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,
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