond.
On the 10th of March the regiment was ordered to report
to Gen. Crittenden. On the 19th, Companies A
and G were detached to assist in repairing bridges on the
Alabama and Tennessee Rivers, and on April 2, the remaining
companies, under command of Lieut. Col. Hawkins,
joined the Columbus on the march to re-enforce Gen. Grant
at Pittsburg Landing.
The scene of action was reached on the 6th, and the
regiment immediately moved forward to meet the foe. In
a desperate struggle with the Washington Battery, of New
Orleans, the Thirteenth captured it entire, but only to lose
it in a charge made by the enemy in larger numbers; later in
the day, however, the "famed guns" were again in the
possession of the regiment.
The enemy having retreated, the Thirteenth joined in
the investment of Corinth, and after the evacuation moved
with Buell's army in the advance upon Chattanooga.
On the 24th of June, it crossed the Tennessee River to
Florence, Ala.; on July 1, reached Huntsville, and on the
16th went into camp at that well-known spot, "Battle Creek,"
where they remained until August 21, subsisting on half
rations the greater part of the time.
In the meantime Bragg had left Chattanooga, and
was on his way to Louisville, Ky., with designs on Ohio and
Indiana. Then commenced the "never-to-be-forgotten"
march of the Army of the Ohio. For thirty-six long,
weary days, the National soldiers labored on after the
exultant enemy, suffering intensely from hunger and thirst,
excessive heat and suffocating dust. On the 26th of
September, Louisville was reached, having passed the enemy
on a parallel road. And after resting a few days, the
pursuit of Bragg was continued. On the 30th of
October, Gen. William S. Rosecrans was assigned to
the command of the Army of the Ohio, who, on reviewing the
Fifth Division. December 2, paid a high compliment to
the Thirteenth, and referred to their gallant service in
West Virginia. From this time until the advance on
Murfreesboro, the regiment was constantly employed in
foraging, picket duty and skirmishing. An encounter
near Lavergne with Wheeler's cavalry resulted in the
loss of two men killed and several wounded, and one officer
captured. On the 26th of December, the advance
commenced, the enemy withdrawing slowly and fighting as they
retreated. On the 27th, Lavergne was evacuated, and
after resting on the 28th (Sunday) the army arrived at Stone
River on the evening of the 29th. On Wednesday,
December 31, the Thirteenth, under Col. J. G. Hawkins,
assisted in the rescue of a train that was about to be
captured by the rebel cavalry. A few hours later, the
terrible but brief struggle commenced, which cost the
regiment 142 officers and men in killed, wounded and
missing. It was in this engagement that Col.
Hawkins was killed. On Jan. 2, 1863, the
Thirteenth again participated in the fighting, and on the
morning of the 3d, Murfreesboro was evacuated and the enemy
retreating. During this series of battles, the
regiment lost 185 officers and men.
On June 24, the line of march was resumed, and the army
moved southward. On September 9, Chattanooga was
reached, and the Thirteenth, marching through, encamped at
Rossville, a few miles farther south. It took an
active part in the battle of Chickamauga, on the 19th and
20th, and on the 22d was engaged in a brisk skirmish on
Mission Ridge, then withdrew to the intrenchments of
Chattanooga, where it remained until Nov. 23. In the
charge upon Mission Ridge, the regiment conducted itself
with conspicuous bravery, and it is claimed, was the first
to plant its colors on the rebel works. It joined the
advance to the relief of Knoxville, and pursued the enemy
across the Holstein River to Dandridge, twenty-five miles
from the North Carolina line, then returned to Knoxville.
During these marches, the men suffered severely from
exposure and hunger. In January, 1864, about
three-fourths of the Thirteenth re-enlisted for another
three years; and, at Camp Chase, and returned in a body to
Chattanooga. It was assigned to the Third Brigade,
Third Division, Fourth Corps, of the Army of the Cumberland,
under the command of Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas.
In May, 1864, the regiment entered upon the Atlanta
campaign, and after some hard shirmishing gained
possession of Tunnel Hill. Rocky Face Ridge and
Dalton, driving the enemy into the fortifications at Rasaca.
In the assault upon Lost Mountain on the 27th of May, the
Thirteenth took a prominent part: the ammunition failing,
the officer in con-
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mand with his own hands took the cartridges from the boxes
of the killed and wounded and distributed them among his
men.
The forces unable to make any impression on the enemy's
works, were withdrawn, the regiment losing on this occasion
fifty killed, wounded and prisoners. On the 9th of
June, it went into camp at Acworth, keeping up a continuous
skirmish with the retreating enemy.
About this time, the term of enlistment of the
non-veterans expired and orders were received for their
transportation to Chattanooga, where they were paid off and
discharged. The veterans of the regiment were
consolidated into a battalion of four companies, to be called
the Thirteenth Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry Battalion.
It participated in the engagements at Kenesaw, Atlanta,
Jonesboro and Lovejoy, then went into camp six miles north
of Atlanta. On the 4th of October, the battalion
joined in the pursuit of Hood into Tennessee;
encountering the enemy at Franklin, a severe struggle ensued
in which the National troops were again successful. On
Dec. 3, the Thirteenth Battalion entered Nashville, and from
this time until the battles of the 15th and 16th was
constantly engaged in skirmishing and picket firing.
In the battle of the 16th, in a charge made by the Third
Brigade, the Thirteenth was among the first over the works
and assisted in the capture of four guns. After the
defeat at Nashville, the confederate army retreated rapidly
and the battalion remained quietly in camp at Huntsville,
Ala.
On the 16th of June, the Thirteenth with the Fourteenth
corps was ordered to Texas, where it remained into service
until Dec. 5, 1865, returning to Ohio it was discharged at
Columbus Jan. 17, 1866.
One of the first of the many brave men who fell at
Stone River, was Col. J. G. Hawkins, on whose
death the officers of the Thirteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry
took the following action:
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HEADQUARTERS, THIRTEENTH O.
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MURPREESBORO, Tenn., January 8, 1863. |
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At a meeting of the
officers of the Thirteenth Regiment O. V. I., convened at
the tent of Maj. Dwight Jarvis, Jr., commanding, for
the purpose of giving expression to their feelings relative
to the death of their commander, Col. Joseph G. Hawkins,
the following preamble and resolutions were adopted,
viz.:
WHEREAS, By the decrees of Divine
Providence, Col. Joseph G. Hawkins has been snatched
from as while nobly leading his men in battle.
Resolved, That in the death of Col.. Hawkins,
his country has lost one of its noblest defenders, whilst
his regiment has to mourn the loss of its noblest officer.
Energetic in action, prompt, determined, quick to seize the
favorable moment, he was ever ready for the emergency, and
to him this regiment is mainly indebted for whatever
efficiency it may now claim. Col. Hawkins'
character exhibited the best traits of the Christian
soldier; self-sacrificing but firm. There was no
compromising wrong, with him, "I will do right as far as I
know," was his favorite maxim, and we are here this day to
testify that his life was an exemplification of this rule
and that we mourn his loss as a father and a friend.
In the strength of his manhood, he died in the very front of
the battle. The hero's death was his and his deeds
will live after him in the hearts of a grateful people.
Resolved, That in view of the high estimation we
entertain for the character of our late beloved commander,
the committee on resolutions be authorized to contract for
and have erected a suitable monument over his remains.
Resolved, That the usual badge of mourning be
worn for thirty days.
Resolved, That we tender to the wife and family
of the deceased our heartfelt sympathy.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be
forwarded to them and that the same be published.
CAPT. J. L. SNIDER,
LIEUT. T. J. JONES and
LIEUT. S. W. McCULLOCH
Committee
DWIGHT JARVIS, Jr.,
Ex Officio Chairman.
ADJT. P. B. GEORGE, Secretary
THIRTEENTH OHIO INFANTRY - (THREE MONTHS.)
COMPANY D.
Major J. G. Hawkins, e. Apr. 25, 1861
Captain Jeremiah Slocum, e. Apr. 25, 1861
First Lieutenant M. C. Lawrence, e. Apr. 25, 1861
Ensign D. S. Hartshorn, e. Apr. 25, 1861
First Sergeant Joseph H. Guthrie, e. Apr. 25, 1861
Sergent John B. Gladden, e. Apr. 25, 1861
Sergeant James W. G. Simmons, e. Apr. 25, 1861
Sergeant Charles P. Cavis, e. Apr. 25, 1861
Corporal James S. Alexander, e. Apr. 25, 1861
Corporal James M. Cassil, e. Apr. 25, 1861
Corporal Emery Malin, e. Apr. 25, 1861
Corporal J. G. Turner, e. Apr. 25, 1861
Irwin, Cl L., e. Apr. 25, 1861
Drummer John E. Bartram, e. Apr. 25, 1861
Fifer, Grafton, Downer, e. Apr. 25, 1861
Brewster, James, e. Apr. 25, 1861
Bancroft, William, e. Apr. 25, 1861
Beard, John, e. Apr. 25, 1861
Botkins, William C., e. Apr. 25, 1861
Brooks, William C., e. Apr. 25, 1861
Bain, James D., e. Apr. 25, 1861
Brown, Jacob W., e. Apr. 25, 1861
Brown, L. d., e. Apr. 25, 1861
Culver, Ebenezer, e. Apr. 25, 1861
Culver, Leander, e. Apr. 25, 1861
Cobb, Abraham, e. Apr. 25, 1861
Cooney, William T., e. Apr. 25, 1861
Clark, A. I., e. Apr. 25, 1861
Clark, John R., e. Apr. 25, 1861
Collumber, J. F., e. Apr. 25, 1861
Courtwright, J. R., e. Apr. 25, 1861
Doughty, S. L., e. Apr. 25, 1861
Draper, Gideon, e. Apr. 25, 1861
Draper, John, e. Apr. 25, 1861
Draper, Henry H., e. Apr. 25, 1861
Eaton, Charles B., e. Apr. 25, 1861
Fields, Felix, e. Apr. 25, 1861
Ferguson, A. J., e. Apr. 25, 1861
Grow, Samuel, e. Apr. 25, 1861
Geer, Leonard, e. Apr. 25, 1861
Glasscock, William P., e. Apr. 25, 1861
Glasscock, A. C., e. Apr. 25, 1861
Gray, John H., e. Apr. 25, 1861
Glass, Thomas, e. Apr. 25, 1861
Homes, David C., e. Apr. 25, 1861
Hurley, C. C., e. Apr. 25, 1861, died at Camp Dennison, June
13, 1861.
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Heasley, William P., e. Apr. 25, 1861
Henderson, R. R., e. Apr. 25, 1861
Hamilton, Silas N., e. Apr. 25, 1861
Horney, John M., e. Apr. 25, 1861
Henson, E. J., e. Apr. 25, 1861
Heninger, A. B., e. Apr. 25, 1861
Harper, Elisha, e. Apr. 25, 1861
Hale, Jasper, e. Apr. 25, 1861
Herriott, John E., e. Apr. 25, 1861
Johnson, Silas L., e. Apr. 25, 1861
Jackson, Daniel J., e. Apr. 25, 1861
Kennedy, Harvey B., e. Apr. 25, 1861
Landsdown, Harrison, e. Apr. 25, 1861
Marks, Andrew M., e. Apr. 25, 1861
Miller, John, e. Apr. 25, 1861
McAdow, John C., e. Apr. 25, 1861
Martin, Luther, e. Apr. 25, 1861
Messer, Benjamin, e. Apr. 25, 1861
Marsh, Randolph C., e. Apr. 25, 1861
Marsh, E. C., e. Apr. 25, 1861
Mulvane, Calvin, e. Apr. 25, 1861
Mather, Thomas J., e. Apr. 25, 1861
Maggs, James F., e. Apr. 25, 1861
Nowell, John A. W., e. Apr. 25, 1861
Peck, Uriah W., e. Apr. 25, 1861
Pyes, Stephen H., e. Apr. 25, 1861
Rossell, John, e. Apr. 25, 1861
Rice, Francis M., e. Apr. 25, 1861
Robinson, John S., e. Apr. 25, 1861
Roberts, George, e. Apr. 25, 1861
Sabin, Lorenzo, e. Apr. 25, 1861
Sherwood, Zebediah, e. Apr. 25, 1861
Snodgrass, Delmore, e. Apr. 25, 1861
Simmons, H. M., e. Apr. 25, 1861
Smith, Andrew J., e. Apr. 25, 1861
Siler, Charles H., e. Apr. 25, 1861
Turner, William, e. Apr. 25, 1861
Thompson, Cyrus, e. Apr. 25, 1861
Trout, Abraham, e. Apr. 25, 1861
Vining, Jonas H., e. Apr. 25, 1861
Weber, Christian W.,e. Apr. 25, 1861
Wood, Harvey S., e. Apr. 25, 1861
Wilson, William H., e. Apr. 25, 1861
Wilson, R. L., e. Apr. 25, 1861
Wolford, H. S., e. Apr. 25, 1861
Woodard, Homer, e. Apr. 25, 1861
Whelpley, Abraham, e. Apr. 25, 1861
Wolford, M. T., e. Apr. 25, 1861
THIRTEENTH OHIO INFANTRY - (THREE YEARS
ORGANIZATION.
Colonel J. G. Hawkins, e. April 1861, killed
at Stone River, Dec. 31, 1862.
Surgeon J. W. Smith, e. October, 1862, resigned April, 1863
COMPANY A.
Doty, T. C., e. Oct. 17, 1861, wounded at
Mission Ridge, Tenn., 1862. Taken prisoner at
Perryville, Ky., disc. Oct. 17, 1864.
COMPANY B.
Holycross, Lester, e. Sept., 1861, died at
Atlanta, Ga., 1864.
COMPANY C.
Prime, Martin, e. June 5, 1863, disc. Jan.
13, 1866.
Safford, W. A., e. Jan., 1864, disc. December, 1865.
COMPANY D.
Sergeant T. C. Marshall, e. Aug. 13, 1862,
disc. Oct. 13, 1865.
Corporal Solomon Gay, e. 1861, killed at Stone River, Tenn.,
Dec. 31, 1862.
Andrews, Anson, e. June 21, 1861, died in hospital at
Grafton, Va., Sept. 12, 1863.
Beck, William M., killed at Mission Ridge, Ga., Nov., 1863.
Bowdre, Benjamin F., e. June 5, 1861, disc. Aug. 4, 1862.
Beam, G., e. Aug. 15, 1861. Died.
Cole, M. S.
Dean, James, e. Apr., 1861, killed at Chickamauga, Tenn.,
Sept. 20, 1863.
Hornbeck, C., e. June 22, 1861. Died.
H_rk, Eugene, e. June 22, 1861.
Holycross, A. M., e. June 22, 1861, disc. 1861.
McEldary, Joseph, died in hospital at Parkersburg.
Miller, J. C., e. 1862, lost on steamer Sultana, above
Vicksburg, Miss.
Miller, D. D., e. June 22, 1861, taken prisoner at Mission
Ridge. Exchanged and burned to death on vessel loaded
with Union prisoners near Buford, N. C., 1865.
Melching, A.
Strong, S., e. June 22, 1861
Tarbo, M., e. June 22, 1861. Died at home.
Weaver, Samuel, e. Aug. 23, 1862, died at home June 10,
1865.
Weaver, Adam, e. Aug. 23, 1862, disc. Sept. 12, 1863.
Wounded at Stone River.
Wooly, David, e. June 22, 1861, killed at Lookout Mountain,
Tenn., Nov. 24, 1863.
Yarrington, Isaac, e. June 22, 1861, died at Franklin, Ky.,
1862.
COMPANY E.
Crist, A. B., e. Sept., 1861, died at
Corinth, Miss., June, 1862.
Robinson, J. S., e. Apr., 1861, disc. Oct., 1861.
COMPANY F.
Captain, J. D. Smith, e. June 5, 1861,
resigned Nov. 28, 1862. Died at home Dec. 5, 1863.
Captain J. C. Slocum, e. June 5, 1861, disc. Oct., 1861.
First Lieutenant Joseph Coe, e. June 5, 1861, disc. Feb. 8,
1864.
First Lieutenant Emery Malin, e. Apr. 1861
Second Lieutenant Joseph K. Guthrie, e. June 5, 1861,
resigned Dec. 25, 1862.
Second Lieutenant C. P. Cavis, e. June 5, 1861, resigned
Jan. 3, 1862.
Sergeant D. W. Courtney, e. June 5, 1861, disc. June, 1864.
Sergeant E. M. Griffith, e. June 5, 1861, disc. Dec. 25,
1865.
Sergeant James H. Neal, e. June 5, 1861, disc. June, 1864.
Taken prisoner at Stone River, died at home.
Sergeant J. G. Simmons, e. June, 5, 1861. Wounded at
Stone River.
Sergeant, J. G. Turner, e. June 5, 1861, disc. June, 1864.
Corporal James Brewster, e. June 5, 1861
Corporal J. M. Cassil, e. June 5, 1861
Corporal William P. Heasley, e. June 5, 1861. Died
Corporal Silas Kimball, e. June 5, 1861. Killed at
Shiloh, Tenn., Apr. 7, 1862.
Corporal Daniel Rutan, e. June 5, 1861
Corporal L. Sabine, e. April, 1861, disc. June, 1864.
Corporal Z. Sherwood, e. June 5, 1861
Corporal Syrus Thompson, e. June 5, 1861. Died at
Tuscambia, Ala., June 23, 1862.
Corporal Edward Turner, e. June 5, 1861, disc. July 2, 1864.
Corporal Abraham Whelpley, e. June 5, 1861, disc. June 2,
1864.
Musician J. B. Bartram, e. June 5, 1861
Musician, James W. Brown. Wounded at Atlanta, Ga.
Andrews, H. D., e. Aug. 1861, disc. 1865.
Alexander, James S., e. June 5, 1861.
Alden, U. S., e. June 5, 1861, disc. June 26, 1864.
B_ndre, B. F., e. June 5, 1861, disc. July 20, 1864.
Bolenbaugh, David, e. June 5, 1861
Brooks, William, e. June 5, 1861. Killed at Stone
River, Tenn., Dec. 31, 1862.
Blake, Jesse, e. June 5, 1861
Ballon, George W., e. 1862, disc. 1865. Wounded at
Stone River, Tenn., Dec. 31, 1862.
Bonnett, Nelson, e. June 5, 1861. Killed at Stone
River, Tenn., Dec. 31, 1862.
Bondre, George W., e. June 5, 1861
Bain, David, e. June 5, 1861
Conklin, W. J., e. June 5, 1861, disc. June 26, 1864.
Collumber, Joseph, e. June 5, 1861. Died in hospital
at Louisville, Ky., 1861.
Culver, Ebenezer, e. June 5, 1861, disc. July, 1864.
Child, Isaac, e. June 5, 1861. Killed at New Hope
Church, Ga., June 27, 1864.
Clark, A. J., e. June 5, 1861, disc. June, 1861.
Wounded at Stone River.
Cassil, D. G., e. June 5, 1861 Died in Missouri
Clark, David C., e. June 5, 1861, disc. 1865. Wounded
and taken prisoner at Stone River.
Downer, Grafton, e. June 5, 1861. Killed at Stone
River, Tenn., Dec. 31, 1862.
Doty, Samuel, e. June 5, 1861, disc. Dec., 1865.
Draper, Riley, e. June 5, 1861. Killed at New Hope
Church, Ga., May 27, 1861.
Draper, John, e. Apr. 12, 1861, disc. June, 1865.
Wounded at Missouri Ridge.
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Draper, Gideon, e. June 5, 1861, disc. June, 1865
Draper, B., e. June 5, 1861
Elliott, Felix, e. June 5, 1861
Eaton, Charles, e. June 5, 1861. Died
Ford, Franklin, e. June 5, 1861, disc. July 1, 1864.
Farnham, William H., e. June 5, 1861
Fritz, Michael, Died at Atlanta, Ga.
Fields, Felix, e. June 5, 1861. Killed at Shiloh,
Tenn., April, 1862.
Foote, A. H., e. June 5, 1861
Graham, P. B., e. June 5, 1861
Gladden, John
Griffith, John H., e. June 5, 1862. Killed at Stone
River, Tenn., Dec. 31, 1862.
Gibson, Joseph, e. June 5, 1861, disc. June, 1865.
Gibson, William
Gregory, Jason, e. June 5, 1861
Grow, Samuel, e. June 5, 1861, disc. 1864
Hurley, C., e. June 5, 1861, Died at Camp Dennison,
June 13, 1861.
Huffman, J. G., e. June 5, 1861. Taken prisoner at
Stone River, Dec. 31, 1862.
Henninger, Andrew, e. June 5, 1861, disc. June, 1864
Hale, L., e. June 5, 1861
Hale, Jasper, e. June 5, 1861. Died in Libby Prison.
Harriot, J. E., e. June 5, 1861
Horney, James, e. June 5, 1861. Wounded at Stone
River.
Hill, M., e. June 5, 1861
Hemback?, C. T., e. June 5, 1861
Hargrave, William, e. June 5, 1861
Hargrage, H. B., e. June 5, 1861
Hamilton, Josiah, e. June 5, 1861. Died in
Andersonville Prison, September, 1863.
Henderson, R. R., e. Apr. 25, 1861. Wounded at
Pittsburg Landing.
Holmes, David C., e. June 5, 1861
Irwin, C. L., e. June 5, 1861, disc. Apr. 7, 1862.
Missing after battle of Pittsburg Landing. Supposed to
have been killed.
Kennedy, H. B., e. June 5, 1861. Killed at
Chickamauga, Ga., September, 1863.
Kennedy, H. C., e. June 5, 1861, disc. November, 1865.
Kennedy, George, e. June 5, 1861, disc. September, 1863.
Killed at Chickamauga, Ga.
Kyle, H. H., e. June 5, 1861
Kimball, Ira C., e. 1862, disc. June, 1864.
Leeper, J. D. e. June 5, 1861, disc. 1861. Taken
prisoner at Stone River, Tenn., December, 1862
League, W. L., e. June 5, 1861, disc. June, 1864.
Lockwood, E., e. June 5, 1861. Died at St. Louis, Mo.
Morse, E. H., e. June 5, 1861
Miller, David, e. June 5, 1861
Marsh, R. C., e. June 5, 1861, disc. August, 1861
Martin, Thomas, e. May 1861, disc. June, 1864.
Nowell, J. A. W., e. June 5, 1861
Price, Evan, e. June 5, 1861, disc. June, 1861.
Price, Robert.
Price, John C., e. June 29, 1861, disc. 1865. Wounded
at Dallas, Ga., May 29, 1864.
Peck, U. W., e. June 5, 1861
Palmer, D., e. June 5, 1861, disc. June, 1864.
Pyers, Orville, e. June 5, 1861
Peters, William F., e. June 5, 1861
Piatt, J. H., e. June 5, 1861
Reed, Ranson, e. June 5, 1861. Killed at Carnifex
Ferry, W. Va., Sept. 10, 1861.
Reed, John B., e. June 5, 1861.
Reed, Andrew, e. June 5, 1861, disc. Nov. 18, 1863.
Wounded at Stone River.
Sullivan, J. J., e. Aug. 30, 1862. Killed near Kenesaw
Mountain, Ga., June 8, 1865.
Siler, C. H., e. June 5, 1861, disc. June, 1864.
Schrock, Ferdinand, e. June 5, 1861. Killed at Stone
River, Tenn., Dec. 31, 1862.
Schrock, John, e. June 5, 1861, disc. June, 1861
Switt, George, e. June 5, 1861
Smart, John, e. June 5, 1861
Sampson, Franklin, e. June 5, 1861, disc. June, 1864.
Steerhoff, John, e. June 5, 1861
Taylor, D. O., e. June 5, 1861. Killed at New Hope
Church, Ga., e. May 27, 1861
Turner, William, e. June 5, 1861
Rutner, Robert, e. June 5, 1861. Died
Tanner, Joseph
Thompson, Tyler, e. June 3, 1861, disc. Oct. 2, 1865.
Troul, A., e. Aug. 21, 1862, disc. June, 1865.
Wood, Albert, e. June 5, 1861, disc. July, 1864. Taken
prisoner at Stone Living, Tenn, Dec. 31, 1862.
Wounded at Chickamauga, Ga., Sept. 1863.
Wood, Theodore, e. June 5, 1861. Died in Libby Prison.
Weber, William, e. June 5, 1861, disc. June, 1864.
Wilson, William H., e. June 5, 1861. Died from disease
contracted in the army, June, 1864.
White, William H., e. June 5, 1861, disc. June, 1864.
Wright, Emanuel, e. June 5, 1861
Wright, James, e. June 5, 1861, disc. June 2, 1863.
Wounded and taken prisoner at Stone River, Tenn., Dec.
31, 1862.
Wells, William, e. June 5, 1861. Wounded at Shiloh;
died in hospital at Nashville, Tenn., Mar. 9, 1864.
Williams, William H., e. June 5, 1861. Died at Carnifex
Ferry, Va.
Welsh, James, e. June 5, 1861.
Welsh, Frank, e. June 5, 1861.
Wheeler, William H., e. June 5, 1861. Died at home.
COMPANY G.
Cory, Charles L., e. Feb. 28, 1864, disc.
July 4, 1865.
Green, John, e. Nov. 22, 1861. Died.
Morrow, J. A., e. Mar. 20, 1864, disc. July 4, 1865.
Richardson, L., e. June 5, 1861. Discharged.
COMPANY H.
Captain R. R. Henderson, e. June 5, 1861,
disc. Sept. 10, 1862. Wounded at Shiloh.
COMPANY I.
Harris, W. B., Wounded.
Holden, William, e. May 31, 1861, disc. 1862. Died at
home.
FOURTEENTH OHIO INFANTRY.
The Fourteenth Ohio
organized for three months' service under Col. James B.
Steedman, in April, 1861, and re-organized the following
August for three years or during the war. It served
under Gen. Buell, in Kentucky; with him joined
Gen. Grant's forces at Pittsburg Landing, and
participated in that battle and several severe skirmishes in
the vicinity o Chicasaw Landing.
It shared, with the vast army under Gen. Halleck,
in the advance on Corinth. In June, 1863, the
Fourteenth joined Rosecrans in his advance on
Tullahoma and Chattanooga, and took part in the engagements
at Hoover's Gap, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Jonesboro and
Mission Ridge. It joined Sherman's forces at
Atlanta, and participated in the "march to the sea."
After over four years of active service, the Fourteenth
was mustered out at Louisville, Ky., July 11, 1865.
COMPANY B.
Filler, B. F., e. April, 1861.
COMPANY D.
Phelps, L., e. August, 1862, disc. 1865.
COMPANY H.
Musician C. M. Graham, e. Apr. 23, 1861,
disc. July 22, 1862.
COMPANY K.
Johnson, J. T., e. Sept. 18, 1861, disc.
Aug 20, 1862.
Ellis, D. W., e. August, 1861, died August, 1862.
FIFTEENTH OHIO INFANTRY.
This regiment
organized for three months' service May 4, 1861; it served
in West Virginia, and was discharged Aug. 1.
Re-organized for three years' service in September, under
Col. Moses R. Dickey, and joined Gen. Buell, in
Kentucky. It took part in the battle of Shiloh and the
siege of Corinth, and was with Rosecrans at Stone
River and Chickamauga.
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The Fifteenth having re-enlisted as veterans, joined
Sherman's army, and participated in the Atlanta
campaign. It moved with Thomas to Nashville,
and shared in the victories at that place. At the
close of the war, the regiment performed duty in Texas, for
several months, when it returned to Columbus and was
mustered out Dec. 27, 1865, having served four years and
eight months, and lost over 400 men in killed and wounded.
COMPANY C.
Captain J. M. Dunn, e. Aug. 30, 1861, disc.
Apr. 1, 1863.
Croy, William W., e. Jan. 6, 1865, disc. June 10, 1865.
Lane, Isaiah, e. Mar. 15, 1864, disc. May 23, 1865.
Talmage, B. L., e. Aug. 30, 1861, disc. Sept. 20, 1864.
Taken prisoner at Salt River, Ky., 1862.
COMPANY D.
Corporal Joseph H. Wilson, e. Sept. 1, 1861,
wounded at Lovejoy, Ga., 1864
COMPANY F.
Taylor, C. C., e. Sept. 6, 1861, disc. Sept.
14, 1863. Died of wounds received at Stone River,
Tenn., Dec. 31, 1862.
COMPANY G.
Burwell, H., e. Sept. 9, 1861, disc. Aug. 28, 1865.
Gilbert, Edward, e. Sept. 23, 1864, disc. June 10, 1865.
Huffman, George W., e. Sept. 23, 1864, disc. June 10, 1865.
Died at home.
Price, John, e. Sept. 24, 1864, disc. June 10, 1865.
Richey, A. R., e. Sept. 9, 1861, disc. Feb. 6, 1863.
Rea, John W., e. Sept. 24, 1864, disc. June 10, 1865.
COMPANY H.
Severn, J. T., e. Sept. 24, 1864, disc. June 10, 1865.
SIXTEENTH OHIO INFANTRY.
This regiment was organized for
three months' service under Col. James Irvine, in
April, 1861, and for three years under Col. John F.
DeCourcey, Oct. 2, 1861. It spent the following
winter operating under Gen. Thomas, in Kentucky, and
in the spring of 1862 was at Cumberland Gap, with Gen.
Morgan. When the enemy retreated from this
stronghold, the Sixteenth was the first regiment to enter
the works and hoist the stars and stripes. In August
it encountered the rebels on the Main Hill road, and after a
determined resistance for several hours, was finally forced
to fall back to the intrenchments.
Owing to the scarcity of provisions, the National
forces left the Gap in September, and marched through
Kentucky to Greenupsburg, suffering severely on the way from
hunger and thirst.
In October, the regiment moved into Virginia, and in
November proceeded to Memphis, Tenn. In December, it
joined Sherman at Chickasaw Bayou, near Vicksburg, in which
battle the regiment lost 311 officers and men in killed,
wounded and prisoners. The Sixteenth was next engaged
in the successful assault upon Arkansas Post; then proceeded
to Young's Point, La., where it remained until March, 1864.
In April, it moved with Gen. Grant to the rear
of Vicksburg, and in May was engaged in the battles at
Thompson's Hill, Champion Hills and Black River Bridge,
remaining during the siege of Vicksburg until the surrender.
In these various engagements the regiment lost heavily in
killed and wounded. It participated in the siege and
capture of Jackson, then joined Gen. Banks, on the
Red River, and in October returned to Columbus, Ohio, where
it was mustered out on the 31st of October, 1864.
During its service, the Sixteenth traveled by railroad
1,285 miles; by steamboat, 3,619 miles; by steamship, 1,200
miles, and on foot, 1,621 miles.
The total number of deaths from all causes in the
regiment was 251. There were killed in battle and died
of their wounds two officers and sixty men. The number
of officers and men mustered out at the expiration of its
term of service was 477, all that was left of 1,191, the
total of original organization and recruits.
Forty-five men were recruited in this county for the
Sixteenth Regiment, and assigned to Company F.
H. S. Wood, of Union County, was promoted to
First Lieutenant, and John A. Phillips, John H. Gray
and Lorenzo Moses, were appointed Sergeants.
Some of Union County's bravest and best soldiers were
in this company. They saw much hard service, and their
losses were very heavy. Twelve died of disease or
wounds: six were wounded, and four were taken prisoners,
making a total loss of twenty-two or nearly one-half of the
detachment of forty-five men recruited in this county.
COMPANY F.
Sergeant John H. Gray, e. Sept. 9, 1861, died at
Richwood, Ohio, Nov. 27, 1861.
Sergeant Lorenzo Moses, e. Sept. 26, 1861, taken prisoner at
Chickasaw Bayou, Miss., December, 1862, disc. Oct. 31, 1864.
Sergeant J. A. Philips, e. Oct. 20, 1861, taken prisoner at
Chickasaw Bayou, Miss., December, 1862, disc. Oct. 31, 1864.
First Lieutenant H. S. Wood, e. Oct. 20, 1861, taken
prisoner at Chickasaw Bluffs, Miss., Dec. 29, 1862, disc.
Oct. 31, 1864.
Corporal T. B. Cheney, e. Oct. 26, 1861. Transferred
to Second Cavalry Jan. 15, 1864.
Corporal B. F. Fisher, e. Sept. 25, 1861, disc. Oct. 31,
1864.
Corporal A. A. Gallant, e. Oct. 2, 1861, disc. Oct. 31,
1864.
Corporal Wallace Linder, e. Oct. 15, 1861, wounded at
Vicksburg, Miss., Dec. 29, 1863. Transferred to
Company M, Tenth Ohio Cavalry Apr. 3, 1863, disc. July 24,
1865.
Corporal John P. Rodgers, e. Oct. 20, 1861, disc. Oct. 31,
1864.
Corporal J. H. Wynegar, e. Oct. 24, 1862. Transferred
to One Hundred and Fourteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry Oct.
6, 1864.
Anderson, James, e. Oct. 12, 1861, disc. Oct. 31, 1864.
Converse, Austin, e. Oct. 10, 1861, disc. Nov. 16, 1861.
Cope, Silas, e. Sept. 12, 1861, died at Cumberland Ford,
Ky., Mar. 13, 1862.
Chaney, John M., e. Oct. 26, 1861, died at Richwood, Ohio,
while home on furlough, Sept. 7, 1863.
Crowse, Charles, e. Oct. 20, 1861, disc. Apr. 30, 1862.
Conwell, Jonathan, e. Sept. 12, 1861, disc. Oct. 31, 1864.
Dutton, William J., e. Oct. 26, 1861, disc. Nov. 22, 1861.
Decker, James, e. Oct. 14, 1861.
Durst, John, e. Sept. 2, 1861, disc. Feb. 12, 1864.
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Everett, Harvey E., e. Sept. 2, 1861, disc. Oct. 31, 1864.
Gallant, Thomas, e. Sept. 20, 1861, disc. Aug. 24, 1863.
Holden, William H., e. Sept. 20, 1861, died at Richwood,
Ohio, May 24, 1862.
Jackson, George, e. Nov. 21, 1861, died at Millikens Bend,
La., Apr. 25, 1863.
Livingston, T. J., e. Oct. 26, 1861, disc. Oct. 31, 1864.
Livingston, H. H., e. Oct. 26, 1861, wounded at Yazoo River,
1863, died at Richwood, Ohio, Dec. 30, 1863.
Lenox, Elijah, e. Sept. 20, 1861, died on hospital boat on
Yazoo River, of wounds received at Chickasaw Bluffs, Miss.,
Dec. 29, 1862.
Mather, D. D., e. Oct. 26, 1861, wounded at Chickasaw
Bluffs, Miss., 1862, and taken prisoner at Vicksburg, 1863,
disc. Oct. 31, 1864.
Mulvain, Calvin, e. Sept. 9, 1861, wounded, disc. Sept. 12,
1864.
Moses, S. V., e. Sept. 20, 1861.
Moses, E. R., e. Sept. 20, 1861, wounded, disc. Apr. 2,
1863.
McIntire, Darious, e. Sept. 10, 1861.
McIntire, C., e. Oct. 26, 1861, wounded and taken prisoner
at Chickasaw Bluffs, Miss., Dec. 29, 1862, disc. Oct. 31,
1864.
McIntire, John, e. Oct. 20, 1861, disc. Oct. 31, 1864.
McIntire, James K., e. Oct. 26, 1861, disc. Aug. 27, 1863.
McGee, Isaac, e. Oct. 26, 1861, disc. Oct. 31, 1864.
McKeever, John M., e. Sept. 11, 1861, died on board hospital
steamer at Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 13, 1863.
McRill, H. W., e. Sept. 20, 1861.
Parish, William, e. Oct. 20, 1861, disc. Feb. 28, 1863.
Roberts, Allen B., e. Oct. 26, 1861, died in hospital at
Paducah, Ky., of wounds received at Chickasaw Bluffs, Miss.,
Dec. 29, 1862.
Roberts, George, e. October, 1861.
Rice, Amos, e. Sept. 20, 1861, disc. Aug. 30, 1864.
Smith, Jacob, e. Oct. 20, 1861, died in hospital at London,
Ky., Feb. 21, 1862.
Thomas, W., e. Sept. 10, 1861, died at Shiloh, Tenn., 1862.
Tropp, Isaac, e. Oct. 20, 1861, disc. Oct. 31, 1864.
Wynegar, D. M., e. Oct. 24, 1862, died in hospital at
Vicksburg, Miss. (while prisoner of war) of wounds received
at Chickasaw Bluffs, Dec. 29, 1862.
Wynegar, David A., e. Sept. 20, 1861, died on hospital boat
in 1863.
COMPANY D.
McCune, James M., e. April, 1861, disc. 1861.
SEVENTEENTH OHIO INFANTRY - (THREE
MONTHS).
The Seventeenth Infantry
was the next regiment in which Union County was represented.
Capt. T. J. Haynes, of Plain City, recruited a
company in Union and Madison Counties, in April, 1861, which
was assigned as Company G, of the Seventeenth Ohio, and
mustered in for three months' service.
On the 20th of April the regiment moved in to Virginia,
where it operated in detachments against guerrillas in
different localities until July, when it was consolidated at
Buckhannon, and moved against Sutton; after which it
returned to Ohio, and was mustered out on the 15th day of
August, 1861.
The following list includes the names of the members
from Union County who served in Company G, enlisted April,
1861:
COMPANY G.
Captain Thomas J. Haynes, e. May 6, 1861.
Andrews, C. C.
Barlow, C. L.
Beach, Joseph
Bradley, Patterson
Conklin, James E.
Fleming, Robert F.
Guy, Wilkison
Hobert, Leander
Hoff, Lisander
Hobert, Lorenzo
Kent, David
Lucas, B. F.
Langstaff, James G.
Langstaff, J. O.
Lock, Abel
McDowell, J. P.
McCune, John
McClung, John
Norris, George
Patch, Eslie
Perry, John F.
Perry, Luther
Ruehlen, William
Ruehlen, Samuel
Shirk, John W.
Stevens, Marion
Taylor, William
Thomas, D. H.
Tarpening, E.
Walker, George
Williams, John
SEVENTEEN OHIO INFANTRY - (THREE
YEARS).
The Seventeenth Ohio was
re-organized in August, 1861, for three years' service,
under Col. John M. Connell, and Lieut. Col. Durbin
Ward. It was ordered to Kentucky in September, and
reported at Camp Dick Robinson on the 2d of October.
From thence it proceeded to Wild Cat, and was engaged in the
battle at that place, losing seven men wounded.
It took part in the engagement at Mill Springs, then
marched to Louisville, Ky., and embarked for Nashville,
Tenn., where it arrived on the 3d of March, 1862. Then
moved across the country to Shiloh, but arrived too late to
take part in the battle.
It participated in the siege at Corinth, and was
actively engaged in several severe skirmishes. The
regiment followed in pursuit of the retreating rebels as far
as Booneville, Miss., returning via Corinth and
Iuka to Tuscumbia, Ala., then marched with Buell's
forces into Kentucky, was present at the battle of
Perryville, but not actively engaged; was with Rosecrans
at Stone River, and took a prominent part in the battle of
December 31, with a loss of twenty wounded. The
Seventeenth joined the Tullahoma campaign, and, with its
brigade at Hoover's Gap, shared in a gallant charge upon the
Seventeenth Tennessee Rebel Regiment, driving them from
their position, and gaining possession of their works.
"The charge was executed with such coolness and
determination as to draw the particular attention of Gen.
Thomas.
In the battle of Chickamauga,
the regiment was badly cut to pieces, leaving the field with
but fifty-two men. The loss of the Seventeenth in this
engagement was over two hundred, in killed and wounded.
During the siege in Chattanooga, the regiment was engaged in
a number of skirmishes, then shared in the action at Brown's
Ferry, and in the assault upon Mission Ridge, where it
captured a rebel battery, and turned the guns upon the
enemy.
In January, 1864, the Seventeenth re-enlisted as
veterans, and after the furlough home returned to the field
in March, with over four
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hundred recruits, and followed Sherman through the
Atlanta campaign. It was engaged in the skirmish of
Rocky Face Ridge, and lost heavily in the battle of Resaca;
and from that time until the fall of Atlanta, the regiment
was almost constantly under fire, taking an active part at
New Hope Church, Pumpkin Vine Creek, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach
Tree Creek and Jonesboro. It marched with Sherman
to the sea and through the Carolinas, took aprt in the last
battle of the war at Bentonville, passed in review before
the President at Washington, then moved to Louisville, Ky.,
where it was mustered out in July, 1865.
About forty men were recruited in Union County, for
Company C of this regiment, ten of whom died in the
hospitals, of wounds or disease, four were wounded, and one
was taken prisoner, making a total loss of fifteen, or more
than one-third of the detachment.
The Seventeenth Ohio "was in the service from the
beginning of the war. It was always at the front -
never doing a single day's service in mere garrison duty.
It served under nearly all the famous commanders -
McClellan, Buell, Rosecrans, Thomas, Grant, Halleck, Sherman
and Schofield. It held an honorable place form
the first in that noted corps, Thomas' Fourteenth,
and was never driven save at Chickamauga; even then it quit
the field only under orders, and at nightfall."
COMPANY B.
Cooperider, John, e. August, 1862, disc. June, 1865.
COMPANY C.
Sergeant Major Benjamin Gruggs, e. Sept. 2, 1861, disc.
Jan. 31, 1863.
Sergeant W. H. Jordan, e. August, 1861, wounded at
Chickamauga, Ga., Sept. 20, 1863, disc. July, 1865.
Beltz, E., e. Sept. 2, 1861, died at Nashville, Tenn., Nov.
11, 1862.
Burroughs, Allen, e. Aug. 16, 1862, disc. July, 1865.
Ballinger, H. M., e. Sept. 2, 1861.
Bauer, P. H., e. Oct. 15, 1861, wounded at Chickamauga, Ga.,
Sept. 20, 1863, disc. May 5, 1865.
Cowgill, J. G., e. Sept. 2, 1861. Died in Georgia.
Cooper, J. T., e. Nov. 2, 1863, disc. Nov. 24, 1864.
Connelly, H. N., e. Aug. 1861, died at Somerset, Ky., 1862.
Connor, James, e. Sept. 2, 1861, disc. 1865.
Corbet, John, e. Sept. 2, 1864, disc. May 30, 1865.
Decker, Henry H., e. Sept. 2, 1861, disc. 1863.
Ford, D. S., e. Sept. 29, 1862, disc. July, 1865.
Grubbs, Oliver H., e. Sept. 30, 1863, disc. July, 1865.
Grubbs, Thomas, e. Sept. 30, 1861, disc. July, 1865.
Homan, David, e. Sept. 2, 1861, disc. 1864.
Huffman, W. E., e. Sept. 1, 1862, died at Murfreesboro,
Tenn., Feb. 24, 1863.
Hamler, John, e. August, 1861. Died.
Hamler, Isaac, e. August, 1861. Died.
Holycross, John H., e. Aug. 16, 1862, disc. July, 1865.
Inskeep, William E., e. August, 1861, disc. 1864.
Jordan, George, e. Mar. 27, 1862, wounded at Chickamauga,
Ga., Sept. 20, 1863, dic. May 6, 1864.
Kennedy, H. N., e. Aug. 26, 1861, died at Somerset, Ky.,
Feb. 3, 1862.
Lane, William, e. Feb. 8, 1863, disc. July, 1865.
Lane, Thomas N., e. Feb. 18, 1863, disc. Aug. 25, 1865.
Logan, George, E. Sept. 24, 1861, disc. July 29, 1863.
Logan, Ephraim, e. Sept. 14, 1864, disc. June 13, 1865.
McAllister, Nelson, e. August, 1864, died at Goldsborough,
N. C.
Millington, O.
Mattox, Thomas W., e. Sept. 19, 1863.
Vany, Joseph, e. Aug. 16, 1862, died at Nashville, Tenn.,
1864.
Norveil, Eli, e. November, 1863, dic. July, 1865.
Vany, Isaac, e. Aug. 16, 1862. Prisoner.
Organ, William H., e. Sept. 29, 1862, disc. July, 1865.
Spencer, Samuel, e. Sept. 2, 1861.
Sharp, W. S., e. Feb. 23, 1864, disc. July, 1865.
Stratten, D. L.
Thomas, Elias, e. Aug. 20, 1861, disc. Aug. 20, 1865.
Van Sant, James. Died
Walker, Samuel, e. Sept. 2, 1861.
West, Alonzo P., e. Sept. 3, 1863.
Webb, Isaac, e. August, 1861, wounded at Chickamauga Sept.
19, 1863, disc. October, 1864.
West, S. M., e. Sept. 2, 1861, disc. Mar. 26, 1863.
COMPANY E.
Lane, Lemuel, e. Feb. 9, 1864, disc. Nov. 24, 1864.
Marshall, W. C., e. February, 1864, disc. May 6, 1865.
Spain, Albert, e. Feb. 14, 1863, disc. May 6, 1865.
COMPANY G.
Andrews, C. C., e. April, 16, 1861, disc. July, 1865.
McNear, William
EIGHTEENTH OHIO INFANTRY.
The Eighteenth Ohio was
organized May 29, 1861, for three months' service, and
August 6, for three years, under Col. Timothy R. Stanley.
It joined the forces under Gen. Mitchell in
Kentucky, and after serving in that State for a time,
proceeded to Nashville, Tenn., thence to Huntsville, Ala,
capturing about 300 prisoners, and a large amount of
supplies. The regiment was engaged in the battle at
Stone River, Dec. 31, 1862, losing on this occasion 183
officers and men. In June, it accompanied the advance
on Tullahoma, and a few days later, marched toward
Chattanooga, and took a prominent part in the battle of
Chickamauga. The regiment remained at Chattanooga
until the 20th of October, 1864, when it was ordered to
Columbus, Ohio, to be mustered out.
The Eighteenth Ohio was re-organized in the fall of
1864, under Col. C. H. Grosvenor, and on the 6th of
December, participated in the battles of Nashville and
Overton Hill, with a loss of four officers and seventy-five
men, killed and wounded. It followed in pursuit of
Hood to Tuscumbia, from whence it marched to Chattanooga.
In July, 1865, it moved to Georgia, and operated
under Gen. Steedman, at Augusta, until mustered
out on the 9th of October, 1865.
COMPANY A.
Allen, Emerson, e. Sept. 7, 1861.
Coons, Abraham, e. Apr. 4, 1865.
Coons, B. J., e. Apr. 4, 1865, disc. July 27, 1865.
Cahill, Enos, e. Apr. 4, 1865, disc. Oct. 9, 1865.
Kelsey, George
Tracy, John W., e. Apr. 4, 1864, disc. Oct. 9, 1865.
Wilson, G. H.
COMPANY B.
Drake, L. K., e. Apr. 2, 1865, disc. Oct. 9, 1865.
Davis, A. C., e. Apr. 4, 1865.
Green, Ira, e. Sept. 9, 1861, wounded at Columbus, Ky.,
1862, disc. May 7, 1862.
COMPANY D.
Haines, C. F., e. Mar. 20, 1865, disc. Oct. 9,
1865.
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COMPANY E.
Wood, Joseph
COMPANY F.
Sergeant, J. G. Turner, e. Apr. 25, 1861,
disc. June 26, 1864.
White, Alexander.
COMPANY G.
McAdow, T. J., e. Nov. 23, 1861, wounded at
Chickamauga, Ga., September, 1863, disc. 1864.
McDwitt, S. S., e. Oct. 2, 1861, wounded at Stone River,
Tenn., Dec. 31, 1862, disc. Aug. 17, 1863.
COMPANY H.
Captain D. E. Williams, e. Nov. 5, 1861,
disc. Aug. 30, 1862.
Debolt, John, e. Sept. 25, 1861.
Miller, Jeremiah, e. Mar. 20, 1865, disc. Oct. 9, 1865.
COMPANY I.
Convers, H. H., e. Oct. 16, 1861. Died
at home.
Drake, S. S., e. March, 1864, disc. Oct. 9, 1865.
COMPANY K.
Johnson, Elias, e. Mar. 20, 1865, disc. July
15, 1865.
Tucker, George B., e. Oct. 9, 1861, disc. Nov. 9, 1864.
NINETEENTH OHIO INFANTRY.
This regiment
organized under Col. Samuel Beatty, for three months'
service, May 15, 1861, and for three years September 26.
It served in West Virginia until November, when it moved to
Kentucky. The Nineteenth fought at Shiloh, Stone
River, Chickamauga and Mission Ridge, and after three years'
service, re-enlisted and followed Sherman in his
Atlanta campaign. It moved with Thomas to
Nashville, took part in the battles at that place and
followed in pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River.
After the war, this regiment served in Texas until
September, 1865, when it returned to Columbus, Ohio, and
received its final discharge Nov. 25, 1865.
The Nineteenth lost over 500 men in battle.
COMPANY D.
Temple, George, e. September, 1864, disc.
June 9, 1865.
COMPANY F.
Crowder, William, e. Sept. 24, 1864, disc.
June 9, 1865.
Henry, Alexander
COMPANY I.
O'Brien, Michael, e. September, 1864.
Wounded at Resaca, Ga., 184, dis. Oct. 21, 1865.
TWENTIETH OHIO INFANTRY.
The twentieth Ohio
organized for three months' service in May, 1861, and for
three years, Oct. 21, under Col. Charles Whittlesey.
It served in Kentucky until February, 1862, then moved
to Fort Donelson where it passed through its first battle.
In December it advanced into Mississippi and in February,
1863, joined Grant at Vicksburg, and took part in the
engagements at Raymond, Jackson and Champion Hills.
Having re-enlisted as veterans, the Twentieth joined
Sherman's Atlanta campaign, marched to the sea and
through the Carolinas, passed in review at Washington and
was mustered out at Louisville, Ky., July 18, 1865.
COMPANY A.
Sergt. W. W. McMahan, e. Aug. 15, 1861,
disc. 1865.
Sams, Joseph, e. August, 1861, disc. 1863.
COMPANY E.
Robinson, W. R., e. Sept. 23, 1861, disc.
1864
COMPANY G.
Corp. E. W. Case, e. Aug. 18, 1861.
Taken prisoner at La Grange in 1863, wounded at Atlanta,
Ga., 1864, disc. 1865.
Emerson, J. C., e. May 1, 1861, disc. Aug. 4, 1861.
TWENTY-FIRST OHIO INFANTRY.
The Twenty-first
Ohio was organized Apr. 27 1861, for three months' service;
and re-organized Sept. 19, for three years, under Col.
Jesse S. Norton. It served under Gen. Buell
in Gen. O. M. Mitchell's division; was with Gen.
Rosecrans at Stone River and Chickamauga. Having
re-enlisted as veterans, the Twenty-first joined Shermans
Atlanta campaign, and was present at the battles of
Buzzard's Roost, Resaca, New Hope Church, Kenesaw Mountain,
Vining's Station, Peach Tree Creek and Jonesboro. It
followed in persuit of Hood to Gainesville,
from whence it returned to Atlanta; then moving north
through the Carolinas, it participated in the last battle of
the war at Bentonville, took part in the review at
Washington on May 26, 1865, and was mustered out of the
service the following July, at Louisville, Ky.
COMPANY A.
Higgins, J. A., e. September, 1861, killed
at Chickamauga, Ga., Sept. 20, 1863.
Smith, Geo. W.
COMPANY H.
Sergeant E. P. Gillespie, e. Aug. 5, 1862,
taken prisoner, 1863.
Brake, J. M., e. Sept. 20, 1861, disc. Oct. 10, 1862.
TWENTY-SECOND OHIO INFANTRY.
The regiment
was organized under Gen. Fremont in Missouri -
(originally under the name of the Thirteenth Missouri).
Nov. 5, 1861. It served with Grant at Fort
Donelson and Shiloh. On the 7th of July, 1862, the
Secretary of War ordered its transfer to Ohio, to be named
the Twenty-second Ohio Infantry. It served under
Rosecrans at Corinth. In June, 1863, it moved to
Haines' Bluff, near Vicksburg, and to Arkansas, in
August, where it remained until mustered out of service,
Nov. 18, 1864.
Lieutenant Colonel Homer Thrall, e. Apr. 30,
1861, disc. Nov. 14, 1864.
COMPANY B.
Sergeant Chas. H. Jacobs, e. Apr. 14, 1861,
disc. 1864.
McKim, James, died.
TWENTY-THIRD OHIO INFANTRY.
The
Twenty-third Ohio was organized in June, 1861, under Col.
William S. Rosecrans, who, being promoted, was succeeded
by Col. E. P. Scammon In July, it entered the
field in West Virginia, and in September moved on Carnifex
Ferry, where a sharp skirmish en-
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sued. The regiment, under Lieut. Col. Hayes,
took a prominent part in the battles of South Mountain and
Antietam, losing over 200 men in the two engagements.
In March, it was ordered to Charleston, Va., where it
remained quietly in camp until the spring of 1864, when it
joined Gen. Cook's raid on the Virginia & Tennessee
Railroad. In May, it participated in the engagements
at Cloyd Mountain and New River Bridge. In June, the
Twenty-third joined Hunter's march on Lynchburg,
returning to Charleston July 1, then moved to Martinsburg.
It was engaged in the battle of Winchester, losing 153 men.
In the engagement, at Opequon, the regiment fought with
conspicuous gallantry, and on the 20th of September
participated in the assault upon North Mountain. It
was with Sheridan in the bloody battle of Cedar
Creek, where he rode "from Winchester, twenty miles away,"
and at the end of the day achieved a glorious victory.
Returning to Martinsburg, the regiment remained in that
vicinity until the close of the war, when it proceeded to
Columbus, Ohio, and was mustered out on the 26th of July,
1865.
Several of the field officers of this regiment gained
distinction in both military and civil life: W. S.
Rosecrans, became a noted General; R. B. Hayes,
President of the United States, and Stanley Matthews,
United States Senator.
Surgeon E. Y. King, e. Mar. 1, 1864, disc. July 1, 1865.
COMPANY B.
Corp. T. C. McDowell, e. Aug. 9, 1861, disc. July 25,
1865.
COMPANY D.
Curtis, L. C., e. May 20, 1861, disc. June 30, 1864.
COMPANY F.
McAtee, A. M., e. June 5, 1861, wounded at Antietam, Md.,
September, 1862, disc. Dec. 30, 1862.
Spicer, William, e. April, 1861, wounded at Winchester, Va.,
disc. July 26, 1865, died July, 1879.
COMPANY G.
Huffman, Charles W., e. June 15, 1861, taken prisoner at
Lynchburg, Va., June, 1864, disc. July 26, 1865.
COMPANY H.
Fitzgerald, John, e. Feb. 12, 1864, died at Winchester,
Va., July 27, 1864, of wounds received in action July 24,
1864.
COMPANY I.
Spencer, James S., e. June 19, 1861, disc. June 30, 1865.
TWENTY-FOURTH OHIO INFANTRY.
This regiment was organized in
June, 1861, under Col. Jacob Ammen. It served
in West Virginia until November, when it moved into
Kentucky. It marched to Pittsburg Landing, took part
in that battle, and those at Perryville, Stone River,
Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge and Ringgold.
The Twenty-fourth was mustered out on the 24th day of
June, 1864.
COMPANY A.
Coil, John, e. September, 1861, died at Camp Dennison,
1863.
TWENTY-FIFTH OHIO INFANTRY.
This regiment was organized at
Camp Chase, on the 28th of June, 1861, under Col. James
A. Jones. It operated in West Virginia until
April, 1862, when it crossed the Alleghanies and
fought at Bull Pasture Mountain and Cross Keys, losing over
one hundred men. It joined Gen. Pope's campaign
and engaged in the battles of the Second Bull Run,
Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. The Twenty-fifth
re-enlisted in January, 1864, and served in South Carolina
until mustered out on the 18th of June, 1866.
COMPANY F.
McWade, S. G., e. 1862, taken prisoner at Fort
Leavenworth, Kan.
COMPANY K.
Myers, Jacob.
TWENTY-SIXTH OHIO INFANTRY.
The organization of this
regiment was completed early in July, 1861, and was
immediately ordered to the Upper Kanawha Valley. It
led the advance in the movement of Gen. Rosecrans on
Sewell Mountain, and on the retreat was the rear guard of
the army. In January, 1862, the Twenty-sixth was
transferred to Kentucky. It was in the winter campaign
which resulted in the capture of Nashville; was in the
forced march of Shiloh, it and the Seventeenth Indiana
Regiment making a detour to the left, to a town about twenty
miles, scattering a fore that was organizing to attack our
train, and joining the main column next day was in the
advance during the siege and was the first regiment to enter
Corinth. During the latter part of August, the
Twenty-sixth, together with the Seventeenth and Fifty-eighth
Indiana Regiments, routed Forest's division of cavalry near
McMinnville, Tenn. In the battle of Stone River, the
Twenty-sixth held its position, notwithstanding all the army
on its right was routed, and its line repeatedly charged for
hours by heavy columns of the enemy flushed with victory,
yet they were every time repulsed with terrible slaughter.
In the advance on Tullahoma and Shelbyville, the
regiment took a prominent part, and was again actively
engaged at Chickamauga. In the assault upon Mission
Ridge, it fully sustained its former reputation, losing on
this occasion about one-fourth its number in killed and
wounded. The Twenty-sixth re-enlisted in January,
1864, and after the furlough home joined Sherman's
Atlanta campaign and participated in the battles of Resaca,
Kenesaw, Peach Tree Creek and Jonesboro. It pursued
Hood north, took part in the battle at Nashville, then
followed the enemy to the Tennessee River.
After the close of the war, the Twenty-sixth served in
Texas until mustered out of the service on the 21st of
October, 1865.
Assistant Surgeon Andrew
Sabine, commission issued July 2, 1861; promoted to
Surgeon of Seventy-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Feb. 16,
1863; disc. July 24, 1865.
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COMPANY C.
Corporal S. G. Fry, e. July 27, 1861; wounded and taken
prisoner at Chickamauga, Ga., Sept. 9, 1863; wounded at Fort
Blakely, Ala., April, 1865.
Davis, J. B., e. May 1, 1861, disc. May 14, 1862.
COMPANY H.
Chance, Ben.
Rea, Joseph, e. July 15, 1861, disc. July 25, 1864, wounded
at Winchester, Va.
COMPANY K.
Holden, John, e. Mar. 1, 1862, disc. Oct. 21, 1865.
Howison, W. L., e. October, 1861, disc. July 25, 1865
Holycross, A. M., e. July 22, 1861, disc. June 18, 1862.
Morse, Albert E., e. Sept. 13, 1862, disc. Mar. 22, 1863.
Philips, Chas., e. July 22, 1861, disc. July 25, 1864.
Robbins, Z. S., e. July 22, 1861, disc. Feb. 7, 1862.
TWENTY-SEVENTH OHIO INFANTRY.
The regiment was organized in
August, 1861, under Col. John W. Fuller. It
served in Missouri until March, 1862, when it moved, with
the Army of the Mississippi, on New Madrid, and after the
surrender of that place assisted in the capture of Island
No. 10. In May, it joined Halleck's Army, and
in September took part in the battles of Iuka and Corinth.
It followed Grant in his Mississippi expedition as
far South as Oxford, when it was ordered back to Jackson,
and joined in the pursuit of Forrest, the rebel raider.
The Twenty-seventh, after re-enlisting, joined
Shermans Atlanta campaign, and was engaged in the
battles of Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw, Nickojack Creek and
Atlanta. It pursued Hood northward, and,
returning, followed Sherman to the sea. It
marched through the Carolinas, and took part in the last
battle of the war, at Bentonville.
After taking part in the grand review at Washington, it
proceeded to Louisville, where it was mustered out, July,
1865.
COMPANY D.
Captain J. H. Cooper, e. July 18, 1861, disc. July 1,
1865.
Evans, Thomas, wounded.
Evans, Walter, died.
TWENTY-EIGHTH OHIO INFANTRY.
The Twenty-eighth Ohio was
organized in June, 1861, under Col. August Moor.
It served in Western Virginia, and, under McClellan
fought at South Mountain and Antietam. In April, 1864,
it joined the Army of the Shenandoah, and, on May 11, took
part in the battle of New Market. It shared in the
advance on Woodstock, New Market, Harrisburg and Port
Republic, and, on June 5, participated in the attack on the
rebels near Piedmont.
Its term of service having expired, the regiment was
mustered out July 23, 1864.
The Twenty-eighth lost in battle two officers killed,
seven wounded; ninety men killed, one hundred and sixty-two
wounded; and one hundred and seventy-three disabled by
disease.
COMPANY B.
Perry, John, e. December, 1862.
TWENTY-NINTH OHIO INFANTRY.
This regiment was
organized in August, 1861, under Col. Louis P. Buckley.
It served in Maryland and Virginia until September, 1863,
participating in the battles of Winchester, Port Republic,
Cedar Mountain, the second Bull Run and Chancellorsville.
It was with Hooker at Lookout Mountain, and, joining
Shermans Atlanta campaign, was engaged in the battles
of Dug Gap, Resaca, Dallas, Pine Knob, Kenesaw Mountain,
Peach Tree Creek, and the siege of Atlanta.
It marched to the sea and through the Carolinas to
Washington. The Twenty-ninth was discharged at
Cleveland, Ohio, July 22, 1865.
COMPANY I.
Voorhees, O. H., e. June 2, 1864, disc. 1865.
THIRTIETH OHIO INFANTRY.
Company E., of the Thirtieth
Ohio Infantry, was organized by Capt. Elijah Warner,
at Jerome, Union County, Ohio, in the month of August, 1861,
and marched thence to Camp Chase, a distance of twenty
miles, where it arrived on the 19th day of August. On
the 29th, the company was mustered into the United States
service, with the following commissioned officers:
Elijah Warner, Captain; Henry R. Brinkerhoff
First Lieutenant, and Henry Hensel, Second
Lieutenant.
The Thirtieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry was organized at
Camp Chase on the 28th of August, 1861, under Col. John
Groesbeck, who was soon succeeded by Col. Hugh Ewing.
On the 30th, the regiment was ordered into the field, and on
the 2d of September arrived at Clarksburg, W. Va., then
moved forward to Weston, where it received its first outfit
of camp and garrison equipage. On September 6, the
regiment joined Gen. Rosecrans at Sutton
Heights, leaving four companies, D, F. G. and I, at this
place and two, C, and E, at Big Birch Bottom, the remainder
of the regiment moved forward and on the evening of the 10th
discerned the enemy near Gawley River, at Carnifex Ferry,
where a sharp encounter ensued; night coming on, ended the
battle. Early on the following morning, it was
discovered that the enemy had evacuated their position and
retreated across the river.
Col. Ewing was the first man to enter the
deserted fortifications. He found, amid a multitude of
camp and garrison spoils, two fine French dress swords; one
bearing the coat of arms of Napoleon I, and a stand of
colors bearing the following inscription:
"FLOYD'S BRIGADE."
"The price of Liberty is the
blood of the Brave." On December 25, the regiment held
its first dress parade at Fayetteville, and from this time
until August, 1862, served in detachments. On the
16th, the Thirtieth started to join the army in Eastern
Virginia; the right
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