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vember 4, 1863, for disability. Martin C. Morris, dis- charged January 5, 1863. for disability.
Privates: Jonas M. Burton, promoted Corporal ; Joseph W. Bennett, James G. Bacar, Benjamin Boren, James Clinton, Milton Cook, Enos Cloud, Eli Cloud, John M. Carson, Richard Denny, Levi P. Fodrea, Wil- liam H. Gray, Samuel H. Gray, James M. Glase, George Hamilton, J. E. Hollingsworth, Silas Harvey, Isaac F. Hiatt, Thomas C. Harris, John Raney, Stacey M. Jones, Elwood Jessup, Calvin Jeffries, Job Johnson, James M. Mabrey, Eli Montgomery. Thomas C. Moore, pro- moted Corporal; William Myers, Francis C. Platt, John W. Parr, Samuel S. Pittman, promoted Corporal; W. J. Pfaff, promoted Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant ; Joseph Raines, Harrison Ruby, promoted Corporal ; Wilson T. Stephens, Nelson D. Stanbro, David Sher- rick, promoted Corporal; William Talbert, promoted Corporal; Joseph P. Winders, William B. Wicker, Philip T. Williams, promoted Corporal; Charles Bar- rows. Peter D. Bacar, transferred to veteran reserve corps June 15, 1864; Jesse Embree, discharged April I, 1863, for disability; David O. Franks, transferred to veteran reserve corps June 15, 1864; Alfred H. Fodrea, discharged January 11, 1864, for disability ; Jonathan A. Truman, discharged May 7, 1864, for disability ; Daniel Inman, discharged May 3, 1863, for disability; Elihu T. Mendenhall, discharged June 2, 1865, for disability ; James McCoy, transferred to First United States Engi-
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neers July 18, 1864; Joseph A. Pearce, transferred to veteran reserve corps May 6, 1864 ; Michael M. Reveal, transferred to First United States Enginee. s July 18, 1864; Vinson C. Stephens, transferred to veteran re- serve corps; Howard W. Scott, discharged September 9. 1863, for disability; Jacob H. Schnell, discharged July 30, 1863, for disability; William Wood, trans- ferred to veteran reserve corps September 30, 1863; Robert Woody, Joshua Burns, died at Murfreesbor- ough, Tenn., June II, 1863; Ira Beauchamp, died at University Heights, Tenn., July 23. 1863; Harvey Bates, died at Danville, Ky., November 3. 1862; Wil- liam Ballard, died at Murfreesborough, Tenn., April 29, 1863: Daniel Bales, died at Louisville, Ky., November 30, 1863; Jonathan Cloud, died December 16, 1863, of wounds; Isaac Coppock, died at Murfreesborough, Tenn., February 18, 1863; Henry Harrison, died at Munfordsville, Ky., December 12, 1862; Hezekiah Hackleman, died at Bowling Green, Ky., February 19, 1863 : Jackson Jessup, died at Murfreesborough, Tenn., April 18, 1863; Faney Knight, died at Murfreesbor- ough, Tenn .. March 9, 1863 ; Allen C. Kirkman, died at Munfordsville, Ky., December 16, 1862; Andrew C. Knight, died at Murfreesb rough, Tenn., March 3, 1863 ; Jonathan Perry, died at Stevenson, Ala., October 12, 1863; Merrill Ramsey, died at Nashville, Tenn., June 8, 1863; John B. Scott, died at Murfrees- borough, Tenn., February 28, 1863; James Tipton,
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killed at Mission Ridge November 25, 1863; John L. Young, died at Gallatin, Tenn., February 26, 1863; James C. Young, died at Murfreesborough, Tenn., of wounds : James Burk, discharged February 28, 1863, for disability.
Recruits: Eli Hiatt, transferred to Fifty-eighth Regiment ; William Ruby, discharged June 9, 1865, on account of wounds.
Company C-
Recruits : James A. Sparks, William G. Sutton, James F. Wicker, all transferred to Fifty-eighth Regi- ment June 22, 1865.
Company D .-
Captain, John T. Floyd, resigned May 7, 1864. First Lieutenant, Joel Stafford, resigned January 25, 1863. Second Lieutenant, Sanford Fortner, promoted Captain and appointed Brevet Major of Volunteers by President of the United States to date March 13, 1865. Sergeants : John A. Clayton, Granville Olvey, Aaron Shoemaker, promoted First Lieutenant ; Thomas Hall. Corporals: Daniel Davis, promoted Sergeant ; Daniel Bush, died at Chattanooga, Tenn., September 25, 1863, of wounds ; Thomas Collins, promoted Sergeant ; John A. Clark, promoted Sergeant and discharged January 4. 1864, for disability ; Alpheus Simons, promoted First Sergeant. Musician, Riley Fisher. Wagoner, Jacob
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Wiseman, transferred to veteran reserve corps April 20. 1864.
Privates: Jackson A. Byrum, Coren T. Byrum, Or- pheus Brattain, Thomas Barton, Caleb C. Clark, Jona- than Colburn, promoted Corporal; Monroe Crull, James N. Cloud, Charles Cocee, Thomas Foland, pro- moted Corporal; Elias Foland, Joseph Foland; John Fritz, John Galloway, promoted Hospital Steward; Michael Gorman, John Hollingsworth, promoted Cor- poral; David Hartsler, William Hall, Jefferson Hur- lock. promoted Corporal ; John R. House, John Miller, John R. Medsker. M. E. McCormac, James Morris, David M. Ogle, William Olvey, John Potts, Harmon- ious Rhea, promoted Commissary Sergeant; George D. Sheets, Samuel Smith, William Smith, James Smith, Hiram Smith, John T. Stephenson, Seborn Wheeler, John White, William Antrim, discharged November 4, 1863, for disability ; Jefferson Burcham, discharged Oc- tober 10, 1863. for disability; Caswell Boxley, trans- ferred to veteran reserve corps January 21, 1864; Jona- than Carey, discharged March 7. 1865, for disability ; Spencer Dewitt, discharged January 10, 1863, for disa- bility; Andrew Fry, discharged February 24, 1863, for disability; George Garrett, discharged January 1, 1863. for disability; Welcome Garrett, discharged April 10. 1863, for disability; Nicholas Gardner, discharged April 10, 1863, for disability; Stephen Guiser, dis- charged March 4: 1863, for disability; Martin Griffith,
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discharged October 28, 1863, for disability; Wilson P. Carpenter, discharged June 9, 1865, on account of wounds; John C. Gowand, Albert Hadley, discharged April 15, 1864, for disability; Addison Hoddy, dis- charged March 7, 1863, for disability ; Spencer McKin= zie, discharged February 14, 1863, for disability; Reuben Patterson, discharged December 26, 1863, for disability ; John Roll, transferred to veteran reserve corps April 5, 1865; Robert Spoare, discharged Octo- ber 31, 1862, for disability; Smith D. Shannon, dis- charged February 18, 1863, for disability; Henry Springer, discharged February 10, 1863, for disability; Michael Thompson, transferred to veteran reserve corps April 3, 1865 ; John Underwood, discharged Janu- ary 2, 1863, for disability ; Lewis Vance, transferred to veteran reserve corps April 3, 1865; Jeremiah Wall, transferred to veteran reserve corps: Abraham Brees, died at home September 6, 1864; John M. Duncan, died at Nashville, Tenn., February 1, 1864; William Frazier, clied at Madison, Ind., November 18, 1863 ; John Lewis, killed in battle of Chickamauga September 19, 1863; George Martin, killed at Atlanta, Ga., August 5, 1864; William H. Slater, died at Chattanooga, Tenn., October 22. 1863, of wounds ; John F. Sharp, died at home No- vember 20, 1863; John Showan, killed at Chickamauga September 19, 1863; Joseph R. Teter, died at Louis- ville, Ky., November 30, 1862: William Wright, died at Murfreesborough, Tenn., June 28, 1863; David M.
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Webert, killed at Atlanta, Ga., August 11, 1864; John B. Woodward, died at Nashville, Tenn., October 2, 1863.
Recruits: Andrew J. Applegate, transferred to Fifty-eighth Regiment June 22, 1864; David L. Boy- den, transferred to Fifty-eighth Regiment June 22, 1864; Thomas Clayton, John W. Estler, Alexander Mc- Clintock, James E. Royal, Joseph Stanbro, all trans- ferred to Fifty-eighth Regiment June 22, 1864.
Company H .--
First Sergeant, Edward R. Scott, promoted to Sec- ond Lieutenant.
Company I .-
Recruit : John M. Huber, promoted Sergeant.
Company K .-
Nathan Cain.
One Hundred and Thirtieth Regiment- Three Years' Service.
Assistant Surgeon, Eleazer Williamson, resigned March 18, 1865.
Company C .-
Captain, Levi P. Adams, resigned December 31, 1864. Second Lieutenant, John D. Potter, promoted First Lieutenant. First Sergeant, Amos B. Stevenson,
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discharged May 12, 1865, for disability. Sergeants : Nathan B. Nesbitt, discharged July 6, 1865, for disabil- ity ; William H. Snider, discharged October 9, 1865, for disability ; Winfield Scott, promoted Second Lieuten- ant; John Fiskins. Corporals : Thomas Ballard ; Thomas B. Kerr, promoted Sergeant ; Jacob Kitzmiller, discharged June 10, 1865, for disability; Peter H. Owens, Cyrus J. Long, supposed to be killed in Tennes- see October, 1864; George W. Beam, John Mowney, discharged June 10, 1865, for disability; Addison L. Reno, died in hospital in Georgia July 15, 1864. Musicians : Perry Hare, John Northam, died in Ken- tucky February 18, 1865.
Privates : William Ashby, A. J. Adams, Moses Breese, Ichabod Beam, Thomas Bradfield, David Brandon, George W. Beam, promoted Corporal; Wil- liam Bundy, Milton Burns, Braxton Ballad, Jacob Y. Case, George Crull, Henry Crull, Cyrus Chance, John Chew, James Galbreath, Stephen Gause, promoted Corporal; Christian Gull, John Gildersleeve, Israel Gunyon, Albert Grissom, William H. Harris, Samuel Hayne, Henry H. Hiatt, Nicholas Hutchens, William V. Hutchens, Jonathan L. Haworth, promoted Ser- geant ; Thomas Johnson, promoted Corporal; Joab B. Lennon, Jonas Merritt, Daniel Northam, James H. Pfaff, William T. Perkins, Josiah Pennington, William Rushton, Leander Rushton, William Stemm, James Simon, Nathan Talbert, Frederick Albright, discharged
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July 10, 1865, for disability; John Bandy, discharged May 30. 1865, for disability; Peter R. Clatter, dis- charged June 4, 1865, for disability ; John Edwards, dis- charged May 29, 1865, for disability; James Grissom, discharged May II. 1865, for disability; John M. Gris- som, discharged May 29, 1865, for disability ; James F. Heady, discharged June 15. 1865, for disability ; Henry Harmon, discharged May 29, 1865, for disability; Jo- seph P. Heady, discharged June 2, 1865, for disability ; William Kerr, discharged May 30, 1865, for disability; John Marshall, discharged April 8, 1865, for disability ; Sheppard Sturdivant, discharged July 3, 1865, for disa- bility ; William B. Thorp, discharged May 29, 1865, for disability : Isaiah Wilkins, discharged June 26, 1865, for disability; Adolphus Williams, discharged June 8, 1865, for disability; Jacob Wheeler, discharged August 25, 1865, for disability ; Charles A. Brown, died at Marietta, Ga., August 23. 1864; Amos Cruzan, died at Chatta- nooga, Tenn., October 27, 1864; John Cruzan, died at Nashville, Tenn., April 15, 1864; George W. Hooper, died at Charlotte, N. C., June 10, 1865; William Hicks, died in Indiana January 4, 1864; William Jacobs, died at Chattanooga, Tenn., May 20, 1864; Aaron Justice, died at Newbern, N. C., April 28, 1865; Robert Nance, died at Jeffersonville, Ind., January 12, 1865 ; John B. Page, died in hospital in Georgia June 27, 1864; Robinson Perkins, died at Knoxville, Tenn., July 21, 1864; John D. Paschall, died at Louisville, Ky., March 21, 1864;
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Frederick Switzer, died July 9, 1864, of wounds; Mark Thorp, died at Kokomo, Ind., January 11, 1864; Hiram C. Widows, died at Louisville, Ky., April 8, 1864 ; Chris- topher West, died at Marietta, Ga., August 20, 1864; William Waddle, died near Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., June 26, 1864.
Recruit : Madison Rushton, discharged October II, 1865, for disability.
Company H .-
Sergeant, Joseph C. Grissom, promoted Captain.
One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Regiment-100 Days' Service. Adjutant, David W. Shock. Surgeon, James A. Garver.
Company B .-
Captain, John B. Jackson. First Lieutenant, Thomas P. Farley. Second Lieutenant, Robert T. Martin. Privates : James A. Allison, John Atkins, Lewis Alexander, Elisha Abney, V. M. Arnett, Henry Ander- son, Marion Aldred, James K. Bishop, Robert A. Bell, Griffin Bradley, Eugene Benson, John L. Burdett, Isaac Baker, John M. Bray, Nehemiah H. Baker, James R. Bartholomew, Pleasant R. Boren, Thomas J. Boggs, Isaac Beaman, John Blanton, Samuel M. Benmen, David G. Boyden, Jabez F. Cox. Andrew J. Clark, Bar-
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ton W. Cole, Henry B. Cole, Samuel N. Cochran, John S. Conklin, Thomas Chappell, William H. Cook, Abra- ham Caylor, Mathias Conrad, William P. Dean, Wil- liam M. Davenport, Martin L. Davis, James Fisher, Richard C. Goe, Alfred Graham, Bernard Goldsmith, Joseph Galloway, Ananias Guy, John Gilbert, James S. Garrett, Henry C. Hume, Allen Herald, William Her- ald, Elihu Hawkins, James Hurlock, Newton J. Hues- ton, George Hawkins, William M. Henderson, Joseph Jennings, Joseph Keen, Alfred Kane, Henry C. Lamb, William Lamb, William Langston, Durbin Lakin, Hugh R. Lee, Thomas J. Lindley, Charles W. Monroe, William Moore, Robert F. Martin, William F. Mc- Shane, Michael Mann, John W. Marshall, Cornelius Moore, John Moore, Columbus Newby, Albert Nichol- son, William T. Noble, James Oldaker, Benjamin Pike, Milton Patterson, Elam L. Roberts, Harvey Reedy, John H. Stoops, Richard Stephenson, Jesse Schuyler, George Teeter, Joseph H. Teeter, Alfred Todd, Henry Wall, Silas M. White, James A. Williams, James H. Wheeler, John W. Wise, David B. Yale, George W. Young.
Note .- The original muster rolls do not show the names of the non-commissioned officers, and there is no muster-out roll of the companies to be found.
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One Hundred and Forty-seventh-One Year Service. Company E .-
Privates: George W. Dunn, Levi Holloway.
Company F :-
Private, John T. Robinson.
Company G .-
Captain, Peter Cardwell. First Lieutenant, Thomas C. Henderson. Second Lieutenant, Thomas J. Lind- ley. Sergeants: Noah Laughran, Mordecai White, Valentine M. Arnett, Thomas Stout. Corporals: Elial Jessup, N. H. Baker, Samuel H. Wicker, discharged May 31, 1865, for disability; Harmon D. Stanley, George R. Lane, discharged June 6, 1865 ; John P. Jes- sup, Enos Hiatt, Aaron P. Thompson. Musician, Isaac WV. Ruby. Wagoner, Patrick Hartman.
Privates : William Allen, Ralph Ballard, promoted Corporal; Isaac Barker, Jacob Burris, Oscar F. Brown, McNeal Brown, Alexander Bartholomew, Moses Biesecher, Jacob Cook, William P. Cook, Jesse Cook, William H. Cheeseman, promoted Corporal; John R. Dwiggins, John Eastridge, William R. Engle, Martin Eikenberry, Joseph Eiler, Elihu W. Em1 ree, Alfred H. Fodrea, Samuel Guilkey, John Gordon, Henry C. Gor- don, George G. Holloway, Jacob A. Hutchins, Henry C. Hume, Emanuel Hushman. Thomas S. Hartley, Jo-
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seph A. Hadley, Sylvanus Jay. William Klinginsmith, John T. Low, David Y. Lee, Jeremiah Leslie, Logan Minor. John W. Minor, William T. Moore, Sylvanus Moore, Charles W. Martin, Aseph Montgomery, Wil- liam E. Owens, Eli Patterson, Riley Page, Charles Rob- erts, Alfred Roberts, Thornton Ruby, Erwin Rees, El- wood Rees, Lysander Reveal, David Stout. John W. Salmon, Hugh N. Steel, Thomas A. Stephens, Jesse E. Venable, William O. White, Noah Whistler; Alfred L. Parker, discharged May 29, 1865, for disability ; Gilroy M. Hardy, discharged June 7, 1865, for disability ; Ben- jamin H. Hines, discharged June 29, 1865, for disabil- ity ; Henry C. Lamb, discharged June 10, 1865, for dis- ability ; Sylvarus Moore, discharged July 18, 1865, for disability ; John C. Pfaff. discharged July 18, 1865, for disability; James Salmon, discharged May 29, 1865, for disability; W. G. Stout, discharged May 30, 1865, for disability ; James F. You, discharged May 25, 1865, for disability.
One Hundred and Fifty-third Regiment-One Year Service. Adjutant, James Campbell.
Company I .-
Captain, William H. Carr. First Lieutenant, John R. Cox. Second Lieutenant, Levi P. Adams. First Sergeant, Albert Allison. Sergeants: Thomas Dodd, Samuel Devaney, John B. Fitzpatrick, discharged June 9, 1865, for disability ; Joseph T. Hannah. Corporals :
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Robert D. Fisher, Daniel M. Heaton, William F. Lutz, William H. Luse, James Redwine, Harvey Reedy, Wil- liam P. Rayle.
Privates: Thomas Armstrong, Francis M. Anthony, John A. Adkins, William Ackles, David M. Bowyer, John M. Barnhizer, William H. Veal, Thomas E. Boyd, John Barnard, William W. Collins, William H. Cooper, Henry S. Crossley, Milton B. Davis, Henry Deviney, Seth Everts, George Groves, Samuel B. Garrett, Thomas Gilbert, John J. Gilbert, Amos A. Gilbert, John A. Hustin, George Hambles, William Kelley, James Kinder, Marshall Lewis, Samuel A. Lowry, Michael Mann, Carter McFarlin, Adams Martin, George Mc- Mahon, Isaac L. Martz, William Osborn, Isaac L. Potts, Jesse G. Reynolds, Jesse Stephenson, Henry Sturdevant, promoted Sergeant; Charles B. Schwartz, John C. Sterrett, Simon D. Thompson, Philip P. Wil- liams, Robert Whetsell, George W. Wagoner, James W. Wilson, Oliver P. Winders, Charles Wade, Samuel G. Jacobs, discharged June 9, 1865, for disability ; John Mulanix, discharged May 25, 1865, for disability ; Allen McCoy, discharged May 25, 1865, for disability ; Charles B. Whelchel, discharged June 9, 1865, for dis- ability ; Samuel Davis, died March 10, 1865, at Indi- anapolis, Ind .; William Hackleman, died May 5, 1865, at home ; David Mulanix, died April 3, 1865, at Russell- ville, Ky .; William Stephenson, died July 11, 1865, at Louisville, Ky. ; Abraham Swisher, died April 16, 1865, at Russellville, Ky. ; Samuel H. Widows, died at Green-
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ville, Ky., March 17, 1865; James W. Yake, died April 11, 1865, at Russellville, Ky.
One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Regiment-One Year Service.
Captain, Oliver F. Brandon. First Lieutenant, Nel- son J. Justice, killed on railroad en route home August 7, 1865. Second Lieutenant, John S. Butterfield. First Sergeant, Samuel Sperry. Sergeants: Joshua Johnson, George B. Moore, Moses S. Seymore. Cor- porals: Joseph H. Clovorn, William Justice, Cornelius Moore, Thomas Peck, Charles R. Templeton, William M. Wallace. Musicians: Henry H. Dunn, Washing- ton L. Dunn.
Privates : Samuel Beck, Sylvester A. Baker, Thomas F. Beaver, Henry Beaver, Daniel Benson, Pay- ton T. Carson, John R. Carson, Joseph Cline, George W. Cloud, Archibald P. Chapman, William H. DeCamp. Jacob Fritz, John Fauset, Barnhart Gintert, Reed A. Gill, Thomas J. Harbaugh, George Hoag, Isaac Hum- bles, Granville H. Hobbs, John W. Irvin, Joshua James, Jasper Jenkins, Aaron Klepfer, David M. Kelso, John H. Kirkendall. George H. Kellar, John Leaming, Wil- liam H. Leadmon, John Lansford, Aaron Lackey, Kichen Morgan, Peter Mock, George W. Moatz, Par- nell C. Miller, James F. Mclaughlin, David M. North, Young Nicholdson, Taylor Presley, Uriah Penwell, Henry C. Redwine, William T. Radcliff, Absalom P. Stackengast, William H. Seymore, Luther M. Sum-
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ners, John Scott, Absalom Setters, Alfred Syndes, Dan- iel J. Simons, Newton B. Thurber, Henry B. Toy, San- ford S. Wright, William H. Wise, Elmore W. Whetsel, Eudoris Whetsel, David W. West, George Warren, Henry Warren, James Woodyard, Benjamin Wyant, Samuel Fleetwood, discharged May 24, 1865, for dis- ability ; William M. Hudson, discharged May 16, 1865, for disability; John Lewis, discharged May 16, 1865, for disability; John W. Shively, discharged June 14, 1865, for disability ; James M. Wright, discharged May 16, 1865, for disability.
Recruits : Benjamin F. Conner, Hiram Dewitt, James Hixon, James Lewis, Zachariah Martin, Benja- min B. Reen, Thomas C. Reen, Michael Wann, Isaac Wyant.
Company F .-
First Lieutenant, Andrew Conner. First Sergeant, Augustus C. Neal. Sergeants: John W. Grissom, Al- bert Stack, Asa Worley. Corporals: George N. Dunn, John W. Johnson, William Siedenburg.
Privates: Charles Bartholomew, Solomon Bow- man, Olen H. Cottingham, Elias Cruzan, Elias Cherry, Nathaniel D. Dewey, Samuel D. Dunham, Eli Gerber, Sebastian Hardinger.
One Ilundred and Fifty-sixth Regiment-One Year Service. Company B .-
James H. Barrett.
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Company A .-
Samuel S. Poe, Emanuel Roger, Stephen D. Dean, discharged May 28, 1865, for disability; Greenberry J. Fennell, discharged June 9, 1865, for disability; John Porter, discharged May 20, 1865, for disability.
Eighth Regiment, U. S. Colored Troops, Infantry. Company A .-
Privates: William Bailey, John Hord.
Twenty-eighth Regiment, U. S. Colored Troops, Infantry. Company E .-
Private, Stephen Outland.
Unassigned recruits : Franklin Jenkins, Nelson Locklayer, Rix Munden, John N. Roberts, Charles A. Roberts, Charles White.
Third Battery, Light Artillery.
Private, George Sperry.
Seventeenth Battery, Light Artillery.
Privates: James M. Williams, Paul D. B. Williams.
Twentieth Battery, Light Artillery.
Sergeants : John L. Smith, William Clark. Cor- porals: Luke C. Warren, Daniel L. Long, discharged June 20, 1862, for disability. Artificers: Matthew
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Garthwait, discharged March 25, 1865, for disability ; John Harvey, George H. Sears.
Privates : John W. Allman, Linsey Brown, David Brown, Elias Cornes, Lewis H. Fenton, Henry Grinale, Francis M. Hendy, Jabez Hiatt, John McClain, pro- moted Corporal; James Shawcross, Elijah Zachery, John Alexander, transferred to veteran reserve corps November 17, 1863; James F. Pfaff, discharged April 20, 1863, for disability.
First Army Corps ( Hancock Corps.)
Fourth Regiment-
Private, James L. Polk.
Fifth Regiment .-
Private, William H. Baynes.
Eighth Regiment .-
Privates : James T, Bartlett, Patrick Carr.
Ninth Regiment .-
Privates : Thomas Connally, William Craycraft, Patrick Hughes, Frank Hartman, Nicholas C. Truckey.
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First U. S. Veteran Volunteer Engineers.
Company A .-
Artificer, William Kepner. Private, James McCoy.
Company E .-
George R. D. Sims, Sergeant; William Lankford, private.
Company H. -
Corporal, Silas G. Piper, Michael M. Reveal.
Eighth Regiment.
Company G .-
George W. DuBois, private ; re-enlisted as veteran in 1864; promoted Sergeant ; promoted Second Lieu- tenant ; discharged September 28, 1865.
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William A. DuBois, private; re-enlisted as veteran January 1, 1864 ; discharged September 28, 1865.
Fortieth Regiment-Three Years' Service.
Company -.
William J. Hankins, private; promoted Sergeant ; served from December, 1861, to January, 1866.
Thomas Patty, private; lost a leg at Missionary Ridge.
Benjamin Franklin, drowned at the explosion on the Sultana,
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Thomas Jones was killed at battle of Resaca.
Fifty-fourth Regiment. Infantry-Three Months' Service. Company I .-
John W. DuBois, private; enlisted June 13, 1862; discharged with regiment ; re-enlisted in same regiment (one year service) ; wounded at Chickasaw Bluffs ; mus- tered out with regiment; re-enlisted in Company A, Fifty-third Indiana Infantry; mustered out with regi- ment.
Fifty-third Regiment-One Year Service.
Company A .-
George S. P. Smith, private; re-enlisted as veteran February 22, 1864; discharged March 6, 1865, by reason of gun-shot wounds received at Kenesaw Moun- tain, Ga.
John W. Smith, private ; re-enlisted as veteran Feb- ruary 22, 1864 ; captured at Atlanta, Ga., July 22, 1864; confined in Andersonville prison; released on special exchange ; mustered out at close of the war.
Charles M. DuBois, discharged July 21, 1865.
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The letter of Maj .- Gen. McCook, written from the field of Shiloh, in praise and commendation of the Indi- ana troops, will serve as a fitting close to this part of this history, inasmuch as many Hamilton County boys were in the regiments referred to by the Major-General.
The letter is as follows:
HEADQUARTERS SECOND DIVISION, ARMY OF THE OHIO,
FIELD OF SHILOH, Tenn., April 15, 1862. Honorable O. P. Morton, Governor of Indiana :
Sir-It may be a useless task for me to add another tribute to the glory of Indiana, while the battlefields of Rich Mountain, Pea Ridge and Donelson speak so eloquently in her praise. But justice to the Sixth, Twenty-Ninth, Thirtieth, Thirty-second and Thirty- ninth Regiments of Indiana Volunteers requires me to speak of their conspicuous gallantry while fighting un- der my command at the battle of Shiloh. The Thirty- second Regiment had already won the prestige of vic- tory at Rowlett's. The other regiments, actuated by a proper emulation, unflinchingly stood their first baptism under fire, and their action on the field of Shiloh will embellish one of the brightest pages in annals of our nation.
I am, sir, very respectfully your obedient servant, A. M'D. M'COOK, Commanding Second Division.
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CONCLUSION.
We have followed the progress of our county from a . organization to the close of the year 1865. We have hown that when the territory now embraced within the limits of Hamilton County was first settled, there were not to exceed two dozen white persons within said boundary. They were surrounded by a dense forest, stretching for miles in either direction. These forests were filled with bears, panthers, catamounts, wolves and venomous snakes. Danger lurked in every path. There were no roads except those made by the first set- tlers; all else was the trails made and used by the red men, who then had sole possession. There was no store. no inill and no physician nearer than Connersville, sixty miles distant, except the Indian trading posts. The woods were full of ponds in which water stood the year round.
From this handfull of pioneers in 1819 the popula- tion increased as follows :
1830 1,705
1840 9,855
1849 14,000
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The Indians have gone toward the setting sun; the bears, panthers, the catamounts and wolves have sought other forests; the venomous snake has disappeared; the forests have mainly vanished; the stumps which once dotted the meadow, the wheat and corn fields have disappeared; the swamps have been drained and the land put in a high state of cultivation; the old log school-house has disappeared, and fine school buildings have been erected in their stead; the people are no longer compelled to gather in the school-houses, in barns, or at the pioneer cabin for worship; fine church buildings have been erected for use and service. The blacksmith is no longer required to pound iron bars in shape for horse shoes, and hammer nails from an iron rod; all these things are now done by machinery ; the shoemaker is no longer required to make the pegs used in the manufacture of shoes, but finds them made to order by machinery.
The old roads that once wound their way through the forests have been vacated and roads opened on straight lines; the old corduroy bridges have also dis- appeared; earth and gravel has taken their place; the pioneer cabins and the old log stables are gone; fine mansion houses and large . barns have taken their places ; the old grain cradle and the mowing scythe are no longer in general use ; the old-fashioned plows have gone out of use ; the improvements in the home, where the wives and daughters do their part, is almost as great.
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In1 1850 it was estimated that 10,000 hogs, 500 cattle and 200 horses and mules were exported from Hamil- ton County. No corn or wheat had ever been exported. It is true that the farmers from time to time had hauled in wagons a few bushels of wheat to the Ohio River and to Lafayette, and had exchanged it for salt and other articles such as they wished to buy. In 1851, however, the Peru & Indianapolis Railroad was completed to Noblesville. Thereafter grain and stock merchants were plenty and corn, wheat and stock in demand. The freight department of the road was taxed to its full capacity. The farmers were encouraged by the in- crease in price and turned their attention to the im- provement of their land and the purchase of improved machinery. From that time forward the prospects of the farmer grew brighter and brighter as the years passed.
The pioneer days were days of heroic men and brave women. History proves that they performed their part well. But they are gone. Some of them sleep in un- known graves ; others in neglected ones.
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