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But woman's club work must not be understood as being confined to literature, history, travel, art, music and the like, for the work of women's clubs is far from that reported by a delegate from Pennsyl- vania, reporting a club devoted to study of literature, to the General Federation, uttered the following: "Our club does purely literary work. We study our lessons and recite them, but we never do any- thing for anybody, and may God have mercy on our poor selfish souls." On the contrary, many clubs, especially those affiliated with the General
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Federation, have committees for the following work: Education, Art, Civics, Civil Service Reform, Household Economics and Pure Food, Forestry, Industrial, Child Labor, Legislative, Reciprocity, and many other fines of work, that the changing conditions of the times may seem to require.
Elkhart, the largest city in the county, has ten active women's clubs. six of which belong to the State Federation of Women's Clubs. These are: Current: Fifteen Circle Association; Thursday Club; Twentieth Century : Woman's Club, and Women's Art Club. The first organized club was the " Fifteen Circle Association," in 1889, incorporated in 1804. its aim being literary, philanthropic and social improvement. The last year's course of study was " The Drama," one of great interest. In 1894 Mrs. A. E. Babb endowed the Fifteen Circle Association with a library of several hundred volumes. This collection, with other books that from time to time had been purchased by the club, numbering one thousand volumes, was in the year 1903 presented to the new Carnegie library of the city of Elkhart.
The Woman's Art Club was organized about twelve years ago, and, as its name implies, studies art in all its branches : last year's study being devoted to poetic art in operas, and Browning, being considered the banner year as to interest and quality of work. The plan is to study Browning and Tennyson the coming year.
The Twentieth Century Woman's Club is literary and social, hav- ing advanced ideas and aims. This club, together with the Fifteen Circle and Art Club have combined and engaged a prominent lecturer from Boston to deliver a course of four lectures on subjects relating to the studies pursued.
The Woman's Club, organized in 1902, is the only department club in the county, and is doing most excellent work. Thursday Club is de- voted mostly to the study of the history of countries and current topics. Current Club is what the name signifies, a club for the study of current history. Of the ten chibs. there are four unfederated. viz. : Progress Club, a literary club; the Loyal Club, composed of ladies of the " Woman's Relief Corps," who have read " Stoddard's Lectures " and recently pursued the course as presented in the Bay View Magazine: Riverside Reading Club, a literary club: and Bay View, students of " The Bay View Chautauqua Course." Elkhart is the only city in the northern part of the state having a City Federation of Women's Clubs. which has been organized and doing effective work for some time. The
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object of the City Federation being to study civic conditions and assist in bringing about many much needed reforms in the civic life of the city, and otherwise plan for beautifying it.
Through the efforts of some of the clubs the city council was in- duced to pass an ordinance providing that sidewalks be kept clean and the comfort of the citizens is thus greatly enhanced. Through the in- fluence of these same club women, Elkhart citizens have had the privi- lege of hearing many of the best university extension lecturers and others of national reputation. The present season, 1905. the first Chau- tanqua Assembly was held, giving a ten days' session, and so successful as to encourage the management to arrange for a permanent Chautauqua assembly.
Nappanee, the third largest town, and a most thriving manufac- turing place, has maintained a club at short intervals for years. \ Chautauqua Circle being the first, studied and read for two years and then abandoned the work. \ Ladies' Literary Club, organized and met for one year, and was superseded by a Bay View Circle for another year : but there is no club at this time. Nappanee has some enthusiastic club women, needing only a leader to organize the work.
Wakarusa has the Search Light Club, devoted to literary and other work. Middlebury has had the distinguished literary societies in the early days, but no club at present. In 1895 there was a reading circle! composed of men and women who did much reading and afterward engaged in the discussion of leading questions in debate. About 1900 a Shakespeare Club was held for the winter season only. Two years later the young ladies formed a circle for the reading and study of English authors.
Millersburg has no literary club, but does much musically, sup- porting a chorus with a paid director some portion of the year. The other towns in the county make no effort to support and encourage club work among women so far as has been learned.
The truly modern club is not a club for self-improvement only: but is prompted with altruistic and philanthropic motives; is an organ- ized body of women filled with a desire to serve others, doing most ex- cellent work in its community in providing better school facilities, better teachers creating purer politics, more wholesome civic conditions: is largely instrumental in improving the conditions in jails, prisons, asylums and retreats for the unfortunate, in fact to improve, uplift and benefit humanity and conditions in a multiplicity of ways.
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CHAPTER XXII.
PATRIOTISM.
In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility : But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger:
Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood. -SHAKESPEARE.
From a very early time Elkhart county has resounded to the tramp of armed men. Long before history began to be recorded here the Indian warrior bands hurried across the lands of northern Indiana on the warpath. This region was probably passed over by British and American soldiers in the campaigns of George Rogers Clark during the stirring times of the Revolution, and it is certain, as has been stated elsewhere, that a detachment of General Harrison's army was near the site of the village of Benton during the war of 1812. While the county, during its organized existence, has never been the scene of war, many of its patriotic citizens have furnished the sinews of war and have held themselves ready or actually gone forth to fight the battles of our re- public.
Of the several Revolutionary heroes who lived at least a part of their closing years in this county, one of the most noteworthy was William Tuffts, who died at Middlebury September 5, 1847, aged ninety-two. He had assisted in throwing over the tea from the ships in Boston harbor and subsequently served through most of the years of the Revolution.
The most prominent military figure in the county during the early days was Colonel John Jackson. It is said that he was commander of the first military battalion organized within the county, and that as early as 1831. It will be remembered that he was the moving spirit in pre- paring the county for defense during the Indian scare of 1832. This organization became known as the Goshen Guards, and its roster in- cluded the names of nearly all the business men. They were splendidly uniformed and were armed with the old-time muskets. E. M. Cham-
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berlain was captain, Dr. E. W. H. Ellis first lieutenant, Dr. M. M. Latta second lieutenant.
No requisition for actual service was made upon the citizens of the county until the Mexican war. The Goshen Guards at that time was not a full and efficient company, and was not prepared to enter the service at the first call. This war excited very little enthusiasm in this portion of the state as far as enlistment was concerned, and in fact there seemed little need for a large force in the field, since the armies already there were completely victorious on every occasion. Therefore the Goshen Guards never took the field, and in 1848 the organization was disbanded. It is stated that not more than half a dozen men from Elkhart county enlisted in the five regiments furnished by Indiana for the war with Mexico.
The prospects of a railroad and general and local politics more than outweighed the war with Mexico in the thoughts and interests of the people, as is evident from reference to the papers of that period. The Democrat of August 11, 1847. contains the following interesting paragraph concerning "a returned volunteer:" " Jonas Myers, son of Joseph Myers, of this town, a volunteer in one of the Illinois regiments, has just returned from Mexico to this place, where he formerly resided, and was welcomed by a few rounds from Aunt Olive ( which was the town artillery). A number of our citizens assembled at the court house and listened to an interesting account of his adventures and an entertaining description of the country. Young Myers was wounded at Cerro-Gordo by a grapeshiot, but not severely." And a few days later, in the same paper, we see this item: " Mr. George Cart, a noble- souled old Democrat of Union township, called on us the other day, requesting us to write a letter to his son, who is a volunteer in the Mexican war. 'Tell him,' said the old man, ' to be a good soldier and obey his officers: tell him to remember that his grandfather served five years in the Revolution, and that his father served through the last war. It will do him good,' he added, ' to think of these things when he comes into battle.' "
There was a magnificent manifestation of patriotism in Elkhart county on the receipt of the news concerning the fall of Fort Sumter in April, 1861, and from that date until the close of the long Civil war the steadfast loyalty of the citizens and the heroic devotion of life and their all to the cause never wavered. While the strong men marched away for the actual strife in the field, those who remained behind displayed
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equal fortitude and self-sacrifice in their efforts to aid the cause, and the noble women of the county were by no means the least factors in winning the battles of the republic.
It would be indeed a grateful task to record at length the dis- tinguished history of Elkhart county's soldiers in the rebellion, but for this purpose an entire volume of this size would barely suffice. Yet, notwithstanding that the limits of our space may be overfilled thereby, it seems right and fitting that those who left the county for patriot service, actuated by the sentiment. " Sweet and noble it is to die for country." should have their names, if not their deeds, inscribed on the pages of that county's history. Therefore from the sources that are available we give as completely as possible the quota furnished by this county to the Union armies in its various branches of service.
In April. 1861. immediately after the presidential call for volun- teers, a full military company of ninety-three men was organized at Goshen, known as the Goshen Guards. This company left en route to Indianapolis on Monday, April 29. under command of Milo S. Hascall, and comprised in its rank and file: Lieutenants E. R. Kerstetter. F. B. Rosselwyn, James M. Barns; Privates H. E. Agard. E. C. Albright, C. W. Alien, E. C. Adams, Gus Barns, W. . \. Bates, William Balch, F. H. Backus. A. D. Blanchard, C. T. Banford. P. Barnhart, William Burns, D. M. Bowser. F. Carpenter. G. W. Carpenter. R. W. Cook, E. S. Corp. A. Cornish. C. C. Crummel. D. Chamberlain, John Crummel. A. B. Clark, J. Conner, H. G. Davis, S. Dougherty. William Dodge, Jr., A. W. Fenton, James Ferguson. H. Ferris. Amos Fuller. John Graham. Geary, Samuel Harris, C. B. Harris, William Harris, J. K. Har- ris. G. Hattel. J. E. Howell. B. L. Harkins, Levi Hass. H. Hutchison, E. T. Hubbell, Solomon Ivens, E. Jacobs, D. James, George Jackson, Peter Kerstetter, William Knight, Henry Lorton, John Macomber, M. McConneli, William McCord, William McDowell, George McKain, J. S. Miller. William Minnegar. William Metzgar. Samuel Mott, D. E. Manning. Barney O'Hara, F. Pierce. G. A. Porter, Benjamin Powell, W. H. Peck. F. Ruddy. C. Reynolds, J. Reynolds, W. S. Smur. J. Smith, B. W. Smith, S. W. Snyder. W. D. Stover. E. II. Stevens, C. Schull- myer. J. Shinebarger, P. Slough. W. W. Tillotson. B. F. Thomas. John H. Violett. G. Wilton. J. Wickam, Thomas Williams, M. K. Wilson. J. H. Wilson. Albert Winchell, A. Yates. J. Yants. S. Yankel and Fred F. Yeoman.
The state had already acted well its part. The six regiments called
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for in the president's proclamation were complete, and the only alterna- tive open to the men of this company was to return to their homes and await at Indianapolis the second call to arms. In the meantime Captain Hascall was assigned a position on the staff of General Morris, again appointed to the colonelcy of the Seventeenth Regiment and subsequently promoted to the rank of brigadier general. His service extended over a period of three years and six months. Lieutenants Kerstetter and Rosselwyn, who, with Captain Hascall, were among the officers of the unrequisitioned company, attached themselves to the Seventeenth and Seventy-fourth Regiments, respectively.
The draft of 1862 was carried out under Commissioner Dr. E. W. H. Ellis. Marshal W. A. Woods and Surgeon M. M. Latta, and their township marshals, with the following result: Harrison, forty-seven ; Jackson, twenty-eight: Union, twenty-four; Clinton, twelve: Benton, six; Baugo, six ; and Locke, five, all forming a company of one hundred and twenty-eight men, who proceeded to Camp Morton under Dr. Ellis and were formally assigned to the command of Captain Edwin Billings. The five subsequent drafts were carried out in an equally satisfactory manner under Enrolling Commissioner Ellis.
COMPANY ROSTERS.
Company C. Ninth Regiment .- This company was organized with- in Elkhart county and mustered inte service April 24, 1801, for a three months' term, under Captain Theodore F. Mann, Charles H. Kirkendall. first lieutenant, and James D). Braden, second lieutenant. The non-com- missioned officers and men comprised first sergeant, Albert Heath : ser- geants : D. G. Risley, Nelson Mansfield. W. H. Crampton : corporals : J. A. Gambee, Anthony S. Davenport. Daniel C. Gore. Orville F. Harris ; musicians : James O'Brien and William H. Morgan; privates: Ru- dolph Ashey. A. Bellonger. J. Benner, Alfred Billows. A. G. Bierce, George Bickle. . \. Brower, D. Burrus, J. S. Brul, Frank Carlton, J. H. Chance, P. Christman, George H. Clarke, C. Coellars, H. Cornish, A. Daver, T. J. Davis, S. A. Diehil. Charles Dyer, Peter Dyer. Jacob Ehret, N. H. Farr. F. Finch, M. H. Garner. W. Helm, R. Hilton. J. Hline, Peter Harney, C. W. Huston, F. Jordan, G. L. Kibbinger, F. M. Kreigbaum. W. Locke, E. F. Manning. M. B. Miller. S. Millspaugh. Stephen Morris, LaFayette Murray, C. L. Murray, S. B. McGuire. James Mckenzie, L. D. Nickerson, C. Norman. T. M. Patten, J. C. Pat- terson. J. G. Perry, W. Punchus, H. H. Pullman, C. C. Redding. J. W.
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Rich, G. W. Russell, A. W. Shelly, L. C Shippard, W. Smith, B. Sweet. J. Swartz, O. E. Thompson, W. H. Todd, Hiram Upham, Na- poleon B .. Upson. P. K. Upson, Ezra Willard. W. H. Wilsey. Pierson T. Wines.
The Ninth Regiment .- (Three years' volunteers) was mustered in at Lafayette September 5. 1861, having been organized at LaPorte, and was augmented in 1864 by S. A. Abbot. R. G. Brown, C. Brown, C. Bayne, D. Bemont, all of Elkhart county, who responded to the draft of that year and attached themselves to Company B. Company C was entirely composed of Elkhart men, under Captain D. G. Risly, who was succeeded by First Lieutenant J. D. Braden. and on his promotion to the rank of major by A. J. Martin. Simon Barringer and Ezra Willard were lieutenants. This company was mustered into service in Septem- ber, 1861, with A. J. Martin as first sergeant : Ambrose G. Bierce. W. J. Chapman, S. Garringer and Lafayette Murray, sergeants; T. M. Patton. S. Baringer. J. Stewart. J. D. Smith. M. P. Ormsby. H. P. Clanson. J. L. Knap. M. L. Delamater, corporals; Charles Peasly and James O'Brien, musicians; G. P. Bellows, wagoner; and privates. J. \. . \b- bott, G. M. Allen, Jacob Berlin, M. Bowers. B. T. Brown, D. Burket, S. Butts, S. C. Carter, J. Cathcart, S. A. Cheever, N. D. Cline, G. G. Congdon. S. C. Congdon. \. Conroy, W. R. Conroy, V. Craft, G. W. Crampton, A. Crandal, John Daly, A. Dills, Jr .. J. B. Drake, J. Earle. J. C. Fox, F. J. Grubb, J. Grulier, H. Hall, E. Horn, P. S. Hare. A. A. Holdeman, T. L. Holdeman, John Hoke. G. W. Huyler. W. Kelly. S. Kessler. W. Keyes, C. Koehler, F. M. Kreighbaum, D. Leader, .I. G. Manning, J. B. Mayer. J. D. Mead, H. N. Metcalf, N. L. Metcalf, O. P. Merchant, M. L. Miller. F. Molebash, S. J. Morris. C. W. Munson, T. J. Naylor, W. H. Nimrick, L. North, S. L. Nye, H. Olmstead. D. Peasly, WV. Rosen, A. Salisbury, E. Sanders. A. Saylors, W. J. D. Sayer, J. Shutt, J. H. Shaver. W. F. Shaver. F. W. Shrock. J. Shuppert. C. H. Smith, W. Smith, W. Speese, A. Stutsman, S. Swineheart, S. M. Thaxton, J. Wallis. J. Weaver. E. Werts. J. Werts, W. Wilson. C. Wheeler, J. Wheeler, T. Whitaker. S. Whittig, J. Wolf; John Wolf. C. Zoellars.
The company was strengthened by the addition of the following re- critits from December, 1861. to February, 1865. The greater number entered on service in 1864. and with three exceptions were furnished by Elkhart county : Phil. Abel. L. Briggs, T. L. Barnhouse, N. Bird. G. Bickle, A. B. Chapman, A. A. Cleveland, O. G. Carleton, J. L. Cong- don, J. Clanson, A. P. Culbertson, J. Driscoll. B. A. Dunne. E. L. Fos-
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ter. W. Funk, H. V. Fields, E. M. Hyde, George Hertzell, B. F. Het- rick, A. E. Houghland, W. Jeffries, W. King, G. L. Kirk, E. Klinger- man, A. J. Longley, Edgar Merchant, John Nolan, James Powers, N. B. Richards, J. A. Salisbury. J. H. Stanley, R. Stutsman, D. R. Stuts- man, H. J. Smith, Henry Smith, J. Smith, H. L. Shupert, M. R. Thomas, H. G. Van Alstine, S. Ward, T. V. Wheeler, C. M. Wheeler.
The list of casualties of this company from Greenbrier in October, 1861, to the pursuit of General Hood, 1864-5, forms in itself a record of duty valiantly done. In Company D, of the same regiment, were J. D. Keely, J. J. Stawers, F. Dunbar, J. Hurley, W. Keely, J. M. McGinnis, W. F. Shekels, V. Swartz, S. Stowers and R. Whitmire, of this county. In Company E were Curtis Chapman, A. J. Conner, E. Hammond, R. Hubbell, G. C. King, Murry McConnell, J. W. Moorehouse, R. M. Moran, M. McKeloy, J. Openchain, T. Prickett, C. Rodgers, E. Schel- linger, J. Simons, W. H. H. Stuart, AA. Swartswatter, S. Story, J. Troyer, J. H. Violett, Z. Walker, G. S. Weathers, J. H. Wickham, .A. B. Winfield, L. D. Nickerson, W. J. Norris, A. Nye.
In Company F were Edward Dokey, Emery Dokey, I. H. Hulder- man, Ralph Johnson, I. Kopplin. C. Krugher, L. Laddaner, F. Ludwig. Patrick McClune, I. W. McLane, C. C. Redding, .A. J. Bunn.
Company G comprised the following members from Elkhart county : J. J. Almon. W. D. Brown, F. G. Graham, Joseph Scott. of Bristol ; J. E. Hunt and Henry Haskins, of Goshen ; and J. M. Hettrick, of Elkhart.
Company H comprised W. H. Knowles, W. Paul, I. Lundy, W. W. Manning, W. A. Markel, V. L. Ward, D. Proctor, D. H. Smith and S. W. Stroup. Company K registered H. Cornish, H. Clay, J. Dullinger, W. H. Cathcart, J. Morris, Jerome Martin, Squire Martin. Silas Roose, A. Strinback, W. Speese, A. C. Van Alst and Levi Wilt- mere.
The Thirteenth Regiment comprised Lieutenant Michael Ganser. H. Goss, Francis Blendit, R. Kayler. M. Ellar, J. B. Ayers, S. Caughey and S. H. Weaver, of Elkhart county.
The Seventeenth Regiment was organized at Camp Morton during May, 1861, under Colonel Milo S. Hascall, of Goshen, who, for the dis- tinguished part taken by him at Greenbrier and in the operations of General Reynold's corps, was promoted to the rank of brigadier general March 25, 1862, when the colonelcy devolved upon his lieutenant col- onel, John J. Wilder, of Greensburg. Lieutenant Colonel Wilder con-
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tinned in command until his resignation was accepted October 5, 1864, when Jacob J. Vail was appointed. W. H. Carroll, S. F. Rigby and J. Y. Hitt, of Greensburg, served with this regiment, but in the roster of enlisted men there are not any names from Elkhart county appearing.
In the ranks of the 19th Regiment were Captains John R. Clark, J. W. Shafer, Julius M. Waldschmidt, who from time to time held the captaincy of Co. G. When mustered, in 1861, the following was the roster of non-commissioned officers and men: Sergeants, J. Wald- schmidt, I. L. Keller, S. L. Starner and S. S. Bonar; corporals, J. W. Evans, F. Wise, F. Myers, I. H. Criswell, G. B. Campbell, O. C. Bates, Z. B. Irnhoff and G. H. Kulp; musicians, Charles Billings and G. W. Kreighboum: Wagoner, C. F. Bugbee: privates, J. Adams, J. P. Alt- man, S. Altman, H. E. Altenburg, J. Andrews, Carson Andrews, C. J. Bartlett, W. L. Balch. W. Busesel, W. E. Bethel, Peter Bowman, J. Bum, H. L. Busz, E. J. Campbell, J. F. Carter, J. Camp. D. Chilcoat, I. Cleland, R. Coats, E. Cravens, A. R. Crabtree, G. A. Critchett, C. Davis, S. M. Denman. Geo. Dennis, .\. Defrance, D). Divelbess, J. Downing, L. Eller, H. C. Elliot, W. G. Fisher, W. H. Fry, J. Frey, F. D. Gaylord, Milo George, T. Grey, I. Grey, J. Hague, A. G. Haskins, Milton Hadley, D. Hagle, Clinton Hague, P. Humphreys, M. Ingraham, J. W. Jeseles, Adam Juday, T. S. Kelley, James Knight, Dan Kulp, J. W. I. Lent, J. W. Lloyd, W. H. Marks, Conn. McGuire, C. W. Mc- Means, .A. Moose, D. Nepper, E. T. Neal, J. Rigby, G. H. Rodarmer, Per- ry Rowe. F. M. Sams, J. W. Shafer, J. M. Shirts, I. Silkworth, E. Smith, H. Smith, W. B. Smith, Jas. Snyder, J. F. M. Spitler, Eli Starnes, E. A. Stone, H. Swift, G. W. Thompson, B. Turner, S. S. Upham, C. C. Walter, Geo. Warner, D. V. Ward. W. W. Whitney, Christian Wolfli. Clouse Young. The soldiers whose names have been given won an enviable reputation for Company G and took a most important part in rendering the name of the 19th Regiment so distinguished.
The volunteers from Elkhart county who belonged to the 21st Infantry, were Lieutenants A. W. Simmons and E. F. Hubbell; ser- geants. I. F. Carmien, S. Aingken, T. H. Bachus, H. J. Bachelor, I. Barr, Henry Breslin, W. Breslin. E. Carroll. D. S. Chamberlain, C. W. Coats, S Dogherty, Denis Driscol, Patrick Driscol, James Ferguson, W. L. Hamlet, J. H. Hayes. A. W. Kelley, Wm. McCord. G. W. Modie, Michael Mooney. J. Morris. J. S. Miller, I. W. Myers. David Pep- penger, Daniel Peppenger, Eli Pittman, B. M. Powell, G. W. Self, S. Shemberger, I. W. Snyder, A. B. Tintsman, 1. J. Woodworth, G. E. Zinn,
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Henry Bryan, John Kerling. Joseph Kennedy, I. E. Morten. P. Mine- hart. H. W. Newman, Jos. Oliver, D. Ritter, W. Ritter, I. . \. Simmons, M. W. Self, Jos. Tautsman, \. H. Wayburn and O. M. Wayburn. These volunteers were mustered in July 24, 1861, and throughout the war sustained a very favorable name won early in the campaign.
In the Ist Cavalry or the 28th Regiment, are found the names of R. A. Brown, MI. C. Miller, E. Miller and Levi Hays of Millersburg.
The representation of Elkhart county in the rank and file of the 29th Regiment was large in number and important in those moral and physical qualities which combine in the true soldier. Among the officers are the names of Major H. G. Davis, H. G. P. Oblinger, Levi M. Hess. R. McCumsey. I. Humes. J. Miller, I. M. Barnes, E. A. McComber : sergeants, G. W. McKain, .A. B. Butler, .\. W. Fenton : corporals. S. Deardoff, W. Ivins. J. F. Youts, S. Knight, D. B. Hutch- ison, C. Hughes and .A. B. Mills : musicians, G. Ream and S. Seymour ; wagoner. Geo. Jackson: privates. G. P. Amidon. I. T. Aldrich. W. Burns, C. M. Boyd. I. M. Boyd, J. R. Buchanan, M. Buchanan, T. Buchanan. A. Camp, W. Chasey, H. C. Clifford. Z. A. Clifford. L. Coleman, R. W. Cook, I. B. Crawson, W. Criss, S. Davis, S. P. De- Wolf, R. S. Dickson, R. Fehliman, A. P. Fox, N. E. Gibson. W. Ganser. C. Groesbeck. I. Groesbeck. J. Gushwa. S. Haynes, I. K. Harris, J. R. Hoyt. J. Honck. O. D. Ivens, D. James, S. Key, S. W. Keesey. F. Knight, W. Knight. B. McCumsey, B. McCreasy. C. Marshall. I. Miller, L. Mills, M. Mills, Geo. Minager, Geo. Moore, A. Mott. S. Mott, Beth Myers. W. P. Needham. J. O'Dell. J. Osborn, U. Osborn, W. F. Paxson, D. Roger. J. J. Reem. J. Reed. Isaac Reed, S. Riefsnyder. . \. Row, P. Row. S. Saylor. H. L. Seaman. H. Sebring. J. Showalter, .\. Smith. L. Smith, W. H. H. Smith, Lafayette Staufer. F. M. Stewart, I. M. Stonebreaker. W. Stover. Ira Stetter. Geo. Temple, S. Trego. J. I. Ulrich, I. Wear. Geo. Weipert. W. A. Werley. . 1. . \. Whitehead, E. Wright, C. Wyland. I. Wyland. Thomas Williams. The above named volunteers were mustered into the service in August and September. 1861. and formed Company B of the 20th Infantry. From 1862 until the close of 1864 the company was constantly receiving recruits to fill the places of those who fell in battle or by disease. By a reference to the sketch of the 20th Regiment, as given in the first page of this work, the reader may be able to conceive the brilliancy of its career. whether under Rosseau. Buell or Rosencrans.
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