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AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 269 CHAPTER XVII MILITARY RECORD Shelby County in the Civil War—Regimental Histories—Neal Post, G. A, R,—Company L. in the Spanish-American War. "How sleep the brave who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blessed ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mold ; She there shall dress a sweeter sod, Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. "By fairy hands their knell is rung; By forms unseen their dirge is sung; There Honor comes a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; And Freedom shall awhile repair To dwell a weeping hermit there!" Shelby county need not be ashamed of her part in suppressing the war of the rebellion as is shown in the history of her soldiers taken from the military record. FIFTEENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. This regiment was organized at Camp Jackson, near Columbus, 0., May 4, 1861, but a few days later moved to Camp Goddard at Zanesville, where preparations were made for field service. It was then ordered into West Virginia on guard duty on the Baltimore & Ohio Railway, and advanced as far as Grafton. It took part in the engagements at Philippi, Laurel Hill, and Garrick's Ford, and at the expiration of the term of enlistment was discharged about the 1st of August, 861. The next call of the president was for three hundred thousand men for three years, and the old Fifteenth responded almost unanimously. It was then reorganized at Camp Modecai Bartley, near Mansfield, and moved to Camp Dennison, September 26, 861. On the 4th of October the regiment went to Lexington, Ky., but eight days later moved to Camp Nevin, near Nolin's Station, by way of Louisville. It was here assigned to the Sixth Brigade, commanded by Gen. R. W. Johnston, of the Second Division, under command of Gen. A. McD. McCook, of the Army of the Ohio, then under General Sherman. On the 9th of December, 1861, the division moved out to Bacon Creek, and the next day the brigade occupied Mum fordsville. On the 14th - 269 - 270 - HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY of the month the division broke camp to move against Fort Donelson, but learning of the fall of that fort, a march was made to Bowling Green, and Nashville was finally reached on the 2d of March. Here a camp was formed, but on the 16th the march to Savannah began, that place being reached on the night of April 6. The next morning the Fifteenth marched to the battle ground, and remained in the engagement from noon till 4 o'clock, when the enemy fell back. In this engagement the regiment lost six men killed and sixty-two wounded. At Corinth the Second Division formed the reserve force, and so did not move to the front until the 27th of May. It next marched to Battle Creek; Tenn., where it arrived on the 18th of July. Here it remained until the loth of August, when it moved to Altemonte, and from here to Nashville, which place was reached on the 8th of September. Again it moved out, and on the 25th reached Louisville. The division next pursued Bragg as far as Orchard Knob, and then marched to Nashville, November 7, 1862. On the 26th of December the army advanced upon Murfreesboro, and in the battle of Stone River the Fifteenth Regiment lost eighteen killed and eighty-nine wounded. On the 24th of July, 863, an advance was made on Tullahoma and Shelbyville, and in the engagements which followed this regiment took a very prominent part. The division afterward moved to Bellefonte, Ala., which place was reached August 22, and on the 2d of September the march was continued in the direction of .Rome, and on the 11th the division took position with the main army in Lookout Valley. Here the regiment occupied the extreme right flank until the morning of the 19th, when it marched for the battle-field of Chickamauga, and was engaged immediately upon its arrival. It then took part in the siege of Chattanooga and the assault on Mission Ridge. We next find it with the First Brigade, Third Division, Fourth Army Corps, marching to the relief of Knoxville, Tenn., where it arrived on the 8th of December, and on the loth the command moved to Strawberry Plains. In January, 1864, the greater portion of the regiment re-enlisted and started to Columbus, O., via Chattanooga, to receive furloughs. On the loth of February the regiment reached Columbus three hundred and fifty veterans strong, and on the 12th the whole regiment was furloughed. They next appear at Camp Chase on the 4th of March recruited to the strength of nearly nine hundred men. The regiment reached Nashville in March and Chattanooga on the 5th of April. On the 8th it went to Cleveland, Tenn., and to McDonald's Station on the loth, where it remained until the spring campaign. On the 3d of May camp was broken and the regiment joined the army of Sherman at Tunnel Hill. The regiment afterward participated in the battle of Resaca, and again in that of Dallas, in which it lost nineteen men killed, three officers, and sixty-one privates wounded and - nineteen missing, who were supposed to be killed or desperately wounded. The color guard, with the exception of one corporal, were all killed or AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 271 wounded, but one corporal, David Hart, of Company I, brought the colors safely from the field. The army next moved to Kenesaw Mountain, and on the 14th of June the regiment lost one man killed and five wounded from Company A. The regiment next crossed the Chattahoochee and finally appeared before Atlanta. After operating on the rear of Atlanta the regiment was marched to the relief of Resaca, and finally to Columbia. At Nashville the regiment formed the extreme left of the army. It next moved against the enemy's position on the Franklin Pike. After following the enemy to Lexington, Ala., it went into camp at Bird Springs. It next moved to New Market, Tenn., in March, and then to Greenville to guard against the escape of Lee and Johnston, who were being pressed by Grant and Sherman. In April it was ordered back to Nashville, which place was reached about the 1st of May, 1865. Here the regiment lay in camp until the 16th of June, when it was ordered to Texas. On the 9th of July it reached Indianola, Texas, and the same night marched to Green Lake. Here the regiment lay until about the loth of August, when it marched toward San Antonio. On the 21st it reached the Salado, near San Antonio, where it lay until October 20, when it entered upon post duty in the city. Here the regiment remained until the 21st of November, when it was mustered out and ordered to Columbus, O., for final discharge. - Leaving San Antonio on the 24th of November the regiment reached Columbus, December 25, and was discharged on the 27th after a period of four years and eight months' service. Company I, Fifteenth. Regiment O. V. I. Henry Fletcher. Lucas Borer ; killed December 31, 862, at Stone River. John W. Clearity, killed at Stone River. Aaron Rambo, sergeant ; discharged 1865. Frank H. Riggs; discharged September 13, 1863. Henry Seiters; discharged August, 1862. L. F. Kerkendall, corporal. James C. Delancy ; taken prisoner at Stone River, June, 1865. John H. Seiter, corporal, November, 1862. William Price, wagoner, February, 1863. William Ash; wounded at Chickamauga July, 1864. Alva Anderson; taken prisoner at Stone River September, 1863. Charles Baldwin, May 17, 1862, Shiloh. Samuel Couter; taken prisoner at Stone River September 20, 1864. David Fletcher, May 5,. 1863. Samuel Fletcher. F. Fire, November, 1861. Benj. Gallatine; wounded at Pickett's Mills May, 1864. James Guthrie; taken prisoner at Stone River September, 1864. Martin Hawver, September, 1864. S. B. Hoadley , February, 1863. 272 - HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY George L. Hersluser ; taken prisoner at Chickamauga September, 1863. Wellington Lathrops , September, 1862. Andrew Larick , September, 864. Irvin I. Mellard , November, 1861. Isaac A. Myers , February, 1863. Joseph Mortimore, April, 1863. William Morton; wounded at Stone River September, 1864. Joseph E. Meek; wounded and taken prisoner at Stone River September, 1864. Thomas S. Hart, May, 1865. George W. Rockwell ; taken prisoner at Stone River September, 1864. Gardner Sawyer; taken prisoner at Stone River September, 1864. George F. Summers; taken prisoner at Stone River June, 1863. John A. White, May, 1862. John F. White; taken prisoner at Stone River September, 1864. William Winton, March, 1863. Winfield G. White; wounded at Stone River September, 1864. TWENTIETH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY The Twentieth Ohio was recruited for three months in May, 1861, and reorganized at Camp King, Kentucky, October 21, 1861. The commanding officer Was Col. Charles Whittlesey, of Ohio, who was a graduate of West Point, and had won great distinction as an engineer and geologist in the Superior region. During the winter of 861-62 the regiment guarded several batteries in the rear of Covington and Newport, Ky., and at one time four companies were sent to quell an insurrection in the region of Warsaw. On February 11, 1862, the regiment embarked on the steamers Emma Duncan and Doctor Kane for the Cumberland River. It reached Fort Donelson on the 14th of February, and went under fire the next day. It marched to the extreme right and went into a reserve position. After the battle the regiment was sent north in charge of prisoners, and so became greatly scattered. Soon afterward seven companies were brought together and went up the Tennessee on the expedition to Yellow Creek, on the steamer Continental, on which General Sherman had headquarters. On the 6th of April, while on inspection at Adamsville, the regiment heard the guns at Pittsburg Landing, and at 3 P. M. marched to the field and went into position on the right of the army. It participated in the fight of the next day and is entitled to share in the glory of that victory. During the engagement it was under command of Lieutenant-Colonel Force, Colonel Whittlesey being in command of a brigade. During the advance on Corinth the regiment remained on duty at Pittsburg Landing. After the fall of Corinth the regiment went to Purdy, where it joined its division, marched to Bolivar, and became a part of that garrison of June 6, 1862. On August 30, 1862, the Rebel General Armstrong, with fifteen regiments on an expedition northward, was held in check a whole day by the Twentieth Ohio, a portion of the Seventy-eighth Ohio, and two corn- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 273 panies of the Second Illinois Cavalry. Late in the afternoon two companies, G and K, of this regiment were captured by a cavalry charge, but not until they had repulsed two charges. For their courage on this occasion the officers and troops were highly commended. The regiment next assisted in driving Price from Iuka on the loth of September. On November 28th it marched south from Lagrange in the Second Brigade of Logan's Division, and on the 4th of December entered Oxford, Miss. About this time the Seventeenth Army Corps was organized, and Logan's Division became the Third of the corps. By slow marches the Twentieth reached Memphis on January 28, 863, and was reinforced by two hundred men. On February 22 the regiment moved clown the Mississippi on the steamer Louisiana, landed at Lake Providence, and a few weeks later marched to the relief of Porter's fleet, blockaded in Steele's Bayou, and after three days in the swamps, returned to camp. On May 12 the Twentieth deployed in advance of the corps toward Raymond, Mississippi, and while resting with stacked arms, was fired upon from a thicket beyond a stream. The regiment at once formed and advanced, using the opposite bank of the stream as a breastwork. A severe struggle ensued for an hour, during which the Twentieth was exposed to a cross-fire. Every man stood firm until the Rebels were compelled to yield. The regiment lost twelve killed and fifty-two wounded. Private Canavan, of Company E, was promoted to a sergeantcy on the field for skilful management of the company after the other officers and sergeants were disabled. Captain Wilson was decorated with the Seventeenth Corps Medal of Honor for gallantry in assembling his skirmishers under the very muzzles of the enemyls guns during the first charge. Lieutenant Weatherby, of Company A, being on the extreme right of the skirmish line with his company, and being cut off from his regiment, assembled his company, and reported to the colonel of the nearest regiment—the Eighty-first Illinois—and fought as a part of that regiment. The Eighty-first showed their appreciation of its services by giving three hearty cheers for the "Twentieth Ohio Boys." Again the regiment moved from point to point and engaged from time to time in skirmishes, until we find it in the rear of Vicksburg, where it acted as support to an assaulting party on May 21. Here it continued- at work until May 29, when with a brigade it withdrew from line and went on an expedition to the Yazoo Valley. On the 4th of June it had returned and was in reserve at Vicksburg. On the 26th of June the regiment withdrew to Tiffin with the Second Brigade to watch the movements of Johnston. After the fall of Vicksburg the regiment camped at Bovina Station, but was soon ordered to join Sherman's army then besieging Jackson. In January, 1864, two-thirds of the men re-enlisted, and on the 8th of February the regiment crossed Big Black and joined the Meridian expedition. Arriving at Meridian, the regiment assisted in destroying railroads and then marched to Chunkey Creek. The regiment afterward went north on furlough, and after thirty days rendezvoused at Camp Dennison on the 1st of May, and proceeded to Cairo, and from there by steamer to Clifton, Tenn. From here it marched, via Pulaski, Huntsville, Decatur, and Rome, to 274 - HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY Acworth, where it joined General Sherman on the 9th of June after a march of two hundred and fifty miles. After some skirmishes, the regiment appeared before the Rebel works at Atlanta on the loth of July. The regiment took position in the advanced line on the 21st, and on the next day firing was heard to its rear. It formed in the works, the Rebels advanced, and the men leaped the parapet and faced the enemy. The Rebels pressed around the regiment and bullets came from front, flank, and rear. The Twentieth delivered their fire wherever the strength of the Rebels appeared until cartridges became scarce, when portions of Companies A, F, and D risked life and obtained, in the face of the enemy, five cases of ammunition. Even this was insufficient, and the ammunition of the wounded and dead was distributed, and charges made to capture Rebels for the sake of their cartridges. The batteries in Atlanta threw shell upon the rear of the brigade, the enemy redoubled the fire in front, and placing a captured gun within fifty paces of the flank of the Twentieth, raked the regiment with canister. Orders came to retire, and the men withdrew to form a new line, firing their last cartridge as they withdrew. In the new line the Twentieth was placed in reserve except a detachment of one hundred men who were posted in the works on Force's Hill, and fought desperately until the close of the battle. In this engagement the Twentieth lost forty-four men killed, fifty-six wounded, and fifty-four missing. Many instances of personal daring were mentioned, among which were Lieutenant Nutt, of Company F; Skillen, of Company G; Privates Crabbe and Casey of Company C; Elder, of Company G; and Speker and Stevenson of Company F, especially distinguished themselves. The regiment changed about until the 24th of August, when it received orders to march as guard to the supply trains of the Army of the Tennessee. Four days later it joined its brigade at Fairburn and assisted in destroying railroads. It went into battle at Jonesboro' on the 31st, and as "refused flank" was exposed to a heavy artillery fire. It then went to Lovejoy's Station, but a few days later went into camp near Atlanta. On the 5th of October it engaged in the pursuit of Hood and at Galesburg turned back, and on November 5th again went into camp near Atlanta. It left Atlanta with Sherman's army November 15 for Savannah, participated in the destruction of Milian, Ga., and reaching Savannah, went into position on the right of the Seventeenth Corps. On December 19th it was detached and sent to Ogeeche, where it engaged in building wharves for the landing of supplies. The work was ended by the surrender of Savannah and the regiment rejoined the brigade December 24th in camp at the outskirts of the city. On January 5, 1865, the regiment embarked on the steamer Fanny and proceeded to Beaufort, S. C., crossed Port Royal Ferry, and advanced until the enemy was found entrenched beyond a rice swamp. The Twentieth deployed as skirmishers, charged the enemy's works in splendid style, and the regimental colors were soon waving from the parapet. At dark the troops encamped before the fortifications of Pocotaligo, and on the morning of the 13th of January the regiment was assigned camping ground AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 275 beyond the railroad station of Pocotaligo, and remained there until the 3oth, when it joined the Carolina campaign. The head of the column struck the enemy on February 3d near the north Edisto bridge at Orangeburg, and two companies of the Twentieth were deployed as skirmishers. Soon the regiment advanced at double-quick and drove the enemy back to their fortifications, from which they opened fire. The regiment deployed as skirmishers, advanced through an ice-cold and waist-deep swamp, opened fire on the enemy and held the position until relieved in the evening. The next day the river was crossed and the railroad destroyed. Reached Columbia the night of its destruction, and the next morning marched through its smoking ruins and destroyed the railroad as far as Winnsboro. On the 24th was left in rear of the whole army to guard the pontoon train, and after a hard march entered Cheraw March 3d and Bennettsville on the 6th. On the loth of March Bentonville was reached, and on the 24th the regiment entered Goldsboro. Two weeks later the regiment pushed to Raleigh, and on the 15th of April moved toward Johnston's army. It became known that Johnston had asked terms of surrender, the men went into ecstasies of joy, and even stood on their heads in the mud as they contemplated the final scene of the war. Leaving Raleigh on the 1st of May the regiment marched via Richmond to Washington, participated in the grand review, May 24th, was sent to Louisville, Ky., and on the 18th of July returned to Columbus and was mustered out of the service. The whole history of this regiment is creditable to the men, to the officers, and to the nation. Field and Staff Officers Charles Whittlesey, colonel, August, 1861-April, 1862. Manning F. Force, colonel, April, 1862 ; promoted to brigadier-general. Harrison Wilson, colonel, June, 1865; mustered out with regiment. John C. Fry, colonel, January, 1864 ; resigned 1864. Harrison Wilson, lieutenant-colonel. Peter Weatherby, major. Henry 0. Dwight, first lieutenant and adjutant. John W. Skillen, first lieutenant and quartermaster. Henry P. Fricker, surgeon. James W. Guthrie, assistant surgeon. James Knapp, J. W. Alderman, Chaplain. William A. Nutt, sergeant-major. Hiram H. Varner, quartermaster sergeant. Henry V. Wilson, commissary-sergeant. Company B, Twentieth Regiment, O. V. I. John C. Fry, major, August 18, 1861; discharged April 19, 1863. Andrew J. Edwards, captain ; resigned April 14, 1863. Russell B. Neal, first lieutenant, January 1, 1862-January 5, 1865. 276 - HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY Reuben M. Colby, first lieutenant, January 5, 1863. William A. Skillen, sergeant. Isaac H. Coy, sergeant, October 25, 1862. Samuel W. Dickerson, corporal. John C. Sullivan, musician, July 14, 1862. Perry Burch, private, August 8, 1861-May 5, `862, at Shiloh, Tenn. George W. Bains, private, August 18, 1861-July 24, 1862. Benjamin H. Croy, private, July 1, 1862. John M. Coleman, private, February 16, 1863. Joseph R. Conckright, December 19, 1861. William B. Elefrits, April 13, 1862, Shiloh. Arnold S. Coleman, October 22, 1863, Vicksburg. James F. Horn, August 29, 1862, Bolivar. John D. Hall, August 25, 1862. Clay R. Joslin, July 15, 1862. William Longacre, April 17, 1862, Shiloh. John W. Langstaff, July 25, 1862, Grand Junction. Peter Miller, December 26, 1862, Lagrange, Tenn. Adam Neil, July 5, 862, Columbus, O. Joseph McVay, March 16, 1862. Isaiah O'Bryan, May 7, 1862, Shiloh. William O'Bryan, October 25, 1862, Bolivar. George W. Staley, September 9, 1862, Bolivar. George W. Spann, June 27, 863, Vicksburg. William R. Stipp, December 21, 1861, C. King, Ky. Aaron Smith, May 6, 1862, Shiloh. Mark Thompson, April 8, 1862, Shiloh. John H. Vannater, April 8, 1862, Shiloh. Thomas M. Wale, April 4, 1862, Crump's Landing. David Cargill, August, 1864. William Woodruff, April 12, 1862, Shiloh. Stephen M. Young, March 11, 1862, Atlanta, Ga. George W Zirby, September 21, 1864. Jacob H. Allen, September 21, 1864. William B. Cannon, September 21, 1864. William H. Herschell, September 21, 1864. John D. Hall, September 21, 1864. Allen Halterman, September 21, 1864. John Morris, September 21, 1864. William F. Packer, September 21, 1864. David Scisco, September 21, 1864. Robert M. Toland, September 21, 1864. Silas D. Young, September 21, 1864. Philip W. Young, September 21, 1864. Charles B. Cannon, September, 1862-September, 1863. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 277 Transferred James Knapp, chaplain. E. N. Owen, adjutant. Robert N. Sharp, October 15, 1863. John F. Smith, October 5, 863. John K. Wilson as Hospital Steward. W. A. Skillen, promoted to first lieutenant, August, 1864. Killed in Battle and Died John S. Wilkinson, sergeant, died May 31, 1862, Shiloh. Elias Baldwin, private, died May 27, 1862, Paducah, Ky. David Baldwin, private, died March 21, 1863, Jackson, Tenn. William R. Campbell, private, died October 5, 1862, Sidney, O. Levi Gump, died August 16, 1863, Vicksburg. Thomas J. Goble, died April 25, 1862, Pittsburg Landing. Harlam P. Hall, killed April 7, 1862, at Shiloh. Amos Huffman, died July 2, 1862, Sidney, O. Francis M. Hall, died January 26, 1863, Lagrange. Jonas Harshberger, died May 12, 1863, wounds in action. Henry D. Munch, died May 5, 1862, C. Denison. Benjamin F. Ogle, died August 5, 1862, Paducah. George Pencil, died April 18, 1862, St. Louis. Joseph S. Schenck, died March 23, 1862, Savannah. Henry Schench, died March 23, 1862, Savannah. Henry S. Staley, died June 5, 1862, Paducah. Martin L. Thrush, killed in action May 12, 1863. William Walter, died May 9, 1862, Shiloh. Nehemiah B. Cannon, died February 24, 1863, Bull Run. Veterans of Company B mustered out with Regiment July 18, 1865 Newton R. Persinger, captain. Chancey Grimes, first lieutenant Co. D. Henry V. Wilson, commissary- sergeant July, 1865. Andrew Cox, sergeant. James A. Fleming, sergeant. George H. Sharp, sergeant. Christopher Layman, sergeant. Simon Wicks, musician. Henry T. Bryan. George W. Bain. Isaac N. Carey. Henry H. Davis. William Davis. William Elifrits. Arthur C. Gregg. Joseph S. Gerard. John W. Gerard, January 1, 1864. Isaac Gump. William H. Goble. Homer L. Hall. Thomas Wick. William G. Martin. William C. McColly. Levi Pence. Thomas Plunkard. 278 - HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY Jonathan Rea. Samuel Rosell. Clarence Robinson. John Smith. John M. Stephens. S. W. Smith. Jacob Taylor. James E. Taylor. Discharged May, 1865. Benjamin A. F. Greer, captain. Reuben M. Colby, first lieutenant. Chancey Grimes, first sergeant. Isaiah Euckley, private. Daniel Eichers, private. Samuel Hamlet. William Hubner. Jesse F. Halterman. Lewis John. Henry Ruppert. Thomas McVay. Peter Urivmmer. George Snyder. Died. Gabriel K. Crawford, killed in action July 22. 1864, Atlanta, Ga. William H. Borum, died in prison, Andersonville. John Rinehart, died March 24, 1864, Vicksburg. Perry Bailey, killed July 22, 1864, Atlantic. George W. Ragan, died May 28, 1865, Andersonville Prison. James H. Coleman, died March 17, 1865, Grafton, W. Va. John Johnson, killed April 8, 1865, Pocotaligo, S. C. John B. McAlexander, killed July 22, 1864, Atlantic. George W. Rush, died March 14, 1864, Vicksburg. John W. Wilson, died March 14, 1864, Vicksburg. Harvey Watts, died April 17, 1865, hospital. Sylvester Wright, died April 18, 1865, hospital. David Clinton Baker, died June 2, 1863. Company F. Twentieth O. V. I. enlisted in Sept. and Oct. 1861. William W. Updegraff, captain; resigned February, 1863. John W. Skillen, sergeant, promoted. David R. Hume, first lieutenant, May 16, 1862. Reuben Woodmancy, first lieutenant, November 1, 1864. Allen Arbogast, sergeant ; discharged October 2, 1864. Samuel McMananny, sergeant ; discharged October 25, 1862. Benjamin McCullough, sergeant; discharged May 15, 1862. David Robbins, sergeant ; discharged October 10, 1864. James Hume, corporal; discharged April 12, 1862. David Ritchie, corporal; discharged August 1, 1862. John C. Stipp, corporal; discharged October 2, 1864. Josiah Morris, corporal ; discharged October 2, 1864. John Arbogast, private; discharged March 29, 1862. William S. Blakely, private ; discharged October 2, 1864. Isaac Betts, discharged August 1, 1862. John E. Blakely, discharged October 2, 1864. Elijah C. Coleman, discharged August 25, 1862. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 279 George Clickner, discharged January 10, 1862. Eli Davis, discharged May 1, 1862. Levi Hughes, discharged at Vicksburg. Robert R. Johnson, discharged September, 1862. George Jordan, discharged January, 1863. John Kershaw, discharged February, 1863. David Kennedy, discharged May, 1862. Thomas C. Leapley, discharged August, 1862. Abra Lenox, March, 1863. Daniel Leapley, discharged March, 1862. James Lattimer, discharged March, 1862. William McDowell, discharged March, 1862. George S. McNannama, January, 1863. John Moore, August, 1862. E. E. Nutt, discharged to receive promotion June, 1863. Wm. A. Nutt, discharged with regiment in 1865 as sergeant major. David R. Hume, private, August, 1861-May, 1862. Joshua Russell, private. Andrew Speker. William Smith. Daniel Smith. Thomas Smeltzer, November, 1862. Amos Winks. William Scisco, September, 1862-May, 1865. William J. Swander, served nine months. Hugh B. Neal, corporal, September, 1861-June, 1864. William Ogden, discharged March 29, 1862. Hiram Orwiler, enlisted October, 1862 ; discharged January, 1863. Joshua W. Russell, discharged July, 1862. Andrew Speker, discharged October, 1864. William Smith, discharged May, 1862. Daniel Smith, discharged August, 1862. Thomas Smeltzer, discharged January, 1863. Amos Winks, discharged July, 1862. Newton R. Perringer, quartermaster-sergeant, promoted. William Clemcey, hospital steward, September, 1863: George W. Cypners, corporal. George E. Eddy. Henry W. Neal. Seth Johns, 1861-October, 1864. William H. Coy, died December 29, 1861, Camp King, Ky. William Crotenteler, died March 26, 1862, Steamer City of Memphis. Lemuel Ellsworth, died March 18, 1862, Pittsburg Landing. William Edwards, died February 19, 1863, Memphis. William O. Heffernan, died February 13, 1862, Cincinnati. Philip Hall, died May 7, 1862, Shiloh. 280 - HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY William Heaman, died January 20, 1863, Lagrange. Martin Hole, died May 17, 863. Thomas Minnear, died November 21, 1862, Shelby county, O. George Olden, died April 1, 1862, Shelby county, O. Nathan L. Russell, died May 13, 1862, Steamer Tycoon. Thomas Smith, died May 21, 1862, Shelby county. Daniel Vanote, died February 22, 863, Memphis. John W. Vandever, died March 25, 1863, Berry’s Landing. Veterans. Edmund E. Nutt, captain; discharged July, 1865. Silas A. Reynolds, first lieutenant ; discharged January, 1865. G. C. Allinger, first sergeant ; discharged February, 1865. James Williams, sergeant, January, 1864. Paul Beezley, sergeant, January, 1865. William Wright, sergeant, April, 1865. Willis H. Dye, corporal, January, 1864. Peter W. Speker, corporal; captured July, 1864-May, 1865. Charles Stevenson, corporal, October, 1864. Thomas Buchanan, corporal, October, 1864. John T. Hathaway, corporal, July, 1865. John T. Neal, corporal, July, 1865. Mustered out with Company July 18, 1865. Cornelius Ammons. George Burnett. John W. Wade. William Blocker. George W. Boyer. John Bright. John Biggert. Squire J. Baker. Samuel Churchill. Jacob Cost. James Coons. George Clackner. A. L. Cain. Joseph Elliott. William Fulton, prisoner of war. John W. Fisk. Jonas Garrett. Henry Gilkison. Maxwell P. G. Hageman. Michael King. F. S. Lewis. Peter W. Speker was in Andersonville and other prisons, 865. Timothy Kelly. John W. Moore, Aug. 1861. James McManamy. Shepherd Shaw. Wm. Speker, sergeant. Charles C. Wright. William Musgrove. John Malahan. Abraham Mapes. Jeremiah Reels. George Speker. Samuel Stevenson. Thomas Wright. Daniel Wright. William Willis. George Woods. William H. Williams. John W. Whires. Robert N. McGinnis, corporal. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 281 Joshua Barbee, private John Barbee. August Bahr. Aza B. Curtis. Thomas Evans. Lewis Galimore. R. R. Johnson. Robert Johnson. William McDowell. William Scisco. William Munford. John Wical, October, 1862-June, 1865. Joseph Green, private, Sept. 1864. Died and killed in battle. Matthias Elliott, killed in action Atlanta, Ga., July 22, 1864. Cornelius Davenport, died at Marietta, Ga., September 29, 1864. Robert Elliott, killed in action, Atlanta, Ga. Albert Hine, killed in acti0n, Atlanta, Ga., July 22, 1864. John Shaw, killed at Savannah, December 13, 1864. Company K, Twentieth O. V. I. William D. Neal, captain; killed June 26, 1864, Kenesaw Mountain. Abraham Kaga, captain; wounded and discharged January, 1864. William L. Waddle, first lieutenant ; promoted to captain. D. B. Rinehart, first lieutenant January, 1862; resigned January, 1863. Seneca Hale, second lieutenant November, 1861 ; resigned February, 1863. Joseph S. Laughlin, sergeant, January, 1862-May, 1863. Joseph E. Wilkers, corporal, January, 1862-October, 1862. John F. Bull, July, 1862. Henry Clousing, July, 1863. E. P. Elger, July, 1862. Jesse M. Furrow, September, 1862. Jacob S. Gottchell, July, 1862. William Hurt, January, 1862-September, 1862. William Kiggins, January, 1862-July, 1862. John C. Knox, December, 1861-July, 1862. Lewis V. Mason, March, 1862-October, 1862. Warret Owen, January, 1861. William Swander, January, 1861-July, 1863. F. M. Thomas, January, 1861-July, 1862. Reuben Thompson, January, 1861-November, 1862. James W. Watson, January, 1861-July, 1863. Benjamin Snow, January, 1861-September, 1863. Died and killed in battle. Andrew J. Watson, died July 4, 1863, Vicksburg. Samuel Bryan, died May 20, 1862, Shiloh. Oliver P. Baggart, wounded July 13, 1863, Memphis. Thomas Baldwin, died February 13, 1863, Memphis. 282 - HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY Columbus Beeson, died March 28, Jefferson, Mo. Jesse Babcock, killed May 23, 1863, Vicksburg. Isaac O. Cole, died May 20, 1862, Shiloh. Jasper N. Davis, died June 15, 1863, at home. James Dalton, died October 18, 1862, Shiloh. Jesse Day, died October 18, 1862, Bolivar. Perry Deweese, died March 9, 1863, Memphis. E. S. Gallimore, died June 18, 1862, Camp Dennison. Freeman Hawkins, died April 24, 1862, Shiloh. Henry Hardesty, died June 0, 1863, on transport. James A. Knox, died May 16, 1863, Raymond, Miss. Ozias Lambert, died February 5, 1862, Cincinnati. Abraham Lenox, died March 12, 1863, St. Louis. Elias Manning, died April 29, 1863, Lagrange. Moses Sturgeon, died June 29, 1863, Vicksburg. John Wagnog, died June 21, 1862, Grand Junction. David C. Baker, died June 2, 1863, Nashville. William Henry Sturm, drowned in 1862. Mustered out with Regiment July 18. 1865. R. M. Colby, captain, mustered out with company. William H. Nogle. William P. Manning, first sergeant. Richard M. Wilson, sergeant. Andrew Wilson, sergeant. Luther Stewart, sergeant. George W. Dorsey, sergeant. Benjamin F. Whitmer, corporal. George W. Redinbo, corporal. John A. Jackson, corporal. Gotleib Demler, corporal. Geo. W. Smalley, corporal ; missing in action. George Blakely, private. John M. Blakely, private. David W. Barber. Irwin M. Bolenbaugh. E. L. Bogus. John H. Bird. John W. Clement. John B. Croner, January, 1862. Jacob Crusey. Henry F. Dickensheets. Daniel C. Dickensheets. Oliver P. Davis, October, 1862. Thomas Duncan. George Deal. William T. Dickerson. William Elzroth. Samuel Emmitt. Ira Fosnight, October, 1862. William Golden. William Henry. John W. Harrison. William H. Harrison. William Haig. Daniel P. Haines. William J. Hines. E. H. Kiser. John A. Krabah. Martin Line. Henry C. LeFever. John M. Martin. Daniel H. Manning. James W. Martin. Jacob Manning. William A. Messenger. Samuel H. McCabe. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 283 John McBain. John E. Mitchell. James A. Peer, June, 1863. William H. Princehouse. John H. Ruppart. Samuel Russell. James H. Smith. Henry H. Staley. Henry Shue. Henry J. Souder. Philip Tunks, December, 1863. Frederick Troutwine. Thomas Tuley. William Weaver. Nelson Wright. Hugh Marshall, corporal. S. J. Baker. John Balmer. Henry Brewer. James Fidler. William Glasford. Samuel M. Graham. Lucas Hardesty. Josiah M. Hedges. William Hammell. Thomas C. Kiser. Orrin Kiser. Elisha H. Kiser. Labarr J. Kiser. William H. Ribbons. Benjamin F. Martin. Abraham Mapes. Jonathan Niswanger, August, 1862. George W. Quillan. William P. Rupport. Seth T. Reddick. Reuben Smeltzer. Robert Smeltzer. Calvin F. Shaw, August, 1862. Jonathan Smith. Toney Thomas. Levi Williams. Jacob Waltz. Henry Waltz. Died and killed in battle. William D. Neal, killed at Kenesaw Mountain, June 26, 1864. William Airgood, died October 24, 1864, Rome, Ga. William S. Dodds, wounded and died October 10, 1864, Rome, Ga. Thomas Gleason, wounded July 27, 1864, Atlanta, Ga. Christopher Jelly, killed July 22, 1864, Atlanta, Ga. John E. Kessler, killed July 22, 1864, Atlanta, Ga. James Moore, killed July 22, 1864, Atlanta, Ga. John Umphery, July 22, 1864, Atlanta, Ga. Andrew Willis, died from wounds, June 28, 1864, Rome, Ga, Company I, Twentieth O. V. I. Benjamin D. Dodds, December, 1861; killed in 1864. John Pierce, December, 1861; died February, 1862. John Manning, August, 1862. John S. Sparling, December, 1861-June, 1865. T. G. Ailes, December, 1861; killed at Peachtree Creek, July 22, 1864. George W. Schenck, private Company H, April, 1861-August, 1861. John T. Snodgrass, private Company H, April, 1861-August, 1861. 284 - HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY NINETY-NINTH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY The Ninety-ninth was organized at Camp Lima, O., and mustered into service August 26, 1862. Of this regiment two companies were raised in Allen county, two in Shelby, two in Hancock, and one each in Auglaize, Mercer, Putnam, and Van Wert. For the regiment seventeen hundred men were recruited, but seven hundred were at once transferred to the One Hundred and Eighteenth Ohio. They left Camp Lima, August 31, with one thousand and twenty-one men, under orders to report at Lexington, Ky. While en route it was learned that the enemy had taken Lexington and the regiment was ordered to Cynthiana. After a few weeks it went to Covington and entered the fortifications at Fort Mitchell. In September it went by steamer to Louisville, and was so disposed as to assist in the defence of the place against the threatened assault of the army tinder Bragg. On the 1st of October the regiment was transferred to Colonel Stanley Matthew's Brigade, which was composed of the Fifty-first and Ninety-ninth Ohio ; the Eighth and Twenty-first Kentucky, and the Thirty- fifth Indiana. This subsequently became the Third Brigade, Third Division, Twenty-first Army Corps. The regiment now marched in pursuit of Bragg's retreating forces as far as Wild Cat, from which place the brigade moved to Mount Vernon, and again in regular order to Somerset, Columbia, Glasgow, and Gallatin. From this last point it was ordered to Lebanon to intercept the command of John Morgan. The march to Lebanon and back to Silver Springs was made in one clay, and Morgan's command was first dislodged, but followed the brigade on its retreat and captured about one hundred of the Union forces who were unable to keep tip the rapid march of the brigade. About twenty of these stragglers who were captured belonged to the Ninety- ninth. After a few days' rest the regiment moved toward Nashville and took position about seven miles from that city. Here the troops suffered greatly from sickness, and when the forward movement was ordered to Stone River the regiment could only muster three hundred and sixty-nine privates, two field officers, seven line officers, and three staff officers, who were fit for duty. On December 26, the regiment advanced toward Murfreesboro', being under the rebel fire during part of the march. At the battle of Stone River it formed on the extreme left of the line. On the morning of December 31 the division crossed Stone River, but on account of the disaster on the right, was ordered back to hold the ford while the first and second brigades were sent to reinforce - the corps of General McCook. On January t, 1863, the third division crossed the river and took a position which it held until Friday afternoon, when the rebels formed in heavy column, and doubling on the centre, drove Van Cleve's division across the river. This division was at once reinforced and drove the rebels back, capturing all the artillery used in the attack. Bragg commenced his retreat under cover of that night. In this battle the Ninety-ninth lost three officers and seventeen men killed ; two officers and forty-one men wounded, and one officer and twenty-nine men captured. After this battle the regiment took position at Murfreesboro' on the left of the line. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 285 On June 30, 1863, it marched to McMinnville, where it remained until the 16th of August, when it moved to Pikeville. After various marches and duties the regiment moved to Ringgold and participated in the battle of Chickamauga. Soon afterward the Twentieth and Twenty-first Corps were consolidated, and the Ninety-ninth Regiment was transferred to the Second Brigade, First Division, Fourth Corps. This brigade camped for a time opposite Lookout Mountain, but on the 1st of November moved to Shell Mound, where it did duty guarding and repairing the railroad from Chattanooga to Bridgeport. On the 22d it moved up the valley, and on the 24th participated in the "battle above the clouds," being the second line of the charging column. As the lines Swept around the mountain the Second closed up on the First, until, nearing the Point, it rushed impetuously through the first line and held the advance until relieved by fresh troops after nightfall. The next day the regiment was engaged at Mission Ridge, occupying the extreme right of the National line. After following the Rebels to Ringgold the regiment returned to Shell Mound, where it remained until February, 1864, when it moved to Cleveland, Tenn., and on the 3d of May entered upon the Atlanta campaign. It next participated in the actions of Rocky Face Ridge, Kenesaw Mountain, Pine Mountain, Atlanta, Jonesboro' and Lovejoy, in all of which engagements the regiment bore an honorable and prominent part. On the 28th of June it was assigned to the Fourth Brigade, Second Division. Twenty-third Corps, and on the 19th of July took possession of Decatur. The regiment participated in the actions before Atlanta and moved to Jonesboro' and Lovejoy. It was next assigned to the First Brigade and returned to Decatur, having lost in the Atlanta campaign thirty men killed and 'fifty-six wounded. On the 1st of October the regiment started in pursuit of the command of Hood, moving to Centreville by way of Resaca, Johnsonville, and Waverly. For a few weeks its communication was cut off, but it finally received orders by courier to march to Franklin. As this place was in the hands of the enemy the march was continued to Nashville. It next appeared in line in front of Nashville, and on the morning of the 15th of December moved against the intrenched army of Hood. It drove the enemy from one position to another until it found them posted on a hill covered by a stone wall. The division, without orders, charged the position, carried it, and turned the guns upon the retreating foe. The enemy was pursued to Columbia, where this regiment was consolidated with the Fiftieth Ohio and the Ninety-ninth ceased as an organization. The regimental colors were then sent to Sidney, until the return of Sergeant Wm. M. Van Fossen, when he took them in charge, and they are still in his possession. Field and Staff Officers. Albert Langworthy, colonel ; August, 1862-September, 1864. Peter T. Swaine, colonel; December, 1864. John E. Cummings, lieutenant-colonel ; transferred to 50th O. V. I. 286 - HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY James Day, major ; resigned, December, 1862. Benjamin F. LeFevre, major ; transferred to 5oth O. V. I. J. T. Wood, surgeon ; transferred to 50th O. V. I. George J. Wood, assistant-surgeon ; October, 1862. James M. Morrow, chaplain. Company H, Ninety-ninth Regiment, O. V. I. Nathan R. Wyman, captain ; August, 1862-February, 1863. James H. Hume, sergeant ; August, 1862-October, 1864. Michael Quinn, sergeant ; August 1862-October, 1863. Vincent S. Wilson, sergeant ; August 1862-October, 1863. Benjamin M. Sharp, sergeant ; August, 1862. Benjamin F. Burrows, corporal ; August, 1862. E. G. Spence, corporal ; August, 1862. Morgan A. Le Fevre, corporal ; August, 1862-July, 1865. S. L. Russell, corporal. Solomon Bahmer, corporal. N. F. Connell, corporal. Jasper S. McCoshen, corporal. John C. Senoff, corporal. Robert Beers, private ; August, 1862-July. Nathan Bunnell. H. H. Bushman. John Craft, August, 1862-July, 1865. L. S. Coffin, August, 1862-July, 1865. Alfred O. DeWeese. James R. Doesan. John W. Swander, August, 1862 ; wounded at Stone river, and died February 3, 1863. Aaron Swander, August, 1862 ; killed at Chickasaw Mt. June 20, 1863. Francis M. Shaffer, private, August, 1862-March, 1863. Joseph D. Hume, private, August, 1862 ; died at Bowling Green, Ky., November, 1862. Samuel W. Murphy, private, August, 1862 ; killed at Stone river, January, 1863. Jacob W. Richards, August, 1862-June, 1865. _______ Doemeyer, August, 1862 ; died. Elisha Yost, August, 1862-June, 1865. Henry M. Lehman, enlisted August, 1862 ; discharged July, 1865. Company K, Ninety-ninth Regiment, 0. V. I. James C. Young, private, August, 1862 ; died at Bowling Green, Ky., November 27, 1862. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 287 Daniel Staley, private, AuguSt, 1862-July, 1865. Valintine Staley, private, August, 1862-July, 1865. Philip Staley, private, August, 1862-July, 1865. Company C, Ninety-ninth Regiment, O. V. I. James Knapp, captain, enlisted, 1862 ; discharged, 1863. Dead. Thos. Stevenson, first lieutenant, enlisted August, 1862 ; discharged, 1862. R. E. Johnston, second lieutenant, enlisted, 1862 ; discharged, 1863. Thos. C. Honnell, first sergeant, enlisted, 1862 ; discharged, 1865, as captain. Wm. H. Shaw, sergeant, enlisted, 862; discharged, 1865, as first lieutenant. M. E. Thorn, sergeant, enlisted, 1862 ; discharged, 1863, as second lieutenant. Dead. P. L. Frazier, sergeant, enlisted, 1862; discharged, 1865, as sergeant-major. W. M. Van Fossen, corporal, enlisted, 1862 ; discharged, 1865, as first sergeant. W. B. Simpson, private, enlisted, 1862 ; discharged, 1865, as sergeant. W. Duncan, corporal, enlisted, 1862; discharged, 1865, as sergeant. A. A. Davis, corporal, enlisted, 1862 ; discharged, 1865, as sergeant. I. N. Redenbo, private, enlisted, 1862 ; discharged, 1865, as corporal. Charles 0. Frazer, private, enlisted, 1862. Died, 1864. Edward Reed, corporal, enlisted, 1862; discharged, 1864, as sergeant. Dead. S. McElroy, sergeant, enlisted, 1862. Died, 1863, as private. Frank Luckey, private, enlisted, 1862 ; discharged, 1863. J. L. S. Lipencott, private, enlisted, 1862 ; discharged, 1862. Dead. Charles McMullen, private, enlisted, 1862 ; discharged, 1862. Dead. W. H. Shafer, private, enlisted, 1862 ; discharged, 1862. Dead. Samuel Walters, private, enlisted, 1862; discharged, 1862. Dead. G. W. Bland, private ; enlisted, 1862 ; discharged, 1865. Lean S. Davis, private ; enlisted, 1862 ; discharged, 1865, as corporal. J. L. Luckey, corporal ; enlisted, 1862 ; discharged, 1862. James Wolf, private ; enlisted, 1862; discharged, 1865, as corporal. Dead. John W. Stevens, private ; enlisted, 1862 ; discharged, 1865, as hospital steward. Dead. B. Arstenstall, private ; enlisted, 1862 ; discharged, 1865. Dead. A. Smith, private ; enlisted, 1862; discharged, 1865. Dead. James Wiley, corporal; enlisted, 1862; discharged, 1862, as private. Dead. R. D. Coon, private ; enlisted, 1862 ; discharged, 1865. Dead. T. W. Graham, private ; enlisted, 1862. Died, 1863. N. Boham, private ; enlisted, 1862; discharged, 1865. G. Beason, private ; enlisted, 1862. Died, 1863. N. D. Brown, private ; enlisted, 1862; discharged, 1865. W. F. Smith, private ; enlisted, 1862 ; discharged, 1865, as corporal. 288 - HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY John W. Slagle, private ; enlisted, 1862; discharged, 1863. Davis Brown, private ; enlisted, 1862. Died, 1863. George Brown, private ; enlisted, 1862; discharged, 1865. S. R. Babcock, private ; enlisted, 1862 ; discharged, 1865. P. O. Babcock, private ; enlisted, 1862. Killed, 1864. S. D. Babcock, private ; enlisted, 1862 ; discharged, 1862. John Sullivan, enlisted, 1862; discharged, 1863, as drum major. I. L. Davis, private ; enlisted, 1862; discharged, 1863. Scot Lipencutt, private ; enlisted, 1862. Died, 1863. John Fix, private ; enlisted, 1862. Died, 1863. David Clayton, private ; enlisted, 1862. Died, 1863. George Curl, private ; enlisted, 1862; discharged, 1865. John B. Moorehead, private ; enlisted, 1862. Died, 1863. Joel Mattox, private; enlisted, 1862. Died, 1863. W. H. H. Cover, private ; enlisted, 1862. Died, 1863. Isaac N. Kizer, private ; enlisted, 1862; discharged, 1865. Fred Wolf, private ; enlisted, 1862; discharged, 1865. Dead. W. McClure, private ; enlisted, 1862. Died, 1862. John Emett, private ; enlisted, 1862 ; discharged, 1865. Dead. E. Williams, private ; enlisted, 1862; discharged, 1865. W. H. Wittick, private ; enlisted, 1862. Died, 1862. John Hartsell, private ; enlisted, 1864. Died, 1864. M. McDermet, private ; enlisted, 1864 ; discharged, 1865. John Crawford, private ; enlisted, 1862; discharged, 1865. W. B. Flesher, private ; enlisted, 1862 ; discharged, 1865. Dead. H. Flesher, private ; enlisted, 1864. Killed, 1864. George Hemelright, private ; enlisted, 1862 ; discharged, 1865. D. Duerbalt, private ; enlisted, 1862. Killed, 1863, at Stone river. Aaron Ringlespaugh, private ; enlisted, 1862. Died, 1863. Frank Irwin, private ; enlisted, 1862. Died, 1863. James Luckey, private ; enlisted, 1862. Killed, 1863, at Stone river. Davis Swickard, private ; enlisted, 1862 ; discharged, 1865. James Darst, private ; enlisted, 1862 ; discharged, 1865. Joseph Delap, private ; enlisted, 1862. Died, 1862. W. R. Wilkinson, private ; enlisted, 1862. Killed, 1864, at Chickamauga. Jerry Sullivan, private; enlisted, 1862. Killed, 1864, at Kenesaw mountain. E. F. Bull, private ; enlisted, 1862 ; discharged, 1862. G. W. Wiley, private ; enlisted, 1862 ; discharged, 1863. Isaac Redenbo, private ; enlisted, 1862 ; discharged, 1865. Daniel Redenbo, private ; enlisted, 1862; discharged, 1863. Died. Daniel D. Curtis, private ; enlisted, 1862 ; discharged, 1864. Died. F. S. Borne, private ; enlisted, 1862 ; discharged, 1865. W. S. Clary, private ; enlisted, 1862 ; discharged, 1865. Dead. Jesse Jackson, private ; enlisted, 1862; discharged, 1865, Aaron Baldwin, private ; enlisted, 1862 ; discharged, 1865. Samuel S. Wirick, private ; enlisted, 1862 ; discharged, 1865. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 289 M. Ragan, private ; enlisted, 1864; discharged, 1865. Josiah McGee, private ; enlisted, 1862; discharged, 1863. John Camomile, private ; enlisted, 1862 ; discharged, 1865. G. W. Sharp, private ; enlisted, 1862. Died, 1863. Samuel Silver, private ; enlisted, 1865 ; discharged, 1865, as wagon master. Michael Collins, private ffienlisted, 1865 ; discharged, 1865. Dead. Jesse Wood, private ; enlisted, 1862; discharged, 1865. Dead. Jasper Lewis, private ; enlisted, 1862; discharged, 1863. Dead. George McCabe, private ; enlisted, 1862; discharged, 1863. Poke Nutt, private ; enlisted, 1862 ; discharged, 1863, as musician. Dead. Wm. E. Bayley, private ; enlisted, 1862 ; discharged, 1865. James F. McClure, private ; enlisted, 1862; discharged, 1865. Martin Denman, private ; enlisted, 1862. Died, 1864. Wm. H. Ogden, corporal ; enlisted, 1862 ; discharged, 1863. Andrew King, private ; enlisted, 1862. Died, 1862. John E. Darnell, private ; enlisted, 1862. Died, 1863. L. Davis, private ; enlisted, 1862; discharged, 1864. Dead. C. Bodkin, private ; enlisted, 1862. Died, 1862. G. W. Windle, private ; enlisted, 1862. Died, 1862. Wm. Ramsay, private ; enlisted, 1862; discharged, 1865. A. L. Humphry, private ; enlisted, 1862 ; discharged, 1865. Joseph H. Cartright, private; enlisted, 1862; discharged, 1863. Dead. H. Stumbaugh, private ; enlisted, 1863 ; discharged, 1865. H. Wilson, private ; enlisted, 1862 ; discharged, 1865. Robert Wells, private ; enlisted, 1862 ; discharged, 1863. Dead. Ed. Williams, enlisted, 1862; discharged, 1862. Dead. H. Levingston, enlisted, 1862 ; discharged, 1865. I. E. Wilkinson, private ; enlisted, 1862 ; discharged, 1865. George G. Line, private ; enlisted, 1862 ; discharged, 1862. Dead. William Austin, private ; enlisted, 1862 ; discharged, 1863. Dead. George W. Frank, private ; enlisted, 1862 ; discharged, 1862. Dead. Benjamin Forest, private ; enlisted, 1862 ; discharged, 1862. Dead. James Hagan, private ; enlisted, 1862 ; discharged, 1862. Dead. Frank Irvin, private ; enlisted, 1862 ; discharged, 1862. Dead, Ed. Reed, corporal ; enlisted, 1862 ; discharged, 1864, as sergeant. Dead. ____ Beeman, private ; enlisted, 1862 ; discharged, 1862. Dead. Wm. Franklin, private ; enlisted, 1862. Died, 1863. Julius T. Vorus, private ; enlisted, 1862. Died, 1862. Company H, Fiftieth Regiment, O. V. I Hamilton S. Gillespie, captain, August, 1862 ; promoted to colonel. Solomon Balmer, corporal, December, 1864. William Wilson, corporal. Henry M. Lehman, corporal, December, 1864. John C. Lenox, musician. Joseph L. M. Cashen, musician. 290 - HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY Mark Galimore, August, 1862-July, 1865. Daniel W. Abbott, private, August, 1862-May, 1863. Samuel Flesher, September, 1864-July, 1865. Espy C. Dill, August, 1862; missing after battle of Chickamauga. James A. Deweese. Theodore Farrote. Philip Griner. George Huffman. William G. Herbert, August, 1862-July, 1865. Henry A. Jackson, May, 1865. Wm. B. Kessler, May, 1865. Nicholas Cleinhen, August, 1862-May, 1865. Jacob A. Line. James H. Lenox. Wm. H. Forrar. Thomas I. Lash, December, 1864. Jacob McClashen. David W. McAlexander. John M. Morton. William Meyers. William R. Parke, August, 1862-July, 1865. Richard Pluman. Isaac N. Parke, August, 1862-July, 1865. Jacob W. Richards. Philip M. Randolph. John Schraer. Alfred E. Toland, August, 1862-July, 1865. George W. Zeibe. James R. Dodson; died December 22, 1862, at home. James Mapes; died May 25, 1865, at New York. Alfred Swander; died in Libby prison January 1, 1864. Veterans Vincent S. Wilson, August, 1862-March, 1865. Benjamin F. Burrows, March, 1865. E. L. Spence, March, 1865. Nathaniel L. Carrell, March, 1865. L. S. Coffin. Thomas Enright, August, 1862-May, 1865. Vincent Wilson, August, 1862-July, 1865. Philip M. Randolph, August, 1862-July, 1865. Virgil C. Lenox, sergeant-major, August 1, 1862-June, 1865. William Wilson, corporal, August, 1862-June, 1865. Richard Pleiman, private, August, 1862-June, 1865. Philip M. Randolph, August, 1862-June, 1865. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 291 Samuel L. Russell, sergeant, August, 1862-June, 1865. George Huffman, private, August, 1862-June, 1867. Alex. Harmony, Company D, August, 1862-June, 1867. Company B Peter B. Weymer, sergeant, August, 1862-July, 1865. Daniel Fuller, private, August, 1862-July, 1865. Jacob Galley, private, August, 1862-July, 1865. Edward M. Reed, sergeant, August, 1862-March, 1864. Wm. M. Van Fossen, first sergeant, August, 1862-July, 1865. Wm. Ramsey, private, August, 1862-June, 1865. Thomas McKee, sergeant, August, 1862-June, 1865. Simon P. Stonerock, private, August, 1862-June, 1865. Robert G. Johnston, sergeant, August, 1862-June, 1865. Henry Wilson, private, August, 1862-June, 1865. George Brown, private, August, 1862-June, 1865. James Wolf, corporal, August, 1862-March, 1865. Jonathan Emert, private, August, 1862-June, 1865. John Emett, private, August, 1862-June, 1865. William Flinn, private, August, 1862-June, 1865. George Curl, private, August, 1862-June, 1865. Edmund R. Cecil, private, August, 1862-June, 1865. William M. Morrow, private, August, 1862-June, 1865. Henry Wolf, private, August, 1862-June, 1865. William H. Day, private, August, 1862-June, 1865. David Bowlsby, private, August, 1862; died, January, 1864. Robert P. Crozier, private, August, 1862-June, 1865. David S. Davenport, August, 1862-June, 1865. James T. Lucas, lieutenant, August, 1862; killed at Mission Ridge, 1864. John F. Pohamus, private, August, 1862; killed, May 31, 1864. Davis J. Thompson, first lieutenant, August, 1862-March, 1863. Frederick Wolf, private, August, 1862-June, 1865. Jacob Helminger, sergeant, August, 1862-June, 1865. Jesse W. Lenox, August, 1862; died, August, 1864. William H. Shaw, first lieutenant, Company C, August, 1862-June, 1865. Peter Charpier, private, Company F, August, 1862-June, 1865. ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTEENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY This regiment, eight companies strong, was sent to Cincinnati in September, 1862, as that city was then threatened by Kirby Smith. The ninth company was here formed, and the regiment mustered into the service. Late in September it moved, under Gen. A. J. Smith, toward Lexington, but at Cynthiana was detached to guard the railroad. Patrol and guard duty was performed, and rebel recruiting largely prevented. On August 1, 1863, it went, by Lexington and Louisville, to Lebanon, Ky., and on the 20th 292 - HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY set out on a march for East Tennessee. On November loth, Kingston was reached, and a few days later the rebels cut the communication between that point and Knoxville. Picket duty became arduous, to prevent a surprise from Wheeler's cavalry. The victories at Knoxville and Chattanooga relieved the Kingston garrison, and on December 9th, the regiment reached Nashville, and from there went to Blain's Cross Roads, and finaly to Mossy Creek, to support Elliott's cavalry. On the 29th, the rebel cavalry under Martin and Armstrong assaulted General Elliott, at Paultier's creek, when he fell back to Mossy creek. As the cavalry approached, the regiment took position in the edge of a piece of woods, when the rebel force moved directly upon them. When the enemy approached within a hundred yards, the regiment opened a rapid fire, which was kept up about two hours, when it charged the rebels, and drove them over the crest of a hill. In this action the rebels lost about forty, killed and wounded. It was disposed with great skill, by Lieutenant-Colonel Young, and commanded by General Elliott. While in East Tennessee, the regiment suffered great privations, and subsisted about six months on half and quarter rations. They had neither sugar nor coffee for four months. Clothing was also short, but with all this the troops never murmured, but were even cheerful. The regiment was then kept changing about until the campaign of 1864. One march of one hundred miles, to Charleston, was made in five days. May 4th, the regiment encamped on state line. Here all baggage was sent to the rear. On the 7th, the regiment moved upon Dalton, and again advanced upon Resaca. On the afternoon of the 14th, it participated in a charge on the enemy's works, and lost one hundred and sixteen men, in less than ten minutes, out of three hundred actually engaged. On the 5th the engagement was renewed, but that night Johnston retired to Cassville, which in turn he abandoned, on approach of the national forces. After a few days' rest, the regiment went into the desperate battles of Dallas and Pumpkin-Vine creek, and bore a gallant and honorable part. It was afterwards engaged at Kenesaw mountain, at the Chattahoochie, at Utoy creek, and in the final movements about Atlanta. In these operations, about seventy-five men were lost. During one hundred and twenty-one consecutive days, the regiment was within hearing of hostile firing every day except one. During sixty consecutive days it was under fire sixty different times, and during one week there was not a period of five minutes during which the whistling of a ball or the scream of a shell could not be heard. After the fall of Atlanta the regiment fell back to Decatur, where, after a short rest, it joined in the pursuit of Hood, as far as Gaylesville, Ala. On the 23d of November it went to Johnsonville, Tenn., and then to Columbia, to join the army confronting Hood, finally reaching Franklin on the 30th. The brigade was drawn up in single line, its right resting on the Williamsburg pike, and its left at the Locust grove, this regiment being second from the right. The enemy struck the line to the left of the regiment. The shock was terrific, but the line stood firm, and poured a terrific fire into the rebel column. The troops fought desperately, the men using bayonets, and the officers side-arms, over the very breastworks. By daylight the One Hundred and Eighteenth were across the river, and falling AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 293 on Nashville, where it was again engaged. After the battle of Nashville, it participated in the pursuit of the rebels as far as Columbia, and then went to Clifton. From there it proceeded to North Carolina, and on January 16, 1865. On February 11th, it embarked on a steamer at Alexandria, landed at nati proceeded by rail to Washington City, which was reached January 27, 1865., On February 11, it embarked on a steamer at Alexandria, landed at Smithville, at the mouth of Cape Fear river, moved immediately on Fort Anderson, captured it, and the One Hundred and Eighteenth regiment was the first to plant its colors on the walls. On February 20th, it engaged in a sharp action at Town creek, in which three hundred horsemen and two pieces of artillery were captured, and then entered Wilmington on the 22d. On the 6th of March it moved to Kingston, then to Goldsboro, and joined Sherman's army on the 23d of March. It then camped at Mosley Hall until April 9th, when it participated in the final operations against Johnston. It then camped near Raleigh until May 3d, when it moved to Greensboro', and then to Salisbury, where it remained until June 24th, when it was mustered out of the service. The regiment arrived at Cleveland, O., June 2, was welcomed by Chief Justice Chase, participated in a 4th of July celebration, and was finally discharged on the 9th of July, 865, having first gone into camp at Lima, O., in August, 1862. Field and Staff Officers Col. Samuel R. Mott ; resigned, February 10, 1864. Col. Thomas L. Young; resigned, September 14, 1864. Col. Edgar Sowers; mustered out with regiment. Lieut.-Col. John Walkup. W. H. Phillips, surgeon. Wm. Morrow Beach, surgeon. Company C, One Hundred and Eighteenth Regiment, O. V. I. Capt. William D. Stone. Capt. Charles H. Floyd. Capt. Abram O. Waucop; promoted from sergeant. Samuel Schwartz, orderly sergeant, August, 1862-June, 1865. John S. Christman, sergeant. Joseph Marshall, wounded at Moss Creek. Tenn. ; discharged, November 17, 1864. Charles H. Mann, corporal. Wm. F. Carey, commissary sergeant, August, 1862-June, 1865. Thomas B. Ramsey, commissary sergeant. Jacob Flowers, musician. George Baker, killed at Resaca, May 14, 1864. John Barker, wounded at Resaca, May 14-June, 1865. George Bickman. Joseph Bickman, killed at Resaca, May 14, 1864. Charles F. Behr, discharged, March 19, 1863, disability. James H. Clawson, killed at Resaca, May 14, 1864. 294 - HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY Perry Clawson, wounded at Resaca, May 14, 1864. Peter Clawson, August, 1862-June, 1865. Thomas Clawson, died at Knoxville, Tenn., July 7, 1864. Joseph Daes. Bernard Drees. William Flowers. Levi Gump. Jeremiah Hullinger, August, 1862-June, 1865. Edward Huston, died at home since discharge. Charles D. Keck, wounded at Resaca and Nashville. Andrew Kistner, wounded at Resaca June, 1865. Joseph Kistner, died at Townsend's Bridge February 4, 1863. Asa Leming. Horace H. Malcom, taken prisoner at Atlanta, Ga. Henry Menke, August, 1862-June, 1865. Philip J. Millhoff. Francis Morman, August, 1862-June, 1865. George Moyer. Chas: W. Mann, August, 1862-June, 1865. William Moyer. Andrew Murray. George Murray, August, 1862-June, 1865. Uriah Nunlist. Henry Popplemon. George Reiss. William Rademacher, August, 1862-June, 1865. August Soup, private, August, 1862-June, 1865. John Shaffer, August, 1862-June, 1865. Joseph W. Shaffer, August, 1862-June, 1865. Henry Schlater, August, 1862-June, 1865. Benard Shultz, August, 1862-June, 1865. William J. Short, August, 1862-June, 1865. Robert Taylor. Henry Tholemier, wounded at Resaca and killed at Camp Dennison, Ohio. Andrew Wolfrom, wounded at Resaca June, 1865. George Austin, wounded at Resaca. Samuel Austin, died at Nashville. William H. Mann, wounded at Atlanta, Ga., July 22, 1864. John Sweigart. Ebenezer Thompson, died at Jeffersonville, Ind., January 17, 1865. Mahlon Erwin, corporal, August, 1862-June, 1865 ; died at home since discharge. Henry P. Johnston, sergeant, August, 1862-June, 1865 Company I, One Hundred and Eighteenth Regiment, O. V. I. Captain, Edger Sowers, promoted to major and colonel. First lieutenant, William H. Taylor, promoted to captain. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 295 First sergeant, R. M. Campbell, promoted to first lieutenant and quartermaster. Second sergeant, Wm. H. Mitchell. Third sergeant, Geo. W. Black, promoted to orderly sergeant. Fourth sergeant, H. S. Ailes, promoted to sergeant-major. Fifth sergeant, R. S. Woolery, discharged 1865. Corporal, George M. Thompson, promoted to first lieutenant. Corporal, Robert L. Gouge, died at Lexington, Ky. Corporal, Joseph Blue. Nathan Kent, corporal, August, 1862-June, 1865. Jacob B. Duvall, corporal, August, 1862-June, 1865. Peter Morgan, private, August, 1862-June, 1865. Richard S. Woolery, sergeant, August, 1862-June, 1865. Cassius C. Wilson, sergeant, August, 1862-June, 1865. William H. Mitchell, sergeant, August, 1862-June, 1865. John W. Nicholson, August, 1862-June, 1865. Francis M. Akers, corporal, August, 1862-June, 1865. Bazel Burton, private, August, 1862-June, 1865. John K. Dinsmore, sergeant, August, 1862-June, 1865. Isaac Fulton, private, February, 1864-June, 1865. John M. Peckham, private, August, 1862-June, 1865. William H. Sceyter, private, August, 1862-June, 1865. C. B. Coulson, died at Knoxville, Tenn. A. A. Lawrence„ Cassius C. Wilson, promoted to sergeant. Musician, Harry Thorn. Wagoner, John W. Nicholson. Private, Allen Oscar, July, 1865. Corporal, F. M. Akers. Private, S. E. Burton. Wm. Consolover, died. Frederick Dudy, died at Mosler Hall, N. C. Corporal, J. K. Dinsmore. J. B. Duvall. Samuel Edwards, July, 1865.. George Fodra, July, 1865. David D. Fagan, July, 1865. Stephen R. Guthrie, July, 1865. George P. Graham, July, 1865. Beeman Hardisty, July, 1865. Robert Julian, died at Knoxville, Tenn. Nathan Kerst, July, 1865.. John H. Kestler, died at Moorehead City, N. C. William Landers, July, 1865. Aaron Morgan, died near Kenesaw Mountain, Ga. C. Mellinger, died at Chattanooga, Tenn. 296 - HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY Thomas H. Melvin, July, 865. Benjamin Mopes, July, 1865. Ira J. Peebles. ______ Peebles, July, 1865. John M. Peekham, July, 1865. Richard Parr, 1862. Jacob F. Rhinehart, July, 1865. Joseph Sattler, July, 1865. Wm. H. Seister, July, 1865. Francis M. Stockstill, July, 1865. Joseph M. Stang, died at Knoxville, Tenn. Robert Thompson, died at Nashville, Tenn. John Tillow, July, 1865. Jonathan C. Westfall, died at Knoxville, Tenn. T. F. Campbell, recruit in 1864; July, 1865. Isaac Allen, recruit in 1864; July, 1865. Bazel Burton, recruit in 1864; July, 1865. Isaac Fulton, recruit in 1864; July, 1865. Fulton Walker, recruit in 1864; died at Nashville, Tenn. BATTERY M. FIRST OHIO LIGHT ARTILLERY, was recruited in the counties of Shelby, Miami, and Auglaize, by Capt. F. Schultz, and organized at Camp Dennison in September, 1861. It was mustered into the United States service by Capt. P. H. Breslin, December 3, 1861. In January, 1862, in company with Battery F, it proceeded to Louisville, Ky., and reported to Major-General Buell, who was at that time organizing the Army of the Ohio. The battery was ordered to join the main army at Bowling Green. It moved with the army to Nashville, and was there attached to the Artillery Reserve, Colonel Barnett commanding, with which it operated during the march to and the battle of Pittsburg Landing. It also took an active part in all the movements before Corinth, and after the evacuation of that place by the rebels, moved to Huntsville and Stevenson, Ala. In August, 1862, it returned to Nashville and remained there as part of • its garrison during Buell's march to Louisville and through Kentucky, and until the return of the army to Nashville under General Rosecrans. The battery was then assigned to General Negley's division of the Fourteenth Corps, and with that division took part in all the skirmishes preceding the battle of Stone river. It greatly distinguished itself in that engagement. When Rosecrans' army moved from Murfreesboro' towards Tullahoma and Chattanooga, Battery M accompanied it and took part in all the skirmishes of that march. It also fought through the battle of Chickamauga and the subsequent victory of Mission Ridge. While in Nashville it was recruited up to its maximum, and newly equipped with guns and horses. It was shortly thereafter again ordered to the field, and on the 25th of June, 1864, it joined the main army at Kenesaw, Ga. On July 22d the battery joined Gen.. George H. Thomas' Fourth Army AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 297 Corps at Peach-tree creek, having marched overland from Nashville. It was immediately placed in the trenches before Atlanta, where it remained until the flank movement against Jonesboro'. From that time to the battle of Jonesboro' the battery was attached to the First Division of the Fourth Army Corps, and took part in all its marches and skirmishes, pushing on with the army from Jonesboro' to Lovejoy's, where the battery took part in the engagement at the last-named place. A few clays thereafter the whole army was ordered back to Atlanta, and while there the battery was relieved from duty and ordered to Chattanooga, where it was mustered out of service October, 1864. Maj. F. Schultz, September. 1861-July 12, 1865. Capt. Charles W. Scoville, October, 1864; mustered out with company. First Lieut. Ferdinand Amann, September, 1861-November, 1862. First Lieut. Constantine Schwerer, September, 1861-November, 1862. First Lieut. Joseph Hein, November, 1861-November, 1862. First Lieut. Eben P. Sturgis, November, 1862, with company. First Lieut. Charles F. Chase, March, 1864, with company. First Lieut. Frank R. Reckard, March, 1864, with company. Second Lieut. Joseph Eberle, September, 1861 ; resigned October, 1862. Second Lieut. John C. Linch, October, 1862 ; resigned June, 1863. Declined promotion. Second Lieut. Jacob Zeigler, June, 1863 ; mustered out with company. Second Lieut. Stephen Sloane, May, 1864 ; mustered out with company. Second Lieut. Lee P. Beatty, September, 1864; mustered out with company. Second Lieut. Wm. H. Manning, May, 1865 ; mustered out with company. Charles Kotzebue, promoted to second lieutenant. William Ruff, quartermaster-sergeant, December 13, 1864. Charles Bodmer, quartermaster, September, 1861-December 13, 1864. Thomas Meier, sergeant-major. Henry Schunk, sergeant, September, 1861-December 13, 1864. George Achbach, sergeant, September, 1861-December 13, 1864. William Eisentein, sergeant, September, 1861-December 13, 1864. Jacob Eisenstein, corporal, September, 1861-December 13, 1864. John Bruning, private, September, 1861-December 13, 1864. Christian Christler, private, September, 1861-December 13, 1864. Peter Cigrant, private, September, 1861-December 13, 1864. Adam Emig, private, September, 1861-December 13, 1864. Otto Frantz, private. John Gottschall. Charles Grim. Philip Hagelberger. John Heiser, September, 1861. Joseph Heiser, December, 1864. John Kaufle. Jacob Messmar. Joseph Miller, private. George Monroe. John Nuss. George Rock. William Rineker. Gottlob Zeigler. Daniel Vesper. Christian Wasserman. 298 - HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY Frederick Eisenstein, died November 5, 1862, Nashville. August Nassber, died November 1, 1862, Nashville. Henry Foust, died July 2, 1862, Corinth. Theobold Nicholas, died September 1, 1862, Nashville. Christian Wolfrom, died November 4, 1862, Nashville. George Kemper, died May 13, 1862, Louisville, Ky. John Weist, corporal, May 1, 1862. Frank Assman, corporal, July 5, 1863. Christian Enders, March 17, 1863. George Grimm, disability, October 19, 1863. Jacob Hassler, died May 14, 1862. Frederick Mauser, died June 24, 1862. John Weiss, first, died May 4, 1862. Paul Nichel, died June 22, 1862. Gottlib Schabe, died May 14, 1862. Conrad Wissenger, died March 17, 1863. Peter Bodaur, private, February 29, 1864. Thomas M. Wyatt, private, June, 1865. John W. Johnston, private, July, 1864. MISCELLANEOUS Abbott, Eli, private, Company D, One Hundred and Ninety-second O. V. I.; enlisted February, 1865; discharged September, 1865. Anderson, Abner, private, Company I, Forty-second O. V. I.; enlisted December, 1861; discharged September, 1863. Allen, Peter, private, Company K, Thirty-second O. V. I. ; enlisted November, 1861 ; discharged December, 1864. Anderson, Wm. G., private, Company C, Seventy-fourth O. V. I.; enlisted November, 1861; discharged July, 1862. Anderson, George W., private, Company B, Seventy-first O. V. I.; enlisted January, 1864; discharged November, 1865. Aplas, David, corporal, Company K, Twelfth O. V. I., enlisted October, 1863; discharged November, 1865.. Apple, Orin, corporal, Company I, Forty-second O. V. I. ; enlisted November, 1861; discharged December, 1864. Apple, James, private, Company I, Forty-second O. V. I.; enlisted November, 1861; discharged December, 1864. Baldwin, Nehemiah, private, Company G, Ninth O. V. Cav.; enlisted October, 1863; discharged May, 1865. Baker, Martin, private, Company G, Ninth O. V. Cav.; enlisted October, 1863 ; discharged May, 1865. Burrows, B. F., private, Company E, Benton Cadets ; enlisted April, 1861; discharged 1861. Babcock, Joseph C., private, Company F, One Hundred and Ninety-first O. V. I. ; enlisted February, 1865; discharged June, 1865. HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY - 299 Burton, S. C., private, Company G, First O. V. Cav. ; enlisted February, 1864; discharged June, 1865. Bird, Levi J., private, Company K, Twelfth O. V. Cav.; enlisted October, 1863; died in Libby Prison. Bulle, David T., private, Company I, Fifty-seventh O. V. I.; wounded at Shiloh July, 1862. Born, Samuel R., private, Company B, Eighth O. V. I. ; enlisted August, 1862; discharged July, 1865. Bushwaw, John, private, Company B, Eighteenth Ill. V.; enlisted May, 1861; discharged June, 1864.   . Block, Herman, private, Company F, Eleventh O. V. I. ; enlisted June, 1861; discharged June, 864. Black, Joseph F., private, Company F, First O. V. I. ; enlisted December, 1864; discharged June, 1865. Bowen, Joseph, private, Company H, Eighty-third O. V. I. ; enlisted August, 1862 ; discharged July, 1865. Buckner, John, private, Company H, Twenty-third U. S. C. T.; enlisted August, 1864; discharged June, 1865. Buckingham, George W., private, Company F, Tenth O. V. Cav. ; enlisted March, 1864 ; discharged July, 1865. Batchelder, John, private, Company A, Eleventh Mass. ; enlisted December, 1861; discharged December, 1864. Baumann, Christian M., private, First O. Art. ; enlisted September, 1861; discharged December, 1863. Baumann, Christian I., private, First O. Art.; enlisted January, 1864; discharged July, 1865. Brown, John W., private, Company F, Forty-first O. V. I. ; enlisted September, 1864; discharged May, 1865. Butler, Ludlow S., private, Company (Eighty-eight), Second O. Bat. ; enlisted August, 1862; discharged June, 1865. Bull, Francis M., private, Company E, Seventy-first O. V. I. ; enlisted February, 1864 ; discharged November, 1865. Brown, William A., private, Company F, Eighty-first O. V. I.; enlisted September, 1861; discharged September, 1864. Burnett, George S., private, Company F, Twentieth O. V. I.; enlisted September, 1861; discharged July, 1865. Brown, Cornelius, private, Company I, Fifty-seventh O. V. I. ; enlisted November, 1861; discharged April, 1865. Blue, John H., private, Twenty-second Battery ; enlisted April, 1863; discharged February, 1865. Blue, J. M., private, One Hundred and Thirty-fifth O. N. G.; enlisted May, 1864 ; discharged September, 1864 Baker, Joshua, corporal, Company I, Fortieth O. V. I. ; enlisted October, 1861 ; discharged December, 1864. Bruce, Eugene, private, Company C, Ninety-ninth Ill. I.; killed at Atlanta August, 1864. 300 - HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY Bruner, John M., private, Company D, One Hundred and Ninety-first O. V. I. ; enlisted February, 1865; discharged September, 1865. Brown, Charles W., private, Eighth Ohio Battery ; enlisted March, 1864; discharged August, 1865. Bryan, Michael O., private, Eleventh O. V. I. ; enlisted April, 1861; discharged 1864. Beery, Isaac, private, Company H, Sixty-third O. V. I. ; enlisted February, 1864; discharged July, 1865. Boyle, Sylvester H., private, Company I, Ninety-fifth O. V. I.; enlisted August, 1862; discharged August, 1865. Barkalow, James D., private, Company K, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth 0. N. G. ; enlisted May, 1864; discharged August, 1864. Bull, Francis M., private, Company E, Seventy-first O. V. V. I. ; enlisted February, 1865; discharged November, 1865. Birch, Pem Brook, O. S., Company C, Sixty-ninth O. V. V. I. ; enlisted April 16, 1865 ; discharged July 17, 1865. Black, Jos. F., private, Company C, Fifth C. V. I. ; enlisted December, 1861 ; discharged December, 1864. Blue, Reuben R., private, Company A, Eighty-second 0. V. I. ; enlisted September, 1861 ; discharged June, 1864. Bushwaw, Augustus C., O. S., Company B, Eighteenth Ill. V. I. ; enlisted May, 1861; discharged July, 1864. Clayton, Henry N., private, Company D, One Hundred and Ninety-first O. V. I. ; enlisted March, 1865 ; discharged June, 1865. Coon, David F., private, Company G, First 0. V. Cav. ; enlisted February, 1863 ; discharged June, 1865. Clark, Daniel Z., private, Company K, Twelfth O. V. Cav. ; enlisted September, 1863 ; discharged June, 1865. Croy, Albert J., private ; enlisted November, 1861 ; discharged December, 1864. Cleckner, George, private, Company F, Twentieth O. V. I. ; enlisted March, 1864 ; discharged July, 1865. Calvert, Samuel C., sergeant, Company E, One Hundred and Tenth O. V. I. ; enlisted August, 1862 ; discharged May, 1865. Cook, Frank, private, Company C, Forty-sixth O. V. I. ; enlisted March, 1862 ; discharged March, 1865. Coffield, James F., sergeant, Company I, Fortieth O. V. I. ; enlisted October, 1861; discharged December, 1864. Crawford, John, private, Company E, Benton Cadets. Cromer, Walter C., bugler, Company H, First O. V. Cav. ; enlisted February, 1864; discharged September, 1865. Crawford, John, private, Company E, Benton Cadets. Crawford, John, private, Company B, Fiftieth O. V. I. ; August, 1862. Crusey, Jacob, private, Company M. First Light Art. ; enlisted September, 1861 ; discharged December, 1864. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 301 Crumbaugh, David M., first lieutenant. Company F. Fifty-fifth Ill. V. I.; enlisted April, 1861 ; died April 5, 1865. Crumbaugh, John, private, Company G, Seventy-ninth Ind. V. I. ; enlisted May, 1862 ; died January, 1865. Crumbaugh, David M., first lieutenant, Company F, Fifty-fifth Ill. V. I.; enlisted April, 1861 ; discharged March 21, 1865. Crumbaugh, Daniel H., private, Company G. Conner, John, private, Company F, Fifteenth O. V. I. ; enlisted April, 1861 ; discharged September, 1861. Conner, John, private, Company K, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth O. N. G.; enlisted May, 1864; discharged August, 1864. Davis, Franklin M., Benton Cadets. Davis, Calvin M., Company F, One Hundred and Ninety-first O. V. I. ; enlisted February, 1865; discharged June, 1865. Davenport, David S., Company E, Benton Cadets. Davenport. David S., Company B, Fifth O. V. I. ; enlisted August, 1862 ; discharged March, 1865. Dickensheets, Joseph, Company G, Twelfth O. V. Cav. ; enlisted September, 1863 ; discharged November, 1864. Drake, William E., lieutenant, Company E, Fifty-eighth O. V. I. ; enlisted November, 1861; discharged January, 1864. Dever, Samuel, private, Company C, Fourth O. V. I. ; enlisted January, 1862; discharged March, 1865. Dickensheets, William, private, Company A, Fortieth O. V. I. ; enlisted September, 1861; discharged September, 1864. Driscoll, Jerry, corporal, Company D, Fifteenth O. V. I. ; enlisted January, 1864; discharged November, 1865. Dill, Solomon, private, Company L, Eighth O. Cav. ; enlisted February. 1864; discharged July, 1865. Dunnavant, Esquire, private, Company K, One Hundred and Eighty-third O. V. I. ; enlisted February, 1864; discharged July, 1865. Dodds, Josephus, private, Company K, Fifty-seventh O. V. I. ; enlisted December, 1861; discharged October, 1862. De Nise, James S., private, Company K, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth O. N. G.; enlisted May, 1864; discharged August, 1864. Elliott, William C., private, Company I, Forty-fourth O. V. I. ; enlisted October, 1861; died at Meadow Bluff July, 1862. Emely, Abraham H., private, Company K, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth O. N. G. ; enlisted May, 1864 ; discharged September, 1864. Estabrook, John T., private, Company I, Ninety-fourth O. V. I. ; enlisted August, 1862 ; discharged April, 1863. Evans, John, private, Company G, Ninth O. V. Cav. ; discharged May, 1865. Eisenstein, Jacob, corporal, Company M, First O. V. Art. ; enlisted October, 1862 ; discharged July, 1864. 302 - HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY Epler, Benjamin C., private, Company C, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth O. N. G.; enlisted May, 1864; discharged September, 1864. Epler, Jacob, private, Company C, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth O. N. G.; enlisted May, 1864; discharged September, 1864. Elliott, Leonard T., private, Company C, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth O. N. G.; enlisted May, 1864 ; discharged September, 1864. Elliott, John H., private, Company C, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth O. N. G.; enlisted May, 1864; discharged September, 1864. Edgar, John B, One Hundred and Forty-seventh O. N. G.; enlisted May, 1864 ; discharged September, 1864. English, James B., private, Company D, Eighty-eighth O. V. I.; enlisted January, 1863 ; discharged July, 1865. Feree, J. D., ; first sergeant, Company G, First O. V. Cav.; enlisted February, 1864; discharged September, 1865. Faurot, Theo., private, Company H, Fifteenth O. V. I.; enlisted August, 1862; discharged June, 1865. Fielding, Charles, musician, Company K, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth O. N. G.; enlisted May, 1864; discharged September, 1864. Faulder, George, private, Company K, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth O. N. G.; enlisted May, 1864; discharged August, 1864. Ferree, Jeremiah D., first sergeant, Company G, First O. V. V. I.; enlisted February, 1864; discharged September, 1865. Gillimore, Lewis .C., private, Company C, Sixth V. R. Corps. Gray, William G., private, Company I, Forty-second O. V. I.; enlisted November, 1861 ; discharged November, 1864. Geuss, Chrstian, private, Company I, Forty-second O. V. I.; enlisted November, 1861 ; discharged November, 1864. Geen, John, private, Company B, Ninty-fourth 0. V. I. ; discharged June, 1865. Gessler, Dennis, private, Company I, Twentieth O. V. I.; enlisted August, 1862 ; discharged July, 1864. Gahret, Jones, private, Company F, Twentieth O. V. I.; enlisted March, 1864; discharged July, 1865. Gregg, Arthur C., private, Company B, Twentieth O. V. I.; enlisted January, 1864; discharged July, 1865. Gilfillen, William, private, Company G, First O. V. I.; enlisted October, 1861 ; discharged August, 1864. Goffena, Peter, 66th O. V. I. Green, John, private, Company D, Twelfth O. V. Cav.; enlisted September, 1862 ; died July, 1863. Green, Thomas, sergeant, Company I, One Hundred and Fifty-sixth 0. N. G.; enlisted May, 1864; discharged September, 1864. Gregg, Calvin W., private, Seventeenth O. V. Battery ; enlisted August, 1862 ; discharged August, 1865. Garrison, Samuel, private, Company K, First 0. V. I.; enlisted September, 1861 ; discharged, 1864. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 303 Hall, W. M., orderly sergeant, Company C, One Hundred and Ninety-second O. V. I.; enlisted 1864 ; discharged 1865. Hall, W. M., Forty-fifth O. V. I.; enlisted 1861; discharged 1863. Harshbarger, J. H., private, Company E, Benton Cadets. Hagelberger, P. J., private, Company M, First O, L. Art. ; enlisted 1861 ; discharged 1864. Herbert, Joseph K., private, Company D, Fifty-first O. V. I.; enlisted October, 1864; discharged June, 1865. Haney, Isaac R., private, Company E, One Hundred and Tenth 0. V. I.; enlisted September, 1862; wounded at Winchester, and died June, 1863. Haney, Peter L., private, Company E, Seventy-first O. V. I.; enlisted October, 1861 ; killed at Hartsville, Tenn., October, 1863. Hinsky, Adam, Company K, First 0. V. I.; enlisted September, 1861 ; discharged May, 1865. Hines, Allen, private, Company G, Ninth O. V. Cav.; enlisted August, 1863 ; discharged July, 1865. Haney, Franklin B., private, Company G, Ninth 0. V. Cav.; enlisted August, 1863; discharged July, 1865. Hemphill, Granville M., Company A, Seventy-ninth O. V. I.; enlisted August, 1862 ; discharged January, 1863. Hanselman, William, sergeant, Company E, Fortieth O. V. I.; enlisted September, 1861; discharged December, 1864. Henderson, George A., Company C, Fifty-seventh O. V. I.; enlisted October, 861; discharged October, 1862. Harp, Albert, private, Company B, Fifth 0. V. I.; enlisted August, 1862; discharged June, 1865. . Harp, Abram, Company C, Sixty-ninth O. V. I.; enlisted April, 1862; discharged July, 1865. Harter, George S., private, Company H, One Hundred and Tenth O. V. I ; enlisted August, 1862; discharged July, 1865. Haggott, Benjamin P., hospital steward, Fifty-fourth O. V. I.; enlisted November, 1861; discharged December, 1862. Hume, David R., corporal, Company F, 5th O. V. I.; enlisted October, 1861 ; discharged August, 1862. Hathaway, John F., corporal, Company F, Twentieth O. V. I.; enlisted October, 1861; discharged July, 1865. Hassenauer, John, Company I, Twentieth 0. V. I.; enlisted August, 1862 ; discharged July, 1864. Harshberger, James H., corporal, Company L, First H. Art.; enlisted September, 1861 ; discharged May, 1865. Henry, Maxwell B., private, Company C, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth O. N. G.; enlisted May, 1864; discharged September, 1864. Henderson, William J., private, Company K, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth 0. N. G.; enlisted May, 1864; discharged September, 1864. Harbor, Henry, private, Company E, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth O. N. G. ; enlisted May, 1864; discharged September, 1864. 304 - HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY Isenberger, Henry, corporal, Company B, Sixty-sixth O. V. I. ; enlisted January, 1862; discharged 1865. Jones, Armstead, Company M, first sergeant, Company D, Fifty-fifth Massachusetts ; enlisted May, 1863; discharged August, 1863. Johnson, Robert, private, C0mpany F, Twentieth O. V. I. ; enlisted October, 1862 ; discharged May, 1865. Jackson, Matthew, private. Company B, Twenty-seventh U. S. C. T. ; enlisted December, 1863; discharged 1865. Johnston, Samuel P., private, Company I, One Hundred and Fifty-sixth O. N. G.; enlisted May, 1864 ; discharged August, 1864. Kohler, John, private, Company H, One Hundred and Twenty-eighth O. V. I. ; enlisted December, 1863 ; discharged July, 1865. Kauffeld, Henry, private, Benton Cadets. Kiser, Orin, private, Company K, Twentieth 0. V. I. ; enlisted August, 1862 ; discharged July, 1865. Kehr, Samuel, private, Company K, Twentieth 0. V. I. ; enlisted August, 1862; discharged July, 1865. Key, Norman, private, Company H, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth, 0. N. G. ; enlisted May, 1864 ; discharged September, 1864. Key, John H,, private, Company H. One Hundred and Thirty-fourth O. N. G. ; enlisted May, 1864 ; discharged September, 1864. Kerns, Joseph L,, private, Company C, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth O. N. G.; enlisted May, 1864; discharged September, 1864. Knoop, John, private, Company E, One Hundred and Tenth O. V. I. ; enlisted August, 1862 ; discharged July, 1865. Lawhead, Philip S., private, One Hundred and Forty-seventh O. N. G.; enlisted May, 1864; discharged September, 1864. Loth, John, Company G, Forty-seventh O. V. I. ; enlisted August, 1861 ; discharged August, 1865. Littlejohn, George W., private, Company I, One Hundred and Tenth O. V. I.; enlisted August, 1862; discharged October, 1865. Ladd, George, corporal, Company B, Fifth U. S. C. T.; enlisted November, 1863 ; discharged September, 1865. Linn, John, private, Company F, One Hundred and Eighty-third O. V. I. : enlisted October, 1864; discharged July, 1865. Lenhart, George D., sergeant, Company C, First Michigan ; enlisted July, 1863 ; discharged July, 1865. Lawrence, Asher A., corporal, First Bat. ; enlisted August, 1861 ; discharged July, 1865. Lenox, Napoleon, private, Benton Cadets ; enlisted 1861 ; discharged August, 1861. Le Fevre, Morgan A., private, Company F, Fifteenth O. V. I. ; enlisted April, 1861 ; discharged August, 1861. McKee, Chas. W., sergeant-major, Eighty-eighth Ind. V.; enlisted August, 1862 ; discharged June, 1865 ; was wounded at Perrysville and Resaca. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 305 Markley, John, private, Company B, Sixty-sixth O. V. I. ; enlisted October, 1861 ; discharged December, 1864. McVay, Russell B., private, Company F, O. V. Cav. ; enlisted February, 1864; discharged September, 1865. Mumford, John A., private, Company H, Eleventh O. V. I.; enlisted April, 1861; discharged July, 864. Minniear, Amos G., private, Company C, Seventy-first O. V. I. ; enlisted November, 1861; discharged November, 1864. Miller, Martin, private, Company D, Ninety-fourth O. V. I.; enlisted August, 1862 ; discharged June, 1865. Moore, Charles H., hospital steward, Second Ill. Cav.; discharged November, 1865. Moore, Charles H., private, Company I, Second Ill. Cav. ; enlisted July, 1861 ; discharged November, 1865. Mahony, Patrick H., private, Company H, Twentieth Iowa ; enlisted November, 1861; discharged September, 1862. McCullough, Charles, private, Company E, Benton Cadets. Moyer, George W., private, Company K, First Heavy Art.; enlisted July, 1863 ; discharged July, 1865. Messmer, Jacob, private, Company M, O. Light Art. ; enlisted September, 1861; discharged December, 1864. Mann, Charles W., corporal Company F, Benton Cadets. Martin, William C., private, Company F, Fifteenth O. V. I. Mitchell, Wm. M., private, Company K, One Hundred and Eighty-fifth O. V. I. ; enlisted February, 1864 ; discharged July, 1865. Martin, John M., private, Company K, Twentieth O. V. I.; enlisted January, 1862 ; discharged July, 1865. Mulford, Henry J., private, Company D, Fifty-fourth O. V. I.; enlisted September, 1861; discharged September, 1864. McDaniel, James, Company C, Sixty-ninth O. V. I.; enlisted 1862; discharged 1865. Maurer, Frederick, private, Company K, Twelfth O. V. I.; enlisted September, 1863 ; discharged May, 1865. Mapes, Henry C., private, Company L, First O. Heavy Art.; enlisted June, 1863 ; discharged May, 1865. Markley, John, private, Company B, Sixty-sixth O. V. I.; enlisted October, 1861 ; discharged December, 1865. McVay, James, Company E, One Hundred and Eighty-fifth O. V. I.; enlisted February, 1865 ; discharged September, 1865. Michael, Dewit C., private, Company K, One Hundred and Thirty-ninth O. N. G.; enlisted May, 1864; discharged September, 1864. McVay, James, private, Company E, One Hundred and Eighty-fifth O. V. I.; enlisted February, 1865; discharged September, 1865. McCormick, James K., private, Company K, Fifty-seventh O. V. I.; enlisted February, 1862 ; killed February, 1863. 306 - HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY McCormick, Valentine, brigade wagon master; enlisted December, 1863; discharged June, 1864. Millhouse, Jacob J., corporal, Company E, One Hundred and Forty-seventh O. N. G.; enlisted May, 1864 ; discharged September, 1864. McIntosh, Wm., private, Company E, Forty-fourth O. V. I. ; enlisted September, 1861; discharged November, 1864. Mellinger, Joseph, private, Company K, Eighty-seventh 0. V. I. ; enlisted June, 1862 ; discharged October, 1862. Maxwell, Capt. B. K., One Hundred and Thirty-fourth O. N. G. ; enlisted May, 1864; discharged September, 1864. Morrow, Thomas E., private, Company F, Eleventh 0. V. I. ; enlisted April, 1861; discharged July, 1864. McGinness, Leander, sergeant, Company C, Forty-fourth Ind. V. I. ; enlisted August, 1861 ; discharged September, 1865. Nuss, Andrew, private, Company A, Twentieth O. V. I. ; enlisted August, 1862 ; discharged July, 1864. O'Neil, William, private, Company A, Fifty-second O. V. I. ; enlisted August ; discharged June, 1865. Phillips, John A., private, Company E, Thirty-sixth Ind.; enlisted August 1861 ; discharged September, 1863. Potts, Harrison M., private, Company E, One Hundred and Tenth O. V. I.; enlisted August, 1862 ; discharged June, 1865. Parr, Wm. A., private, Company G, Seventy-first 0. V. I. ; enlisted January, 1862 ; discharged December, 1862. Powell, William, private, Company F, Eleventh O. V. I.; enlisted June, 1861; discharged February, 1864. Powell, William, private, Company D, Thirty-first 0. V. I. ; enlisted February, 1864; discharged July, 1865. Pilliod, Francis, private, Company I, Fortieth O. V. I. ; enlisted October, 1861; discharged December, 1864. Proctor, John, private, Company F, One Hundred and Tenth O. V. I. ; enlisted August, 1862 ; killed 1864. Price, Wm. H., private, Company C, Ninth N. J. V. I. ; enlisted November, 1864; discharged May, 1865. Patterson, Robt. M., first lieutenant, Company I, One Hundred and Eighteenth O. V. I. ; enlisted August, 1862 ; discharged June, 1865. Patterson, John H., corporal, Company E, One Hundred and Forty-seventh O. N. G.; enlisted May, 1864; died August, 1864. Patterson, Thomas R., private, Company E, One Hundred and Forty-seventh O. N. G. ; enlisted May, 1864 ; discharged August, 1864. Quillen, Alvin E., private, Company L, Eighth U. S. Cav. ; enlisted February, 1864; discharged November, 1864. Quinn, Michael, sergeant, Company H, Fifteenth O. V .I. ; enlisted August, 1862 ; discharged June, 1865. Russell, Joshua W., private, Company E, Second Heavy Art. ; enlisted September, 1863 ; discharged June, 1865. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 307 Rylatt, James, corporal, Company A, Fourth Del. ; enlisted August, 1862 ; discharged June, 1865. Rodifer, Wm. L., private, Second Bat. Light Art. ; enlisted August, 1862 ; discharged August, 1865. Reed, John J., sergeant, Company G, Twelfth O. V. I. ; enlisted September, 1863 ; discharged November, 1865. Rebstock, Adolphus, private, Company I, Twentieth O. V. I. ; enlisted August, 1862; discharged" July, 1864. Rebstock, Adolphus, first class musician, Second Brig. First Div.; enlisted February, 1865; discharged July, 1865. Roberts, Henry C., private, Company I, Fifty-first O. V. I. ; enlisted May, 1863 ; discharged July, 1865. Rike, Dayton, private, Company K, Fifty-seventh O. V. I. ; enlisted February 1862 ; discharged August, 1865. Rike, Wm. E., private, Company E, One Hundred and Eighty-fifth O. V I.; enlisted February, 1864; discharged September, 1865. Reed, Wm. A., private, Company G, Twelfth O. V. Cav. ; enlisted September, 1863 ; discharged November, 1865. Rasor, James A., private, Company K, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth O. N. G. ; enlisted May, 1864; discharged August, 1864. Steel, James A., private, Twenty-fifth O. V. I. ; enlisted February, 1864; discharged 1864. Shaw, William H., private ; Company F, Fifteenth O. V. I.; enlisted April, 1861 ; discharged August, 1861. Shellenbarger, Company M, First O. Art. ; enlisted September, 1862 ; discharged March, 1865. Shoup., John, private, Company C, Third U. S. Art. ; enlisted December, 1862; discharged December, 1864. Smeltzer, Thomas, commissary sergeant, Company G, Ninth O. V. Cav.; enlisted August, 1863 ; discharged August, 1865. Swearinger, G. A., corporal, Company B, Ninety-fourth O. V. I. ; enlisted July, 1862 ; discharged June, 1865. Strunk, Levi, private, Company A, Eleventh O. V. Cav. ; enlisted October, 1861; discharged April, 1865. Starret, David, private, Company I, Fortieth O V. I. ; enlisted October, 1861; discharged December, 1864. Soupp, Victor, private, Company I, Fortieth O. V. I. ; enlisted October, 1861; discharged December, 1864. Stewart, Robert, private, Company B, Seventy-sixth O. V. I.; enlisted February, 1864; discharged July, 1865. Stewart, William, Company E, Forty-fifth O. V. I.; enlisted July, 1862; discharged June, 1865. Snodgrass, James H., sergeant, Company A, Twenty-eighth Mich. ; enlisted January, 1864; discharged June, 1866. Snell, John, private, Company E, Fortieth O. V. I. ; enlisted September, 1861 ; discharged December, 1864. 308 - HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY Shanely, Isaac, private, Company I, Forty-second O. V. I. ; enlisted November, 1861 ; discharged December, 1864. Shue, John, private, Company E, Second O. Heavy Art. ; enlisted July, 1863 ; discharged August, 1865. Shue, Conrad, private, Company K, Thirty-first 0. V. I. ; enlisted August, 1861 ; discharged July, 1865. Shanely, John, corporal, Company I, Forty-second O. V. I. ; enlisted November, 1861 ; discharged December, 1864. Spears, David, sergeant, Company A, Fifty-fifth Mass. ; enlisted May, 1863 ; discharged August, 1865. Shaw, James W., sergeant, Company K, Twelfth O. V. I. ; enlisted October, 1863 ; discharged November, 1865. Shue, Henry, private, Second Bat. ; enlisted January, 1864; discharged July, 1865. Souder, Henry J., private, Company K, Twentieth O. V. I. ; enlisted August, 1862,; discharged May, 1865. Sparling, John S., private, Company I, Twentieth O. V. I. ; enlisted January, 1864; discharged March, 1865. Shaw, David, private, Sixteenth 0. V. I. ; enlisted November, 1861; discharged November, 1862. Scott, George, private, Company E, Fifty-fourth O. V. I. ; enlisted January, 1864; discharged August, 1864. Smith, Robert, private, Company H, Fifty-fourth Mass. ; enlisted April, 1863 ; discharged August, 1865. Surin, Deamons, sergeant, Company G, Seventy-first O. V. I. ; enlisted January, 1864; discharged November, 1865. Staley, Valentine, first sergeant, Company E, Fifteenth O. V. I. ; enlisted August, 1862 ; discharged March, 1865. Staley, Philip, private, Company H, Eighth O. V. I. ; enlisted August, 1862 ; discharged July, 1865. Shearer, Jeremiah, private, Company B, Fiftieth O. V. I. ; enlisted August, 1862 ; discharged June, 1865. Surin, Henry, private, Company G, Seventy-first O. V. I. ; enlisted January, 1862 ; discharged February, 1865. Stewart, Luther, private, Benton Cadets. Snodgrass, Finley, private, Company K, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth 0. V. I. ; enlisted January, 1864; discharged September, 1864. Smith, S. D., assistant surgeon U. S. navy ; enlisted spring of 1863; discharged fall of 1863. Smith, Wm. P., orderly sergeant, Company E, One Hundred and Tenth O. V. I. ; enlisted 1862 ; discharged July, 1865. Schenck, Geo. W., sergeant, Company K, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth O. N. G. ; enlisted May, 1864; discharged August, 1864. Schenck, John, private, Company K, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth O. N. G.; enlisted May, 1864; discharged August, 1864. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 309 Staley, Daniel, private, Company F, Fourteenth O. V. I. ; enlisted October 1861; discharged November, 1863. Stockstill, Henry I., private, Company D, Fifty-first O. V. I. ; enlisted September, 1864; discharged September, 1865. Stewart, Thomas D., corporal, Company E, Benton Cadets; enlisted September, 1861 ; discharged January, 1862. Sparling, James, private, Company C, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth O. N. G. ; enlisted May, 1864; discharged September, 1864. Staley, David, private, Company K, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth O. N. G. ; enlisted May, 1864; discharged September, 1864. Staley, Armstrong, private, Company A, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth O. N. G. ; enlisted May, 1864; discharged September, 1864. Slagel, Jacob S., private, Company B, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth O. N. G.; enlisted May, 1864; discharged 1864. Sceyster, Wm. H., private, Company G, Seventh N. Y. I., Mexican war ; enlisted 1846; discharged 1848. Schwartz, Samuel, private, Benton Cadets ; enlisted 1861 ; discharged 1861. Stewart, Wm. D., private, Company K, Fifty-seventh O. V. V. I.; enlisted January, 1864; discharged August, 1865. Stewart, Willoughby, private, Company F, Forty-seventh O. V. I. ; enlisted September, 1864; discharged July, 1865. Skillen, James F., bugler, First O. V. Cav.; enlisted 1862; discharged 1865. Stewart, Joseph, private, Company E, Forty-fifth O. V. I. ; enlisted July, 1862; discharged June, 1865. Smith, John, private, Company B, Twentieth O. V. V. I. ; enlisted September, 1861 ; discharged June, 1865. Turner, George, private, Company D, One Hundred and Ninety-second O. V. I.; enlisted February, 1865; discharged April, 1865. Trapp, P. M., sergeant, Company G., First O. V. I.; enlisted September, 1861 ; discharged August, 1864. Tourdot, Chas., private, Company I, Fortieth O. V. I.; enlisted November, 1861 ; discharged December, 1864. Thompson, Robt. J., private, Company I, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth O. N. G. ; enlisted May, 1864; discharged August, 1864. Unum, David, private, Company E, Fortieth O. V. I.; enlisted October, 1861 ; discharged September, 1864. Van Ripley, William L., private, Company K, O. V. I.; enlisted May, 1864; discharged September, 1865. Verdier, William I., private, Company I, Forty-second O. V. I.; enlisted November, 1861; discharged December, 1864. Viney, Charles, private, Company F, Forty-third U. S. C. T. ; enlisted April, 1864; discharged October, 1865. Voorhees, Charles F., corporal, Company E, Benton Cadets ; enlisted September, 1861; discharged January, 1862. 310 - HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY Williams, William H., private, Company F, Fifteenth 0. V. I.; enlisted for three months. Woodruff, John A., private, Company K, Fifty-seventh O. V. I.; enlisted October, 1861; discharged August, 1865. Waldon, Alex., private, Company K, Thirty-second O. V. I.; enlisted March, 1864; discharged August, 1865. Wicker, James, private, Company B, Fifth U. S. C. T.; enlisted November, 1863 ; discharged September, 1865. Wirich, George, Company F, Twentieth O. V. I.; enlisted September, 1861 ; discharged October, 1863. Wright, Charles, Company F, Twentieth O. V. I.; enlisted September, 1861; discharged October, 1864. Wyatt, Adam B., Company F, Eleventh O. V. I.; enlisted June, 1861. Weigend, Vinzing, Company D, First O. Heavy Art.; enlisted June, 1863; discharged July, 1865. Williams, Elijah A., Company F, Nineteenth 0. V. I.; enlisted February, 1865; discharged August, 1865. Wones, Simon, private, Company I, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth 0. N. G.; enlisted May, 1864; discharged September, 1864. Wambaugh, B. F., private, Company A, Forty-seventh 0. V. I.; enlisted March, 1862; discharged June, 1865. Wilson, Dr. Albert, surgeon, First 0. V. I.; enlisted April, 1861; discharged July, 1865. Wilson, Isaac N., private, Company A, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth 0. N. G.; enlisted May, 1864; discharged September, 1864. Wenrick, John A., private, Company C, Twenty-fifth 0. V. V. I.; enlisted October, 1864; discharged September, 1864. Wilson, J. Wesley, private, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth O. N. G.; enlisted May, 1864; discharged September, 1864. Wilkinson, Isaac N., private, Company D, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth 0. N. G.; enlisted May, 1864; discharged September, 1864. Wilson, Joshua, private, Company B, One Hundred and Fourth Ill. V. I.; enlisted August, 1861; discharged July, 1865. Williams, Job W., corporal, Company A, Seventy-first 0. V. I. ; enlisted 1861; discharged 1865. Zerbe, George W., private, Company H, Fifteenth O. V. 'I.; enlisted August, 1862; discharged June, 1865. NEAL POST Shelby county bore its full share in the great contest in the sixties. As the years have passed this war has shown that it had far more to do with the world's history than the mere settlement of our own local questions. Thermopylae and Marathon held back the lower civilization of Persia, which was hurled against the higher civilization of the Greeks. Lepanto witnessed the destruction of the Turkish Mohammedan fleet and Christian civilization was granted a new life. The hands on the dial of time moved forward. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 311 In the sixties the North had free speech, free schools and above all the right to labor without stigma. In the South free speech was at the risk of life; there were no common schools worthy of the name and the laborer was put upon the level of the slave. For a century this had dominated its people, and they had a lower and a higher civilization separated by only imaginary or natural lines. It was a conflict between them that called forth the warriors. The destruction of slavery lifted not only our land but the whole of humanity to a higher plane and the conflict continued until the grave was dug so deep that a resurrection could never be possible. Our political status was placed on a safer foundation and our soldiers look at it with eminent satisfaction. This satisfaction is very much enhanced when the results are more fully known and realized. Had the Southern Confederacy succeeded, the first thing would have been the reestablishment of negro slavery on such a firm basis, that it would have remained for centuries, with all its evil influences, not only on their own people but with a reflex action on our side. They being the stronger, would have compelled the North to enter into such a treaty as would have made every civil officer responsible for the escape of their negro chattels. We would have been compelled to use all diligence, and to invoke all the powers of law to apprehend and hold property that belonged to the other side. From the Atlantic to the Pacific the border would have had its fortifications which would require armaments and men—this on both sides. In addition to this, each side would have required an army of revenue officers, to guard and collect the revenue according to such tariff laws as might have been enacted. All this expense would have come from a divided country, harrassed by constant internecine contests. The right of secession would have been settled affirmatively and we would have had that to face. New England would have said that she had no frontier to guard and why should she be taxed for the civil and military expenses—and she would have seceded. Likewise the Pacific coast, guarded on the east by the Rockies, would have done as New England did, and how could it be helped? Disintegration would surely have followed and we would have gradually become separate principalities without prestige or power. Taxes would have increased so that, as a whole, the amounts now paid as pensions would be but a drop in the bucket. Opportunity for English extension would have been manifest and in the course of time the English flag would have floated where now is the Star Spangled Banner. Shelby county sent into the ranks much of its best blood and when times of stress occurred, her soldiers carried themselves through with credit and honor to their country. On their return home they took up the work their hands had laid down and never faltered in their civil duties any more than in their military ones. The organization of the Grand Army of the Republic became a national one, and almost every community had its post. A call was made April 5, 1881, for the purpose of establishing one in Sidney. The charter members 312 - HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY were C. W. McKee, W. A. Nutt, Thomas Wright, W. A. Skillen, W. M. Van Fossen, E. E. Nutt, Albert Wilson, J. A. Montross, G. S. Harter, H. B. Neal, Hugo Stahl, C. R. Joslin, J. S. Laughlin, J. C. Haines, C. E. Fielding, H. A. Ailes, Reuben Smeltzer and Pember Burch. The name selected was "Neal," in honor of Capt. William D. Neal, Company K, Twentieth O. V. I., who was killed in front of Kenesaw mountain, June 26, 864. At the date of compiling this history there have been mustered 489 veterans, coming from twelve different states and representing all arms of the service. The post has passed through many vicissitudes, and yet was generally prosperous, as it had the sympathy of a large majority of our citizens. But age is fast thinning its ranks. Many live at a distance and the attendance is now small and soon Neal Post, No. Sixty-two, G. A. R., Department of Ohio, will be numbered among the things that were. In the organization Neal Post has borne no small part. On May 16, 1894, Capt. E. E. Nutt was elected Ohio department commander for one year. He appointed from the post, T. B. Marshall as his adjutant and H. C. Roberts as his quartermaster. At that time the department had nearly 44,000 members in some 650 posts. To formulate the necessary orders ; receive and reply to the thousand and one questions was a task of no small dimensions. The year's administration was a very successful one and much praise was accorded to Commander Nutt in consequence. While in this connection it seems proper to give Mr. Nutt's history, both civil and military, as he was all his life one of the leading citizens of the county. He was born near Sidney in October, 1837, on ,a farm and prepared himself for college. When teaching a district school he resigned and enlisted in the three months' service upon the firing on Fort Sumter. The regiment was the Fifteenth O. V. I. At the expiration of his enlistment, he joined the Twentieth O. V. I. for three years and advanced from private to captain. From the official records of the war, and while a lieutenant, he was awarded a silver medal for conspicuous bravery in the battle near Atlanta, July 24, 1864, by Maj.-Gen. F. P. Blair. His civil life was uneventful. He engaged in the grain trade, which he successfully pursued, and except for an interval of a few years continued until the close of his life in 1911. Outside of his business he was always interested and took an active part in various municipal affairs, chiefly in school matters. His influence was long felt and he was considered a man of forceful character, a lifelong republican in politics and a professing Methodist in religion. The post now numbers eighty and its present commander is Dr. B. M. Sharp. THE MONUMENTAL BUILDING One of the most imposing structures in Sidney is this memorial edifice erected to the fallen heroes of the Civil war by a grateful people. In the year 1865, just at the close of the war, a town meeting was called to consider the proposition to erect a monument in the public square in memory of the martyred dead heroes of Shelby county. Many plans were suggested by various speakers but no definite action was taken at that meeting. After AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 313 considering the matter for some time Messrs. C. W. Van De Grift, Frank B. Carey and Cyrus W. Frazer organized a private association for the purpose of conducting a lottery, the proceeds of which should be devoted to that purpose. Mr. Frazer withdrew and J. R. Fry became his successor. The lottery was established with real or personal property and the tickets were placed on sale at one dollar each. It was resolved to raise $60,000 and when $40,000 was realized $30,000 was used in the purchase of real estate and personal property for prizes. When the sale of tickets was exhausted the lottery was drawn, the prizes distributed and the proceeds of the drawing, $11,473.97, delivered to the council. On the 2d of May, 1871, the general assembly of Ohio passed an act providing for the appointment of trustees and the disposition of moneys or other property held in trust for the erection of soldiers' monuments. This act provided for the appointment of trustees by the court of common pleas, who should give bond for the faithful discharge of the duties of the office; that such board of trustees should not exceed seven members, each of whom should be a resident of the county in which a monument was to be erected ; that the board, or a majority thereof, should determine whether to erect a monument or a monumental building ; that permanent tablets should be provided, on which should be inscribed the name of each soldier who lost his life in the service of his country; that vacancies in the board should be filled by the court of common pleas; that all monuments or monumental buildings should be forever free from taxation. On the 27th of May, 871, W. P. Stowell, Esq., presented a petition to the court of common pleas, asking that the funds held by J. F. Frazier, George Vogle, and J. R. Fry, being the proceeds of the lottery, be placed in the hands of trustees under the act of May 2, 1871. Messrs. Frazier and Vogle appeared in court, waived service, and on June 12th the court determined, after due examination, that there were in the hands of said persons money, property, and assets to the value of $11,473.97, the same being a fund set apart for the erection of a soldiers' monument. The court thereupon appointed a board of trustees, consisting of Levi C. Barkdull, Nathan R. Wyman, H. S. Gillespie, Daniel Staley, Hugh Thompson, Joseph C. Haines, and R. R. Lytle. The court further directed the original trustees, Messrs. Frazier, Vogle, and Fry, to bring said amount of $11,473.97 into court on the 17th of June inst. This order was complied with, the new trustees gave approved bonds, and received the property in trust with instructions to loan the same in good and sufficient security. The trustees met on the same date and organized by electing Hugh Thompson, president ; N. R. Wyman, secretary; and Hugh Thompson, N. R. Wyman, and L. C. Barkdull, executive committee. On May 27, 1873, the trustees purchased the corner lot, known as the Ackerly corner, and being the south half of the lot on corner of Court and Ohio streets, Sidney. The consideration was $4,500 and possession until the 1st of April, 1874. 314 - HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY On February 5, 1874, A. J. Robertson and Col. Harrison Wilson were appointed members of the board of trustees vice R. R. Lytle and H. S. Gillespie, who became non-residents. The property was then rented to John Mather for one year at $50 per annum. In the autumn of 1874 Mr. Robertson suggested the idea of requesting an additional legislative act to authorize the town and township to raise a joint fund which, with the amount already in the hands of the trustees, should be applied to the erection of a monumental building. This action was approved by the legislature, and the people were authorized to hold an election to determine whether the town and township should contribute to the project. Under this provision the corporation of Sidney and Clinton township each voted $13,000, and issued bonds for said amount. On March 21, 1875, the board had. resolved to erect a monumental building if sufficient aid could be obtained from Sidney and Clinton township to make an aggregate fund of $40,000, and as noted above, said fund was raised by taxation. On May 30, 1875, Hugh Thompson and Col. H. Wilson were appointed to take proper measures to have another amount of $12,000 voted by Sidney and Clinton township, or a tax of $6,000 each. This was done March 15, 1876, the same having been changed to $7,500 each, or an aggregate of $15,000. On the 14th of April the trustees rented a room for office uses in the residence of Hugh Thompson, and authorized A. J. Robertson to act for the board in arranging terms with the town and township as to the rights and privileges of each concerning the proposed building. Levi C. Barkdull, Harrison Wilson, and N. R. Wyman were appointed a committee on plan of building, subject to the approval of the full board. Hugh Thompson and L. C. Barkdull were authorized to dispose of the building which occupied the lot already purchased. The trustees, town council, and township trustees elected representatives to report plans and confer in joint session. A. J. Robertson was chosen by the building trustees, Samuel McCune by the town council, and John Wagner by the township officers, as representatives of the three bodies concerned. Plans were received, and, after a full examination by the joint bodies, the plans submitted by Samuel Lane of Cleveland were adopted, and on May 10, 1875, a committee on contracts was appointed, consisting of A. J. Robertson, L. C. Barkdull, and N. R. Wyman, their action to be subject to the approval of the whole board. A. J. Robertson was appointed to superintend the construction of the building. Description and contracts.—The size of the building is one hundred and sixty-five feet on Court street and forty-four feet on Ohio street ; three stories high, with basement in front thirty-five by forty-one feet, and a cellar under the whole building, which is so arranged as to be converted into rooms if any necessity of this character should arise. The brickwork was let to W. W. Robertson for $9,259.82. The cellar wall to Jacob Hopler for $954.26. Cut stonework to Thomas Jones for $9,650. Additional work to Thomas Jones for $473. Woodwork to Mr. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 315 McCoy for $11,500. Painting and glazing to F. Gierman for $2,963. Galvanized iron, tin, and slating to W. M. Service & Co. for $1,95. Plastering to Fullers & Pecks for 6,508. Iron columns to Manning & Son for $2,887.29. Gas fitting to P. Smith & Bro. for $225. Frescoing and scene painting to E. F. Harvey for $1,200. Steam heater to Brooks, Leight & Co. for $3,397 Stage carpenter work to F. Fowler for $430. Cost of stone for cellar and area walls for $1,479.85. A 1,400-pound bell was furnished by the corporation of Sidney. Laying the corner-stone.—The following order of exercises was observed on Thursday, June 24, 1875, being the occasion of the laying of the cornerstone of Monumental Building. Prayer, by Rev. T. C. Reade, after which the square, level, and plumb were masonically applied to the corner-stone, and the corn, wine, and oil sprinkled upon it ; whereupon the grand master struck the corner with his gavel, and the whole ceremonies were masonically explained. A box was then deposited in the corner-stone containing the following-named articles : Programme of the day; list of discharged soldiers of Shelby county; list of officers and members of Company M, First Ohio Light Artillery of Shelby county ; copy of Shelby County Democrat of June 24, 875; copies of Sidney Journal of April 21, 1865, and June 18, 1875 ; list of Summit Lodge, No. Fifty, K. of P.; a $500 monumental bond of the village of Sidney, of issue of June 14, 1875; Wide-awake badge of J. C. Jacobs, lieutenant-colonel of the Twenty-fourth New York Cavalry; list of Silver Star Cornet Band; copy of Cincinnati Gazette, Commercial, and Enquirer of June 24, 1875 ; charter of Orange Lodge, No. One Hundred and Fifty-two, and names of charter members; name of the former owner of the building site, George Ackerly; names of survivors of the Mexican war, A. J. Robertson, George Ackerly, Amos Woaley, and W. H. Howell ; names of building committee, A. J. Robertson, N. R. Wyman, and L. C. Barkdull; name of architect, Samuel Lane, associate member of American Institute of Architects. It may here be observed that after this part of the ceremony, Sergt. W. M. Van Fossen, who in the procession was color-bearer of the Ninety-ninth regiment, veiled the corner-stone with the flag, saying, "Done in memory of the fallen heroes of Shelby county, in the state of Ohio and town of Sidney, June 24th, in the year of our Lord 1875." A Masonic address was then delivered by J. F. McKinney, Esq., of Piqua, to a large and enthusiastic assemblage in the public square. John G. Stephenson was appointed a member of the board February 9, 877, vice L. C. Barkdull, resigned. On April 14, 1877, the trustees were authorized to issue bonds for the completion of the building, and H. Thompson and J. G. Stephenson were appointed to procure printed bonds. Messrs. Haines and Stephenson were instructed to collect $670 from Sidney and $100 from Clinton township, to be applied to the payment for heating apparatus. On the 4th of May the trustees submitted a report to the court of common pleas. Moneys received consisted of real estate, notes, etc., amounting to $59,538.32. Disbursements, $58,289.08. Balance on hand, $1.249,24. 316 - HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY On February 1, 1890, the trustees met to consider a proposition to receive the books and other property from the Library Association trustees, and on February l0th the proposition was accepted on the following conditions : That the library be free to the clergy, their wives and minor children ; to soldiers and sailors of the Civil war and their wives and minor children ; to the widows and mothers of such soldiers or sailors who may have died in the service ; to all others upon such terms as the trustees may prescribe ; the whole institution to be governed by such rules and regulations as the board may adopt. The Monumental Association, by the board of trustees, bound the corporation to accept the proposition and comply with its provisions as soon as the funds of said association would justify full acceptance. The building, which was completed in 1877, has a splendid basement devoted to various uses ; the first floor on Ohio street, as originally conceived, had two store-rooms, one one hundred and twelve by nineteen feet, and the other seventy-five by nineteen feet. These have entrances on Ohio street, as have also the library and hall, while the store-rooms have entrances on Court street, also. Adjoining the Court street entrance to the hall and second story is a room eighteen by forty-three feet, once used for the postoffice, and west of this the fire department. On the second floor is Library Hall, forty-two by seventy-five feet, with a librarian's office and museum, thirty-five by eighteen feet. In Library Hall are preserved the marble tablets upon which are inscribed the names of the illustrious patriots who died in the War of the Rebellion. Its splendid alcoves, arches and decorations make it a fit place to enshrine the names of the county's dead. The third floor was the Opera Hall, forty-two by one hundred and twenty- six feet, which was complete in ornament, scenery and furniture and capable of seating seven hundred and fifty people. This room was abandoned as an opera house in 895 and has since been the home of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. The whole is surmounted by a mansard roof, with a niche on the Ohio street front in which is a bronze statue of a private soldier resting on his gun. The building has always been a source of pride to the community and stands a crowning credit to its originators, and all who in any way contributed to its construction. The present board of monumental trustees consists of Judge Harrison Wilson, president ; W. A. Graham, W. B. McCabe, W. T. McLean, L. M. Studevant and Perry Frazier. TABLET ROSTER The soldiers' tablets in Monumental Hall contain the roster as given below. The inscriptions at the head of the three tablets are also reproduced. AT REST D. M. Crumbaugh, Fifty-fifth Illinois. D. Elliott, Lincoln Guards. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 317 J. W. Michael, Company D, Twenty-fifth Ill. J. Quatman, Thirty-second Ind. Cav. G. Turner, Company K, One Hundred and Ninety-second O. V. I. J. McKercher, Company C, Second O. Art. Lieut. R. B. Neal, Fifth U. S. Col. Hy. Art.