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CHAPTER, XIV.

THE MILITARY HISTORY OF CLINTON COUNTY.

IT is but natural that the inhabitants of the county of Clinton, through all generations, should be possessed of patriotism and military ardor. Numbers of the pioneers had seen service under the lead of Washington, or had be. come acquainted with Indian warfare both in the East and the West, and the spirit which stirred the blood of the men of yore at sound of trump and drum was transmitted through the fleeting years to their sons and grandsons. The mothers of the land stood ready at every emergency to dedicate their husbands, sons and brothers to their country, and nobly have they always responded to the call. It is impossible, from the means at hand in this county, to give anything like a correct list of Revolutionary and " second war" veterans, whose homes were here, and regarding those who served in the latter war (1812-15) such information as has been gained will be found in their personal mention elsewhere. The following names have been given of Revolutionary pensioners who became residents of Clinton County:

Thomas Fugate, private, Twenty-second U. S. Infantry, died September 11, 1833; William Spencer, private, Virginia Continental Line; William Venard, private, Tupper's Brigade; Daniel Redington, private, Massachusetts Continental Line; John Allen, private, Virginia State Troops; Jacob Beard, private, Virginia Militia; Asa Disbrow, private, Connecticut St ate Troops Troops; Abraham Ellis, private, Pennsylvania State Troops; William Lloyd, private, Virginia Continental Line; Thomas Gaddis, Captain and Colonel, Virginia State Troops; Isaac Grant, private, Virginia Continental Line; John Hall, private, Virginia State Troops ; David Hardwick, private in Virginia Thomas Hardin, private, Delaware Militia; John Jones, private, Pennsylvania Militia; Elijah Sabin, private, New York Militia; David Shields, James Spencer, John Wollard, privates, Virginia Militia; Gordon Howard, Dennis O'Laughlin, privates, Pennsylvania Continental Line; Alexander Strickland, Michael Wolf, privates, Virginia Continental Line; Abraham Westfall, New York Continental Line; Thomas Weekley, Connecticut Continental Line. Capt. Joseph Parrott, who was living in the county in 1840, and was then a very old man, claimed to have fought under Washington in the Revolution, and under Harrison in the war of 1812.

That numerous men from this county served in various capacities in the army of the Northwest under Harrison, in the second war with Great Britain, there is no doubt; but no lists have been preserved that are available, consequently the names cannot be given except in a few scattering instances. Clinton County had not then very many persons to send; therefore, it is presumed the ranks of the army were not perceptibly swelled by her recruits. In 1847, during the war with Mexico, R. B. Harlan, of Wilmington, raised a company, and prepared to depart with it to the seat of war; but the quota of the State was fall without them, and they were therefore not needed. Gen. James W. Denver, now a resident of Wilmington, achieved distinction in the Mexican war as a volunteer from the State of Missouri.

Militia companies were organized throughout Ohio, both before and after the struggle with Mexico, and Judge R. B. Harlan, before mentioned, rose to

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the rank of Major General of Ohio militia. The uniforms of the companies of those days were gorgeous with feathers and gilt trappings, and general musters, "trainings " and Fourth of July parades were witnessed by eager crowds who saw beneath the glitter the mettle which would be sure to show itself if danger should ever menace the country. The stormy times in the National Legislature during Buchanan's administration forboded war; and when the lightning beam of rebellion was hurled forth in April, 18(11, it found the people not wholly unprepared for the event. The crash of hostile shells against the walls of Sumter echoed throughout the North, and the patriotic pulse throbbed fiercely at this angry summons to the fray. The tremendous uprising which followed will never be forgotten by those who witnessed it, and the history of the four years of strife from 1881 to 1885 must ever be intensely interesting to citizens of the Republic. The record of Clinton County during that war was magnificent.

The Clinton Republican of Friday, April 19, 1881, had the following article, headed "Popular Excitement:"

The news of the surrender of Fort Sumter fell heavily upon our citizens on Sunday evening, as it flashed along the wires, and on Monday, when the daily papers arrived confirming the report, and bringing also the President's proclamation calling for 75,000 volunteers, the excitement became intense. Preparations were immediately commenced for erecting a national flag on the top of the court house, whilst those of our citizens who happened to be possessed of national banners, immediately unfurled them to the breeze. About 1 o'clock, a large flag displaying thirty-four stars, was run up on the court house, accompanied by the cheers of the hundreds of people who lined the sidewalks and thronged the streets. A large meeting of the citizens then spontaneously assembled in the court house, which was organized by the appointment of William Fuller, Esq., Chairman, and Rodney Foos, Secretary. The meeting was spintedly addressed by Messrs. William Fuller, J. Q. Smith, R. B. Harlan, A. W. Doan, I. B. Allen, Leroy Pope, A. C. Diboll, J. D.

''Hines and David Linton. An agreement was then presented to the meeting of volunteers to be subject to the call of the proper authorities, to march to the defense of the Union, whenever and wherever called, which was signed on the spot by the following-named citizens: R. B. Harlan, J. D. Hines, 1. B. Allen, A. W. Doan, H. $. Crumly C. B. Lindsey, William S. Foos, William Adams, Jesse Hines, D. C. Kearns, James D. Roak, C. H. Morgan, S. J. Reed, Ed. Foos, H. S. Doan, J. W. Campbell, Jonathan Doan, Jr., C. T. Atkinson, A. H. Chapman, W. J. Speers, Samuel Woodruff.

The following names have been added since: C. M. Robinson, Michael Heck, P. A. Stamats, James B. Ireland, Samuel S. Dunham, Eli Madden, Cyrus Hunt, Eden Andrew, Albert Harvey, S. T. Darbyshire, John Pennington, Stephen G. Job, Silas Page, Franklin Bayhan, John W. Shirey, Carey Johnson, John B. Abbott, W. B. Moore, G. P. Dunham, Elias Doan, G. D. Bendel, William H. Garrett, G. D. Smith, C. P. Penn, J. Parkerson, A. Arnold, J. F. Dakin, Frank S. Wheeler, J. N. Colvin, Rocke Osborn, Michael Long, John J. Harris, Amos T. Sewell, Miles Reeder, Joseph Smith, W. N. Wilkerson, E. S. Cline, G. M. McKinsey, John Fugate, James Garrison, Thomas P. Tyrrell, Thomas M. Pugh, C. S. Outcalt, George M. Zeigler, and several others whose names we have not learned.

Attention, Clinton County Volunteers! The volunteers of Clinton County will assemble in front of the court house in Wilmington to-day (Friday), at 1 o'clock P. M., for the purpose of arranging to start to Washington on Monday neat. Any suitable persons, desirous of joining the company, by attending at that time, may possibly have an opportunity to do so, but, as the number is limited, it would be safer to apply before. By order of the Captain. R. B. HARLAN.

Agreeably to the call of Capt. Harlan, the volunteers met at the courthouse at the time appointed, ready to organize and prepare to march. The ''paper states that" Judge R. B. Harlan was unanimously and enthusiastically chosen Captain by acclamation. The Captain was then called upon to address 'the assembled multitude, but the affectionate ardor of the men who thus placed themselves under his charge had so far overcome his feelings that he was un able at the moment to respond. He finally told them that he proposed hereafter to teach them how to fight, and not to entertain them with speeches. A. W. Doan was elected First Lieutenant, and J. D. Hines, Second Lieutenant. It was agreed that the non-commissioned officers should not be elected until they reached Columbus. After the election of officers, u subscription was pre-

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sented to the meeting for the future aid of the volunteers, with $l,000 already subscribed upon it, which was immediately doubled by the gentlemen present, and which has since been largely increased. By Monday morning the number of applications for admission to the company had become so numerous that there were enough to form two full companies, which will probably be clone at Columbus. On Monday morning at h o'clock, a beautiful flag was presented to the company by the ladies of Wilmington, and at 19:30 o'clock the company started on a special train for Columbus. At Columbus about sixty were dismissed from this company, owing to the great number of men offered in Ohio, and many returned home. Others joined other companies, leaving Capt. Harlan's company consisting of about one hundred men. The following non-commissioned officers were appointed: First Sergeant. Morris Harlan; Second Sergeant, C. B. Lindsey; Third Sergeant, A. H. Chapman; Fourth Sergeant, B. A. Hines; First Corporal, J. V. Drake: Second Corporal, E. G. Rizer; Third Corporal, Hiram McKay; Fourth Corporal, H. S. Doan."

The following is a list of the private soldiers of this company, as shown by the original roll: P. A. Arthur, John B. Abbott, Anderson Arnold, Isaac B. Allen, C. T. Atkinson, Abraham H. Anson, John W. Bardsley, George D. Bendel, John J. Barrow, John Brehlman, John Briant, Andrew J. Brown, Henry C. Brown, John C. Cline, Ephraim S. Cline, Harvey F. Conklin, Martin V. Crosson, James Crosson, Burlington Carlisle, Thomas Conway, Henry B. Crumley, Lewis Dunn, Samuel S. Dunham, Jonathan Doan, Jr., John F. Dakin, James W. Eaton, William Foos, Edward Foos, William R. Gillespie, Timothy Garner, Jesse Hines, Sock Harlan, John Harris, William Hartman, Michael Heck, James E. Harman, A. J. Hodson, J. A. Johnson, Carey Johnson. James Johnson, Stephen G. Job, De C. Kearns, Harrison Luddington, Michael Long, David Lyon, William H. McLean, Jacob Moon, Samuel Marks, G. B. Miller, William Miller, Thomas I. Mercer, William B. Moore, P. R. Osborn, John Owens, Charles P. Penn, Silas Page, A. J. Pennington, Seymour J. Reed, Jams D. Rake, John B. Roberts, Elias Roberts, J. G. Smithson, J. D. Smith, Orlando Smith, Joseph F. Smith, James R. Smith, James M. Speers, W. J. Speers, William H. Stroad, Henry Sands, P. A. Stamats, John Standard, Isaac Sewell, John S. Surfas, H. F. Stivins, John Talbert, James Todd, Thomas Tyrrell, F. M. Underwood, Isaiah Wilkerson, William N. Wilkerson, Ellis B. Wall, Jesse R. Williams, Joshua R. Walker, Silas Woodmansee, Frank S. Wheeler, George M. Zeigler. The company was assigned to the Twelfth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and received the distinctive letter "B." Term of enlistment, three months. Company called "Clinton County Guards."

A company known as " Clinton Guards, No. 2," was organized at Wilmington immediately after Capt. Harlan's company had gone forward, its officers being: D. Linton, Captain; Thomas Vantress, First Lieutenant; Thomas Thatcher, Second Lieutenant:* The Twelfth Regiment took up its quarters at Camp Dennison, near Milford, May 8, 1861. Lieut. J. D. Hines was subsequently made Adjutant of the regiment, and I. B. Allen was appointed Second Lieutenant in his place. Col. King, the commanding officer of the guard at Camp Jackson, Columbus, asserted that the " Clinton stavers" were worth any two companies of the regiment to preserve order and keep a good guard line.

By May 31, 1861, a fine company of Ellsworth Zouaves had been organized at Wilmington, through the efforts of some of the young men of the place, and fifty-two men were enrolled at that date. The organization was completed by the election of J. A. Farden as Captain, H. P. Jones, First Lieutenant,

* This company was offered to the State, but was not accepted, as the number of men from the county was so much greater than that called for. The company was therefore disbanded.

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and Robert Dillon, Second Lieutenant. On the same date companies were organized and ready for service at the following points in Clinton County, viz.: Port William, Westboro, Sabina. Cuba, Reesville, New Vienna and Wilmington---making seven besides the one already at Camp Dennison. In June, Charles J. Ent had in training a company which he called the "Wilmington Lancers," composed of boys from ten to fifteen years of age. Besides these, a number of the citizens of Wilmington organized a rifle company-, intending to uniform and equip themselves. They elected A. Koogle, Captain; John Rutherford, First Lieutenant; S. Rulon, Second Lieutenant; and L. B. Welch, Orderly Sergeant.

By direction of the State military authorities, Capt. Rodney Foos established a military camp on the fair ground at Wilmington early in May, 1861, for the temporary reception of soldiers. The first company assigned to it was that of Capt. Johnson, of Fayette County, which arrived previous to the 10th of the month, and began regular drilling.

In the issue of the Clinton Republican for May 10, 1861, is the following: We hereby agree to contribute the sums set opposite our names to aid and support the families of those volunteers who may be disabled or fall in defending the Federal Government against the assaults of traitors: James Fife, $200; W. C. Fife, $100; W. Hibben, $100; C. M Bosworth. $1110; L. B. Welch, $100; T. L. Carothers, $100; Thomas Hibben, $50; R. B. Mory, $50; Samuel Smith, $50; T. R. Wraith, $50; William Preston, $50; Samuel ' Haines, $50; J. W. Farren, $50; Eli Hadley, $50; J. Perrell, $50; Henry Babb, $25; Mahlon Wall, $25; A. T. Wall, $25; David Sanders, $25; I. R. Moody, $25; Samuel Knowlton, $25; E. Doan, $25; R. E. Doan, $25; J. M. Haworth, $50; W. B. Fisher, $25; W. Greer, $25; C. F. Truesdell, $25; William Reed, $25; E. S. Davis, $25; J. H. West, $25; R. Foos, $25; 1I. D. Sayers, $25; Levi Sheppard, $25; David Fife, $25; Thomas Custis, $25; James Henry, $25; H. H. Hankins, $20; C. Blazier, $50; J. F. Masters, $30; Levi Bennett, $20; William Knox, $20; John Holly, $`'0; E. L. Lacy, $25; R. Wickersham, $25."

Daring the month of May, 1861, enlistments began for three years, and most of the members in the Clinton County company in the Twelfth Regiment signified their willingness to re-enlist for that period.* The correspondence of the volunteers during the first weeks of service in camp shows that many of them were dissatisfied with their fare and accommodations, having been ;: used to better things at home, and not yet realizing that war brings with it a ` multitude of trials from the day the new recruit first finds himself in a military camp, to the close of his term of service. The citizens of Clinton County sent generous donations of home delicacies to the boys in camp, who welcomed them gratefully, and appreciated them as perhaps they had never done before; and when, during the hard campaigns they afterward experienced, their `. thoughts reverted to Camps Jackson and Dennison, the memory was doubtless far more pleasing than were the stern facts which stared them in the face at the front. There is a "green age" in the life of the soldier, and it is during the first few weeks subsequent to his sudden change from civil to military life; but, when once be becomes accustomed to the new order of things, the amount of endurance be is found to be possessed of is remarkable.

In June, 1861, five men from the vicinity of Port William enlisted in the First Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, the regiment being quartered for a short time at Camp Dennison. These men wee Ezra Jones, J. Owens, W. Quigley,

* It happened, however, that a large proportion of the men returned to their homes, leaving but a small number who actually did enlist for three years. Lieut. A. W. Doan was elected Captain of the re-organized three years' ' company, which by the 21st of June bad swelled to ninety-three men. The company retained its original letter and remained in the Twelfth Regiment.

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William Toy and James Williams. On the Fourth of July- a grand celebration occurred at Wilmington, and one of the features of the day was the presentation of a handsome flag to the " Lancers," -by the young misses of the village. A list of the men in Company B of the Twelfth Regiment, July 2, 1861, shows that of its 100 members at that time, but twenty-six were from Clinton County, while fifty-two were from Greene, eight from Butler, and fourteen from other points. During the week ending July 12, 1861, a fine company of three years' men was raised at Wilmington, with R. B. Harlan as Captain, Asa Higgns, of New Vienna, First Lieutenant; A. H. Chapman, of Wilmington, Second Lieutenant; and P. A. Arthur, of New Vienna, Orderly Sergeant. This company, which was recruited for the Eleventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, left on its organization for Camp Dennison, where it received arms and equipments, and soon after joined the regiment in Western Virginia. The Twelfth had gone to the same point of operations on the 6th of the month, and in an engagement near Charleston on the 18th, was driven back by a superior force of rebels, with a loss of seven men killed and thirty-five wounded. None of the killed were from Clinton County.

Capt. R. B. Harlan, who was elected to command the company raised for the Eleventh Regiment, stayed with his men until their departure for Virginia, July 18, 1801, when he returned home, much to the regret of the members of the company; but his age was against him in the chances he must take in the field, and be afterward did good service in Ohio in the matter of raising troops, and performing other labors which fell to his lot.

The Clinton Republican of August 2, 1861, has these notes: "The Clinton Grays of this place have applied for and obtained a position in the Groesbeck regiment, now at Camp Dennison, and will take their position there in a few days. Capt. Farden's Zouave Company, of this place, has.a position in Piatt's regiment, and will soon go to it. There is another company forming for the war at Westboro, but whether they have a place assigned them yet or not, we do not know." Thirty additional men were wanted for Capt. Farden's Company. Drs. Oliver W. Nixon and T. W. McArthur were in July appointed surgeons of the Groesbeck regiment, which was raised principally in Cincinnati. August 9, 1861, the Republican says: "Capt. Koogle left this place on last Monday, with a full company, for Camp Dennison, to join the Groesbeck regiment at that place. This is the second full company raised in Clinton County to serve during the war. Besides and before these, a portion of Capt. Doan's company (B), about twenty-five in the Kentucky regiments, together with quite a number in divers other companies, were furnished by Clinton County. Nearly all of the first company of.three months' men have joined the various three years' companies above referred to, and are now in for the war."

Military displays and parades were at this period held often in the county, and served to arouse the spirit of the people, besides affording them pleasure.

The " Clinton Grays" and " Wilmington Lancers" were two fine companies which were conspicuous on such occasions. A note in the Republican of August 16, 1861, gives an account of Col. William J. Morgan, a former resident and business man of Wilmington, but who bad for several years been residing in Chariton County, Mo., a hot-bed of secession. His life had been threatened because of his stanch Union principles, and he proceeded to raise a regiment of troops known as "Morgan's Missouri Rangers," of which he was elected Colonel. Its members, 1,000 in number, were deer hunters and other hardy men, who had been subjected to greater or less indignities by the rebels, and who sought revenge therefor. That they were firm supporters of the Union was not questioned. The Colonel's son, George Morgan, was a Lieutenant in the Chariton County "Yellow Creek Guards."

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Toward the last of August, 1861. Capt. George Vandergrift, a former resident of Wilmington, who had been a Lieutenant in the "Zouave Guards," Second Regiment, three months' men, came to the place to obtain recruits for a company in the same regiment for the three years' service, and Judge J. H. West was at the same time authorized to receive and forward recruits for a regiment of infantry under Col. Worthington. Any competent volunteer bringing thirty-five men was offered a Lieutenant's commission. August 30, 1801, it was announced that "Life" Johnson; a previous resident of Wilmington, was recruiting for an artillery regiment, which was to be raised in Ohio, with sixty guns. He wanted able-bodied men for his company, which was to have 100 members. Persons desirous of joining were requested to report to Capts. Harlan and Babb. or to James M. Haworth, at Wilmington. The county had in the service, by the 1st of September, about four hundred and ten men, with other companies being organized and nearly ready for departure. A company for Col. Worthington's regimout (the Forty-seventh), commanded by Capt. David Miller, was raised in the vicinity of Reesville, and left for Columbus September 3. On arriving at Columbus, it was assigned to the regiment commanded by Col. Moses B. Walker. Another company, raised at Westboro and vicinity, was then with Gen. Rosecrans, its officers being A. S. Bandy, Captain; A. F. Denniston, First Lieutenant; and C. J. Cunningham, Second Lieutenant. Capt. Farden's company of Zouaves left for Camp Dennison on the 6th of September. Capt. Frank Spencer raised a line company in the early part of September, and Capts. Haworth and Vandergrift were at the same time recruiting in Wilmington. George Carter, a venerable member of the Society of Friends; in a discourse delivered at Wilmington September 8, 1863, said: "You all do know that the Friends are opposed to wars and bloodshed; but Friends, this Government is too good a one to be given up peaceably to traitors to be by them destroyed." The stanch old man but gave words to the sentiment which stirred the hearts of his people, and the uprising among the Quakers of Clinton County at the time of their country's peril was one of the brightest events in their history.

Capt. Frank Spencer's company left for Camp Dennison September 13, 1863, and on their arrival the men were assigned to the Seventeenth Regiment. A Zouave company left Blanchester for Camp Dennison the same day, and on Tuesday following Capt. J. M. Haworth, with C. J. Ent and John Barlow for Lieutenants, left for Camp Chase, near Columbus, in command of a splendid company, which had been raised in a very few days. Lieut. Vandergrift had by the Loth of the month enlisted some twenty-five or thirty men at Wilmington, and placed them in the Second Ohio Regiment, of Camp Dennison. Capt. Haworth's company was assigned to the Fortieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, soon after its arrival at Camp Chase. About the 1st of October, officers were appointed for a new regiment, to be numbered Fifty-nine. James A. Farden, of Wilmington, was given the position of Major in this command.

A Soldiers' Aid Society was organized in Wilmington October 4, 1861, at a meeting of the citizens held at the court house. R. B. Harlan was chosen President, Rodney Foos, Secretary, and Albert Hockett, Treasurer. The object of the society was to "relieve the wants of the families of those that have gone into the service of our country." A Board of Control was chosen, consisting of A. H. Jenkins, Justus Taylor, D. S. King, T. R. Wraith and Elisha Dean. A committee to solicit subscriptions was appointed, authorized to ap point a sub-committee in each school district of Union Township. A depot .for the reception and disbursements of contributions was established at the store of T. R. Wraith. In the early part of October, the Cougressiopal Committee appointed a military committee for Clinton County, which held a meet-

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ing on the 14th of the month and completed its organization by electing It. B. Harlan, President; Rodney Foos, Secretary; and H. 1) Sayres, Treasurer, The following were among the resolutions passed:

"Resolved, That this committee earnestly recommend to the women of this county to form circles for knitting socks and mittens, and making; undergarments for the volunteers now in and soon to go into service. and report from time to time the results of their labors.

"Resolved, That. the committee use such means as they can command to procure blankets and other clothing; that, may he needful for our volunteers

In October. 1861, Rev. S. A. Brewster, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church tit Wilmington, was commissioned Chaplain of the Fortieth Ohio, then at Camp Chase, near Columbus, and was released by the official members of his charge in order that be might accept his new position, which he dirt. Capt. A. W. Doan, of the Twelfth Regiment, resigned and returned home in November, 1861, on account of ill health, but made a splendid record after ward as commander of the Seventy-ninth.

Its December, 1861, a company raised in Richland Township and commanded by Capt William Reed, left that township to join its regiment, the Seventy-fourth. Lieut. Col. Parker, of the Forty-eighth Ohio, encamped near Wilmington in the latter part of the month, for the purpose of securing recruits for his regiment, which a number from the vicinity joined. Near the end of January, 1862, John N. Fallis, of Wilmington, received a commission as Lieutenant and recruiting officer of the Fifty-second Ohio (Col. Sargent), and he at once opened a recruiting office on Main street. The companies raised for this regiment, however, at that time were distributed among other regiments, leaving its officers without a command, but it was finally fully organized and sent to the field. February 12, 1862, three trains from Zanesville, loaded with troops on their way to Kentucky, passed through Wilmington. In the month last named, there were two recruiting offices in the place. Capt. J. J. Ennis was recruiting for the Fifty-second, and enlisted about thirty men from Wilmington and Clarksville, who joined Company A, at Camp Dennison, on the 3d of March. In that month, W. P. Reid, editor of the Wilmington Watchman, was commissioned Lieutenant, and became recruiting officer for the Fifty-second Ohio, W. S. Foos in the meantime editing the paper temporarily. Mr. Reid had seen service in the Mexican war, and in April, 1862, he went to the front with his company. The Indies of Wilmington had organized an Aid Society in the fall of 1861, and in March, 1862, Mrs. Rhoda C. Morris Was President, and Mrs. Caroline E. Harlan, Vice President. In the latter month, the society sent a large box filled with clothing, blankets, and various delicacies, by Lieut. Ent, to his company in the Fortieth Regiment. There was in the place at the same time a "School-girls' Soldiers' Aid Society, " which was very industriously engaged in collecting articles and sending them to the front. Of this society, Lizzie Work was President, Louisa Strickle, Vice President, Angie Outcalt, Secretary, and MillieHibben, Treasurer. Both these societies, with others,* which were formed during the war. performed nobly their self imposed missions.

March 25, 1862, the Sugar Grove Cemetery Association met and passed a resolution that Lot No. 130, in Section 1, containing 2,030 square feet of ground, appraised at $203, "be and the same is hereby set apart and donated for the exclusive purpose. of a place of interment for all.volunteer Soldiers from Clinton County who have fallen or may hereafter fall by disease or

* Other organizations were a "Ladies' Dime Circle," a " Ladies' Soldiers' Relief Society," avid a relief society in each township in the county, authorized by the Commissioners, for the purpose of affording aid to the families of soldiers. "

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in battle." Monday evening, May 26, 1862, a great excitement was created in Wilmington on receipt of a telegram from Gov. Tod to the Clinton County Military Committee. asking for 100 more inen from the county to join the forces which were to be sent to the defense of Washington. which was in imminent danger. Recruiting in response to this telegram dirt not progress very rapidly; but thirty men were secured in three days, while Fayette County sent her quota of 100 men to Columbus on the morning following; the receipt of the dispatch. On the 3d of July, Gov. Tod called for snore men from Ohio, ill response to a call issued by President Lincoln. In the saine month, numerous Clinton County men were sent with others to Kentucky for u three months' campaign against the rebel Gen. Morgan, who had frightened the people of Cincinnati and Southwestern Ohio by a threatened raid. In July, Gov. Tod made the following; appointments for it new regiment-the Seventy-ninth of which three companies were to be raised in Clinton County. Colonel, R. B. Hayes; Lieutenant Colonel, R. B. Harlan, of Wilmington; Adjutant, Rodney Foos, of Wilmington. Col. Hayes became Colonel of another regiment., and Lieut. Col. Harlan did not go to the field. Company officers were appointed is follows: First Company-I. B. Allen, of Wilmington. Captain; John A. Smith, of Wilmington, First Lieutenant; H. S. Doan, of Wilmington, Second Lieutenant. Second Company*-J. C. Moon. of Wilmington, Captain; JoHn Harrison, of New Vienna, First Lieutenant; Bryant Robinson, of Westboro, Second Lieutenant. Third Company-G. B. Hicks, of Clarksville, Captain. A. H. Butkin, of Port William, First Lieutenant; John Reuse, of Reesville, Second Lieutenant.. Recruiting was begun immediately, and volunteers came in quite rapidly at Wilmington for Capt Allen's company. War meetings were held in various parts of the county, and the citizens adopted active measures to escape a draft, which they feared might be made, and which a second call for 300,000 men soon after made them apprehend still more. Capt. I Allen's company left for Camp Dennison August 11, 1862. A war meeting had been held the day previous at the fair ground to effect the organization of 1 the company, where speeches were made by Judge West and A. W. Doan. A large number of people attended, including a considerable delegation from Martinsville. Capt. Spencer's company, recruited at Sabina, left August 12, 1862, for Camp Dennison, an enthusiastic crowd being present to witness its departure.

In the third week of August, 1862, the papers of Wilmington stated that nearly every train west for ten days had taken out volunteers from Clinton County. About that time Gov. Tod appointed R. E. Doan Commissioner to superintend the draft in the county, while Jeptha Perrill was appointed Provest Marshal, Dr. J. Walker, of Wilmington, Examining Surgeon, and Marion Wilkerson, of Clarksville, Assistant Surgeon. Stephen Evans was subsequently appointed Draft Commissioner, and September 16 was set as the duty on which the draft should be made, with the apportionment as follows: Union Township, 63; Vernon, 17; Greene, 41; Wayne, 17; Washington, 12; Liberty, 17; Adams, 6; Richland, 27; Wilson, 23; Marion, 25; Jefferson, 26; Chester, 37; Clark, 23; total, :336. The draft was postponed until October 1, but was finally made, the following persons being drawn:

Adams Township-Nathan Newly, John T. Ward, Joseph Pennington, -Henry M.Reese, Samuel Hutchinson, Archibald Jobe, Josiah Anderson-7.

Wilson Township-George Gray-1.

Wayne Township-John M. C. Wilson, David Rollison, Eli Mathew. John Hoblet, Edmund West, Henry F. Johnson, James M. Syfferd, Joseph

* The officers of this company were changed to the following: Ethan Allen Spacer, of Wilson Township, captain ; Daniel Giffin, of Richland Township, First Lieutenant; John Harrison, of Greene Township, Second Lieutenant.

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Sweetman, Daniel Dragoo, John Q. Adams. Jr.. John Savage, John Butter field, Henry L. Lutterell, Isaae Runnells, Ryden Van Pelt-15.

Washington Township James Skimmings, , Armonia M. Halo, George King,, Elijah G. Ford. William H. Florea

Marion Township - Thomas T. Sever, Jacob Burroughs,. Milton A. Craft 3.

Liberty Township- Joshua Pilclier, Allen Beal, Stephen Shafer, John A. Bold, William Almond, James Barton, Joseph Antrain, Ira Scott. Thomas Linkhart, William S. Hoblett, Asa Oliphant, Calvin H. Antram, John Rankin. John Cline--- 14.

Greene Township---Washington Shears, Salathiel Harris, John W. Bean, Valentine Cox. Joel Sanderson, Michael Swingley, John R. Holmes, George W. Mory- 8.

Chester Township -Lawson M. Lafetra, Robert Reeves, Washington Nagles, Nathan McKay, Amos Mills, William Q. Hurtou, Richard Williams, Jeremiah Jefries, Samuel P. Bailey. James Austin, Emory H. McMillan, Philip Mills, Edward Evans, John Mendenhall, James Jay, Amos Haines, William H. Ferguson, Joshua Lucas, James Mannon, William Lister, Robert Carr, Clarkson McMillan, Nathan Kirk-23.

Union Township-- Michael O'Donnel, William J. Rouch, William Woods, Frederick Wegman, Thomas 1V. Gaskill, Eli Thompson, Alfred C. Antram, Jesse H. Stout, James C. Boyd, George L. Fallis, Jesse Woods. Jacob Thompson, John Davis, William Smith, John M. Kirk, John Mussetter, Alfred Wilson, John Conway, Jamus Wilson, James Thompson, Nathan Starbuck, William Welch

Numbers of the above procured substitutes, for which they paid sums ranging from $300 to $500 each. The drafted men left for Camp Dennison October 13, 1862. Many of them joined old regiments, while others entered new three years regiments. Col. James Farden, of the Fifty-fourth, resigned on account of ill health, and returned to his home in Wilmington in December, 1862. Sergt. Landon S. Farquhar, a former citizen of Wilmington, but for some years a resident of Indiana, from which State he volunteered in the Ninth Indiana Regiment of Infantry, was killed at Murfreesboro, Tenn., December :31, 1862, by a cannon shot striking him in the left groin.

Most of the foregoing items were found in the file of the Wilmington Watchman for 180 3; those which follow were gathered from the volumes of the Clinton Republican for that and the subsequent years of the war.

At Sabina, on the day after the receipt of the news of the great battle of Pittsburg Landing, April 6 and 7, 186'3, a meeting of the citizens was called, and a committee appointed to solicit contributions to send for the relief of those at the scene of the conflict. This committee was composed of E. Roberts. John Sillik and R. McGuire, and by evening of the same day they had collected $295.35, of which $74.50 had been raised at a meeting held it Reesville at 3 o'clock that afternoon. Dr. S. A. Christy, David Giffin, John Parkerson, Elias Roberts and Samuel Henry were sent with this money as nurses to the scene of suffering, a large box of delicacies and necessary articles having been made up and sent the same evening (April 10). Dr. Christy had been influential iii calling the meeing at Sabina. of which C. P. Gallaher was Chairman, and J. Theobald, Secretary.

In June, 1862, a company of men was raised; mostly in Clinton County, for the Eighty-fifth Regiment (three months' men), and went out commandedby John C. Moon. After their time was out, Capt Moon at once began recruiting, a company for the three years' service, half of his old company re-enlisting. Under calls for troops in the summer of 1862, five companies were raised in

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Clinton County by Capts, George B. Hicks. I. B. Allen. Ethan A. Spencer, J. R. Stillwell and J. C.. Moon. Sergt. J. B. Nickerson, of the Fortieth Infantry. left for his command September 1, 1862, with sixteen recruits whom he had enlisted at Wilmington. On the 0th of August, Capt. G. B. Hicks' company (D) for the Seventy-ninth Regiment was reported full, and the next mornin- he proceeded with it-a fine body of men to Camp Dennison. Capt. Allen's and Capt. Spencer's companies scion followed, and Capt. Stillwell's company, which was raised in the neighborbood of Clarksville. went into camp on the 22d.

During the week ending September 11, 1862, there was great. excitement at Wilmington and throughout the county. Rumors arrived oil Wednesday evening, the :3d of the month, by telegraph, that Cincinnati was in imminent danger of attach. from a large force of -rebels who were marching upon it from the Kentucky side of the Ohio. The alarm spread rapidly. A meeting was called to be Held at the court house, and soon the bell ran;; out in impatient tones to call the people together. Posters were printed and widely circulated, calling on the citizens of the county to assemble at Wilmington the following day, bringing with them all available kinds of fire-arms, for the purpose of organizing volunteer companies to go to the' defense of Cincinnati."Runners " were sent into the country, to tell the news, calls to arms were issued by the newspapers, and, on the morning of the next day, an immense gathering of people assembled at the county seat, the men being armed with squirrel rifles, shot-guns, muskets, etc., and the boys of fourteen were a as eager to he enrolled as were their elders, of all ages up to threescore and ten. It needed but this danger to thoroughly arouse the people, and the uprising in the county was greater than at any other time during, the war. Volunteers were called for at the meeting held in the forenoon at the court house, and 405 men stepped forward immediately. A special train was provided by the railroad company, and at 6 o'clock in the evening the men embarked, having been formed into companies about an hour before. These companies were officered as follows: First Company-John Q. Smith, Captain; Leroy Pope, First Lieutenant; John A. Smith, Second Lieutenant. Second Company-- David Brown, Captain; Elon B. Ward, First Lieutenant; John W. Custis, Second Lieutenant, Third Company -Mahlon Wall, Captain; William C. Wilson, First Lieutenant; Samuel Rulon. Second Lieutenant. Fourth Company--A. E. Steele, Captain; Christopher Rhonemus, First Lieutenant; M. P. Early, Second Lieutenant. . These companies were all formed at Wilmington; a fifth, raised at Blanchester, had for its officers John K. Trickey, Captain; Joseph Kelsey, First Lieutenant. All proceeded to Cincinnati, and were formed into a battalion. They were sent to a position some miles south of the city, in Kentucky; but, after a few days, were sent home, the rebels, under Kirby Smith, failing to give them a chance to test their mettle and marksmanship. These volunteers became known as the "squirrel hunters," a name which has been recorded in history. Although they saw no fighting, heard not the roar of heavy guns nor the rattle of musketry, and had no chance to spill blood, yet they felt ready for anything, and had they been well armed, must have made ugly opponents for even a well organized army.

Lieut. Chapman, of Company G, Eleventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was in Wilmington in September, 1862, recruiting for his regiment The State was then under martial law, and persons leaving were required to first procure passes; none were necessary, however, in going from county to county within the State. Several military companies were formed in the county under a militia law, and those had regular drills. A recruiting officer came to Wilmington on the evening of May 15, 18(1:3, seeking rocruits for a Massachusetts

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colored regiment, and on Monday morning following he left for Waynesville with eighteen of the colored citizens of Wilmington, who had enlisted under hhu. They were Erasmus Bennett, John Joels, James A. Rickman, David Adams, Nathaniel, Stewart. O. S. Hightower, Levi Green, William Barber, William H. Thomas. Joseph Mace, A. Thomas, Jordan Robinson. Albert T, Felter, Seth C. Felter. Samuel Hill. Richard Jones, Simon Ratcliffe, Charles ('hat Chatman.

In June, 1863, in response to a call from the President. it became necessary to raise men in ()lass, to serve six mouths, and steps were taken toward r;ailing three companies in Clinton County. Ohio was asked to furnish, under this call, twenty-five regiments of infantry, three of cavalry, and three batteries of artillery, and in the- same proportion according to the number volunteering. Thai Governor also the expediency of raising at least one colored regiment in the State during the thirty days following June 22, 1863. A new militia law in Ohio, in the summer of 1863, required that every able-bodied man in the Stato between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years should either enroll himself in a militia company or pay a certain sum of money. Five years' service rendered each man exempt from further duty under that law. The townships were formed into military districts, and in Clinton County the following couttiany officers were elected:

Union Township, First District - Morris Harlan, Captain; Lewis C. Walker. First Lieutenant; John Rutherford. Second Lieutenant Second District

William Frazer. Captain: B. Leonard, First Lieutenant; William H. Reed, Second Lieutenant. Third District-Henry S. Doau, Captain; John K. Spencer. First Lientenant: Joseph Doan, Second Lieutenant. Fourth District R. H. Smith. Captain: C. W. Dean. First Lieutenant; S. Jones, Second Lieutenant. Fifth District-John M. Underwood, Captain: Lewis Boots, First Lieutenant: William E. Parker, Second Lieutenant.

Liberty Township, First District - James H. Hart, Captain; Reese Stephens, First Lieutenant: Cyrus Johnson, Second Lieutenant. Second District-Tilghman McKay, Captain; A. C. Hiatt, First Lieutenant; J. C. Cohngen, Second Lieutenant.

Chester Township, First District--Benjamin Collett, Captain; John Middleton, First Lieutenant; C. H. Van Tress, Second Lieutenant. Second District--H. C. Calvin, Captain; J. Blair, First Lieuteant; M. M. Collett, Second Lieutenant.

Adams Township, First District--J. Al. Gorrelle, Captain; P. R. Osborn, First Lieutenant; S. Denney, Second Lieutenant.

Jefferson Township, First District-C. J. Cunningham, Captain; John T. Hammer, First Lieutenant; George Hudson, Second Lieutenant. Second District---J. D. Hodson, Captain; J. T. Jackson, First Lieutenant; G. R. Jackson, Second Lieutenant.

Clark Township, First District ---Finley Moon, Captain; George R. Moon, First Lieutenant: J. P. Langden, Second Lieutenant.

Marion Township, First District-C. P. Baldwin, Captain; Joseph Garrison, First Lieutenant; S. G. Clark, Second Lieutenant. Second District Henry C. Smith. Captain; Andrew J. Hodson, First Lieutenant; J. AL Gustin, Second Lieutenant.

Vernon Township, First :District-Eli Hadley, Captain; David Mann, First Lieutenant; D. A. Kelley, Second Lieutenant. Second District-John M. Villars, Captain; T. H. Townsend, First Lieutenant; E. Cast, Second Lieutenant.

Washington Township, First District-Samuel Briggs, Captain; Daniel Stephenson.. First Lieutenant; Frank -Mitchel. Second Lieutenant. Second

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District William Clevenger, Captains: Philip Smith. First Lioutenant; Clark Brown, Second Lieutenant.

Wilson Township, First District- Ethan A. Spencer, Captain; M. P. Early, First Lieutenant: O. B. Carroll, Second Lieutenant. Second District-William Pope. Captain: I. C. Williams, First Lieutenant; .B. B. Brewer Second Lieutenant.

Richland Township, First District H. H. Thorp, Captain: Thomas Glass, First Lieutenant: John Kenny, Second Lieutenant Second District-C. Rhonemus, Captain; William Ross, First Lieutenant; Lewis Bialey, Second Lieutenant.

Wayne Township. First District -.J. Stout, Captain; B. Davis, First Lieutenant; J. Runnels, Second Lieutenant. Second District-James E. Pidgeon, Captain: William H. Strode. First Lieutenant: James Babb, Second Lieutenant.

Greene Township. First District-- Joshua Hussey, Captain: Granville Os born, First Lieutenant; W. W. Barnes, Second Lieutenant. Second District - Thomas Elliott, Captain; Elijah Mathews, First Lieutenant; M. Swingley, Second Lieutenant. Third District-William C. Wilson, Captain; James V. Raynald, First Lieutenant; Newton Shoemaker, Second Lieutenant

About the name time these officers were appointed for their respective districts (July. 1863), news arrived that the rebel- Gen. John Morgan was pushing rapidly through Indiana toward Cincinnati on his famous raid. With the news came the proclamation of Gov. Tod calling out the militia, and on Monday morning July 13, they gathered at Wilmington about one thousand strong, ready to be transported to camp. Companies also took the cars at Sabina, Reesville and Sligo. One company, under command of Capt. Eli Hadley, had left Clarksville on the early morning train, and was captured by Morgan's men before reaching Camp Dennison, and before obtaining arms. The rebels had torn up the track, from which thn train was thrown, killing the fireman and wounding the engineer. The prisoners were hastily paroled, and the raiders, after destroying the train; pushed eastward through Williamsburg to Georgetown. The other companies did not reach Camp Dennison until Wednesday; but on Tuesday, while they were waiting for transportation, a cavalry company was hastily organized and sent off southwestwardly on a scouting expedition. Men of all classes and callings came forward to offer their services at this time, for war in their very midst was something which had not been prepared for. The writer has heard men say, who were among the volunteers who joined in the pursuit of Morgan, that they were never anxious to overtake `him, and were willing always to be twenty-four hours behind him, which they generally were. But however the case may be, the bold rebel found himself so hotly beset that he imagined that safety lay only in precipitate flight; consequently he retreated as rapidly as possible. But his pursuers at last entrapped ;him, and with some of his brother officers he spent some time in the penitentiary at Columbus, finally escaping to the South, and at length meeting the fate of a traitor.

In August, 1863, Rev. J. F. Spence, late Chaplain of the Forty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was in Wilmington recruiting for the Second Ohio attery of heavy artillery. At that time, four companies of volunteer militia ad been organized in the county,and formed by the Adjutant General of the State into a battalion called the Fifty-fifth. On the last day of August, H. H. Hankins, of Company A, was elected Lieutenant Colonel of the battalion. The three militia regiments of the county elected their officers as follows:

First Regiment-H. S. Doan, Colonel; H. B. Crumly, Lieutenant Colonel; Alfred McKay, Major.

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Second Regiment-A. F. Deniston. Colonel; David Mann, Lieutenant Colonel; Owen West, Major.

Third Regiment---E. A Spencer, Colonel; Jaines Pidgeon, Lieutenant Colonel; --- Matthews, Major.

Maj. John F. Rucker, a notorious rebel bushwacker, grew to manhood in Clinton County, but a few years previous tothe war removed to Missouri, and when the rebellion broke out he entered the Confederate service and became one of the most desperate of the guerrilla leaders. On the 8th of September, 1863, he was mortally wounded in an engagement with a detachment of Union troops under Capt. Williams, of Company A, Ninth Provisional Regiment, E. M. M., near St. Aubert, Calloway Co., Mo. He had paid a visit to Wilmington but a few weeks previously, but learned that the Deputy Provost Marshal was anxious to see him, and departed for more congenial territory.

On the :3d of March, 1863, the total number of Clinton County volunteers in actual service was 1,108, including ],0:30 in various infantry regiments, :31 in the cavalry, and 47 miscellaneous-gun-boat service, etc. The different townships of the county were represented in numbers is follows:

Union, 186; Chester and Adams, 99; Liberty, 90; Vernon, Marion and Jefferson, 217; Clark and Washington, 171; Greene and Wayne, 188; Richland and Wilson, 157; total, 1,108. In October, 1863, P. H. Stamats, for merly of Company H, Thirty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry (wounded in the hand at New Madrid), was appointed First Lieutenant in Capt. Charles Oren's Company (E), in the Fifth United States Colored Infantry. Cant. Oren, Assist. Surg. H. V. Noble, and one other man in the company besides Lieut. Stamats, were from Clinton County. Under the call of the President for 300,000 men in the fall of 1863, the quota of the Sixth Congressional District of Ohio was 1,624, of which Clinton County's quota was 284, apportioned as follows among the townships: Union, 51; Chester, 20; Liberty, 18; Vernon, 15; Marion, 18; Jefferson, 14; Clark, 27; Washington, 17; Greene, 36; Adams, 14; Wayne, 18; Richland, 21; Wilson, 15. Each new recruit was offered a bounty of $302 and premium, while veterans were entitled to $100 more. December 9, 1863, five recruits were sent from Clinton County to join a battalion of Ohio troops guarding prisoners at Johnson's Island, the battalion being raised to a regiment when sufficient recruits had been obtained. The five Clinton men were William E. Parker, Elisha Parker, Thomas Gaskill, Thomas Haws and George Bernlehr. The regiment as organized was numbered the One Hundred and Twenty-eighth. In the month of December, 1863, Maj. Clement and Sergts. McMillan and Clifford, of the Seventy-ninth, were recruiting for their regiment in Clinton and adjoining counties.

Monday. January 11, 1864, about sixty cords of wood were brought by the farmers to Wilmington and contributed to the families of soldiers living in the place. Forty citizens who had no wood to contribute paid $1 each, and joined with the farmers in partaking of a bountiful dinner at Clinton Hall. In the same month (January, 1864), Capt. T. Q. Hildebrant,Capt. J. M. Underwood and Capt. Joshua Hussey, were appointed recruiting officers for Clinton County, and the time for receiving recruits was extended to the 1st of March, the bounties of $302 and $402 remaining the same. Any man who had served in the army not less than nine months was deemed a veteran, and became entitled to the larger bounty upon volunteering. About February 1, 1864, Lieut. Joseph J. Wakefield began recruiting a company in the county for the Twenty-seventh regiment united States Colored Troops. Early in March, Lieut.* J. M. Underwood sent forward twenty-four recruits from Wilmington and vicinity, to be assigned to new companies, and others had been

* Given also as Captain.

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recruited about the same time for veteran regiments. The Clinton Republican of March 14, 1864, stated that Capt. Williamson, of the Seventy-ninth, was in town recruiting sharpshooters for his company, while Lieut. J. M. Underwood was still seeking for men to join his company in the Sixtieth at Camp Chase. The total quota of Clinton County under the calls aggregating 700,000 men, in the spring of 1864, was 487 and. after deducting the credits for veterans and new recruits up to the 2d of April, there remained yet to be raised 363. . A draft was imminent if the townships did not. raise the numbers expected of them. Adams was the first township in the county to till her quota, and was congratulated upon the fact by the Provost Marshal. In the latter part of April, Gov. Brough (who had been elected the previous fall), called into active service for 100 days, unless sooner discharged, the militia companies of the State, which had been re-organized as the Ohio National Guard, under an act passed March 31, 1864. Of the 486 companies in the State. 443 responded to the call, in. eluding the four from Clinton County, constituting the Fifty-fifth battalion. The latter was consolidated with a battalion from Highland County, the two forming the Twenty-seventh Regiment Ohio National Guards. The command left for Camp Dennison May 4, 1864, and chose West Virginia as their place of destination. At Columbus, Ohio, soon after, the Clinton County battalion was consolidated with one from Ross County., the two together being known as the One Hundred and Forty-ninth Regiment. 850 strong, commanded by Col. A. E. Brown. They were sent to Washington, saw severe service in Virginia, and returned home at the expiration of their term of enlistment.

A draft was made in Clinton County May 18, 1864, affecting all the townships except Adams, Chester and Liberty, which had furnished their respective quotas. The numbers from the other townships were: Union, 68; Vernon, 10; Marion, 3; Jefferson, 7; Clark, 25; Washington, 23; Wilson 6; Greene, 4, and numbers from other townships not given in the report from which this is taken. A second draft took place June 14, to supply the places of those persons who had been exempted by reason of disability, and at that time Union Township furnished 13, Wilson 6, Washington 4, Clark 2, and Vernon 2. In July, 1864, the time of the Twelfth Ohio Volunteer Infantry was out, and those who did not re-enlist as veterans returned to Ohio and were mustered out. Many of the Clinton County members remained in the service. On the 16th of July, a war meeting was held at Wilmington to devise means of raising volunteers for the army in order that another draft, then impending, should not be necessary in the county. It was resolved that the Trustees of the several townships should be requested to borrow sufficient money to enable them to pay $100 to each volunteer and levy a tax on the property in the township to liquidate the same. It was also resolved that the citizens of the respective townships be requested to hold meetings therein and solicit subscriptions for additional bounties. Capt. J. N. Fallis was appointed to recruit men in Union Township. President Lincoln, on the 18th of July, issued a call for 500,000 men, those who should be drafted to serve one year. Under this call Ohio's quota was twenty-five regiments, and that of Clinton County about four hundred and fifty men. A draft to fill it took place on the 26th of September. Friday, November 11, the citizens of Wilmington and the farmers from the vicinity formed another "wood train" for the benefit of soldiers' families, and the net proceeds of the day were $55. Under the President's call for 300,000 men, dated December 19, 1864, the net quota of Clinton County was placed at 206. .

It was now evident that the terrible war was drawing to a close; yet the last struggles of the monster Rebellion were fierce as the spring of the tiger upon his prey. The armies of the Confederacy were being surely encompassed

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in the toils of the conquerors, and peace hovered in sight, awaiting the glad day when her welcome coming should brig;; joy to a land drenched for four years in blood. The people wore weary of strife. and throughout the broad land there was mourning for the men who had met their loath on the fiercely contested fields, by swift messengers from the foe, or in the prison pen or the hospital all in the deadly struggle which had devastatel homes and made firesides desolate. Billions of money had been expended, and the Government was saved. In Clinton County, aside from the money raised from all other sources. the Comrnissioners had appropriated about :500,000 for the relief of soldiers' families. Glad were the waiting hearts at home when the news came that Petersburg; had fallen, that Richmond once again saw the stars and stripes waving upon her heights, and that the army of Lee had surrendered to the silent." modest man whose name was in the ears of all the people--Grant. Bells were rung. flags and banners were hung on the outer walls, guns were fired. men, women and children cheered until they were hoarse, and the demonstrations of joy were greater than were ever before seen. Suddenly, in the midst of rejoicing, came over the wires the dire announcement that President Lincoln had been foully assassinated just as he was at the zenith of his glory. just its he had enshrined himself in the grateful hearts of all men not devoid of humanity. Quickly was joy changed to mourning. The flags which had swelled upon the breeze at the news of the death throes of the rebellion were lowered to half mast; black and somber drapery took the place of gay decorations; funeral services were held in the churches; bands played dead marches at the heads of long, silent, slowly moving processions; a sorrowful gloom pervaded all communities, and sadness rested upon the faces of the people who had been granted a respite from strife at such a cost. The dastardly act of tire assassin was a fitting finale to the record of the traitors and the leniency of the Government toward its erring children was never equaled in history.

Most of the volunteers from Clinton County returned to their homes in the summer of 1865, the Seventy-ninth Regiment arriving on the evening of June 17. The men were treated to a feast which had been prepared at the depot by the ladies, and hundreds of people met there to welcome them home. The two banners which had been carried to the field by the regiment thirty-four months before were brought back scarred and torn in battle, their colors dimmed-the evidence of stormy and deadly strife in the sacred tatters. Lewis C. Walker. Esq., on behalf of the citizens, welcomed the soldier boys home, and Col. A. W. Doan responded in an address giving an account of the scenes through which he and his men had passed. The regiment had gone into the field originally with 900 men, had received 400 recruits, and returned at the close of the war with but few over four hundred men. The Clinton County members of the Seventy-fourth and One Hundred and Seventy-fifth regiments returned in July.

The Fourth of July, 1865, was appropriately celebrated at Wilmington, the gathering being more of a general and joyous re-union in honor of the returned boys in blue than aught else, and a very large number of soldiers and citizens were present. After the exercises, speeches were delivered by J. Q. Smith, T. Q. Hildebrant, L. C. Walker, Robert Gray, H. S. Doan, Alonzo Hickson, M. M. Clinton, and Col. A. W. Doan. The latter told of life in "Dixie" of the campaigns in which the gallant Seventy-ninth had been engaged, and of the varied experiences of its officers and men. He detailed the adventures of the two tattered banners they had brought back with them, and told how eight color-bearers had successively fallen in the duty of upholding them. The last one, Sergt. Hunter, was present beside the Colonel, having recovered from a wound through the lung received in one of the last engagements in

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North Carolina The drummer-boy of the Seventy-ninth, Gilbert Van Zant, was also present at the celebration. He was one of the youngest soldiers in the service, having been but ten years of age when lie enlisted.

When at last the echoes of the bugle wore silent, when the decimated ranks of the army had been mustered for the last time, when war had become a story of the past and the survivors of the conflict lead been discharged and sent to their homes, they returned to peaceful pursuits again as if peaceful pursuits again they had never marched thousands of miles, stood where death was present in most terrible shape, or slept beneath the stars upon the rough bed of the soldier. Those men made excellent citizens, despite the croaking of the unpatriotic, and the country is proud to-day of their splendid record. But many and many a brave heart was stilled in the strife, and the greedy Southern soil drank torrents of the best blood in the land. The misguided sons of the Southland fought long and well, and they too suffered terribly before the passage at arms ,was concluded. The trials of the country were great; but it rode safely through the storm and entered the harbor of peace with the splendid stripes and stars unfurled to the gaze of envious nations, and the great results of the purification as by fire evident to all who should choose to contemplate.

Decoration Day (May 30), has been fittingly observed in Clinton County for a number of years. From an account of the services on that day in 1809, it is learned that about two thousand persons were in the cemetery grounds during the ceremonies, conducted by the local Post of the G. A. R. The graves were decorated by little girls, under charge of several ladies, the following being the names of the soldiers whose last resting-place was thus honored:; Claudius Morgan, Company D, Twelfth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Enoch Y. Arnott, Company B, Seventy-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; John E. Lazenby, company and regiment not known; Capt. Richard L Fallis. Company I, `: Eighteenth Missouri Volunteer Infantry; John Taylor, band, Seventeenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Samuel Henry, Company B, One Hundred and Forty-ninth Ohio National Guard; James B. O'Neal, Company B, Fortieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; George M. O'Neal, same; Seymour J. Reed, same; John W. Morey, Twelfth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Capt. Andrew W. Chapman, Company G, Eleventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Edward Bruce, company and regiment unknown; Lannes Irvin, Company I, Thirty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Frank Johns, wagon master; an unknown soldier, who died at Wilmington on his way home; Edward Miles, Company F, Sixty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry: Cyrus Vanpelt, Company G, Fifty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry; James L. Hinman, Company C, Seventy-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; David H. Horse man, Company H, Forty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Jacob Carroll, Company C, Seventy-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; D. P. Carroll, same; Joseph Woodruff, Company I, Twenty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Warren Fuller, Company I, Thirty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Daniel Kelley, ' irst Ohio Volunteer Infantry; William Lang, band, Forty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; A. E. Strickle, Commissary United States Army; Jesse Stout, Company G, Seventeenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Charles Ashcraft, Eighty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Col. J. R. Parker, Forty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry.

HISTORY OF THE REGIMENTS.

It is deemed proper to insert a synopsis of the history of the regiments from Ohio during the rebellion, in which were representatives from the county f Clinton, so far as these organizations are known. The sketches following are taken principally from Whitelaw Reid's history of "Ohio in the War," a standard work in the State.

Clinton County furnished three general officers by brevet, namely, Azariah

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W. Doan, John C. Moon, and George M. Zeigler. The first named gentleman volunteered in the spring of 1861, in the Twelfth Ohio (throe months') Infantry, and on the 12th of June in the stone year was promoted to Captain. Resigned October 18, 1861, and on the 19th of August, 1862, he was appointed Lieutenant Colonel of the Seventy ninth Ohio. He served with great credit to the close of the war, and was promoted to Colonel July 8, but was mustered out as Lieutenant Colonel. Aftor the close of the, war he wits brevetted Brigadier General of volunteers to date from March 13, 1865 .John C. Moon, in June, 1862, raised Company F, of the Eighty-fifth regiment, three months' men, that being the only company of the regiment containing men from Clinton County. September 24, 1862, Capt. Moon was commissioned Captain in the Eighty-eighth Ohio, and most. of the men in his old company re-enlisted under him. They had originally gone out from Wilmington and vicinity. Capt. Moon wits promoted to Lieutenant Colonel of the One Hundred and Eighteenth United States Colored Troops, in the fall of 1863, and was subsequently promoted to Colonel. He continued in the service; until some time in 1866, and was brevetted Brigadier General of volunteers, to date, from November 21, 1865. He was the only one of the three from the county to have bre vet rank conferred upon them who wits still in the service when thus lionored. George M. Zeigler * was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Forty-seventh Ohio Infantry August 28, 1861; was promoted to First Lieutenant December 6, 1861; to Captain December 28, 1862, and to Colonel of the Fifty-second Regiment United States Colored Troops, December 22, 1864. His brevet rank as Brigadier General dates from March 13, 1865.

Sketches are given bore only of the regiments which contained the greater numbers of men from the county, theothers having but scattering detachments or single individuals. They fought in all branches of the service, and in all of the principal engagements of the war. A few Clinton County men were in the First and Second Ohio Infantry Regiments, but the first which called it considerable number was the

ELEVENTH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.

Of this regiment, Company G was raised in this county. The regiment was formed of men from the counties of Miami, Clinton, Hamilton, (Montgomery and Columbiana, and wits mustered into the service for three months, at Camp Dennison, in April, 1861. The regiment was re-organized and mastered into the service for three years on the 20th of June, 1861, and on the 7th of July was ordered to the Kanawha Valley, in Virginia. Arriving at Point Pleasant July 11, it was attached to the celebrated Kanawha Division, commanded by Gen. J. D. Cox. A movement up the river was begun July 26, but the rebels had burned the bridge over the Pocotaligo River, causing a delay of twenty-four hours, during which time Capt. Lane's company, of the Eleventh, composed principally of mechanics, rebuilt the bridge with no tools but a few axes and two or three augers, and the briny moved on. Through the winter, the regiment was actively engaged only a portion of the time.

April 16, 1862, began another campaign, and during the maneuvers on the Kanawha, the men acquitted themselves with credit. "Floyd, on his retreat from Cotton Mountain, had completely blockaded the road from Shady Springs to Pack's Ferry, at New River, a distance of sixteen miles. Two companies (G and K), of the Eleventh, were detailed to open and guard the road. One-half of the men were under arms, while the other half were at work with spades and axes; and, after great labor, on the evening of the fifth day. they

* By the rolls at Columbus, it is seen that George H. Zeigler was First Sergeant of Company H, Forty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as organized at Cincinnati, and that afterward he was transferred to Company C: as Captain

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reached the ferry, having cleared the road and rendered it available for artillery and supply trains. In a short time, two boat:; were built out of the timber in a bare near by, with the use of one auger and a few axes; and, 1)y joining the, two boats, they fornred a ferry-boat 140 feet long, and communication was this opened between the two wings of the Kanawha army.. In the latter hart of July, the regiment returned to Gauley Bridge, and Company C was ordered to Summerville to re-enforce a detachment of the Ninth Virginia, stationed there. and remained until the regiment moved to Washington City."

The regiment was ordered to Washington on the 18th of August, 1862; thence, on the 27th, to Manassas Junction to oppose a demonstration by a rebel force and during the next few clays was sharply engaged. September 12th. the rebel picket line was reached in the vicinity of Frederick City. Mr. Reid writes: "The rebels were posted on the banks of the Monocacy, holding the bridge across the stream. Three attacking columns were formed, with the Eleventh in the advance of the center, and advanced against the rebels. The center column gained the bridge and drove the enemy from it. A charge was ordered, but the line was thrown into some confusion, and the rebels rallied and captured two pieces of artillery. Gen. Cox called to Col. Coleman: 'Will the Eleventh recover those guns? With a loud cheer, the regiment dashed ;it the rebels. drove them from the guns, and still pressed on, cheering and charging, advancing into the city, and only halting when the enemy was completely routed. That night the Kanawhit Division bivouacked near the city: and by the evening of the next day, advanced to Catoctin Creek, near Middletown, the Eleventh being posted near the bridge."

The next day the regiment was fiercely engaged, being exposed to a galling fire from sharpshooters, and not only standing its ground, but driving the force in its front. Its survivors will long remember South Mountain, and their blood will stir at the recollection of Antietam, where their gallant Col. Coleman fell mortally wounded, while leading his men against a strong rebel position, which they carried after his fall.

In January, 1863, the command was transferred to Nashville, Tenn., and, after numerous minor expeditions, was, on the 27th of June, assigned to Gen. Reynolds' Third Division of Gen. George H. Thomas' Fourteenth Army Corps. It saw plenty of hard service henceforth, and, on the 18th and 19th of September, at Cbickamauga, suffered severely. At Lookout Mountain and Mission Ridge, it distinguished itself greatly, and during the charge on the Ridge, captured one battle-flag and a quantity of artillery and small arms. "Sergt. Bull, who was carrying the colors of the Eleventh, was struck several times, but still pressed on until struck the seventh time, he was unable to rise. Lieut. Peck seized the colors, planted them on the rebel ramparts, and almost instantly fell mortally wounded." After pushing the enemy toward Ringgold, and engaging him at Ringgold Gap, the regiment returned to Chattanooga. February 17, 1861, The command was paraded in full view of Lookout Mountain and ission Ridge, and presented by Chaplain Lyle with a stand of colors donated by the ladies of Troy, Ohio. In a charge at Buzzard's Roost, the regiment lost one-sixth of its men, and was compelled to fall back. The surviving veterans, about two hundred in number, returned to Ohio March 26, 1861, for the purpose of recruiting The regiment was then engaged in doing garrison duty at Ringgold until the 10th of June, when it proceeded to Cincinnati and Camp Dennison, and was mustered out at the latter place June 21, 1864. Two companies, whose time had not yet expired, and the veterans of the regiment, were fficially recognized as the Eleventh Ohio Detachment, and were. assigned to Baird's Division of the Fourteenth Corps. They were commanded by Lieut

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Col. D. C. Stubbs, promoted from Sergeant Major of the old organization; accompanied Gen. Sherman in his great campaign. and were mustered out after the surrender of the rebel armies.

TWELFTH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY

This regiment was organized at Camp Jackson, Ohio, May 3, 1861, under President Lincoln's call for 75,000 three months' troops. It moved to Camp Dennison May 6, re-enlisted, and was re-organized and mustered into the United States service for three years on the 28th of June, 1861 The regiment deft Camp Dennison July 6; arrived at Point Pleasant on the 9th, and on the 14th reached Pocotaligo River. July 17 it engaged the enemy for three hours at Scary Creek, and, after exhausting its ammunition, fell back in good order, having lost five men killed, thirty wounded, and four missing. On the 13th of August, eight companies were assigned to Gen. Benham's brigade, having marched to Clarksburg, W. Va. Moving south, the regiment was engaged with the enemy at Carnifex Ferry, September 18, where it suffered the loss of its gallant commander, Col. John W. Lowe, who was shot through the head and instantly killed. Col. Lowe was the first field officer from Ohio killed during the war.

After several skirmishes, the regiment was, on the 10th of December, 1861, transferred to Gen. Cox's brigade, and moved to Charleston, W. Va., where it went into winter quarters. May 3, 1862, it left that place and joined Scamman's brigade, at the mouth of East River. It was engaged in scouting until August 15, when it was ordered to the Army of the Potomac, and arrived at Alexandria on the 24^th. At Bull Run, on the 27th, it lost nine killed, Sixty eight wounded (six mortally), and twelve missing. In September it joined the advance into Maryland, and entered Frederick City on the 12th of that month, after a sharp skirmish at Monocacy. September 14, 1862, at South Mountain, it participated in three bayonet charges, captured three battle-flags, a large number of small arms, and over two hundred prisoners, with a loss of sixteen killed, ninety-one wounded and eight missing. At Antietam, on the 17th, the loss was six killed and twenty-nine wounded. After numerous movements, the regiment went into winter quarters at Fayette Court House, W. Va., December 4, and while there was assigned to the Second Brigade, Third Division, Eighth Army Corps. The brigade was engaged at Fayette Court House May 19, 1863, repulsing a rebel attack; and, on the 13th of July, the regiment made a demonstration against a force at Piney Creek, the rebels retreating. July 17, "the brigade was ordered to Ohio to assist in capturing John Morgan; and after proceeding up the Ohio as far as Blennerbassett's Island, and guarding fords for several days, it returned to Fayette Court House." During operations from that time until December, the regiment lost several men killed, wounded and missing, and went into winter quarters again at Fayette Court House. At Cloyd's Mountain, May 9, 1864, it lost eleven killed and sixty-eight wounded, and Surgeon Graham and nineteen men, left on the field in charge of the wounded, were captured by the enemy. The regiment was subsequently engaged in several important skirmishes, losing eight men killed and eleven wounded at Quaker Church, near Lynchburg, June 17, 1864. In a long march via Catawba Valley, New Castle, Sweet Springs, White Sulphur, Lewisburg and Gauley to Camp Piatt, on the Kanawha, where it arrived June 29; the regiment suffered severely from hunger and thirst. July 2, it was ordered to Columbus, Ohio, where it was mustered out of the service July 11, 1864. " During its term of service, the regiment moved on foot, by rail and by water, a distance of 4,049 miles, and sustained a loss in killed, wounded and missing of 455 men."

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THE SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT.

Company G, of this regiment, contained a number of Clinton County men, and operated first in Virginia as a three months' organization, having been formed in April, 1861, It was re-organized in the fall of that year and ordered to Kentucky, subsequently serving through campaigns in Kentucky, Tennessee and Mississippi; re-enlisted as veterans early in 1864, and participated in Gen. Sherman's subsequent movements, being mustered out at Louisville, Ky., in July, 1865.

THE TWENTY-FIFTH REGIMENT.

This regiment was organized at Camp Chase June 28, 1861, and saw service first in Virginia, afterward in the Gettysburg campaign and the movements of the Eleventh Corps. Re-enlisted as veterans in January, 1864, and in April left Alexandria, Va., for Hilton Head, S. C., where it arrived on the $6th of that month. Its subsequent operations were in that region, and on the 18th of June, 1866, after rive years of hard service, it was mustered out and discharged at Columbus, Ohio.

THE TWENTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT.

The organization of this regiment was effected at Camp Chase, near Columbus, in August, 1861; left for St. Louis, Mo., on the 20th of that month, and saw service with the great Army of the West through all the seven campaigns of the latter. In July, 1865, it was discharged at Camp Dennison.

THE THIRTY-FIRST REGIMENT.

This regiment was organized at Camp Chase between August 4 and September 7, and contained men in Company I from Clinton County. Sep tember 30, the regiment left Cincinnati and proceeded to Camp Dick Robin son, in Kentucky, where it was subjected to a thorough course of drill. Its campaigns were under Thomas, Buell and Sherman. The regiment re-enlisted ' as veterans, and, after a varied experience, was mustered out at Louisville, Ky., July 20, 1865, transferred immediately to Camp Chase, Ohio, paid and discharged.

THE THIRTY-FIFTH REGIMENT.

A few men from Clinton County were members of this regiment. It was organized at Hamilton, Ohio, in August and September, 1861, served its term of enlistment in the Western Army, lost very heavily, and was mustered out at Chattanooga, Tenn., in august, 1864.

THE THIRTY-NINTH REGIMENT.

This regiment contained one company (H) from Clinton County, commanded by Capt. John V. Drake. The regiment was organized in July, 1861, Camp Colerain, ten miles north of Cincinnati, and joined Gen. Fremont in Missouri in August, being the first Ohio regiment to enter that State. In the ly part of 1862, it was assigned to the army under Gen. Pope; and, after at officer's achievement on the Mississippi, joined the army under Gen. alleck, afterward commanded by Gen. Grant. December 27, 1863, 534 mbers of the regiment were mustered into the service as veteran volunteers, after a furlough, the organization formed a part of the Fourth Division of the Sixteenth Corps. July 22, 1864, it lost one-third of its numbers in killed and wounded in the terrific engagements of that day near Atlanta, Ga. it accompanied Sherman in his subsequent marches and engagements, participated in the grand review at Washington on the 24th of May, 1865, and, after being transported to Louisville, Ky., was mustered out of the service July 9,

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1865. It was transferred to Camp Dennison, Ohio, and there paid and discharged. It furnished more veterans than anv other Ohio regiment, and in all of its engagements had the good fortune never to turn its back upon the enemy. Capt. Drake, who led out the Clinton County company, met his death on the field of battle.

THE FORTIETH REGIMENT.

Company B. of this regiment, commanded by Capt, James M. Haworth, was raised in Clinton County. The regimental organization was completed at Camp Chase December 7, 1861, and four days later the troops left for Kentucky. It saw service subsequently in Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee and Georgia. Capt. Haworth resigned February 7, 186:3, and on the 7th of Octo ber, 1864, his company with Companies A, C and D, was mustered out. The remainder of the regiment shared the fortunes of the Fourth Corps in the maneuvers against the rebel Gen. Hood, and. in December, 1864, the veterans of the regiment were consolidated with the Fifty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, proceeded to New Orleans, and thence to Texas, and were finally mustered out December :3. 1865.

THE FOURTY-FOURTH REGIMENT.

The above regiment was organized near Springfield, Ohio, in the summer and autumn of 1861; the Forty-sixth, recruited at Washington, Franklin County, in September (organized October 16), 1861; and the Forty-seventh, organized near Cincinnati in the summer of 1861, all had members from Clinton County. The latter regiment was that in which George M. Zeigler volunteered as a private, and in which he was successively promoted until he had reached the rank of Captain, when he was promoted to Colonel of the Fifty-second United States Colored Troops, as elsewhere mentioned. These regiments all saw active service. There were men from this county also in the Forty-eighth, Fifty-first and Fifty-second, who found plenty to do during their terms of enlistment.

THE FIFTY-FOURTH REGIMENT.

Organized in the fall of 1861, at Camp Dennison, this regiment was called the best drilled organization. at that place of rendezvous in January, 1862, and saw hard service with the Western Army in the field. Lieut Col. James A. Farden, of this regiment, was from Clinton County. Dr. N. H. Fisher, of New Vienna, was Assistant Surgeon of the Fifty-sixth Regiment, and died at Helena, Ark., in February, 1868. The Fifty-ninth regiment had among its members several men from this county.

THE SIXTY-FIRST REGIMENT.

This regiment was organized at Camp Chase, Ohio, April 23, 1862, Company E being commanded by Capt. John N. Fallis, of Wilmington. The regiment was first sent to the Potomac Army, participating in the second battle of Bull Run, and other engagements, including Chancellorsville, in the early part of May, 1863, and Gettysburg in July. In September, it was transported to the Army of the Cumberland, along with the Twelfth Corps, and reached Bridgeport, Ala., on the 1st of October. It engaged in the operations around Chattanooga, and in March, 1.864, re-enlisted as veterans, and was ordered to Ohio on a thirty days' veteran furlough. It reached Chattanooga on its return on the 5th of May, and joined the main forces at Rocky Face Ridge on the 7th, when the Atlanta campaign began. The regiment was assigned to the Third Brigade. First Division, Twentieth Army Corps, under Maj. Gen. Hooker. It took part in the various movements of the corps during the operations around Atlanta, and joined in the "march to the sea," afterward tramp-

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ing through the Carolinas and Virginia. At Goldsboro, N. C., the regiment was consolidated with the Eighty-second Ohio, the latter number being retained for the combined organization. The new body was finally discharged about the 1st of September, 1865, at Columbus, Ohio, when but about sixty of the officers and men of the old Sixty-first remained to answer the final roll call.

THE SEVENTY-FOURTH REGIMENT.

Company K, of this regiment, was principally from Clinton County. It was organized in camp at Xenia, Ohio, in October, 1861, with seven companies. It proceeded to Camp Chase, at Columbus, February 24, 1842, where three full companies were added. The regiment then numbered 978 men, and was ordered to the field on the 20th of April, reporting at Nashville on the 24th. It was assigned to the Seventh Brigade, Eighth Division, Fourteenth Corps, Department of the Cumberland, in December, 1862, took part in the battle of Stone River, where, out of 380 men who went into the engagement, it lost 109 in killed and wounded, and 46 prisoners. On the re-organization of the army at Murfreesboro, Tenn., in February, 1803, the regiment was assigned to the Third Brigade, Second Division, Fourteenth Corps, and assisted in doing guard duty on the fortifications during the stay at that place. It took an active part in the subsequent operations around Chattanooga, and most of the men reenlisted as veterans about the let of January, 1864. After the usual veteran furlough, the regiment returned to the front and participated in the great Atlanta campaign, the march through Georgia, the Carolina campaign, and the final march through Virginia to Washington. The command was then sent with the Western troops to Louisville, Ky., where, on the 10th of July, the men were mustered out,

THE SEVENTY-NINTH REGIMENT.

This regiment contained four companies from Clinton County, and made for itself a splendid record. It was organized under the call of July, 1862, in the military district composed of the counties of Warren, Clinton and Hamilton, and nine companies were mustered in at Camp Dennison by the 1st of September. The regiment was originally commanded by Col. Henry G. Kennett, who resigned August 1, 1864, when the command devolved upon Lieut. Col. Azariah W. Doan, of Wilmington. Marching orders had been received September 3, 1862, and the organization crossed the Ohio River into Kentucky, the rebels at the time menacing Cincinnati. Soon after, the Seventy-ninth was ordered to Louisville, and upon its arrival there was assigned to Gen. W. T. Ward's brigade. It was then sent to Frankfort, thence in November to Bowling Green, where it reported to Gen. Rosecrans, commanding Gen. Buell's army. It suffered greatly during its marches in that region for want of water. It finally arrived at Gallatin, Tenn., after having marched 550 miles, generally in bad weather. From December 1, 1863, to February 24, 1861, the regiment was stationed at Gallatin, Buck's Lodge. Lavergne, Edgefield and Nashville, "engaged in guarding railroads, supplies, and breaking up bands of guerrillas on the Cumberland and Stone Rivers. At Nashville, Company F joined the regiment, having marched from Knoxville. Tenn., where it was actin' as headquarters guard for Gen. Burnside. At Lavergne, Company K (sharpshooters) Joined the command, armed with Spencer rifles, and was a great acquisition 'to the regiment. On the 24th day of February the Seventy-ninth having been transferred from the Army of the Cumberland to the Eleventh Army Corps, then stationed in Lookout Valley, marched over the Cumberland Mountains, in bad weather, over miserable roads, and reached the Valley on the 10th day of March, having lost but one man. Active measures were at once inaugurated S

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for the coming campaign, and all detailed men were ordered to rejoin the regiment. On the 2d of May, 1864, the regiment numbered 600 effective men; but the strength was reduced by detailing Company I to division headquarters, where it remained on duty until the close of the war. In the re-organization of the army previous to the Atlanta campaign, the Seventy-ninth was assigned to the First Brigade, Third Division, Twentieth Army Corps, under Gen. Hooker, an assignment that continued uninterrupted during the war."

From this time the regiment saw the hottest kind of service. Mr. Reid continues as follows: `° On the 2d day of May, the armies in Lookout Valley moved from their encampment on the enemy, concentrated in force at Dalton, Ga. The Seventy-ninth was not engaged in the demonstrations at Buzzard's Roost and Dug Gap, being in the reserve line; but after passing through Snake Creek (lap on the 13th and 14th, near Resaca, it skirmished with the enemy, with considerable loss in killed and wounded. On the 18th day of May, the Seventy-ninth was one of the five regiments that were ordered to assault a strong position held by the enemy on the road leading from Dalton to Resaca. The position was defended by artilLery and infantry. The assaulting party was composed of about twenty-five hundred men, under Gen. W. T. Ward. It approached within 400 yards of the enemy's position under cover of a dense forest of pine. At a given signal the troops rushed forward, amid a storm of grape, canister and musket balls, and after hard fighting, carried the works, with the loss to the enemy of a number of prisoners, four pieces of artillery, and 1,500 stand of small arms. This was the introduction of the regiment to a hand-to-hand fight with the foe; and the dead and wounded that lay thick before the face of the enemy's works, on the parapet and within, indicated as landmarks where the regiment had struggled for victory. The loss in this engagement fell most severely on the enlisted men. There were no officers killed, but five were wounded. The enemy retreated during the night, and was found the next day at ' Gravelly Plateaux,' from which it was driven back early on Cassville. Here it made a more stubborn resistance, and again the Seventy-ninth was engaged, but with small loss. At Dallas, on the 25th of May, the enemy was brought to bay, and the whole Twentieth Corps was hurled, again and again, against the lines, until 1,600 men were lost by the corps. On the 27th day of May, an advance was ordered, and the Seventy-ninth was one of the first to march. The movement was a success, but cost the regiment many lives. On the 28th, the enemy opened on the position of the regiment with artillery. On the same night, an attack was made along the whole line, but was repulsed. The Twentieth Army Corps was moved to the enemy's flank, and an attack was made on the 3d day of June. This engagement was a severe test of firmness, as the regiment was exposed to the shell of the enemy in an open field without an opportunity of returning the fire. Another retreat by the enemy, and fighting was resumed at Pine Mountain. Skirmishing continued for some days, ascertaining the enemy's true position; and on the 15th an advance by the Twentieth Corps was ordered. On the evening of that day, the Seventy-ninth Ohio and the Seventieth Indiana were detached from the other troops, a swamp cutting off these two regiments from the main line. These regiments came upon the enemy, a desperate conflict ensued, and the enemy was driven at the point of the bayonet wIthin seventy yards of its main works. These two regiments attempted to carry the works of the enemy, but failed; yet they held at heavy cost the advantage they had gained until night, when re-enforcements came to the rescue. All night was occupied in strengthening the position of the national army. The 16th day of June was occupied in an artillery duel and skirmishing. In the night the enemy retreated, and the following day was employed in skirmishing near Kenesaw Mountain."

• Reid.

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The Seventy-ninth was part of an assaulting party on the 22d of June, and lost several men. After the evacuation by the enemy on the morning of July 3, the regiment was in the pursuing column, on the Marietta road, and was engaged with the rear guard of the rebels for about four miles. Skirmishing now occurred daily, until July 20. At Peach Tree Creek, the Seventy-ninth was in the front line, and was the second regiment engaged, losing half its men between 3 o'clock and 7 o'clock, and repulsing assault after assault made by the enemy. When the battle began, it had but four or five officers, and some of the companies were commanded by non-commissioned officers. Seven color-bearers were killed or wounded. After the battle, it was only a regiment in name, and not in numbers, having commenced the campaign with 600 men and numbering at the fall of Atlanta but 182. Its losses in 100 days were 425 men. It received suffIcient recruits just before the march to the sea began to increase its strength to 400 men. In the march through South Carolina, the regiment suffered little loss.. In North Carolina, its losses were severe at Averysboro and Bentonville. The men were mustered out June 9, 1865, after the arrival of the victorious army at Washington, and on the 17th of the same month they were paid off and discharged at Camp Dennison. Clinton County furnished a few men for the Eightieth and Eighty-third regiments, and one company (F) for the Eighty-fourth, the latter in the three months' service, in Maryland. The Eighty-sixth, for three and six months, the Eighty-seventh, for three months, and Company B, of the Eighty-eighth, or "First Battalion of Governor's Guards, Ohio Volunteer Infantry," for three years, also contained representatives from Clinton. Capt. John C. Moon, of this regiment, was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel United States Colored Troops. Several men from the county enlisted in the One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Regiment, which was placed on duty guarding rebel prisoners at Johnson's Island, in Lake Erie.

THE ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-NINTH REGIMENT OHIO NATIONAL GUARD.

This re invent was organized and mustered into service at Camp Dennison, Ohio, May 1864, and was composed of the Fifty-fifth Battalion Ohio National Guard, of Clinton County, and the Twenty-seventh Regiment Ohio National Guard, of Ross County. It was enlisted in the national service for 100 days, and left this State for Baltimore, Md., on the 11th of May, 1864. Upon arriving at its destination, it was assigned to duty at the various forts in and around the city, and remained there until the 29th of May, when it was ordered to the eastern shore of Maryland, and distributed at various points. "About the Fourth of July," says Whitelaw Reed, " the regiment was ordered to Monocacy Junction, and on the evening of the 8th it took position on the extreme right of Gen. Wallace's army, at the stone bridge, on the Baltimore & Frederick pike. Early in the forenoon of the 9th, the regiment's skirmish line was attacked, and the fight continued until late in the evening, when the regiment was compelled to fall back, though not until the left of the line had given way, and the regiment was nearly surrounded. When a retreat was ordered, Gen. Tyler, the brigade commander, directed the One Hundred and t Forty-ninth to hold the bridge until the last extremity, in order to secure the safety of the army." Gen. Tyler himself thus wrote of the heroic efforts of safety regiment on that occasion: "No officer did his duty better than did Col. Brown, and no troops could have done more than did the men under his com- mand in that unequal combat. It seldom falls to the lot of veterans to be more severely tried than were the Ohio National Guard at the stone bridge, and none ever carried out trying and hazardous orders better or with a more determined spirit than did the One Hundred and Forty-ninth and the men as-

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sociated with it." The regiment in this engagement suffered the loss of about thirty in killed and wounded. and over one hundred prisoners. Many of the latter were recaptured the neat day by Gen. Hunter's federal cavalry, at Frederick, and some made their escape; but when the regiment was mustered out, sixty-seven of its men were in rebel prisons, and some of them died. After the battle of Monocacy, the regiment was brigaded with the One Hundred and Forty-fourth Ohio and Third Maryland, under command of Brig. Gen. Kelly, and took part (with the Sixth and Nineteenth Corps) in the marches in Maryland and Virginia Portions of two companies were with the One Hundred and Forty-fourth Ohio at Berryville, Va., August 13, 1864, when an attack was made by Mosby's guerrillas. On that occasion one man was wounded, and a few were captured. After having seen more hard service than usually fell to the lot of hundred days' troops, the regiment returned to Ohio August 20, 1864, and was mustered out.

ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIFTH REGIMENT.

This regiment was organized for one year at Camp Dennison, Ohio, October 11, 1864, and contained two companies from Clinton County, commanded by Capts. W. P. Wolf and A. F. Deniston. "The regiment Columbia, Tenn., where it performed post and garrison duty in the town, and was also engaged in guarding the Tennessee & Alabama Railroad. In the advance of Hood, one of the regiment's outposts, south of Columbia, failing to receive orders, made a strong resistance, but was captured, while the remainder of the regiment fell back to Franklin. The One Hundred and Seventy-fifth was temporarily assigned to the Third Brigade, Third Division, Twenty-third Army Corps, and was placed on the left of the center, in reserve. In one of the enemy's charges, a veteran regiment gave way in utter confusion, and though the One Hundred and Seventy-fifth had never been under fire, and never even on battalion drill, they fixed bayonets, advanced rapidly over an open field, drove the rebels back, gained the works and held them, repelling charge after charge. In this engagement the regiment suffered severely, losing 161 officers and men killed, wounded and missing, among them Capt. W. B. Logan, a man universally esteemed as a Christian patriot. That night and next day the regiment fell back to Nashville, and took position in Fort Negley, where it remained during the battle, and on the 25th of December was again ordered to Columbia, and engaged in the usual garrison duties, and in guarding the railroad bridges." The regiment arrived at Camp Dennison, Ohio, July 3, 1865, and was finally discharged and paid July 13, 1865. When it entered the service it numbered 943 men; upon its return to Camp Dennison its strength was 582.

THE ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTIETH REGIMENT.

The above regiment was recruited in the fall of 1864, for one year, and contained a number of men from Clinton County. The foregoing were all infantry regiments. In the same branch of the service men from this county were in the Fourteenth united states Colored Troops, the Fifteenth Regular Infantry, and the Third Missouri Regiment of United States Colored Troops, in which latter were Lieuts. J. B. Nickerson and Ewing Wickersham. Of the cavalry regiments, the Second and Eighth Ohio and Fourth United States, had men in their ranks from this county, and others served in the Twenty-fourth Ohio Battery and the Second Heavy Artillery. A few were in the gunboat service on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. All acquitted themselves with credit, and the country will long remember their heroic deeds. Those who are living

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share the honors bestowed upon the soldier who has done his duty; those who • offered up their lives are remembered as martyrs in a glorious cause.

" On Fame's eternal camping-ground

Their silent tents are spread,

And glory guards, with solemn round,

The bivouac of the dead."

CLINTON COUNTY EX-SOLDIERS.

In the preparation of the following list, great pains has been taken to make it as complete and correct as possible. The names were first copied from official rolls in the Adjutant General's office, Columbus, Ohio, and then, as a whole, submitted to Col. A. W. Doan, of Wilmington, who kindly volunteered assistance in the revision of the list herewith presented.

EXPLANATION.

k........................................................Killed in action

p.....................................................:...:.::::: Prisoner

w..........................................................Wounded

pd...............................................................Promoted

SECOND OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, COMPANY H.

This company Was mustered into service at Camp Dennison, Ohio, July, 1861, to serve three years. The original members (except veterans) were mustered out October 10, 1864, by reason of expiration of term of service, and the veterans and recruits transferred to the Eighteenth Veteran Regiment, O. V. I., October 31, 1864.

Sergeant, James A. Suter

Sergeant, Robert Baggat, p

Antrim, John. Spark, Stephen L.

Carrel Albert. 8ewall, William,

Enfield, Zenform. Stubbs, Noah.

Jennings, Levi W. Van Sky, Jacob,

O'Conner, Thomas, k. Wood, David.

Shotwell, John, p.

SECOND OHIO VOLUNTEER HEAVY ARTILLERY,

COMPANY A.

This company was mustered into service July 20, 1863, by Capt. Proctor, to serve three years. It was mustered out of service August 23, 1865, in accordance with orders from the war Department.

PRIVATES.

Brown, George. Fletcher, A. W.

Brown, James. Hilderbrant, Elisha.

Brown, Samuel w. Hughes, John W.

Black, Jonah. Hansel, Ephraim.

Blair, John. Hubbard, David.

Bobbet, William. Moon, John W.

Bernard, John. McNeal, W. F.

Dewitt John W. Wickersham, James H.

Davis, J. D William, Paul.

Dumcin, Theodore. Villars, Hiram.

SECOND OHIO VOLUNTEER HEAVY ARTILLeRY, COMPANY D.

This company was in organization from May to September, 1868, to serve three years. It was mustered out of service August 23, 1865, in accordance with orders from the War Department.

d................................................................ Died in service dd................................................................Deceased m..................................................................Mining

v.f................................................................ Veteran Recruit

OFFICERS,

Sergeant, Epoch Morris.

Sergeant, Christian Ounny, d.

PRIVATES.

Barr, Robert. .............................................. Crawford, John.

Blizzard, Addison......................................... Forendyce, James.

Burns, Thomas............................................. McKinney, Stephen J.

,Beckett, Isaac............................................. Nolder, George.

ELEVENTH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY,

COMPANY G..

This company was organized at Wilmington, Clinton Co., Ohio, July 9, 1861; mustered into service at Camp Dennison July 15, 1861, for the term of three years, under command of Robert B. Harlan, Captain at the organization of the company. It was mustered out of service June 21, 1864, by reason of expiration of term of service, except veteran recruits, who were retained in service until June 11, 1865, then mustered out by order from the War Department.

OFFICERS.

Captain, Robert B. Harlan.

First Lieutenant, Asa Higgins, pd Captain.

Second Lieutenant, A. H. Chapmans, pd Captain.

First Sergeant, P. A. Arthur, pd Captain.

Sergeant, Henry B. Crumley.

Sergeant, Phocion B. Way.

Sergeant, Michael Long, V. R.

Corporal, Elsworth G. Riser, pd

Sergt. Corporal, Charles F. Atkinson, pd lst Sergt.

Corporal, William B. Gillespie.

Corporal, Jobs B. Dixson, d.

Corporal, John B. Roberts, d.

Corporal, Phillip R. Osborn.

Corporal, Ephraim S. Cline.

Corporal, Austin Hlldebrant, pd 6th Sergt.

Musician, Dallas L. R. Hust.

PRIVATES.

Arnold, Joshua R. Bundy, Stephen F.

Alexander, Robert, pd lst corp Channel, James H., d.

Crosson, James, V. R.

Allison, Thomas G. Conner, John.

Branetrator, Andrew J. Conklin, Harry F.

Brown, Parnell B. Collier, John, p.

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Conway, Thomas Moon, William M.

Clark, Benjamin F. pd Corp. Moore, Richard S., pd Corp.

Dunham. Samuel S.. Morris, James K., p.

Driscoll, Simon, V. R. Marks, Samuel

Devon, William B., V. R. Nunn, James A., V. R.

Eaton, James W., V. R. Orr, Sampson N.

Foos, Edward Phillips, Samuel, p.

Harris, John J., pd Corp. Pennington, Amos J.

Harrison, James A., p. Rapp, Anthony

Harlan, Morris. Rich Richards, John L., pd Corp.

Hicks, John D., m. Richards, Samuel

Hallam, Thomas F. Rhonemus, Androw 0. pd.

Hog, Levi H. p. 1st Sergt.

Harvey, John R., k. Roberts, George H.

Jacks, Daniel. Roberts, Elias

Jacks, William. Remington, Andrew J.

Johnson, Thomas E. Rone, Michael,

Johnson, John A. Richards, Charles,

Juvenile, Joseph, V. R Smith, Joseph.

Keenan, Henry G. k. Savage, Samuel A.

Kepis, James W. Sewell, Amos T.

Killis, Willis M. Smithson, J. G., d.

Leverton, George. Spencer, Silas.

Lung, Henry, V. R. Stivens, Harvey H.

Love, David, w. Tillinghurst, Francis M., w.

Lupton, Morgan, pd Corp. Underwood, Francis M., V.

Lyon, David, pd Corp. R.

Marlin, Manasa, p. Villars, Alfred J., p.

Martin, Charles. Wilkerson, Isaiah, pd Sergt.

Martin, William H. Zettner, John.

McDaniel, James M.

RECRUITS.

Hall, Solomon, p. Wallace, James, Co. C, 11^th

Smith, Joseph w. O. V.1.

Waln, Obed E., p. Main. John, Co. C, 11th O.

Wright, William H. V, I.

SECOND OHIO VOLUNTEER HEAVY ARTILLERY, COMPANY H.

OFFICERS,

Corporal, James W. Morris.

Corporal, Ezekiel East.

Corporal, Micajah Jones.

Corporal, John W. Vennard.

PRIVATES.

Dakin, John W. Roberts, Benjamin.

Dennis, John F. Shields, George.

Reese, Elwood. Williams, Amos.

TWELFTH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, COMPANY I.

This company was organized by Capt. Ferdinand Gunckel June 25, 1861; mustered into service at Camp Dennison, Ohio, to serve three years. It was mustered out July 11, 1864, by reason of expiration of terns of service, and the veterans and recruits transferred to the Twenty-third Regiment. Ohio Infantry.

PRIVATES.

Adams, David F. Harvey, Albert

Abbott, John B. McMillan, John H.

Briggs, Abner. Maddern, Eli.

Bryant, Jacob. Osborne, J. W.

Breekman, John. Smith, Orlando.

Conard, John. Simonton, Franklin, w.

Doan, Archibald S.

TWELFTH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.

Major, Jonathan D. Hines, pd to Colonel.

Lieutenant Colonel, Hiram M. Kay, in National Guards and k

Jonathan McMillan, w. d. Jonathan Howard.

Thomas Dunken n. Aaron Howard.

Isac Mathews, w. William Adams, w.

A. J. Abort T. R. Walker.

Daniel Stevens. R. A. Hines.

Henry Long. Jesse V. Hines.

J. F. Bowers. A. J. Rrown.

W. B. Moore, d., William Duncan.

Cary, Johnson, k. Jonathan Cartwright

M. V. Moyres, I. C. Moore,

J. R. Conard, Buck Moore

Frank Lapert.

SEVENTEENTH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, COMPANY G.

This company was mustered into service October z3, 1861, at Camp Dennison, Ohio. the expiration of its ternt of service, all (except. veterans) were mustered out of service, and the organization, composed of veterans anal recruits, retained in Service until July 18. 1865, when it was mustered out in accordance with orders from the War Department.

First Lieutenant, pd Lieut. Col., Franklin Spencer.

Second Lientenant, pd Maj., transferred to F. and S., Thomas R. Thatcher.

Sergeant, pd 1st Lieut, Isaiah Whinery.

Sergeant, Pit 2.1 Lieut., Oliver Kibbey.

Sergeant, Edward Champlain.

Corporal, Thomas B. Clark, dd.

Corporal, Isaac f. Jenks.

Corporal, George H. Smith.

Corporal, Adon Tomlin.

PRIVATES.

Albertson, Joshua, Murphy, Timothy.

Anson, Abraham H. Miller, John, dd.

Anson, George H. Moon, Joseph.

Andrew, Jacob, pd Corp. Morey. John, dd.

Bolton, Richard. McKibben, T. O.

Brewer, James. Nolan, Thomas.

Brown, George H. Nolan, Daniel.

Briggs, Frank., d. at Ander- Outcalt, Charles S., p. in An

sonville Prison November dersonville 19 months and

19, 1864. 9 days.

Hates, Hiram. Ragan, Daniel, d.

Brown, G. W. Ragan, Patrick.

Blizzard, Addison. Rambough, Isaac.

Clark, Samuel, d. Smith, George W.

Conger, Morris. Smith, Joseph, pd. Sergt.

Cottrell. John M., k. Schoo, George.

Crewso, Peter. Shewalter, William M.

Cotton, Noah F., dd. Whitaker, Steven I.

Carlisle, Burling'n. pd sergt. Wolfer, John O ., pd Corp.

Falkner, Samnel, dd. Whitaker, Joseph R., w.

Foster. H., dd. Walter, David.

Foss, Benjamin. Wesley, John. dd.

Green, Leander, dd. Taylor, John.

Green, Parker. Smith. John O.

Gallaher, James M. Kibbey, John.

Hurt, Thomas J. Osborn, Seth.

Jeffries, Nathan K. Crouse, John.

Jeffries, George W. Levecy, Clark.

Kelly, John R. Riley, John.

Kibby, William H. Riley, C. B.

Livecy, William. Shaw, James.

Little, Daniel.

TWENTY-FOURTH OHIO INDEPENDENT BATTERY.

This battery was organized at Camp Dennison, Ohio, August. 4, 1863, to serve three years. It was mustered out of service June 24, 1865, in accordance with orders from the War Department.

PRIVATES.

Campbell, Joseph. Hunter, Henry C. Pd Corp.

Campbell, Jackson. Hudson, Thomas F.

Elliott, William F. Hudson, Lewis.

Fenner, Wyatte. Kelso, Peter.

Holladay, William. Pegan, William L.

THIRTY-FIRST OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, COMPANY I.

This company was organized at Reesville, Ohio, as Company E, and was mustered into service at Camp Chase, Ohio, September 19,

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1861, to serve three years. On the expiration of its term of service. the original Members (except veterans) were mustered out, and the organization, composed of veterans and recruits retained in service until July 20, 1865, when it was mustered out, in accordance with orders from the War Department.

Captain, David H. Miller, resigned.

Sergeant, Elias Doan.

Sergeant, Joseph Taylor.

Corporal, Satelhiel H. Johnson.

Corporal, Thomas Sutton.

Corporal, George Irvin d. In A.

Corporal, W. H. McClaine, pd Sergt.

PRIVATES.

Barber, Allen, pd Sergt. Johnson, John W.

Bragg, Joseph Leamon, Samuel.

Burns, Francis J. Moon, Newton G.

Bragg, John. Nunn, William.

Comely, Azel. O'Donnell, James.

Casey, Thomas. Parker. Daniel.

Cottrell, John D. Richards, Wm. J., pd Corp.

Church, George W. Robinet, Joseph.

Collins, Levi. Spencer, Elisba.

Fanon, Levi. Sutton, John T.

Fink, Daniel. Sutton, William.

Grooves, William H. Stringfellow, R

Griffin, Thomas. Tyrrill, Jonathan T.

Hallam, Matthew, pd Corp. Underwood, James.

Hunter, William H. Underwood, William,

Hallam, Marquis. Workman. Joseph R.

Henry, Nathan. Waln, O. E.

Irwin, David. Irvin, Lanes.

Jones, Benjamin F. Irvin, Washington.

THIRTY-NINTH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, COMPANY H,

This company was organized by Capt. Adam Koogle, at Wilmington, Clinton Co., Ohio, from the 3d to the 13th of August, 1861, to serve three years. On the expiration of term of service, the original members (except veterans) were mustered out, and the organization composed of veterans and recruits retained in service until July 9, 1865, when it was mustered out by order from the War Department.

OFFICERS.

Captain, Adam Koogle, died to service.

First Sergeant, David Mann.

Sergeant, Daniel W. Chase.

Sergeant, Declifford Kearns.

Corporal, Peter A. Stamate, pd. lst Lieut.

Corporal, Silas Page.

Corporal, Franklin Babb.

Corporal, Thomas P. Tyrrell. k

Corporal, David Sayers.

Corporal, Jervis Harlan.

Corporal, William Miller.

Corporal, Robert Babb, pd. lst Lieut.

PRIVATES.

Brown, James E., d. Deakin, John F.

Butterfield, Joseph. Drake, James A.

Bell, George M., pd Corp. Elders, William.

Brewer, John M. Elders, George.

Barrett, John R. Elis, G. H.

Burton, William. Finley, James.

Babb, Marion. Goodrich, Benjamin.

Babb, Franklin. Garner, Milton, pd Corp.

Barrett, Samuel Gerlach, Matthias.

Collins, Francis M., d. Gregory, Absalom.

Carrell, Solon. m. Humphries, James,

Cleaver, John. Horseman, Amos.

Cree, John M. Horseman, George W.

Cadwalder, Benjamin. Hurley, H. J., pd Corp. d

Drake, John V., pd Capt. Harlan, Isaac H.

Daugherty, Benj., pd Corp. Harvey, John.

Dillon, Robert. Harris. Samuel M.

Dunham, George P. Johns, Aaron, pd Sergt

Dudley, William. Kenney, Michael.

La Ferro, George H. Rockhill, Francis F.

Mart, Asa. Radom, J. H., pd Sergt.

Mown, Reuben. Seal, Milton Corp.

Mast, Martin V d Stratton Stratton James

Miller, G B., pd 2d Lieut. Smith, Joseph F., p

McKinzie, Edward Strode, Abram M.

Mooman, Joseph. Strode, William C..

McKee, Sydnor. Sayra, Daniel If.

Miller, William V. Shepherd. Lonts C.

Malone, F. M. Shepherd, J. B., pd Sergt., d.

Merriweather, William. Shepherd, Edward W.

Penington, John. Shidaker, Warren, k

Penquite, James F. Taylor, Henry.

Pfester, Michael. Vanpeit, Joseph A.

Reece, Henry S. Wall, Robert D.

Rannells, Thomas O. Van Tress, Alfred, pd Corp.

Rix, James M. Woolery, Henry.

Rulon, S. H., pd lst Lieut.

FORTIETH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, COMPANY B.

This company was organized at Wilmington, Clinton Co., Ohio, from September to November, 1861, to serve three years. The original members (except veterans) were mustered out in October, November and December, 1864, by reason of expiration of term of service, and the organization composed of Veterans and recruits, consolidated into a battalion which was transferred to the Fifty-first Regiment Ohio Infantry, December 10, 1864.

OFFICERS.

Captain, James M. Haworth.

Frist Lieutenant, Charles J. Ent.

Second Lieutenant, John J. Barlow.

First Sergeant, James R. Nickerson.

Sergeant, Ewing M. Wickersham.

Sergeant, Thomas McVay.

Sergeant, Jerome Smith.

Sergeant, Lansing R Moody,

Corporal, Daniel J. Collett.

Corporal, Jesse N. Oren.

Corporal, William M. Waln.

Corporal, Robert E. La Fetra.

Corporal, Porter Van Trees.

Corporal, Isaac Doan.

Corporal, Henry O. Cowgill.

Corporal, Jacob H. Allen.

Fifer, William H. Buntan.

Wagoner, Johnson Crawford.

PRIVATES.

Arnold, Samuel d. Hang, Ferdinand.

Beavins, Joshua Harlan, Elise.

Boring, Henry. Hawk, Silas P.

Barton, James M. Hindershot, David W.

Babb, Alpheus. Jenkins, George.

Beckford, James E. Kizer, Isaiah.

Barnes, James A. Leavis, Evans J.

Carter, Joseph M. Lytle, Clarkson.

Carver, William R, Leaks, Stephen.

Conklin, David F. Lucky, Barney.

Conklin, David. Marrow, Samuel J.

Clark, Josiah. Morris, William H.

Campbell, William. McFadden, Harrison W.

Daniels, George W. Miller, William H.

Daniels, Joseph B. Middlaton, Wm. H. H.

Dean, Joseph N. McGrudin, William Z.

Edwards, Archibald. Mills, John M.

Ellis, Eli. Moony, Francis

Elwood, Hale. Mitchell, John F.

Ellis, John W. Mills, George W. D.

Edward, Nathaniel. Mahan, Michael I.

Gutters, Henry. Newman, Joseph M.

Griffith, Mann. Owens, John.

Hoover, Jacob A. O'Neal, George M.

Haines, Jacob H. O'Neal, James B.

Hodgson, George S. Pugh, Edward N.

Hart, Silas. Peebles, Joshua B.

Hyatt, Marshall. Robbinson, Robert K.

Hendershot, Jacob C. Railey, Joseph O.

Hunnicutt, Wm. H. H. Rix, William.

Holliway, Charles. Reader, Miles.

Hallam, John M. Sheppard, Levi P.

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Reed, Seymour. Young, James L.

Vandervoot, Paul C. Young, John C.

Wooley, Nathaniel. Yeo, Joshua L.

Waln, J. B. Yee, W. H.

Wilson, William I. Thatcher, L. M.

Woolery, Calvin. Yandervort, Alf.

Waln, J. A. Vestal, S. W.

Wood, Joshua Waln, W. M.

Wall, Absolom.

FORTY-THIRD REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, COMPANY A.

This regiment, Company A included, was organized at Camp Andrews and various places in Ohio from September 28, 1861, to February 1, 1861, to serve three years. On the expiration of its term of service, the original members (except veterans) were mustered out, and the organization, composed of veterans and recruits, retained in service until July 13, 1866, when it was mustered out by order from the War Department.

PRIVATES.

Brown, Henry, m. Hobbs, James, m.

Brooks, Benjamin F., m. Litileton, Charles A., m.

Clarke, John S., m. Madden, John.

FORTY-EIGHTH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, COMPANY D.

This company was organized in the State of Ohio at large from September to December, 1861, to serve three years. On the expiration of its term of service, the original members (except veterans) were mustered out, and the organization, composed of veterans and recruits, retained in service until January 17, 1865, when it was consolidated with the Eighty-third Regiment, Ohio Infantry.

First Lieutenant, Joshua Hussey.

Orderly Sergeant, Joshua Burley.

Corporal, Albert Ballard

Corporal, Harrison Luttrell.

Corporal, John W. Canter.

Corporal, Elkanah Ayers.

PRIVATES.

Achor, George R. Henry, Elias M.

Allison, Isaac R. Kessinger, George W,

Alexander, Starr Kenworthy, William R.

Below, Joseph. Mower, Samuel.

Burke, Thomas. McCune Thomas L

Baxin William. McDonald, Bushrod.

Bonecuttle , Martin. McKee, Francis M., p.

Bernard, George. McElvain, John F.

Caster David H, p Moses, Edward

Clark, William L, w. Milton, Kirby.

Cashatt, John W., pd Corp. Robuck, Jams M.

Cox, Joseph. Robuck, Thomas.

Cox, Henry. Railley, William I.

Cox, Simons, p Smith, Rolla

Casperson, Adam M. Spurlock, Levi.

Craven, Peter. Snow, Daniel B.

Baton, Levi. Stevens, John.

Ellis, Jesse. Trenary, Thomas B.

Gregory, John W. Williams, John D, d.

Henderson, Thomas. Woodmancee, Silas.

Henderson, William. Williams, Edward.

COMPANY A, FORTY- EIGHTH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, AND SCATTERING.

PRIVATES.

Allison, J. B. Coshott, Haney.

Conard, George R. Challander, Washington.

Conrad, Cornelius. Duck, John

Cowgill, Thomas. Davis, Mahlon.

Day, Thomas. Lang, William.

Fry, Peter. McVey, Edward.

Fry, Mick. Montgomery, Samuel.

Grady, M. J. McKee, Frank

Graratt, J. A. Parker, J. R.

Garrett, James Posgate, Frank.

Hensell, Thomas H. Raines, David D.

Holmes, William. Riley, Patrick.

Hiatt, Elihu Riley, William.

Holliday, Frank. Rogers, William.

Howland, Henry. Sweetman, Joseph.

Hodson, Isaac. Sweetman, Richard.

Hussey, Cyrus. Sperlock, J. W.

Henry, Elise. Sharp, Boman.

Hildebrant, Henry. Tudor, Clem.

Huff, Carl. Williams, John.

Johnson; A. T. Williams, William.

Ladd, Benjamin. Williams, Daniel.

Leeks, J. W.

FIFTY-FOURTH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, COMPANY C.

This company was organized in September and October, 1861, to serve three years; was mustered out with regiment in November, 1864. Filet Sergeant, Fergus Mitchell.

Corporal, John Reynolds.

Corporal, Robert Wells, pd Sergt.

Corporal, Thomas V. Cuddington.

PRIVATES.

Barkel, Erastus. Miller, base.

Bougham, James M. Miller, William.

Cropen, John. Moon, Albert.

Constable, Jasper. Osborn, John.

Carnaham, John. Osborn, George W.

Capital John. Peacock, John A.

Corner, John. Van Pelt, Oliver.

SIXTY-FIRST OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, COMPANY A.

This company was mustered into the United States service at Camp Chase, Ohio, on the 28d of April, 1862, to serve three years. It was consolidated with the Eighty-second Regiment Ohio Infantry March 31, 1865, in accordance with orders from the War Department.

Corporal, Michael Heck, pd Sergt., w.

Corporal, Joel B. Crabb, pd lst Sergt.

Corporal, Andrew Woollary.

SIXTY-FIRST OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, COMPANY E.

This company was organized by Capt. Charles A. Leiter, and was mustered into service at Camp Chase, Ohio, on the 23d of April, 1862, to serve three years. It was consolidated with the Eighty-second Regiment Ohio Infantry, March 31, 1865, in accordance with orders from the War Department.

OFFICERS.

First Lieutenant, John N. Fallis.

Sergeant, Richard P. Woodruff, pd Sergt.

Maj. Sergeant, Joseph H. Trindall.

Sergeant, David H. Shutt,

Corporal, Mordeai Babb, d.

Corporal, James A. Ralston.

Corporal, Samuel Grooms.

Corporal, Francis M. Styer.

Corporal, Jams Marshal, d.

Corporal, Lewis Tomlin.

Corporal, Nathaniel Tomlin.

Wagoner, Robert W. Jones.

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PRIVATES.

Albright, John W., w. Mart, Wesley.

Brewer, William. Miles, Edwin D.

Burton, John. Myers. John, V. R.

Collins, Henry. Miars, Lewis.

Conger, Bradley. Mountjoy, Joseph.

Fox, William E. Nicewander, Samuel.

Frank, Joel. Pennington, Thomas.

Flower, David. Reese, Chockley

Gaskill, Eli. Shriver, Elise, d.

Hall, Thomas. Seibert, Daniel.

Johnson. Jacob J. Smith, Theodore W., V. R.

Jones, Eli A. Stevens, Alexander J., d.

Jones, Wilson. Thornsburry, Jacob.

Job, Archibald. Tomlin, John.

Lee, John, V. R. Thomas, Alden, p.

Lindsay, John B. Vandaran, Mulford, pd Corp.

Morgan, William H., w. Zearyel, John G., V. R.

SEVENTY-FOURTH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, COMPANY K.

This company was mustered into service July 28, 1862, at Camp Chase, Ohio, to serve three years. On the expiration of its term of service, the original members (except veterans) were mustered out, and the organization, composed of veterans and recruits, retained in service until July, 10, 1865, when it was mustered out, in accordance with orders from the War Department.

PRIVATES

Babb, Jasper. Berry, James

Rowers, William V., V. R. Savage, Robert.

SEVENTY-NINTH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY,

Colonel, A. W. Doan.

Adjutant Bodney Foos.

COMPANY C.

This company was mustered into service at Camp Dennison, Ohio, August 20, 1862, to serve three years. It was mustered out of service June 9, 1865, in accordance with orders from the War Department.

OFFICERS.

Captain, Isaac B. Allen.

First Lieutenant, Bryant Robinson.

Second Lieutenant, Henry S. Doan.

First Sergeant, Stephen Jenny.

First Sergeant, Ambrose Williams

Sergeant, George W. West, d.

Sergeant Jackson Battles.

Sergeant, Calvin W. Doan.

Sergeant, Morris McMIllan, k

Corporal, Lewis Moon, pd to Capt. 118th Reg. &. 8. C.T.

Corporal, John M. Botts, k.

Corporal, William V. Doan.

Corporal, Benjamin F. Hunter.

Corporal, Allen Bingamen.

Corporal, Ell McMillen.

Corporal, Joel W. Babb.

Corporal, Mahlon Russel.

Musician, Moses Maxfield.

Musician, Frank Marble.

Wagoner, Allen Sheppard.

PRIVATES

Bloom, Thomas Deck, Henry C., w.

Black, William, d. Davis, Samuel.

Burris, James H., m. Daugherty, David E.

Rrown, John, d. Darbyshire, Thomas

Burns, Henry. Donnard, William.

Crawford, David. Eister, William, t.

Chopson, Thomas. Fletcher, Elam.

Carnahan, Barnett. Grabill, Job. M.

Carroll, Dempsey P. Gable, Samuel D.

Oarroll, Jacob S. Hamilton, Robert, d.

Compton, Alexander, p. Hate, Nathaniel C.

Hyd, Randolph, w. Oldham, George T.

Hinman, James L., d. Pitzer, Harrison.

Hallam, Robert, k. Richards, Jeptha, k.

Hoggatt, Joseph. Roller, John O.

Johnson, James F., m. Robinson, Benjamin.

Jackson, Uriah S., w. Shepperd, William H.

King, William H., w. Stout, Isaac, pd Corp., k.

King, Wyatt U., k. Schonley, Isaac.

King, William J. Smith, James J.

Lewis, Albert G. Stephens, henry.

Ligett, William. Shawber, Peter, w.

Leeds, Joseph. Stephens, John, w.

Maghear, Mathew. Turner, Amajiah.

McKay, John D., d. Titus, John H.

Millham, Shipley. Tice, O. P., m.

Miles, Lorenzo J. Vantress, Thomas, pd Capt.

Miller, William. Wells, James

Moon, Robert, w. Walton, Zimri.

McKibben, Wesley. Wright, Abel

McAfee, Marcellus I. Wolf James M., d.

Nickerson, Samuel R.

RECRUITS

Andrew, John B. Doan, David W.

Carnahan, Aaron. Foos, Henry Z.

Darbyshire, John. Martin, A. J., pd Hon. Stew.

SEVENTY-NINTH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, COMPANY D.

This company was organized and mustered into service August 20, 1862, at Camp Dennison, Ohio, Capt. George B. Hicks and Col. R. B. Hayes in command. They were mustered out of service June 9, 1865, in accordance with orders from the War Department.

Captain, George B. Hicks.

First Lieutenant, Abraham H. Botkins, pd Captain.

Second Lieutenant, John Sees.

First Sergeant, Charles A. Harris.

Second Sergeant, John Vanzant

Third Sergeant, Henry Barlow, pd 1st

Sergt. Fourth Sergeant, Robert Dorsey.

Fifth Sergeant, John Walter.

Corporal, Robert A. Wherry, pd Sergt

Corporal, Martin L. Sims

Corporal, Frank Andrew.

Corporal, William H. Compton.

Corporal, Francis M. Vantreas

Corporal, Isaiah Taylor, pd Sergt

Corporal, Alexander M. Austin.

Corporal, Ogan Ambrose, pd 1st Sergt.

Fifer, John L. Halloway.

Drummer. George D. Turner.

Wagoner, Isaac Smith.

PRIVATES

Arnold, Joseph Baton, Henry.

Allen, James K. Fields, Joseph

Barshear James. Fisher, William H. H.

Barlow, George W., d. Flack, Adam.

Barlow, George L., pd Corp. Gardner, Rusella.

Brackney, Richard. Haynes, Edmund.

Brown, Elijah J. Henry, Cyrus.

Bowers, George H., w. Hunnicut, Dan'l B. pd Corp.

Briggs, Stephen F. Hartman, Jonathan H.

Brayll, John. Hansel, Francis.

Bowers, James G. Hunt, Urlah W.

Cox, Aaron, w. Howe. Jonathan D.

Chance, Cyrus, Helms, Henry w.

Collins, Alexander. Hickman, Zachariah

Collett, James W., d. Hobbett, James H.

Camp, John. Hall, Elias W.

Collins, John H. Higgins, Joseph.

Chamberlin, William. Hale, Joseph, d.

Douglass, Orlando, d. Jenkins, Frank.

Dillon, James. Johnson, Alfred J.

Dove, Stephen C. Job, Andrew, pd Corp.

Darkin, James A., d. Job, Thomas W. w.

DeLoug, Peter, d. Johnson, Joel, pd Corp.

El lie, George W., pd Corp. Middleton, John D.

Ellis, Nathan A. Moore Theodore F.

Edwards, Thomas. Murrell, John.

Ellis, Jacob B, pd Sergt. McKinney, Stephen J.

Engle, Daniel H d. McPherson, Hiram.

Emry, William. McPherson, Henry H.

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Owens, George W., w. Thomas, Isaac.

Oren, Henry, d. Underwood, John W.

Owens, Asa. Vantress, Eli.

Pyle, William C. Vantress, Thomas, d.

Reader, Joseph W., k. Williams, Jesse B.

Ruddock, Martin M. Wall, Joseph, dd.

Siehl, John. Wiles, Samuel, dd.

Schooley, Ezra, d. Williams, Elijah.

Smith, Bishop. Wherry, George A.

Stringfellow, Robert. Sims, Robert.

Turner, James C., Pd Corp. Sims, Matthew L.

Titus, Joseph W. H.

SEVENTY-NINTH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, COMPANY F.

First Lieutenant, Thomas Van Trees, pd Capt.

Oliver Outcalt.

First Lieutenant, George M. Taylor, pd.

Dwight J. Tillinghast.

Samuel C. Way.

Jeddah Whinery.

Captain, David L. Way, pd apt. Fifth United States Cav.

SEVENTY-NINTH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, COMPANY G.

This company was organized and mustered into service August 23, 1862, at Camp Dennison, Ohio. It was mustered out of service June 9, 1866.

OFFICERS

Captain, Ethan A. Spencer.

First Lieutenant, David Giffin.

Second Lieutenant, John Harrison.

First Sergeant, David Wright.

Sergeant, Micajah T. Nordyke.

Sergeant, Samuel B. Wood, t.

Sergeant, David C. Harrison.

Sergeant, Isham W. West.

Corporal, Burwell B. Mills, d.

Corporal, Isaiah Custis

Corporal, Paten Mowrer.

Corporal, John H. Barnes.

Corporal, Alpheus Townsend.

Corporal, Silos McFadden.

Corporal, Israel Lupton.

Corporal, Dennis Coakley, dd.

Musician, Byron M. Hurtt.

Musician, Cyrus Shockley.

Wagoner, Jacob Weist.

PRIVATES.

Bennett. James W. T. Jones, Andrew.

Barnard George W. Johnston, Lewis, k.

Barton William A., dd. Johnson, Peter.

Bridwell, Zachariah Johnson, Amos.

Custis, Azariah. Juvenile, Thomas B., p.

Clifford, John E. Juvenile, Madison.

Custis, Cyrus E, pd Sergt. Kieffe, James.

Cochran, James. Kirby, Christopher O.

Chance, Henry O dd. Kessinger, George.

Crawford, Wyatt C. Kerr, Alexander.

Custer, John L. Larkin, John H.

Dakin, William H. Lyon, Albert G.

Eichelberger, Jacob T. Miller, Matthew W., k.

Fristo, Henry. Miller, Demas M.

Fannage, Hiram H. Mathews, Isaac.

Fisher, Thomas Matson, Jares L, d.

Fisher, Eli. Myars, George E.

Frayer John W. Moyers, Joseph.

Grisce, Lafayette. McLinn, Isaac F., d.

Goodson, James. Mulladare, John.

Glasgow, Thomas T. Newman, Henry O.

Halladay, Benjamin F, m. Nevins, Daniel.

Howard, William O'Dunnell, Roger.

Haines, William N. Oliver, Samuel.

Halladay, Jubal. Parker, David H.

Haines, Joseph. Pierson, Lewis, d.

Hall, William H. Reed, William O.

Hinman, D. S., pd Corp. Rows, James B.

Hildebrant, William Rierdon. Matthew, dd.

Hussey, George W. Rogers, William.

Hildebrant, David, dd. Reed, Levi, d.

Howard, William A. Stone, Wm. H. H.

Jones, Henry P. Sturgeon, Robert

Sturgeon, Jeremiah. Workman, A. N., k

Stevens, Orin A., pd Corp. Wade, Harrison.

Shockey, Joshua B., dd. Woods, John.

Small, Henry. Williams, James L.

Taylor, John. W Woodmansee, Silas, m.

Theobald, Fred'k, pd Sergt. West, Reason.

Tysor, William A. West, John, dd.

Wilkerson, John W

SEVENTY-NINTH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, COMPANY I.

This company was mustered into service at Camp Dennison, Ohio, August 28, 1862. It was mustered out of service June 9, 1865, according to orders from the War Department.

OFFICERS.

Captain, James R. Stillwell.

Second Lieutenant, Joseph Slack.

First Sergeant, Jasper M. Johnson.

Sergeant, Amos D. Williams.

Sergeant, William H. Sutherland.

Sergeant, Keenan William.

Sergeant, Joseph B. Newberry.

Corporal, William M. Reeder.

Corporal, George L. Seevers, pd Sergt.

Corporal, Clinton Anson.

Corporal, Robert P. Snowdon.

Musician, Jacob D. Shank.

Wagoner, Thomas Hickey, pd Sergt.

PRIVATES.

Andrew, William. Miller, Clason,

Andrew, Wesley d. Moore, John B,

Austin, Samuel H. Mountjoy, John.

Brown, John W. Osborn, David.

Burns, Robert. Osborn, Michael W., pd Corp.

Brown, Thomas C. pd Corp. Osborn, Isaiah H.

Barkley, John W., d. Pennington, Christopher.

Brown, James W. Price, Henry O.

Briggs, John. Pagan, William H.

Cleland, William. Pennington, Stephen P.

Cusick, Leander. Quinly, Jesse O.

Dudley, William. Ruddick, David M.

Dakin, Barclay L. Reveal, George P. pd Corp.

Ellis, Theodore. Smith, John G.

Hunt, Cyrus L. Shank, Martin.

Harlan, William H. Sniff, Bennett.

Harvey, Henry, d. Templin, William, d.

Haines, Calvin. Taylor, Benjamin.

Hayard, John W., p. Tullis, John, left sick in

Hadley, Abraham H. hospital; supposed to be

Johnson, William. dead.

Kinbrough, James M. Terry, Washington.

Kessinger, George W. Underwood, Marcus L.

Lawrence, Nathan M, pd Thompson, Jacob R.

Corp. Worthington, William O. pd

McCray, Samuel. Corp.

McCray, Thomas. West, Benjamin F.

McVey, Alfred H. Williams, A. N. pd Sergt.

Muchmore, Henry.

COMPANY K.

Howard, John K. Leech, Cyrus, k.

Gorham, Eleazer J. Lyon, John. Hale, Andrew.

EIGHTY-SEVENTH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, COMPANY A.

This company was mustered into service at Camp Chase, Ohio, June 10, 1862, to serve three months. It was mustered out of service October 1, 1862, at Camp Delaware, Ohio.

Corporal, Carter L. Snowdon.

PRIVATES.

Ashcroft, Charles B. Johnson, Isaac H.

Britton, William B. Moon, John L.

Creek, George. Marshall, George B.

Foos, Benjamin. McMillen, Enoch W.

Gray, James O. McKean, William.

Jones, Alpheus H. Pierson, Mark L.

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EIGHTY-EIGHTH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, COMPANY F.

This company was mustered into service July 29, 1863, at Camp Chase, Ohio. It was mustered out Of service July 3, 1866, in accordance with orders from the War Department,

First Lieutenant, John V. Claxton;

Second Lieutenant, James M. Winpigler.

Second Sergeant, Jesse W. Moore.

Second Sergeant, Reuben P. Moore, pd to Hos. Stew.

Second Sergeant, Alonzo Hendee.

Second Sergeant, Sylvester Nordyke.

First Corporal, Samuel L. L. Spees, pd to Sergt.

Fifth Corporal, Charles R. Davis, pd to 4th Sergt.

Second Corporal, Noah Hyatt, pd to bth Sergt.

Third Corporal, Daniel Grey.

PRIVATES.

Andrews, Joseph M. Melson, John W.

Branson, John H. McKibben, James M.

Brown, Jehiel. Moon, Milton W.

Bailey, Daniel C. Moon, John R.

Brown, William E. Moon, Joseph H.

Orawford, Webster. Morgan, Milton.

Davis, Newton. McKinzie, Jesse.

Davis, Morris Michaels, William R.

Frazier, James. McGregor, Andrew.

Frazier, Eli. Nordyke, Solomon, d.

Garner, John N. Nordyke, Benjamin.

Holmes, Alpheus. Pobst, David.

Holmes, James W. Quigley, Philip H., d.

Holmes, William B. Rex, Joseph H.

Holmes, George W. Simpson, John W.

Hammer, Henry R. Snodgrass, John R

Hockett, Lewis Skinner, Hannibal, d.

Hammer, William P. Seaman, George

Holiday, David. Seaman: Jonah

Hammer, Amos G. Smith, Ephraim.

Hockett, William P. Templin, James M.

Haines, Jeremiah B. Thatcher, William

Hammer, Lewis A. Thornhill, David, pd to Corp.

Hilderbrant, Henry. Treadway, Lewis.

Johnson, Henry. Wilson, Thomas

Johnson, Thomas W. Whistler, Jacob.

James, John W. Williams, Eli.

Luttrill, Holmes. Williams, James A.

Lazenby, John E., dd. Williams, Lewis, dd.

EIGHTY-EIGHTH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, COMPANY B; OR, BATTALION GOVERNOR'S GUARDS.

This company originally was one of a battalion of four companies, organized at Camp Chase, Ohio, from September 24 to October 27, 1862, to serve three years, and designated First Battalion Governor's Guards. Six new companies were organized at Camp Chase, Ohio, from July 24 to August 3, 1863, to serve three years, and consolidated with this battalion, and designated the Eighty-eighth Ohio Volunteers. It was mustered out of service July 3, 1866, in accordance with orders from the War Department.

Captain, John C. Moore, pd to Lient. Col. and Col. and Brevet Brig. Gen.

First Sergeant, John V. Cluxton, pd to let Lieutenant.

Sergeant, Harlan F. Walker, pd to let Lieutenant. and Quartermaster.

First Corporal, Thomas Babb, pd to Sergt.

Corporal, D. W. O. Patrick, pd to ls Lieut and Adjt.

Corporal, Tumor Goesett.

Corporal, Charles Custis.

Corporal, Emanuel Crick.

Corporal, William Holmes.

Corporal, B. F. Randall.

Musician, John W. Gossett.

PRIVATES

Broomhall, George W. Hadley, William.

Barber, Henry. Johnson, Thomas B.

Bundy, Isaac N., pd lst King, George W.

Lieut. Moon, Joab

Botts, Wyatt. Mitchell George.

Conner, Charles J. O'Neal, Thomas.

Conner, Peter, dd. Owsley, John J.

Conner, Jesse L. Rains, George.

Campbell, Jacob. Rambo, James, pd Corp.

Culberson, J. W. Riley, Thomas.

Flores, Parker. Snider, James.

Garner, J. B. Smith, J. D.

Glanden, James. Smith, J. H.

Grubbs, Thomas B. Smith, Loarmin

Gossett, William. Seaman, J. H.

Gossett, Joseph P. Shewalters, Ham.

Hamilton, Charles Shepard, William A.

Hilderbrant, H. N.. Tremble, Allen.

Hags, Jesse. Ward, Lewis.

Ham, F. F.

ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-NINTH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, COMPANY K.

This was formerly the Fifty-fifth Battalion Ohio National Guard, of Clinton County, Ohio. It was mustered into the service of the United States at Camp Dennison, Ohio, on the 8th of May, 1864, and August 20, 1864, the company returned to Ohio and was mustered out.

OFFICERS

Captain, William C. Wilson.

First Lieutenant, James V. Rammels.

Second Lieutenant, Newton Shoemaker.

Sergeant, Edwin Shockley.

Sergeant, John M. Johnson.

Sergeant, James J. Gregory.

Sergeant, Edward P. Bond.

Sergeant, George S. Haymee.

Corporal, George Lawhead.

Corporal, Henry Lieuellen,

Corporal, John Eachus.

Corporal, William T. Wheeler.

Corporal, Mahlon Russell.

Corporal, John Boring.

Corporal, John McWilliams

Corporal, Robert B. Mitchell.

Corporal, Joseph Woodmancy.

Corporal, Daniel Penna.

PRIVATES

Aithy, Henry C. Hansell, Howard.

Brewer, Goorge. Hoolon, Thomas.

Bloom, Alfred. Hearn. John.

Baker, Griffin . Hubbell, Edward, p.

Bloom, George. Hendee, William.

Boring, Joseph. Hamilton, Tobias.

Boring, Henry. Hamilton, John W.

Clement, John D. Harlan Carter B.

Cook, Nathan. Hull, George.

Clevenger, Martin. Haines, Monroe.

Channey, George W. Hamilton, James F.

Craig, Franklin, k. Hunt, Uriah.

Curtis, James Hormell, Milton.

Crick, Franklin. Hunt, Harvey, dd.

Campbell, James W. Jeffries, Jeremiah.

Cottrell, Joseph. Johnson, Henry O.

Dillon, James. Kurt, Jam.

Devers, Thomas. Lawhead, John W.

Derby, Thomas. Lieurance, George,

Dennis, Seneca, p. Lieurance, John.

Dabe, James. Lieurance, David.

Eachus, Squire, p. Lyon, David.

Ellis, James V. Linton, James

Fenner, James H. Lafetra, Milton.

Freed, Mabury. Mathews, Eli.

Fisher, George. McVey, James

Fenner, William. Morton, Richard.

Fisher, William. Mitchell, Arthur L.

Fisher, James. Middleton, John.

Farguhar, Amos. McDonatd, E. P.

Gregory, Robert W. McKtuale, James

Hallam, William. Miller, Samuel S.

Hoover, Oliver F. Moore, Thomas A.

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Mann, William H. Slate, Daniel P.

McMillen, Judiah H. Spencer, Harvey

McKenzie, Harvey. Stackhouse, Joshua.

Noftsfher, Naaman. Stackhouse, Albert.

Pond, William J. Stackhouse, Jesse,

Pond, George D. Smith, Isaac A.

Pond, Jesse W. Thorn, Elbert.

Prichard, Benjamin. Sherbill, Samuel.

Pierson Levi. Sabin, Curtis.

Rannels, Thomas G., p. Tapes, William.

Roberts (Thaddeus) H.. Vanderburg, Paul.

(Ellison). Walker, Robert B.

Rockhill, Jonathan. Walker, Asa.

Rees, James. Walker, Elijah T.

Spencer, Alfred. White, David T.

ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIFTH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, COMPANY C.

Sergeant, Hugh A. Gibson, d.

PRIVATES.

Garner, Joseph T. Madden, Thomas.

Lindsey John B. Madden, John.

Lemen, Dopey.

ONE HUNDRED AND-------------------- OHIO VOLUNTEER INF:. COMPANY G.

This company was mustered into service October 11, 1864. On the 18th of July, 1866, the company received its final payment and discharge.

Captain, William P. Wolf.

First Lieutenant, Isaac N. Bandy.

First Sergeant, John D. Deniston, d.

Sergeant, James M. Gustin.

Corporal Ebenezer D. Leonard.

Musician, James Nicely

Wagoner, Cortland C. Cusick.

PRIVATES

Boroughs, James, d. Monce, Benjamin.

Baldwin Thomas B. Morris, John.

Bryant, William H. McKinney, Robert.

Canto, James M. Morrow, William, d.

Crosson, Edward, d. Oliver, William H.

Greely, Moris, d. Rude, William.

Garrison, Lemuel. Sidles, Israel, d.

Garrison, William W. Stewart, John P.

Hudson, Henry. Simpson, Wilford.

Hudson, James, d. Shell, Phillip A.

Lemons, Nathan. Smith, John O.

Layman. Alva , Templin, Thomas.

Moore, Stacy, d. White, Zachariah J.

MISCELLANEOUS

Whitest, James. Simpson, D. B.

Clark, Sylvester. Conner, W., Jr.

Harris, John. Covet, J. A.

Woodruff, Joseph. Garner, Joseph L.

Deniston, A. F. Newton, George.

Dogan, W. M. Spencer, James.

Fisher, Joshua. Carpenter, Junius.

Fisher, W. B. Shewalters, Hamilton.

Gurton, George. Zeigler, George, Col.

Holliday, J. H. Long, Henry.

Hamlin, Lewis A. Way David L. Capt. 6th U.

Moore, J. D. S. Inft.

Oliver, W. H. Robinson, M. C.

Shields, R. D. Wright, David H.

COLORED.

Hart, Robert Mallory, M. E.

Hart, James. Mallory, William.

Hart, Peter. Paine, John.

Hart, John. Hargrave, William.

Taylor, Hear Bishop, James.

Harrison, William Chadwell, James.

Hightower, Westley. Wilkins, Vase

Hightower, James P. Hargrave, John.

Dinimory, William. Adams, David.

Mayes, James. Mayes, Alfred.

Wood, David. Chapman, Charles.

Good, Gaston. Robinson, J. B.

Stewart, Nathan. Hightower, Orlando.

Mallory, A. G.