CHAPTER XLIII. THE PRESS AND OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST. THE VINTON COUNTY PRESS-MCARTHUR, ZALESKI AND HAMDEN- AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ANTE-BELLUM DAYS-SAFE BURGLARY -$1,000 STOLEN AND SAFE BLOWN TO PIECES-THE CONTENTS OF BURGLAR- PROOF VAULT SAVED-CONTENTS, $40,000—NO CONVICTIONS. THE VINTON COUNTY PRESS. The Vinton County Republican was the first paper printed in Vinton County. It was removed from Logan to McArthur, and the first number issued April 13, 1850. It was published by J. A. Browne and L. S. Bort, J. A. Browne, editor. The name at the head of the first three numbers of the paper was Vinton Republican, but the editor explained: " We propose to call our paper the Vin-ton County Republican, but have not now the proper type to put in the county." The motto of the paper was: " 'Tis a base aban-donment of reason to resign our right of thought." Oct. 24 of the same year L. S. Bort became sole proprietor. At the close of the first year L. S. Bort, J. K. Rochester and L. W. Bort became partners, Mr. Rochester retiring at the end of Seven weeks, and L. W. Bort, Jan. 22, 1852, and again L. S. Bort became sole proprie-tor, and continued its publication until August of that year. Vinton County Flag.—Aug, 26, 1852, the Republican, was pur-chased by " a Democratic joint stock company," B. P. Hewitt and E. F. Bingham,- editors, and the name changed to the 'Vinton County Flag. May 20, 1353, E. A. Bratton purchased and took editorial charge of the paper, changing the name Aug. 19, 1853, to McArthur Democrat. Motto: " The spirit of the age is Democ-racy," which was changed in August, 1854, to: " No North, no South, no East, no West, under the onstitution but a sacred maintenance of that instrument and true devotion to our common country." Changed Nov. 8, 1856, to: " Equal and exact justice to all men of whatever state, religious or political." March 20,1856, Alex. Pearce bought the paper, taking J. T. Spence as partner April 17, who remained until March 13, 1858. Mr. Pearce sold - (1175) - 1176 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. out Dec. 27, 1860, to E. A. and W. E. Bratton, who again changed the motto to: "No North, no South, under the Constitution, but a sacred maintenance of that instrument and the Union." May 7, 1864, W. E. Bratton retired, and returned Oct. 19, 1365, and continued its publication until the close of that year. The Vinton Record.—Jan. 2, 1866, W. E. & A. E. Bratton took the Republican, and again the name was changed to the Vinton, Record, with the motto: " The right is always expedient." June 1, A. W. Bratton sold his interest to W. E., who sold Jan. 3, 1867, to Ruth C. Bratton. E. A. Bratton was editor during all these changes except the year 1866. Aug. 22, 1867, John T. Raper and W. H. H. Robinson purchased the office and restored it to its original politics. Aug. 27, 1868, John T. Raper bought out his partner and continued its publication until Nov. 23, 1876, during which, time it did not miss publication one week, neither did they issue a half sheet, although the publishers, were sometimes put to their wits ends to get out the paper. One case particularly deserves mention. During six week's, while the hundred days' men were out in the service, Mrs. Ruth C. Bratton did all the work of the office except such assistance as her husband, who knew nothing of the business, was able to render in doing the presswork: Mr. Raper sold,the paper on the date above mentioned to Mr. A. Barleon, its present owner. For the past three years Mr. Barleon has been assisted in the office duties by J. Ira Bell, and they have thus far been successful in giving to the reading public of Vinton County a good local paper, and ably presented to them the teachings of fheir party. They have now many warm friends in fhis community who are always cordially greeted whenever they enter the " sanctum " of the Record. McArthur Republican.—Dec. 10, 1852, the Bort Brothers commenced the publication of this paper. It advocated the principles of the Whig party, and had for its motto the old motto of the Vinton County Republican: " 'Tis a base abandonment of reason to resign the right of thought." Dec. 9, 1853, L. S. Bort withdrew, and L. W. Bort became editor and proprietor. March 3, 1854, the Republican, was discontinued for good and sufficient reason, as stated by Mr. Bort, that he was losing over $600 per year by its publication. He said in his valedictory that he had " 424 subscribers, thirty of whom were real, the remainder only professional." McArthur Herald.—June 2, 1854. George Fultz and A. G. Hard revived the old Republican under the name of the McArthur Her- HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 1177 ald, they having rented the office for one year, and suspended May 17, 1855, to refit and refurnish the office for the publication of the Mineral Region Herald. This paper made its appearance July 14, 1855, A. G. Hard, printer; W. L. Edmiston. and T. Wells Stanley, editors. May 26, 1856, Mr. Stanley retired, leaving Mr. Edmis-ton in full charge of the paper. It suspended publication during the summer of 1857. McArhtur Journal.—Aug. 4, 1856, John W. McBeth revived the Mineral Region Herald and changed its name to the McArthur Journal, having for its motto, " Pledged but to truth, to liberty and law, No favor sways us and no fear shall drive-" From Aug. 7 to Nov. 21, 1862, the paper was discontinued, while Mr. McBeth was in the army, publication being resumed on the last mentioned date. He continued the paper until the time of his death, which occurred in the beginning of 1863. McArthur Register.—J. G. Gibson revived the Journal, April 23, 1863, under the' name of the McArthur Register, with the motto, " One flag, one country, one destiny." Sept. 1, 1865, Mr. Gibson severed his connection with the paper, and H. S. Suther-land appeared as publisher, with Captain H. C. Jones, editor, and Captain J. J. McDowell, assistant, the intention being to suspend publication at the close of the fall political campaign, and accord-ingly, Oct. 26, 1.865, the paper suspended. Zaleski Herald.—The Zaleski company bought fhe material of the Register, moved it to Zaleski and leased it to W. L. Edmiston, who commenced the publication of the Zaleski Herald, Feb. 11, 1866. Feb. 7, 1867, W. E. and Ruth C. Bratton succeeded him, and commenced the publication of the Zaleski Echo. The Echo was a neutral paper and its publication only continued for about a year and a half under their supervision, and was purchased Oct. 18, 1868, by A. W. and E. A. Bratton, who continued its publication till June 10, 1869, when E. A. Bratton retired from the firm and the name was changed to the Vinton Democrat. Its politics were also changed to Democratic as its name would indicate. Sept. 19, 1869, it ceased publication, and July 14, 1870, the material was purchased and added to the office of the Vinton Record. Thus ended up its eighteen years of doubtful existence. The Democratic Enquirer made its first appearance Jan. 24, 1867, J. W. Bowen, editor and publisher. The venture grew out of the disaffection of some Democrats with the Bratton Brothers 1178 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. for renting out two columns of their paper (the Democratic organ) to Captain H. C. Jones, for the use of the Republican party. By the subsequent sale of the Record, Aug. 22, 1867, the Enquirer became the recognized organ of its party, and as such is published at the present time, with Mr. Bowen still at its helm. The Literary Gem made its appearance May 1, 1867, with D. F. Shriner, publisher, and L. D. Martin, John C. Pugh, and C. M. Sage as editors. It was a semi-monthly, and made the fourth paper in the county at that time. Only three numbers were issued when it quietly subsided. The Raccoon Reporter was established in 1868, at Zaleski, by Major E. A. Bratton. It was printed at the office of the Echo. It was intended to aid in securing the navigation of the Raccoon River, and disappeared after a short period of irregular publication. The Christian Witness.—Jan. 23, 1873, J. W. Bowen became the publisher of the above-named paper, which was edited by Elder J. V. B. Flack, with the editorial office at Haynesville, Clinton Co., Mo. This paper advocated the principles of the Christian Union Church. Mr. Bowen continued to publish the paper here until Jan. 13, 1877, at which time the paper was discontinued here, and moved to another place of publication. The Hamden Leader was established Dec. 24, 1874, by J. W. Bowen, as a strictly independent paper, with the motto, "The greatest good to the greatest number." Feb. 10, 1876, F. Mont Smallwood became the editor, and continued in charge of the " sanctum" until the paper was discontinued, Dec. 5, 1878. McArthur Journal.—The first copy of the Journal was issued Aug. 14, 1879, with Brown, Bray & Co. as publishers, and M. M. Cherry and E. B. Drake in the editorial department. The Journal advocated the principles of the Republican party. Dec. 14, 1879, M. M. Cherry became its sole editor by fhe withdrawal of Mr. Drake. Jan. 8, 1880, the firm name of A. W. Brown & Co. appears as the publishers, and April 22, 1880, J. Ira Bell became editor, Mr. Cherry resigning on account of other business. June 24, 1880, Mr. Bell resigned to accept a position with, the Vinton Record, and again Mr. Cherry assumed the editorial duties. April 14, 1880, the paper was purchased by Hugh J. Savage & Co., who published the paper with W. M. Entler as editor. June 30, 1881, the name was changed to the Vinton County Democrat, and March 27, 1882, Mr. Entler purchased the interest of Mr. Savage, and has since continued the publication. -Upon Mr. Entler's assuming HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 1179 sole charge, he changed its politics, and it has since been a strong-, advocafe of the Democratic principles. Hamden Enterprise.—This paper first made its appearance January, 1880. The proprietors were: Wm. Cassill, F. M. Smallwood and K. J. Cameron. The two latter were practical printers, and all three gave their time to the paper. At the end of six months Mr. Cassill withdrew from the firm, and the remaining partners, Messrs. Smallwood & Cameron, continued its publication, getting up a very creditable local paper until April 7, 1883. On May 7, 1883, the firm dissolved by mutual consent. Just pre-vious to this, that is, on April 7, 1883, Messrs. Smallwood & Cameron started a paper at Wellston, Jackson County, which was taken in charge by Mr. Smallwood. At the date of dissolution, May 7, 1883, Mr. Smallwood took the Wellston paper, a five-column quarto, called the Wellston Argus, while Mr. Cameron assumed sole control and proprietorship of the Hamden Enterprise. The Enterprise is now in a good financial condition, and has a high reputation as a progressive local paper, independent in polities, but untiring in its devotion to the building up of the material in-terests and future prosperity of the village of Hamden. K. J. Cameron, the present editor and proprietor of the Ham-den Enterprise, was born in Vinton County, Ohio, March 5, 1860. At the age of fourteen years, and in the year 1874, he commenced to learn the printing business in the office of the Hamden Leader. He held the position of " devil " for one year, and then removing to Mc Arthur entered the printing' office of the Enquirer of that village, and soon, by hard work and attention to business, reached the position of foreman of the Enquirer job office. In November; 1879, he left McArthur, after working about four years with but two weeks vacation in all. that time, to enter upon the newspaper business, and on his native heath, in the twenty-second year of his age. He was selected at above age Clerk of Clinton Township on the Democratic ticket, receiving the nomination from both parties, thus having no opposition, and. served one term with credit to himself and to the satisfaction of the people whose servant he was. Mr. Cameron has now before him a bright and promising career. FORMER EDITORS. Of the former editors and publishers J. A. Browne died at Logan in the fall of 1863; L. S. Bort and J. K. Rochester died at the same place; George Fultz, at Chillicothe, Jan. 22, 1858; John W. 1180 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. McBeth, at McArthur, on or about the 17th of February, 1863; J. Gibson, in McArthur, Feb. 11, 1866. A. G. Hard at last accounts resided in Nebraska, and W. L. Edmiston was teaching school in Indiana; W. H. H. Robinson is Deputy Clerk of Clermont County, Ohio; and T. Wells Stanley died at Delaware, Ohio, May 19, 1883; E. F. Bingham is practicing law in Columbus, Ohio, and is a prominent Democratic politician; P. B. Hewitt is at Fort Madison, Iowa; John T. Spence went to Highland County, where he engaged in farming; H. S. Sutherland is a railroad conductor in Alabama; J. J. McDowell went to St. Louis, Mo., where he was engaged in the iron commission business; W. E. Bratton is at Springfield, Ohio; C. M. Sage is a hotel proprietor at Hot Springs, Ark.; H. C. Jones, John C. Pugh and E. A. Bratton are lawyers in McArthur; Mrs. Ruth C. Bratton resides in McArthur; A. W. Bratton, foreman in the Athens Herald office at Athens, Ohio; Alex. Pearce is Deputy-Recorder for Vinton County and resides in McArthur; L. D. Martin is in the Railway Postal service between Grafton, W. Va., and Cincinnati, Ohio; Dan F. Shriner is foreman in the Border News office at Adelphi, Ohio; John T. Raper is editor of the Scioto Valley Gazette at Cincinnati, O. ; J. Ira Bell, formerly editor of the McArthur Journal, is now foreman in the office of the Vinton, Record. AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. In ante-bellum days Vinton County boasted of an agricultural society. Fairs were held, the people turned out and exhibited themselves and such stock, grain, vegetables and works of art as they had at hand, and it was a few days of pleasure that was heartily enjoyed, and gave a new inspiration to life. If this society ever held more than nine fairs the writer has been unable to find the record, but while the fairs have disappeared the ground still lies out of doors with the same fence standing up in places as a monument of an unfortunate failure. June 1, 1872, an effort was made to organize and carry out to success an agricultural and mechanical association. A meeting was called at the above date and resulted in the formations of a company, and the election of officers was as follows: President, Benoni Hixon; Vice-President, E. A. Bratton. Managers: William Bray, Elk Township; L. A. Atwood, Richland Township; T. M. Bray, Clinton Township; Benjamin Hawk, Wilkesville Township; John Calvin, Vinton Township; Robert Thompson, Madison HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 1181 Township; George R. Bell, Knox Township; Thomas Magee, Brown Township; John Bray, Swan Township; R. S. Barnhill, Jackson Township; S. H. Haynes, Eagle Township; M. H. Walker, Harrison Township. This seemed to have been the Alpha and Omega of this move to inaugurate an association. POPULATION OF VINTON COUNTY BY TOWNSHIPS. When Vinton County was organized the following municipal townships, already independent divisions of their respective counties, were united to form the county of Vinton, to wit: From Athens County, Elk, Vinton and Brown, to the last of which had been added two tiers, or one-third of Lee Township, of the same county; from Rocking County, Jackson, Swan, and Brown; from Jackson, Richland and Clinton; from Ross, Harrison and Eagle; from Gallia, Wilkesville. The population of these townships in 1850, was: Elk, 1,645; Brown, of Athens, 618; Vinton, 160; Jackson, 835; Swan, 1,139; Brown, of Hocking, 439; Harrison, 580; Eagle, 476; Richland, 1,193; Clinton, 886; Wilkesville, 1,037; total, 9,338. Of this total population each of the following. counties contributed as follows: Athens County, 2,753; Hocking, 2,413; Jackson, 2,079; Ross, 1,056; Gallia, 1,037; total, 9,338. In the organization the two townships named "Brown" were called North and South, respectively. This did not long. remain. Brown Township, of Athens County, having one third of Lee attached, gave it eight miles east and west by six miles north and south. In December, 1850, the citizens of the east half of the township petitioned for the organization of a new township to be called "Knox," which Was granted, and which left South Brown with the other half, or four miles by six. In the spring of 1852,. South Brown petitioned the County Commissioners for a change of name from South Brown to Madison, which was granted. These have been the only changes made since Vinton was organized. The following is the population by decades, commencing with the census of 1860: 1182 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. POPULATION BY TOWNSHIPS-402 SQUARE MILES.

"$1,000 REWARD—VINTON COUNTY TREASURY ROBBED. " Between three and half-past three o'clock Sunday morning, Feb.. 11, 1866, the county safe was blown open. The burglars had opened the two outer doors of the room by means (as is supposed) of false keys. The two outer doors of the safe are large and heavy, and were blown off with a tremendous force, tearing off the hinges and throwing the doors across the room, mashing the counter and sinking the corner of one door in the west wall of the building. The front part of the safe was torn to pieces, the partition wall between the Clerk's and Treasurer's office was a perfect wreck, and the papers on file of the Clerk, in cases against this wall, were mixed up with brick and mortar in admirable confusion. The damage done to the court-house and safe is probably over $1,500. The robbers were disappointed in not getting into the burglar-proof safe, and only got some loose change, amounting to about $200, belonging to the county, and we understand about $600 belonging to individual depositors. It has hardly paid for engineering, and we think little Vinton came off first best in this raid. The above reward will be given for the apprehension and conviction of the burglars." The above was published in the Vinton County Record, Feb. 15, 1866. It was pretty well understood who committed the burglary. There had been three men hanging about the town, and particularly about the court-house, and had become very intimate with the County Treasurer, David Foreman. He had been warned that these men meant no good, but he was completely blinded. The chief of the gang was a man named Maley Thompson, and HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 1183 he was always lying around the Treasurer's office. They succeeded in blowing open the safe and securing in all, from $1,000 to $1,200, but the main booty they were after was in the burglar proof de-partment inside of the safe. In the blowing off of the big doors, one was thrown against the side of the room with such force as to break down a partition and fill the room with plaster and papers, and the other imbedded one end of itself in the wall and the other end cut a hole in the floor, and was found standing or leaning against the wall of the room. There is no doubt but the noise frightened the thieves, and, with the crash of falling partition, gave them the belief that the whole town had been aroused. They hastily gathered what they could find and decamped, not daring to stay to blow up, if they could, the other, or burglar proof department. There were cash and United- States bonds in the latter place amounting to over $40,000. This they entirely missed. There had been a previous attempt to steal the key of the safe from the Treasurer, and by getting the outside door open be prepared to tackle the burglar proof vaults. One of the men had secreted himself under the Treasurer's bed. Mr. Foreman, after he had retired one night, felt confident he heard the steady breathing of a person in. his room. He got up, dressed, lit a lamp, and sure enough there was under the bed one of these men. He pretended to be drunk and said he had crawled in to sleep his drunk off, and was too far under the influence to know what he had done, and got under the bed instead of on top of it. He pretended to stagger, but said he was all right, and Foreman let him out, and then retired to bed. He had believed the fellow and thought nothing further or the incident until the safe was burglarized. It was then plain enough to him what the man was there for. The. men's names were Maley Thompson, the leader, a man by the name of Mills, and one other from Cincinnati. Thompson and Mills were arrested, but nothing could be proved against the latter. They were. in some three or four months, when Thompson broke jail before his trial came off and was never afterward caught. Mills was released, nothing being proved against him, as above stated. The leader, Thompson, while not admitting his guilt while confined, said enough to give parties to understand he did. it. He said while in jail they would never bring him to trial, and he did make his escape. The man from Cincinnati was bailed out, and that was all that was heard of him. 1184 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. A special act of the Legislature gave the county commissioners the power to reimburse or credit the amount stolen from the county, which was placed at e300, to County Treasurer Foreman at their discretion. They allowed him that amount in his settlement. It was the general feeling that the county was extremely fortunate in not being in a worse fix. The Treasurer was not believed to be in any way involved, only a very badly duped man. TAXATION VINTON COUNTY-FOR 1882.

STATE TAXES.

Sinking Fund General Revenue Fund Common School	$ 2,000 49 5,601 36 4,000 98
Total State tax	$11,602 83
Total taxes	$78,057 06
Dog tax	$1,582 00

CHAPTER XLIV. VINTON COUNTY IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION. INTRODUCTORY-EIGHTEENTH OHIO, THREE MONTHS' SERVICE-EIGHT- EIGHTEENTH THREE YEARS' SERVICE-SECOND WEST VIRGINIA CAVALRY- SEVENTY-FIFTH OHIO INFANTRY-NINETIETH OHIO INFANTRY - ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTEENTH OHIO INFANTRY-TWELFTH OHIO CAVALRY-ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-FOURTH OHIO INFANTRY. INTRODUCTORY. Prior to 1861 the people of Vinton County knew only the arts of peace. Even the martial spirit which inspires and animates the bold militia-man had never been awakened. The solemn tread of the " awkward squad " had never broken the stillness of her hills and valleys. The " muster days " of the forefathers had long since been numbered with the events of the past, and save:and except the treasured " military education " of a few veterans of the war of 1812 and what a few Mexican soldiers knew of the " school of the company," the men of Vinton County were as ignorant of the art and science of war as they were peaceably disposed. Scarcely a man in the county had ever seen a battalion, or knew enough of' the formation of a company to place the:Corporals in position. But when the tocsin of war sounded and the call was made for volun-teers, the men of the county responded promptly and enthusiastically. To prepare a full history of the part Vinton County bore in the late war would be impossible. Almost a quarter of a century has passed since the opening of the terrible struggle, and the men 'who bore a part in those stirring scenes and incidents have drifted away to different parts of the country. Many have] gone to their long homes. Friends and even relatives have little or no data from which accurate details can be given, so that a mere general history only can be given of the thousand to twelve hundred men who went to the front from Vinton County, and the companies that can only be traced by their regiments—then with brigades and divisions and thus, as integral parts of those mighty army corps which crushed the rebellion and restored the flag. - 75 - - (1185) - 1186 -HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. EIGHTEENTH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY-THREE MONTHS' SERVICE. April 18, 1861, James L. Aikin, a young attorney of McArthur, prepared an " enlistment paper," and signed it as a " volunteer soldier." William J. Rannells was the second man to enlist, but there was no hesitancy on the part of the people, and on the 20th of April the company was more than up to the maximum. These people—farmers, laborers, furnace men, artisans, business men generally—came from all parts of the country and represented all classes of society, all political parties and all religious denominations. They enlisted for three months and organized the company by electing Judson W. Caldwell (a Mexican soldier) as Captain; Henry S. Hamilton, First Lieutenant, and Alex. Pearce, Second Lieutenant. The company remained at McArthur, drilling and getting ready for the field, for about four weeks. They were sworn in by a "'Squire," but not mustered in until May 28, 1861. They were mustered into service at Marietta, by Lieutenant, afterward General, Sill. The muster-roll at the Adjutant-General's office in Columbus shows that the company numbered ninety-nine privates, four Corporals, and four Sergeants. After the muster-in of the company it was ordered to Parkersburg, W. Va., where it was united with other companies from Ohio, and the Eighteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry three months regiment was formed by the selection of Timothy R. Stanley, of Vinton County, as Colonel; Wm. M. Bowles, of Scioto County, as Lieutenant-Colonel, and William H. Bisbee, as Major. Lieutenant Alex. Pearce was appointed Adjutant, and John C. Paxton, as Quartermaster. Thus organized the Eighteenth went into service in the valleys and mountains of West Virginia. The regiment served its time doing such duty as was assigned fo it, suffering such, hardships as fell to its lot, many of which were owing to the then unprepared condition of the General Government or the State of Ohio to properly clothe and feed the troops. It was engaged generally in guarding railroads, bridges, etc. It returned to Ohio in August and was mustered out Aug. 28, 1861. EIGHTEENTH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY (THREE YEARS' REGIMENT). " The Government at Washington" having learned that the suppression of the Rebellion was more than a three months' contract, HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 1187 had issued a call for more troops, and before the three months' men had been mustered out, men were being enlisted for "three years' service." Ashbel Fenton, George W. Dunkle and H. C. Jones had recruited " squads " of men which consolidated made a company. These men were mostly from Swan, Brown and Elk townships, a few being from Clinton and Richland. The company organized Aug. 12, 1861, by electing Ashbel Fenton, Captain; George W. Dunkle, First Lieutenant, and H. C. Jones, Second Lieutenant. Thus organized the company went to Camp, Wool, Ohio, where another company under Captain Miller, of Ross County, was encamped, and there became the nucleus of the Eighteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. In the first part of September another company was formed in Vinton County, which organized by electing William L. Edmiston, Captain; Perley G. Brown, First Lieutenant, and William H. Band, Second Lieutenant. Two companies, C and G, came from Athens County; K, from Meigs; F, from Washington; D and I, from Gallia and Meigs, and Company E also came from Ross County. Captain Fenton's company became Company B, and Edmiston's company became Company H on the organization of the regiment. The regiment was organized Sept. 6, 1861, at Camp Wool, T.. R. Stanley being mustered as Colonel, Josiah Given as Lieutenant-Colonel, and C. H. Grosvenor as Major. The regiment was ordered to Camp Dennison, Ohio, early in September, when it went into camp of instruction; Alex. Von Schrader, afterward Inspector-General of the Fourteenth Army Corps, acting as Drill Sergeant." In November the regiment was ordered to Elizabethtown, Ky., by. way of West Point. At Elizabethtown it was brigaded with the Nineteenth and Twenty-fourth Illinois and Thirty-seventh Indiana under Colonel Turchin, of the Nineteenth Illinois. This brigade formed a part of General 0. M. Mitchel's Division of the Army of the Ohio. The regiment remained at Elizabethtown and " fought the measles " some four or five weeks when the division went to Bacon Creek, where it remained until the first part of February, 1862, when it left its last camp of instruction and started South. The division marched to Edgefield, opposite Nashville, reaching there Feb. 24. General Mitchel was then ordered to move upon the Memphis & Charleston Railroad through Mur- 1188 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. freesboro and Fayetteville. His division of three brigades of infantry, three batteries of light artillery and a regiment of cavalry was an independent command. The division left Nashville in March and made a bold and rapid advance through Murfreesboro, Shelbyville and Fayetteville to Huntsville, Ala., reaching there April 7. The town was taken, 170 prisoners captured, besides fifteen locomotives, 150 passenger and freight cars, and a large amount of stores and property of great value to the enemy. Immediately Colonel Turchin's brigade was sent westward to Seize Decatur and Tuscumbia. General Mitchel's mission seemed to be to keep the enemy out of Middle Tennessee and North Alabama, to give Generals Grant and Buell an opportunity to clear the Cumberland River, get possession of the enemy's stronghold and whip the Confederate army if possible. 'Whatever the object was, it will remain forever a fact that General Mitchel pushed his commands into the enemy's country by forced marches, rapid marches, night marches as well as day marches, from point to point, with a degree of energy, skill and audacity unequaled in the history of any infantry command in the late war. He controlled the country from Nashville to Huntsville, Ala., and from Bridgeport to Tuscumbia. His command had no general engagement, but was engaged in numerous skirmishes and small battles which kept the enemy clear of his territory. The Eighteenth Ohio was stationed at Athens, Ala. May 1, 1862, they were attacked by Scott's rebel cavalry, supported by infantry and artillery. General Mitchel ordered the regiment, af-ter it had held its. ground for some time, to retire toward Huntsville. This took the command through the village. The 'citizens seeing the regiment falling back threw up their hats. The rebel women waved their handkerchiefs. Some shots were fired from the houses, and the tirade of abuse was such that the officers had hard work to keep the men from firing into the citizens. The enemy's cavalry seemed cautious about coming too close, and the artillery was badly aimed, so that little harm was done. General Turchin coming to their support with the Nineteenth Illinois and some artillery, the regiment faced about and drove the enemy out of town and out of that vicinity. This was the occasion when Turchin's brigade "went through" Athens. Some companies of the Nineteenth' Illinois contained some as hard characters as could be enlisted in Chicago, and with such men as leaders, and the soldiers feeling outraged at the conduct of citizens who had been properly HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 1189 treated by them, with Colonel Turchin's European ideas of war customs, there was scarcely a store or warehouse that was not pillaged. Colonel Turchin laid in the court-house yard while the devasta-tion was going on. An aid-de-camp approached, and the Colonel remarked, "Vell, Lieutenant, I dink it ish dime to shtop dis tam billaging." "Oh, no, Colonel," replied Bishop, " the boys are not yet half done jerking." "Ish dot so? Den I schleep for half an hour longer," said the Colonel, as he rolled his fat, dumpy body over on the grass again. The boys of the Nineteenth Illinois used the word " jerk " in the sense of " steal " or " pillage." This gave the two regiments the expressive title, "Turchin's Thieves." It secured Turchin a court-martial and dismissal from the service, but President Lincoln, recognizing the services of his brigade and the fighting qualities of Turchin, made him a Brigadier-General the very sight of Buell's kid-gloved policy. This served, however, as a lesson to the rebel citizens, and al-though it didn't make them love us any more, it taught them that we were at least entitled to decent treatment, if not to respect. On May 29 General Mitchel started an expedition to Chattanooga. The Eighteenth accompanied it. Turchin's brigade marched fhrough, and on June 7 Chattanooga was being bombarded from the north bank of the Tennessee River. Kirby Smith having re-enforced the town, the command returned to Shelbyville. After the command of Buell's moved back to Tennessee from Corinth, the old Turchin brigade was broken up, and the Eight-eenth Ohio, Nineteenth Illinois, Sixty-ninth Ohio and Eleventh Michigan formed a new brigade under Colonel Stanley. This was assigned to General James S. Negley's division. This brigade re-mained at Nashville during Buell's march across Kentucky. It was on the right of Negley's division at Stone River, Negley's division being on the right of General Thomas's army. On the morning of Dec. 31, 1862, General McCook's command, still on the right of Thomas's line, gave way. This allowed the rebel army to swing around and envelope Negley's command, but the brigade commanded by Stanley stood firm under a terrific fire, and the ground was held until our reserve came up. Seeing the enemy pressing across a small cleared field, and that they would gain 1190 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. great advantage thereby, Roussion rode up to Colonel Given and asked him to charge the enemy. The enemy were flushed with what seemed certain victory, and were rushing forward with new spirit. When Roussion asked Colonel Given if he could make the charge, Given replied : "1 can do anything," and the order to charge was given. The charge was made in gallant style, the enemy fairly hurled hack with the bayonet. General Roussion spoke of it as the most gallant charge of that terrible battle. On Friday, Jan. 2, the regiment was again heavily engaged, in fact it was in the thickest of the fight, on Friday as well as on Wednesday. The regiment lost at this battle: Captain Fenton, Company B; Captain Taylor, Company E; Captain Stivers, Company K; Lieutenant Blacker, Company E, and thirty-two enlisted men killed. Lieutenant-Colonel Given, Captain Welch, Company C; Captain Ross, Company I, and Adjutant Minear with 143 men were wounded. The Eighteenth remained in the same brigade and division until after the battle of Chickamauga. It bore its part through the Tullahoma campaign, and was in some sharp engagements. It also bore its part in the Chickamauga campaign and through that terrible but misjoined battle. In the battle of Chickamauga it lost heavily in killed and wounded. Six commissioned officers were wounded, among them Captain Brown, Company A, and Lieutenant Honnold, Company B, both of Vinton County. After the battle of Stone River Lieutenant-Colonel Given was made Colonel of the Seventy-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Major Grosvenor was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel, and upon the death of Captain Fenton Captain Welch was made Major of the regiment. During the summer of 1864 the regiment remained at Chattanooga, Colonel Stanley being in command. In August the rebel cavalry under Wheeler and other daring rebel generals began a series of raids to destroy the railroads and bridges between the army and Nashville. The work of driving them back and restoring roads and bridges fell to the Eighteenth Ohio, Seventy-eighth Pennsylvania and a few other old regiments assisted by new colored troops. The marching over the hot pikes in August and September can hardly be described; after several forced marches the command was mounted, and the men having been unused to horseback riding for nearly three years the suffering was terrible, but the command could get over more miles of road, and come nearer taking care of Wheeler than it could on foot. During some twenty days and nights the men were almost constantly in the saddle, this too, after nearly three years of foot so HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 1191 diering, and it wore out the men and ruined the horses. Wheeler was driven out of Tennessee and the regiment again dismounted. They were never envious of cavalrymen after this " horse-back" experience. A large number of the Eighteenth re-enlisted as veterans, but not enough to maintain the organization of the regiment, so that in November the regiment was ordered to Camp Chase, Ohio, where it was mustered out Nov. 9, 1864. The following commissioned officers were from Vinton County. Colonel T. R. Stanley; Captain Ashbel Fenton, Company B, who died April 14, 1863, of wounds received Dec. 31, 1862, at Stone River; First Lieutenant Dunkle promoted to Captain, died June 9, 1863, at home, from disease contracted in the line of duty; Captain William L. Edmiston, Company H, resigned Aug. 30, 1862; Captain Alex. Pearce, Company D, mustered out with regiment, Nov. 9, 1864; Captain Homer C. Jones, Company B, mustered out with regiment; Captain Perley G. Brown, Company A, mustered out with regiment; First Lieutenant John G. Honnold, Company B, mustered out of invalid corps at expiration of service; Lieutenant Honnold was permanently disabled by a gun-shot wound in the knee at Chickamauga; Lieutenant Sylvanus Bartlett, mustered out of engineer regiment in 1865; Lieutenant Bartlett was transferred to United States Engineer regiment and promoted to First Lieutenant; First Lieutenant Daniel Bates mustered out with veterans 1865; Second Lieutenant William H. Band resigned Sept. 26, 1862, died of disease contracted in the service. After the regiment was mustered out the veterans of the regiment together with the veterans of the First, Second, Twenty-fourth and Thirty-fifth Ohio regiments with such recruits as had been enlisted, were consolidated and formed a veteran regiment, called the Eighteenth Ohio, under command of Lieutenant-Colonel, afterward Colonel and Brevet-Brigadier-General, C. H. Grosvenor. This new organization got into good fighting shape before the battle of Nashville, which was fought Dec. 6, 1864. In this battle the new organization of old soldiers made up of the veterans of five fighting regiments won lasting honor by gallant conduct. On the 19th it participated in the bloody and finally successful assault upon Overton Hill. It here lost four officers out of seven and seventy-five men killed and wounded out of less than two hundred. Attached to General Stedman's command the Eighteenth followed Hood's defeated army to Huntsville, and two days later as- 1192 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. sisted in the capture of Decatur. In April, 1865, the regiment went into camp near Fort Phelps. In July it accompanied General Stedman's command to Augusta, Ga. Oct. 9, the order came for its honorable discharge; it returned to Columbus, Ohio, and was mustered out. Having seen much hard service and having left upon the battlefields of the South many gallant men, it leaves-a record of which those who come after it need never be ashamed. SECOND WEST VIRGINIA. CAVALRY. As soon as the Eighteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, three months' men, were mustered out, Sergeant H. S. Hamilton and others began recruiting men for the three years' service. Desiring to go into the cavalry service, and there being no opportunity to join a regiment of Ohio cavalry, they went to Virginia and assisted in forming the Second West Virginia Cavalry. This company organized by electing Henry S. Hamilton, Captain; George W. Snyder, First Lieutenant, and Edwin S. Morgan, Second Lieutenant. It was mustered into service Nov. 8, 1861. The regiment was made up of Ohio men, and organized by selecting Wm. M. Bowles as Colonel; John C. Paxton, Lieutenant-Colonel; Rollin L. Curtis and John J. Hoffman, Majors. It never had but ten companies, hence only two-Majors. Its first service was with General Garfield, aiding in driving the forces under General Humphrey Marshal from the fastnesses of Eastern Kentucky. In 1862 the regiment was under General Crook, a great portion of the time. It was conspicuous in the battle of Lewisburg, Va., in May, 1862, and was complimented by General Crook for its gallantry. olonel Bowles resigned in June, 1862, and Lieutenant-Colonel Paxton was promoted to Colonel. May 17, 1863, Paxton was succeeded by Wm. H. Powell, who was promoted to Colonel. During 1863 the regiment was in the Kanawha Valley and in the mountains of Southwestern Virginia. During the year it was engaged in many sharp skirmishes and some severe engagements, notably at Wytheville, on July 18, where Colonel Powell was wounded and taken prisoner. In May, 1864, the regiment was attached to the Third Brigade, of General Averill's division, Colonel Powell commanding the, brigade. This command participated in several engagements, was constantly on duty, and received honorable mention by General Averill for its coolness under fire and skillful evolutions in the face of the enemy. HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 1193 The Second West Virginia was with General Sheridan's army during his brilliant campaign in the Shenandoah Valley, taking an active part in the engagements at Winchester, Va., July 19, 1864; Moorfield, W. Va., Aug. 7; Bunker Hill, Va., Sept. 2 and 3; Stephenson's Depot, Sept. 7; Opequam, Sept. 19; Fisher's Hill, Sept. 22; Mount Jackson, Sept. 23; Brown's Gap, Sept. 26, and Weis's Cave, Sept. 27, 1861. This campaign won for Colonel Powell the rank of Brigadier-General, and the gallant Custer added his compliments and thanks to those of Crook and Averill. The Adjutant-General of West Virginia says of this regiment : "No regiment in the service from any State has performed more arduous duty than the Second Regiment, West Virginia Cavalry, and none have better deserved the compliments and praises it has received." The Second West Virginia Cavalry 'belonged to General Cus-ter's famous Third Cavalry Division, and was present when Lee surrendered. General Custer being at the front received the flag of truce. General Custer's order thanking his command, when the Third Division was disbanded, is as dashing as Custer him-self, and in as much as the Second West Virginia Cavalry helped to make the record to which the General refers, we give an extract from it as follows : "The record established by your indomitable courage is unparalleled in the annals of war. Your prowess has won for you even, the respect and admiration of your enemies. During the past six months, although in most instances confronted by superior numbers, you have captured from the enemy in open battle 111 pieces of field artillery, sixty-five battle-flags and upward of 10,- 000 prisoners of war, including seven General officers. Within the past ten days, and included in the above, you have captured forty-six pieces of' field artillery and thirty-seven battle-flags. "You have never lost a gun, never lost a color, and have never been defeated. And, notwithstanding the numerous engagements in which you have borne a prominent part, including those mem-orable battles of the Shenandoah, you have captured every piece of artillery the enemy has dared to open upon you. * * * * * * * * * * * * " And now, speaking for myself alone, when the war is ended, and the task of the historian begins; when those deeds of daring which have rendered the name and fame of the Third Cavalry Di- 1194 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. vision imperishable are inscribed upon the bright pages of our country's history, I only ask that my name may be written as that of the commander of the Third Cavalry Dlvision. G. A. CUSTER, Brevet-.Major- General. A. ADJ.-GENERAL BARNHARDT. Company D aggregated 117 men, nearly all from Vinton ounty. The regiment did not re-enlist as veterans enough men to keep up the organization to the minimum number, and they were not entitled to a Colonel. This left the regiment in command of Lieutenant-Colonel James Allen, Majors E. S. Morgan and Charles E. Hambleton. Some of the companies were consolidated, and a new company joined the regiment in 1864, under Capt. A. J. Smith, of Jackson County. This new organization gave the regiment only eight companies, but the regiment maintained its place as a regiment on the rolls of the volunteer cavalry, and its place in the brigade and division, and its identity among the grand army of heroes that made such men as Sheridan and Custer famous. The regiment was mustered out June 30, 1865. The following commissioned officers were from Vinton County: Captain H. G. Hamilton, resigned, date unknown; First Lieutenant, George W. Snyder, resigned Feb. 24, 1863; Second Lieutenant, Edwin S. Morgan, promoted to Captain Company K, promoted to Major, mustered out with regiment; Alex. Ward, First Sergeant, Company D, promoted to First Lieutenant, Company A, mustered out with regiment; Joseph Amkrom, promoted to Captain, Company G, transferred to Company E, mustered out with regiment, First Sergeant, W. S. McLanahan, promoted to Second Lieutenant Company D, and mustered out with regiment. It speaks well for Vinton County that whlle it had but one company in the regiment, it furnished at the expiration of their long and brilliant term of service one Major, three Captains out of eight, and also two Lieutenants; and while it is clear that the regiment did as much to maintain the flag as they could have done had they been credited to Ohio, it is to be regretted that Ohio has not the credit their services would have given her on the rolls of those who went forth to do battle for our common country. THE SEVENTY-FIFTH OHIO INFANTRY. In the fall of 1861 Henry B. Lacy, then Prosecuting Attorney of Vinton County, received a recruiting commission and began the enlistment of men for the three years' service. George Fry, of HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 1195 Vinton Station, also enlisted a squad of men; these consolidated and organized a company by selecting George Fry as Captain; Judson W. Caldwell (of Eighteenth Ohio Infantry, three months' men, as First Lieutenant, and H. B. Lacy as Second Lieutenant. This company went to Camp Wool, Ohio, and joined the Seventy-fifth Ohio Infantry, becoming Company I of that regiment. After remaining some time at Camp Wool and failing to complete the regimental organization, they were ordered to Camp McLean, near Cincinnati, where some four companies of men, under Colonel N. C. McLean, were trying to form the Seventy-ninth Ohio Infantry. These two parts of regiments were consolidated—being six companies of the Seventy-fifth and four of the Seventh-ninth Ohio. Of this regiment, the Seventy-fifth, N. C. McLean was made Colonel, R. A. Constable, of Athens, Lieutenant-Colonel, and Robert Reilly, Major. Henry B. Lacy was appointed Quartermaster. The most of the regiment was mustered in in December, 1861. The Seventy-fifth remained at Camp McLean for instructlon and drill until about the last of January, 1862, when it went to West Virginia, arriving at Grafton, Jan. 29, 1862. On the first of March it was assigned to General Milroy's brigade, and began active service early in the spring of 1862. Its first fight was at Monterey C. H, April 12, 1862. On May 8, at Bull Pasture Mountain, Milroy fought a division of Stonewall Jackson's army for several hours with the Seventy-fifth and Twenty-fifth Ohio Infantry, and held the enemy in check until night came to his relief, when a successful retreat was effected. Stonewall Jackson reported this fight as the " bloodiest of the war for the number engaged." Colonel Harris was severely wounded, and eighty-seven men were killed and wounded in this engagement. Shortly before the battle of Cross Keys (June 10, 1862), the Seventy-fifth was brigaded with the Fifty-fifth, Seventy-third and Eighty-second Ohio regiments, under General Schenck, and this was known as the " Ohlo Brigade." At the battle of Cross Keys the Ohio Brigade did good service. Immediately after this battle General Schenck was glven command of a division, and Colonel McLean was placed in command of the Ohio Brigade—he having been made a Brigadier-General. The Seventy-fifth was also at Cedar Mountain, Aug. 8, but was not heavily engaged. Aug. 30, 1862, at Groveton, near the old Bull Run battle-field, General Pope attacked Jackson and a severe fight took place. The Seventy-fifth here had hot work. The reglment lost twenty-one 1196 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. men killed and ninety-two wounded. The color bearer of the Seventy-fifth was killed and another severely wounded. Jan. 12, 1863, Colonel Constable resigned; Lieutenant-Colonel Reilly was promoted to Colonel, Colonel McLean having been commissioned Brigadier-General, 1862. William J. Rannells was promoted to Second Lieutenant December, 1861. First Lieutenant J. W. Caldwell resigned Dec. 14, 1862. Sept. 21, 1862, Lieutenant Rannells was promoted to First Lieutenant. Captain Fry resigned June 10, 1863; Rannells was promoted to Captain and David B. Caldwell to Second Lieutenant, Company I. May 2, 1863, the Ohio Brigade was engaged in the battle of Chancellorsville, where it behaved gallantly. In the short space of half an hour the Seventy-fifth lost 150 men killed and wounded. Colonel Reilly fell mortally wounded at the battle of Gettysburg; the Seventy-fifth was under fire every day of the battle and lost heavily. Out of 292 enlisted men, 63 were killed and 106 wounded, beside the loss of 34 prisoners. Three commissioned officers were killed; seven were wounded. Among the severely wounded was Captain Wm. J. Rannells. In August, 1863, the Ohio Brigade was sent to Charleston; afterward it was sent to Folly Island; thence to Jacksonville, Fla., where it was mounted and was known as the Seventy-fifth Mounted Infantry. In its new capacity as cavalry it did good service in breaking up the system of blockade runners and preserving order, but it did not have a chance to forget its fighting qualities; it had frequent skirmishes, and not unfrequently with forces far out numbering it. Aug. 17, 1864, the regiment was attacked by a strong force of the enemy, and being surrounded it fought till its ammu-nition gave out, when it was decided to cut its way through the enemy rather than surrender. In this they partially succeeded. They lost, however, fourteen men killed and thirty wounded; these with about sixty men and twelve officers fell into the hands of the enemy, and were held as prisoners until 1865, excepting Captain Rannells, who bought a guard for $600 and made his escape in November, 1864. Sept. 21, 1864, what was left of the Seventy-fifth captured an entire company of the Second Florida Cavalry, with their horses, arms, etc. In October, 1861, Companies A, B and C were sent to Camp Chase, Ohio, and mustered out. In November, Companies D, G and F were also mustered out. After the fall of Savannah, the veterans of the regiment were. organized into a veteran battalion under Captain Wm. J. Rannells.. HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 1197 This battalion performed much hard service in Florida, where it remained on duty until the last gun had been fired, and then closed its career by helping to capture the rebel chief Jeff Davis in his final effort to reach the last ditch. The Seventy-fifth Veteran Battalion captured Secretary McCullough, and the baggage of the ex-President of the late confederacy. In August, 1865, the last of the Seventy-fifth were honorably discharged, leaving on the battle-fields a larger list of dead than almost any other regiment in the service. THE NINETIETH OHIO INFANTRY. In July and August, 1862, Company B, of the Ninetieth Ohio Infantry, was enlisted. It organized by electing John S. McDowell, Captain; John S. Witherspoon, First Lieutenant, and Joshua C. Gibson, Second Lieutenant. It was ordered to Lancaster, Ohio, where the regiment was organized by the selection of Isaac N. Ross as Colonel; Charles H. Rippey, Lieutenant-Colonel; Samuel N. Yeoman as Major; and Lieutenant D. N. Kingery, of Vinton County, as Adjutant. The regiment was sent immediately to the front. It reached Kentucky in time to participate in General Buell's masterly " scamper " over Kentucky. The greater portion of Company B was mustered into service in July, but the company was not up to the maximum until August. The regiment was not fully organized until Aug. 28, 1862, yet by the 1st of November it had marched nearly as many miles as some regiments had that had been in the service a year. It was in General Crittenden's corps of the Army of the Ohio, and at the battle of Stone River. It was in General Craft's brigade of General Palmer's division. Although a new regiment that had never had time or opportunity to go into camp of' instruction, it behaved gallantly under fire at Stone River. Company B, in this fight, was commanded by Lieutenant Witherspoon. The regiment lost in this battle, in killed, wounded and missing 130 men. Six officers were wounded. April 14, 1863, Lieutenant Witherspoon was promoted to Captain and assigned to Company I, which he commanded until the muster out of the regiment. Lieutenant Gibson resigned Dec. 14, 1862. Sergeant John L. Hatfield was promoted to Second Lieutenant, Company B. James K. Jones, private of Company B, was appointed Sergeant-Major of the regiment immediately after the battle of Stone River, and April 10, 1863, was promoted to Sec- 1198 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. and Lieutenant and placed in command of ompany G. He was promoted to First Lieutenant Jan. 1, 1864,, and to Captain, Sept. 14, 1864. The Ninetieth remained in General Palmer's division of General Crittenden's corps until after the battle of Chickamauga. At this battle General Palmer's division bore its full share and the Ninetieth led one or two desperate charges in gallant style. On the second day of the battle the regiment fought behind some hastily constructed works, and as the line gave way before fhe terrible rain of lead and iron, the Ninetieth were among the last to retire. Adjutant Kingery was shot dead while on this line. In this battle the Ninetieth lost three commissioned officers killed, and eighty-three enlisted men killed, wounded and missing. Colonel Rippey resigned Oct. 20, 1863, and Lieutenant-Colonel Yeoman was promoted to Colonel. Under olonel Yeoman the Ninetieth went with the Fourth Corps, Army of the Cumberland, through all the Atlanta campaign. It was in the fearful charge at Kennesaw when Captain Witherspoon was severely wounded. For 120 days the Ninetieth Ohio, with its gallant comrades of the Army of the Cumberland, marched, fought and suffered, until on Sept. 8, 1864, it entered the city of Atlanta. It then turned north to aid in intercepting the rebel army, under Hood, On its way to Nashville, and was at the bloody and desperate battle of Franklin. It was on the front line in that " hand to hand " engagement. It was in the front, too, at the magnificent battle at Nashville, where the rebel army, under Hood, was crushed by Pap Thomas in one of the best planned and most masterly fought battles of the war. The Ninetieth remained in service untll the close of the war, when it returned to Ohio and was mustered out, leaving a record of which its members and their children may ever be proud. Vinton County furnished to the Ninetieth about ninety men and the following commissioned officers: Captains, J. S. McDowell, J. S. Witherspoon and James K. Jones; .Lieutenants Gibson, J. L. Hatfield; D. N. Kingery, Adjutant. ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTEENTH OHIO INFANTRY. The One Hundred and Fourteenth Ohio Infantry was organized in 1862 at Circleville, Ohio. It was made up of men from Vinton, Perry, Fairfield, Pickaway, Fayette and Hocking counties. John Cradlebaugh was its first Colonel, Horatio B. Maynard, Lieutenant-Colonel, and John H. Kelly its first Major. HISTORY OF HOOKING VALLEY - 1199 Company F was recruited in Vinton County, and organized by electing Cornelius Karnes, Captain; Elbridge L. Hawk, First Lieutenant, and Samuel L. Wilson, .Second Lieutenant. The company was mustered in Aug. 12, 1862, at Circleville, Ohio. In September it went into camp at Marietta, Ohio, where it remained some six weeks in camp of instruction. December 1 it started to Memphis, Tenn., and arriving there in due time it became a part of Sherman's army. From this time forward the One Hundred and Fourteenth " saw active service." The regiment was a part of the assaulting column upon the enemy's works at Chickasaw Bayou, Dec. 26, 1862, and was severely engaged on that day and the day following. It was here that Lieutenant Samuel L. Wilson lost his leg; and although he lived some years and was afterward Clerk of the Common Pleas ourt of Vinton County, yet he eventually died from the effects of that wound and amputation. Phillip M. Shurtz was made Second Lieutenant, vice Wilson honorably discharged. The One Hundred and Fourteenth was in the battle at and helped to capture Arkansas Post, Jan. 11, 1863. After this they went to Young's Point, Miss., on the Yazoo River. Here they suffered severely from sickness; over 100 men of the regiment died in the space of six weeks. From Young's Point they went to Millikin’s Bend, where they remained until April, 1863, when they, with the army under General Graht, moved against Vicksburg. Captain Karnes resigned Feb. 6, 1863; First Lieutenant E. S. Hawk was promoted to Captain; Second Lieutenant James Daffy, also of Vinton County, was made First Lieutenant of the company. The regiment was in the whole of the great campaign against Vicksburg: It was at the battle of Thompson's Hill, May 1, 1863; Champion Hills, May 16; Big Black Bridge, May 17, and the siege of Vicksburg. The regiment did gallant service during the campaign, making one or two brilliant charges, and it left in the valley of the Misslssippi many noble men. After the fall of Vicksburg the regiment moved from point to point along the Mississippi and over the State of Louisiana, as ordered, and finally, Nov. 28, 1863, it left New Orleans by steamer for Texas, where it remained untll April, 1864, when it was or-