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OFF FOR THE FRONT
On November 5, 1861, the company departed to join their regi- ment, taking the afternoon train at Kentland. It seemed that every man, woman and child was at the depot to see them off, and it was no merry leave-taking. Second Lieut. A. H. Wonder was assigned the duty of drilling the company. He was a young German, with a military education, and enforced strict discipline. He was imme- diately dubbed, "Stubin Swist." - Capt. D. A. McHolland took rank as "Old He" and John B. Lyons, after his promotion to hospital steward, was known as "Old Jersey," notwithstanding he was only eighteen years old. The total enrollment of Company B was 144; killed in battle, 5; wounded, 20; died from disease, 22; discharged for disability, 29; missing, 22 ; mustered out at San Antonio, Texas, December 13, 1865.
DARK DAYS IN NEWTON COUNTY
But the loyalty of old Newton was not altogether unanimous, and while the veil of charitable forgiveness has long since been drawn over the ill-advised acts of some of its citizens, in common with others throughout the state, yet the lamentable fact is part of the historical events of the times. The frequent calls of the President were hindered and delayed by sympathizers with the rebellion, dis- couraging enlistments and otherwise rendering such aid to the Con- federacy as they could, covertly. But this only served to fire the patriotism of the loyal citizens of Newton to greater effort, and united them more firmly in the determination to do their part in putting down the rebellion. The frequent calls of the President, the appeals of Governor Morton, the reverses of the Union arms all through 1862 and the first part of 1863, brought forth the active energy of every loyal man and woman in the county.
These were the darkest days of the war in Newton County. Dispatches from the front were read with feverish eagerness. The long list of killed and wounded was anxiously scanned for some familiar loved name. The passer-by, along the highways, was met at the gate by some mother or wife with eager, questioning look, asking for news from the seat of war. The towns of Brook, Morocco and Kentland had but few able bodied men left. Goodland, in those days, had only just been placed on the map of the county, and its few inhabitants were under the care of William Foster and David Creek. The latter had four sons in the Union ranks, one of whom Vol. I-17
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was killed in battle before Richmond, Virginia. William Foster was personally represented at his own expense.
BEGINNING OF THE BOUNTY SYSTEM
War meetings came thick and fast now. The principal one of this period was held August 9, 1862, and was presided over by Dr. W. T. Maxwell. Hon. Edwin P. Hammond, of Rensselaer, after- wards colonel of the Eighty-seventh Regiment, made the principal speech and was followed by S. S. Powers. After the speaking was over, N. West, of Kentland, offered a resolution asking the county commissioners to donate $200 to volunteers and a committee of two from each township was appointed to raise $800 more. The com- mittee consisted of John Darroch, John Smart, W. T. Maxwell, Felix French, Solomon Warren, William Russell, James E. Smith, Thomas Harris, N. West, and J. W. Dodson. Under this call, the third, the quota for Newton County was thirty-three. N. West, W. T. Maxwell and A. Sharp, each gave $25 for volunteers ; this was the beginning of the bounty system in Newton County. Dr. C. E. Triplett, Sr., Capt. Daniel Ash and James Bissell, were especially active about this time, and succeeded in raising about eighty men.
ENROLLMENT IN THE COUNTY
The county had up to this time but six townships, Lake Town- ship, comprising the whole of Lake, Lincoln, Colfax and McClellan; and Iroquois, the whole of Iroquois and Grant townships. The official enrollment at this time, shows the following between the ages of eighteen and forty years:
Townships
Able Bodied Disabled
Enlisted
Lake
33
5
21
Beaver
45
15
57
Washington
74
23
52
Jackson
64
II
36
Iroquois
60
14
42
Jefferson
84
26
67
Total
360
94
275
The second enrollment (October 9, 1862) of males between eight- een and forty-five years shows: Able bodied, 401; disabled, 95;
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volunteered, 298; conscientiously opposed to bearing arms, 2. Total, 796. Subject to draft, 304. The third enrollment is not obtainable.
James Bissell, Abel Lyons and Joseph Blessing now became active in organizing another company of volunteers; and it would seem that after so many had gone that Newton County had done her part-but not so. More men were needed and they went. This company joined the One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Regiment, with James Bissell as captain, Captain Ash having previously gone with the Ninety-ninth Regiment. And still more were needed and more went, about twenty-five joining the One Hundred and Fifty-first Regiment.
The total number of enlistments up to the close of the war to the credit of Newton County was 402-nearly half its population- and according to official reports only one man credited to the county was drafted; a proud record. All manner of inducements were offered and every effort made to fill up the quota. Whole neighbor- hoods were depleted of their able bodied men. In many instances the women and girls were obliged to harvest the crops, two or three families joining together for mutual care and support and fighting the battles of life, while husbands, fathers and brothers were offer- ing their lives that this nation might live; and, by the grace of God and the heroic sacrifice of the mothers and daughters of the North, does live in the unity of the states cemented by the common blood poured forth by the contending forces, marshaled and generaled by a mightier arm than either of the contending armies.
An official exhibit showing amount paid for bounties and relief by the county and townships is a part of the history of the times.
Newton County at Large Bounties $25,900
Iroquois Township Bounties. 2,200
Jackson Township Bounties. 2,200
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Beaver Township Bounties.
1,500
Washington Township Bounties 2,000
Jefferson Township Bounties 3,000
The relief fund amounted to $3,288.
THE "HOME GUARD"
And there were other soldiers-God bless them !- composed of both men and women; the Home Guard, in fact. They could not bear arms, but they bore the brunt and burden of the trials and
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hardships at home. They were known as the Soldiers Aid Society. This society was organized in April, 1863. Mrs. A. J. Kent was the first president; Mrs. Amanda Bramble, vice president; Sarah A. Peacock, secretary; Mrs. John Ade, treasurer; Mrs. Jane Bissell, Miss Agnes Kent and Miss Harriet Peacock, executive committee. Kentland, by reason of being the only railroad town of the county, was designated the general headquarters and depot of supplies. Auxiliary committees were active in all parts of the county, caring for the sick and destitute families of the soldiers in the field and in collecting and forwarding to the front needed articles not on the Government ration list, such as potatoes, onions, kraut, pickles, lint bandages, reading matter, cordials and medicines. These needy supplies did much to bring back the spark of life almost gone from some poor soldier. They had frequent meetings, spending whole days in providing lints and bandages and ways and means for re- lieving suffering. It is remembered that Mary Ann Root proposed to knit a pair of stockings for every soldier from Newton County, her only condition being that the yarn furnished her should be smooth and soft. Mrs. J. W. Bartholomew, of Morocco, gave a lot of onions. It was all she had to give at the time, but was donated willingly and did the soldiers more good than a bushel of pies. In- stances of this kind are too numerous to mention, but these many acts of kindness went far to prove the worth and self-denial of these grand women of Civil war times in Newton County, and while their names are recorded in the book of eternal life, yet for the benefit of future generations, they should be recorded here. As nearly as can be ascertained from incomplete records, this society was ably sup- ported and its membership was as follows: E. L. Urmston, S. A. Bramble, William Ross, Oscar Phelps, John Whitaker, A. J. Kent, Andrew Hess, Sarah Hess, Frances C. and Sarah Lowe, John Pea- cock, Rebecca Dodson, William Perry and wife, C. Rittinger, Matilda Tones, George Herriman, Bluford Light and wife, Mrs. Hosier, Eph Bridgman, G. W. McCray, Ezra B. Jones, David Hess, Betsey Hess, Mary Ann Root, John Lyons, Catherine Lyons, Samuel and Mar- garet Lyons, Morris Lyons, John Davis, Dempsey Johnson, John F. Johnson, William Littlejohn, John Martin, Joshua Ponsler, Mrs. Beabout, Mrs. Thompson, Alonzo Skinner, Philip Earl, Edgar Hawkins, Jane Archibald, J. B. West, Eliza Griffith, Jacob Kenoyer, Joshua Timmons, Joseph Timmons, Ezekiel Whiteman and their wives, Sally Deardruff, John Murphy, William Coovert, Josiah and Hannah Smith, David Creek, William Foster, Madison Collins, Blake and Amanda Wilson, Levi Bridgeman, Daniel Deardruff, Wil-
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liam Sailor, W. T. Maxwell, J. T. Bartholomew, Silas Johnson and wife, Thomas Peck and wife, William Archibald and wife, Nancy Murphy, James Kay and wife, Doctor Caldwell, Sarah Gleason, David Pulver, George White, Amos White, Asher Wilcox, Mary A. Wishard, Carry Hopkins ; and numerous young girls who were un- married, but deserving of mention in Newton County history, among whom are these, now known as Mrs. John B. Lyons, Mrs. John Lowe, Mrs. Ann Hawkins, Mrs. Finley Shaefer, Mrs. Henry Meri- deth, and Mrs. Harve Thomas, who helped to cook and serve the famous dinner of 1861 to the boys of "Company B" in '61 at Brook, just previous to departure for the front.
Some idea of the enormous amount of work that this society per- formed, will be gained from the fact that the official reports show the number of beneficiaries in the county was put down at 542, and the amount apportioned by the state to Newton County, under the Act of the Legislature approved March 9, 1865, was $4.387.44 for relief.
Official exhibit of the relief fund for the county and by town- ships, as follows :
Newton County at Large $1,288.50
Iroquois Township
400.00
Jackson Township 300.00
Beaver Township 500.00
Washington Township 200.00
Jefferson Township
600.00
Miscellaneous
800.00
Total
$4,088.50
From 1863 on, the enlistments became more scattering. Details from the companies in the field came home for recruits and a num- ber of the boys returned with them, and in the summer of 1863, when it seemed that no more men could be spared, in response to Governor Morton's call for troops to repel the invasion of the rebel General Morgan, who had crossed the Ohio River from Kentucky to the State of Indiana, Newton County, in less than twenty-four hours, had mustered nearly 100 men for the defense of the state. John Ade rode all night on July 9th of that year, like Paul Revere of Revolutionary fame, and on the IIth the company departed for Indianapolis. Capt. H. K. Warren, a returited veteran, was in command, and John Ade, first lieutenant. The company, however,
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never was sworn into service. Missing connection at Reynolds, they proceeded to Logansport, where they remained all night. The next day they received word from Indianapolis that no more troops were required for the present, but to return home and maintain their organization. This company was composed of business men and farmers all past the military age. They kept up their organiza- tion until after the close of the war, as Home Guards. The roll of this company was not preserved.
In the last days of 1864, twenty-six other Newton boys enlisted and became a part of Company H, One Hundred and Fifty-first Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry.
JOHN ADE
No military history of Newton County can be complete without mention of the valuable services of John Ade, rendered to Newton County's soldier boys while they were offering their lives for the unity of the states ; because of his many acts of humanity in visiting the sick soldiers in the field and hospital, supplying them with com- forts from home and bringing back the dead for home burial when- ever possible, he was the Morton of Newton County, in the Civil war. His trips to the South with Governor Morton's pass was often perilous, yet he never faltered. Wherever the boys could be reached he went when necessary. He was held in honored esteem by the soldier boys of Newton and in recognition of his services and comforting sympathy, he was elected an honorary member of McHolland Post, Grand Army of the Republic, No. 102, at Kent- land, on May 6, 1889-a distinction seldom conferred and which he appreciated up to the day of his death.
BROOK SOLDIERS' MONUMENT AND TABLET
No particular locality in Newton County can claim more credit than any other in recruiting or furnishing men for the war, but each inhabitant in all sections strove to do his whole duty as best he could, considering his environments. But after the strife of war was ended, and while many of those who had returned were yet living, the Town of Brook can claim the distinction of being the only locality in the county, at this writing ( 1916), where the names of its "boys in blue" are kept green. In the beautiful little park of that town, near the spot where the first company of volunteers from the county assembled to organize for the war, can be seen a granite
THE LYONS MEMORIAL TABLET
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monument of modest dimensions and design, bearing the names of those who enlisted from its home township, Iroquois. This monu- ment was dedicated September 15, 1909, and is more particularly described in the chapter devoted to the Town of Brook.
On October 12, 1915, there was installed in the public library of the Town of Brook, a bronzed memorial tablet, upon which is in- scribed in the same durable metal, the names of the original members mustered October 12, 1861, as Company B, Fifty-first Regiment Indiana Volunteers, in the old schoolhouse where now stands the public library, a fitting receptacle for such a memorial. The tablet was designed and dedicated to the public library by John Bennett Lyons, one of the original members of Company B, as a free-gift offering to perpetuate the memory of his comrades and the time and place of the original muster for the war. The tablet is greatly appreciated by his few comrades living and the friends and relatives of those who have died, as well as the public generally, as an act of unselfish patriotism on the part of Mr. Lyons.
The tablet was dedicated to its use by suitable and impressive ceremonies on October 12, 1915. It reads as follows :
IN MEMORIAM
PRESENTED TO THE BROOK PUBLIC LIBRARY BY JOHN BENNETT LYONS, BROOK, INDIANA, THIS EIGHTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1915
This tablet is dedicated to the memory of the original members of Company B, 5Ist Indiana Veteran Volunteer Infantry, it being the first company enrolled in Newton County, for the war of the rebellion from 1861 to 1865.
The original members of this company met at Brook, Indiana, on the twelfth day of October, one thousand eight hundred sixty-one, and organized their company by electing their company officers. The school house where they met stood on the plot of ground where this Library building now stands. This school house was built during the summer of one thousand eight hundred fifty-four, being the first school house built in Iroquois township with public funds. Iroquois township at that time embraced the territory that is now included in Washington, Jefferson, Grand and Iroquois townships.
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E. B. Collins, Regimental Surgeon
ROSTER OF COMPANY OFFICERS
David A. McHolland, Captain Albert Light, Ist Lieutenant Adolphus H. Wonder, 2nd Lieu- tenant
Jeremiah Sailor, Orderly Sergt. William R. Lewis, Sergeant
Jira Skinner, Sergeant
Robert Barr, Sergeant
E. R. Arnold, Sergeant J. F. Shafer, Corporal
Aaron Kenoyer, Corporal J. D. Morgan, Corporal G. E. Tiffany, Corporal J. S. Hurst, Corporal William Deweese, Corporal Alvin Arnold, Corporal Daniel Doty, Corporal Samuel E. Yoeman, Fifer John Higgins, Drummer Kin Ferguson, Teamster
ROSTER OF PRIVATES
Burk, John
Hawkins, Walter
Morris, Dennis
Bridgeman, John
Hershman, George W.
Meredith, Henry W. Myers, Alexander .
Bush, Isaac N.
Harrington, James H. Mallatt, Charles
Betchel, Samuel
Handley, Ezra C. Howery, Henry
Manly, Martin V.
Bigger, John Branson, Jonathan
Helms, James
Board, William
Hatfield, James
Cornelius, Abraham Harris, John T.
Clark, Samuel
Ham, Ephraim G.
Collins, William
Johnson, Lemuel J.
Smytherman, Alfred
Cashow, John
Johnson, Isaac
Crawn, Thomas Jackson, Eli
Denney, Reese
Kenoyer, James
Dawson, Simley
Kelley, Leroy W. H. Staton, Jonathan
Darroch, Daniel C.
Karnes, John
Scott, Thomas
Davis, Bartholomew
Lyons, Samuel
Sherman, Edward Sherman, John
Ennis, James
Lyons, Abel
Evans, Thomas
Lyons, John Bennett
Ekey, Alexander
Lowthain, Cyrus
Feeley, John Griffin, Patrick
Love, Robert
West, Barden B.
Greer, John
McKee, John
Yeoman, Ira
Haney, George W.
McIntosh, Wm. J.
Haney, William
McIntosh, Perry C.
Smith, George W. Smith, David G. Smith, Benjamin J.
Troup, Harry Thomas, Harvey J. Wilcox, William E.
Lowe, John
Olmstead, Starke Pruett, Jonathan Perigo, William Reeves, William H.
Nottingham, James
Barkhurst, Robert
Hosier, Jacob
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It may be, as the years go by, that Newton County will erect to the memory of its soldier boys of the Civil war generally, a suitable monument at some point in the county, that future generations may keep alive the memory and noble sacrifices of the fathers ; that love of country and loyalty to that glorious red-white-and-blue emblem, with its starry field of blue, as it waves over hill and dale as a beacon light and hope of the future peace of the world.
NEWTON COUNTY'S ROLL OF HONOR
The following is a complete list of Newton County's soldier boys who served in the Civil war, together with the names of those killed in battle, or who died of wounds or disease while in service :
In the Ninth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry: Bloomer, J. M., and Bartholomew, Fred.
Clark, Thomas M .; Catt, Edmund, and Cashaw, Thomas J.
Deardruff, John S., wounded.
Earl, William H., and Enfield, Christian.
Fry, Daniel.
Goddard, John D.
Hawkins, Geo. C.
Lynch, Charles W.
Maxwell, Theodore F., and Mooreman, Milton J.
Odell, Anthony.
Peck, William H.
Redding, Jefferson T.
Shaefer, Joseph; Smart, Adonijah; Smart, Isaac; Smith, Geo. W .; Strech, William M., and Sager, Jacob H.
Thornton, John H .; Treadway, Ezra S., and Thomas, William. Williams, Thomas, killed at Shiloh.
The Ninth Indiana Regiment was the first to leave the state for the front and participated in numerous campaigns ; in the battles of Green Brier, Virginia, Shiloh, siege of Corinth, Perryville, Stone River, Lookout Mountain, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Atlanta, Nashville and many others. It was one of the hard-fighting regi- ments of the war.
In the Fifteenth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry: War- ren, Horace K., captain Company H; Burton, James ; Burton, Will- iam; Burton, Josiah H .; Benjamin, Jerod S .; Bartholomew, Luther H .; Baker, Ira W .; Blue, John, and Bartholomew, A. J.
Deardruff, Geo. W.
Grant, John H., and Graves, William L.
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Hardesty, Geo. D .; Hardesty, Joseph T .; Hawkins, Warren T., and Hundershell, C.
Isaacson, John A.
Jones, Henry C .; Jones, Moses A., and Jungling, John.
Kelley, Samuel; Kerney, Thomas, and Kennedy, William.
Lake, John R .; Lafoon, Daniel K .; Linton, John R., and Lansing, Peter.
Marshall, Francis ; Madeon, Patrick; Mulligan, John, and Mer- shon, Chas.
Nothingham, Jacob, and Mulligan, John.
Powers, William E .; Pugh, Isaac, and Plummer, Jackson.
Reed, Aaron ; Risley, William F., and Ruthledge, William V.
Scott, Madison C .; Steele, Ira; Smith, Thomas; Stout, John; Spear, Chas. G., and Sager, David F.
Williams, Samuel; Wishon, Henry ; Welch, George, and Warren, Horace K, captain Company H.
The Fifteen Regiment participated in the Green Brier, Virginia, Shiloh, Perryville, Stone River, Missionary Ridge, Chattanooga, Nashville, and many other battles.
COMPANY B, FIFTY-FIRST INDIANA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
Officers : Collins, Erasmus B., regimental surgeon ; McHolland, David A., captain, promoted major, promoted lieutenant-colonel ; Light, Albert, first lieutenant, died, Nashville; Wonder, Adolphus H., second lieutenant, promoted first lieutenant, promoted captain, died prisoner of war, Charleston, South Carolina.
Sergeants : Sailor, Jeremiah. orderly, promoted second lieuten- ant, died Nashville; Lewis, Wm. R., promoted second lieutenant, promoted captain ; Sinner, Jira; Arnold, Edwin, promoted first lieutenant ; Barr, Robert.
Corporals: Shaefer, John F .; Kenoyer, Aaron; Morgan, John D., promoted first lieutenant, promoted captain; Tiffiny, Geo. C., killed, Columbia, Tennessee; Alvin, Arnold; Doty, Daniel; Hurst, Jeremiah S., killed, Columbia, Tennessee ; Deweese, Wm., wounded, died.
Musicians : Higgins, John, drummer ; Yeoman, Samuel, fifer; Ferguson, Kin, wagoner.
Privates : Burk, John ; Bridgeman, John ; Branson, John ; Bark- hurst, Robert, died ; Bush, Isaac N .; Board, William, died Bowling Green, Kentucky ; Bigger, John ; Bishop, Henry, wounded; Betchel, Samuel, died : Bailey, Lewis L .; Bennett, Sylvester ; Black, John S .;
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Bennett, Thos. J., wounded, Nashville; Clark, Samuel; Coshaw, John, killed, Days Gap; Collins, Wm., wounded, Stone River ; Cor- nelius, Abraham; Crawn, Thos .; Corn, James; Christopher, John S .; Clifton, Chas. W .; Cutsinger, Geo .; Denney, Isaac; Denney, Reace A., wounded; Dawson, Smiley, died; Darroch, Daniel C .; Davis, Bartholomew ; Dodson, Jesse ; Davis, Chas. B .; Ennis, James ; Evans, Thos., died, Bowling Green, Kentucky ; Eakey, Alexander ; Edgings, Moses; Esterling, Amos; Feeley, John; Fogarty, Jerry; Griffin, Patrick, wounded, Corinth and Stone River ; Greer, John, wounded, Nashville; Gwinn, John A .; Haney, Geo. W .; Haney, William; Hawkins, Walter; Hershman, Geo. W., died, Shiloh, Tennessee ; Hosier, Jacob, wounded; Harrington, Jas. R .; Handley, Ezra G .; Howery, Henry, died, Bardston, Kentucky ; Helms, James ; Hatfield, James ; Harris, John T .; Ham, Ephraim, died, Nashville, Tennesee ; Horn, John T .; Haney, Ephraim; Humphrey, Robert F., wounded, Nashville, Tennessee; Howenstein, Geo. W .; Haney, Levi, died; Hayton, Geo. W .; Hamilton, James ; Johnson, Lemuel J .; Johnson Isaac P .; Jackson, Eli, died ; Johnston, Robert ; Jones, Francis, died ; Kennoyer, James; Kelley, Leroy H. W .; Karns, John, died, Nash- ville; Keenan, James; Kilgore, Samuel D .; Lyons, Samuel; Lyons, John Bennett ; Lyons, Abel; Lowtain, Cyrus, wounded, Days Gap; Lowe, John; Love, Robert, killed, Stone River ; Lynch, Chas. W .; Long, Elijah, wounded, Nashville; Landrum, Thos. F .; Lunday, David A .; McIntosh, Wm. G., died, Nashville; McKee, John ; Mc- Intosh, Perry C .; McClain, Hiram G .; McClintock, Edmond; Mor- ris, Dennis P .; Merrideth, Henry W .; Myers, Alex A., wounded, Nashville; Mallett, Chas .; Maney, Martin V .; Munson, John, wounded, Nashville ; Myers, Albert ; Marsh, Warren ; Maxwell, John N .; Mesersmith, John D .; Nothingham, James, died, Nashville; Olmstead, Stark, wounded, Nashville ; Owens, James M., wounded, Nashville ; Perrigo, William; Pruett, Jonathan ; Quarterman, John ; Reeves, Wm. H .; Roney, Nonan, wounded, Nashville, Tennessee ; Ryan, Michael; Robinson, John; Reed, Geo. W .; Smith, Geo. W .; Smytherman, Alfred, died; Smith, David G., died on march, Ala- bama; Staton, Jonathan; Scott, Thomas; Sherman, Edward; Sher- man, John; Smith, Benjamin Y .; Staford, Tyler; Staford, Henry ; Troup, Harry, killed, Nashville; Thomas Harvey J .; Throughaman, Wm. W., wounded ; Tyler, Joseph; Tegart, James; West, Barden; Wilcox, Wm. J. ; Wheeler, H. P .; Yeoman, Ira, killed, Nashville.
The Fifty-first Regiment participated in the battles of Shiloh, siege of Corinth, Stone River, Perryville, Blunt's farm, Days Gap, Alabama. Made prisoners of war May 3, 1863, near Rome, Georgia,
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as the result of failure of "Streight's Raid" into Alabama. All officers sent to Libby Prison, the rank and file paroled. Exchanged in November, 1863; re-entered active service without commissioned officers. Lieut .- Col. John M. Comparet from the Fifteenth Regiment placed in command; thereafter participated in the battles of Mission Ridge, Franklin, Columbia and Nashville. Their colonel, A. D. Streight, having escaped from Libby Prison, joined his regi- ment during the battle of Nashville and was assigned to the com- mand of a brigade.
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