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WAR HISTORY
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UNION COUNTY,

Containing A History of the Services of Union County Soldiers in the
War of the Revolution, the War of 1812, the War with Mexico,
1846-47, and the War of the Rebellion, 1861-65
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By W. L. Curry
Marysville, Ohio
1883

CHAPTER V.
War of the Rebellion.
Pg.  99 - 100

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EIGHTEENTH UNITED STATES INFANTRY.

     About forty men were recruited in Union County for this regiment.  Of this number fifteen died on the field and in the hospitals, four were wounded and three were taken prisoners.
     The Eighteenth Regiment United States Infantry was composed of twenty-four companies.  The Second Battalion of eight companies was organized at Camp Thomas, near Columbus, Ohio, during the summer of 1861.  H. B. Carrington, who was then Adjutant General of Ohio, was appointed Colonel of the regiment.  Col. Carrington was afterward promoted to Brigadier General.
     The regiment was ordered to Kentucky, early in the winter of 1861, and its first battle was at Mill Springs, under Gen. Thomas.  It marched with the army under Gen. Buell to Pittsburg Landing, took part in the siege of Corinth, and was engaged in the battles of Perryville, Stone River, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain and Atlanta.  The regiment sustained its heaviest loss in the engagement at Stone River.
     After the fall of Atlanta, it was transferred to the Twenty-third Corps, and fought under Gen. Schofield at Franklin and Nashville, Tenn., then moved with the corps to the Department of the East and at the close of the war was at Fort Fisher.
     During the greater part of the war, the regiment was commanded by Maj. Townsand.  It was a splendid regiment, and saw much hard service in the Army of the Cumberland.  On every battle-field where it fought the Eighteenth was conspicuous for the bravery of its officers and men.

COMPANY A.

Brown, Ira, e. September, 1862
Crist, Alfred, e. October, 1861, died at Lebanon, Ky., December, 1862.
Courtright, A., wounded on picket in Tennessee.
Henderson, George A.
Johnson, A. A.
, e. Sept. 19, 1861, disc. May 9, 1862.
Kezerty, Tip, disc. 1862.

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Kelsey, George
LaRue, W. H., e. Sept. 12, 1861, killed at Chickamauga, Ga., Sept. 20, 1863.
Loop, J. P., e. Aug. 3, 1861, disc. June 27, 1862.
Phips, Aaron, disc. 1863
Rhoads, Orville, e. Sept. 9, 1861, taken prisoner at Snake Creek, Ga., June 17, 1864, died in Andersonville prison August, 1864.
Rhoads, W. W., e. Sept. 9, 1861, disc. Feb. 16, 1863.
Sash, Charles, disc. 1862.

COMPANY C.

Browning, H. A., e. August, 1861, disc. 1864.

COMPANY D.

Sergt. Charles Andrews
Sergt. Joseph Kahler, e. Aug. 6, 1861, disc. Mar. 7, 1867.
Anderson, James, e. Sept. 4, 1861, killed at Dallas, Ga., 1864
Brittian, John, e. Aug. 6, 1861, died at Nashville, Tenn.
Beals, George W., e. Aug. 6, 1861, died at Nashville, Tenn., 1862.
Harper, Elisha
Holycross, Henry, e. 1861, died at Lebanon, Ky., 1861.
Philips, Daniel
Rider, Henry, killed at Ringgold, Ga., 1863.
Stierhoff, George, killed at Stone River, Tenn., Dec. 31, 1862.

COMPANY E.

Woolly, John, e. Sept. 1, 1861, disc. June, 1865.

COMPANY F.

Sergt. R. W. Evans, e. Oct. 22, 1861, disc. Oct. 22, 1864.
Corp. Charles W. Bell e. Oct. 22, 1861, disc. Oct. 22, 1864, wounded and taken prisoner at Stone River, Tenn., Jan. 1, 1863.
Cheney, Alonzo, died at Lebanon, Ky., December, 1862.
Converse, Jasper, e. August, 1861, disc. August, 1864.
Wilson, George, missing at Chickamauga, Ga., Sept. 20, 1863.
White, Alexander.

COMPANY G.

Sergt. G. J. McAdow, e. Nov. 23, 1861, disc. Nov. 23, 1864, wounded at Chickamauga, Ga., Sept. 20, 1863.
McAdow, James W. e. Sept. 15, 1862, killed at Chickamauga, Ga., Sept. 20, 1863.
Riderner, Henry, e. September, 1861, killed at Resaca, Ga., 1864.

COMPANY H.

Sergt. James McClung, e. Mar. 4, 1862, disc. 1865, wounded at Chickamauga, Ga., Sept. 20, 1863.
Sergt. W. M. Myers, e. January, 1862, disc. Sept. 20, 1863.
Debolt, John W., e. March, 1862, disc. March, 1865, taken prisoner at Mumfordsville, Ky.
Dial, Amos, e. 1863, died at Chattanooga, Tenn.
Gamble, Robert
Gamble, William
, missing at Chickamauga, Ga., Sept. 20, 1863.

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