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Thus ended a highly exciting period in the Civil war, as connected with Shelby county. The precaution taken by the Mayor was but the part of wis- dom, and had Morgan invaded Shelby county, he would certainly have been frustrated in his plans of killing and robbery.
PUBLIC OPINION IN 1863-64.
With the advance of the war, and the coming on of another Presidential election, party strife began to run high-tide again. The Democrats favored the nomination of Gen. George B. MeClellan for first place on the national ticket and Mr. Lincoln was strongly favored by the radical wing of the Re- publican party, while others wanted William Seward for the next President. During the spring of 1863 a new Republican paper had been established in Shelbyville. At the state elections, in the autumn of 1862. the Democrats had made many party gains in strongholds at the North, and all this gave new impulse to the campaigns. During the summer of 1863-64 mass meet- ings were frequently held in Shelby county, at which leading speakers waxed warm and eloquent. The Republican administration. under Mr. Lincoln, had esponsed the theory of emancipating the slaves, which of itself made Demo- crats more hostile toward the general plan of conducting the war that was then at its highest stage-and seemed as if hanging in the balance and liable to go one way or the other within a short time. Democrats were in favor of "preserving the Union as it was." while the opposition party insisted on Union, even though it become necessary to free slaves and arm them so that they might be of service in putting down the Rebellion.
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"KNIGHTS OF THE GOLDEN CIRCLE."
This was a society. very strict and secret in its nature, made up of that class of citizens who were against the policies of the government concerning the war of the Rebellion. They were in fact traitors toward the flag under which they lived. They met in secret, secluded, almost unknown places and gave aid and information to the enemy. The men who took either side and fought in the clear and open, were worthy of the respect of all people-North and South-but the man who worked in the darkness and hissed others on, had but few friends in any section of the country. Owing to the secret workings of the Knights of the Golden Circle, it is not positively known how many, if indeed, any, such organizations were maintained within Shelby county during the war, but the local newspaper-"Union Banner." openly charged that such was the case, and called attention to times and places of meetings. Party strife ran high and many personal encounters were had between contending parties.
THE INDIANA "LEGION."
This organization was found throughout the state. It was for home de- fense in case of emergency. It had other good features than that of a "Home Guard." It was the medium through which many good men were induced to enter the army, thus avoiding the dreaded draft. The drilling which they gave was also of great benefit, preparing. as it did. men for actual battle war- fare. in case they later entered the service. It was a sort of training school for men who might be called on to fill up the broken ranks of a company. Shelby county had seven such companies belonging to the Union and the roster of officers shows the names of many who led companies to the field of battle at the Southland.
BOUNTY AND RELIEF.
In accordance with the wise provision of the general government, through the Secretary of War, volunteering was stimulated much by the payment of bounties early in the war, to those who should enlist for a term of three years. At first. in 1861, the amount was limited to one hundred dollars, but from time to time the sum was increased, even to four hundred dollars, owing to time of service. Another inducement was the offering of forty acres of land to be claimed under a land warrant upon an honorable discharge. Besides the national bounties, many times very extravagant local bounties were paid by the county from which the soldier might enlist. The people said "This Union must be preserved," and cost what it did, soldiers were sent to the front whenever needed. The County Commissioners of Shelby county al- ways met these bounties and paid what seemed wise at the time. The amounts
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ranged from three to five hundred dollars for an enlisted soldier who should serve and receive his honorable discharge. In this, as in other sections of the country, there were some who deserted, but the percentage was not greater her than in other sections of the country.
In the matter of soldiers relief. Shelly county ever met the requirements of home provision for the "war widows." as the soldiers' wives were gen- erally styled. Supplies were paid for from out the county funds, a tax being levied for this purpose. After the war had continued a few months, it was seen how utterly without means the government was to provide the things needed in field and hospital, to be administered to sick and wounded sokliers. Hence it was not long before Soldiers' Vid societies sprang up through at the North. One was early formed at Shelbyville, by the ladies of the place. Scarcely a week passed that a large shipment of supplies was not sem to the fighting front. These supplies included mittens, socks, blankets, and many articles, such as bandages needed in hospital life. These things were all do- nated, and in this way many thousands of dollars were sent in way of relief funds, that were not included in the amounts appropriated by the county.
The actual amounts paid out by the regular county methods in this county were as follows :
Shelby County Bounty $121.840.0.3
Shelby County Relief 39.041.19
Amount of Relief furnished by the Townships, independent of
the County contributions 20,000.00
Total Bounty and Relief $180.889.19
SOLDIERS FURNISHED.
As the war proceeded more soldiers were asked for and always forth- coming from Shelby county. Over three thousand men were sent to the front from this county, which at the beginning of that terrible conflict had been advertised as disloyal, and of the "Copper head" stripe of people. President Lincoln made nine calls for troops during the Rebellion. They aggregated two million three hundred thousand soldiers (2.300,002). It will of course in a work of this character be of interest to known how manfully Shelby county helped swell these vast armies in numbers.
The enrollment of the militia in Indiana in 1862 gave the number of able bodied men, subject to military duty (aside from exemptions ). as two thou- sand eight hundred and sixty, who were subject to drait if such emergency was necessary. It was tider this enrollment that the first draft in Indiana occurred in October, 1862. Shelby county's quota was one hundred and forty- one men, apportioned in the townships as follows: Jackson, twenty: Noble.
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thirty-two: Liberty, twenty-eight : Hendricks. twenty-two; Union, nineteen : Moral. twenty. The draft officers were : Martin M. Ray, commissioner: Isaac Odell. marshal and John Y. Kennedy, surgeon. Be it said to the credit and loyalty of Shelby county, that the dratt was unnecessary here, for the men were freely furnished by volunteers.
Under the first three calls for men. in 1864-the trying year of the con- flict -- the total quota for Shelby county was one thousand two hundred and seventeen men which had an offset of one thousand three hundred and ninety- nine men already in the service, which placed the county ahead of her quota by seventy-two men-hence no draft was had that call.
The President's last call for men was on December 19. 1864, when Shelby county was asked for three hundred and twenty-one men. Against this was an offset of two hundred and fifty-nine men new recruits, forty-nine veterans and twenty-one by draft, maying in all. three hundred and twenty-nine men. This was the condition of the military account with Shelby county in April, 1865. at which date all efforts to raise more troops had been abandoned, as the war was nearing its close. and Mr. Lincoln had been sacrificed at the hands of a foul assassin.
The draft under the last call for men was made upon the basis of the third enrollment of the state and the second under the enrollment Act of Congress. That enrollment showed Shelby county to have a militia force of two thousand three hundred sixty-nine men. These figures show that the county furnished three thousand two hundred sixty-one soldiers, or within twenty-four of the number first reported as its total militia strength. About four hundred of these men veteranized-some re-enlisted three and more times, so that the total number of men sent out was more than sufficient to have filled up three full regiment of soldiers.
These brave defenders of the country's flag served in the following com- mands : Seventh Regiment. Sixteenth Regiment. Seventeenth Regiment, Eighteenth Regiment. Twenty-first Regiment, Thirty-third Regiment. Fify- first Regiment, Fifty-second Regiment, Seventieth Regiment, Seventy-ninth Regiment. One Hundred Twenty-third Regiment. One Hundred Forty-sixth Regiment. One Hundred Forty-eighth Regiment. all infantry service.
Of cavalry commande there were from Shelby county-members of the Thirty-ninth Regiment. Seventh Regiment. Ninth Regiment. Thirteenth Regi- ment, also in battery service, members of the Third and Twentieth Light Artil- lery service.
Of this soldiery, in round numbers ( not varying either way but little). there were two hundred who lost their lives, either in battle or otherwise. This being a fraction less than seven per cent. of all the men who went from Shelby county, yielding their lives on the altar of their country.
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CIVIL WAR ROLL OF HONOR.
While the following is not an absolutely correct list of the Shelby county soldiers who sacrificed life, from the commencement to the ending of the Re- bellion, it is accurate as the adjutant-generals' reports of the state afford, and will be given in this connection for such facts as it does contain :
COMPANY C, SEVENTH REGIMENT. (Three Months Men. )
Smith, John R., killed at Bealington, Virginia, July 8, 1861. COMPANY A, SIXTEENTII REGIMENT. (One Year.) Barch, Philip, died at Columbus, Ohio, July 23, 1861. COMPANY H, SIXTEENTH REGIMENT. (One Year.)
Cadmill, Robert T., died at Camp Seneca. November 5, 1861.
Potter, William, died at Aldie, Virginia, March 22, 1862.
Strange. George, died at Warrenton Junction, May 2, 1862.
COMPANY D, SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT.
Deitzer, Nicholas, died August 21, 1863, of wounds received at Hoover's Gap.
COMPANY K, EIGHTEENTH REGIMENT.
Burlington. Benjamin B., died at Helena. Arkansas. August, 1862.
Crigler, Joshua, killed at Magnolia Hills, May 1, 1863.
Hank, John, killed at Magnolia Hills, May 1, 1863.
Hays, Timothy, veteran, died March 19. 1864.
Hull, Daniel, died at Georgetown, Missouri. September, 1861. Israel, George, killed at Magnolia Hills, May 1, 1863.
Littlejohn, William F., killed at Magnolia Hills, May 1, 1863.
Mclaughlin, John A., killed at Vicksburg, May 23, 1863.
Miller, James T., killed at Vicksburg, May 22. 1863. McGee, William, died at St. Louis, Missouri. November, 1862.
Mann, Jaines N .. died at Black River, Mississippi, May 18. 1863.
Morris, Carloo, died at Indianola, Texas. November, 1864.
Osburn, Wallace, died in Missouri, 1862.
Wilhelm. Benjamin F., died at Booneville, Missouri, September, 1861. Young, Homer, died at Helena, Arkansas, 1862.
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COMPANY M, TWENTY-FIRST REGIMENT.
Britton, Alfred D., died of incision of neck, made by himself, September 7, 1864.
Gaines, William F., died near Terre Haute, September 26, 1864.
Hyatt. Milton, died at New Orleans, October 25. 1864.
Pope. James, died at New Orleans, September 11. 1864.
Woodward, John, died at New Orleans, September 2, 1864.
COMPANY D, TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT.
Barger, Thomas H .. died at London, Kentucky, November 19, 1861.
Boicourt, Davis, died at Big Shanty, Georgia, June 25, 186.4.
Casto, William, died at Crab Orchard, Kentucky, November 24. 1861. Corney, Frederick, died March 12, 1862.
Candell, Fountain, died at Crab Orchard, Kentucky. December 12, 1861. Campbell. James, killed at Peach Tree Creek, Georgia, July 20, 1864. Coalscott, Benjamin F., died at Columbia. Tennessee, March 7. 1863. Divert. Jefferson T .. died at Crab Orchard. Kentucky. December 11, 1862. Erwin. John, died at Chattanooga, Tennessee. November 8. 1864.
Gillard. James, died at Spring Hill, Tennessee, of wounds, March 7, 1863. Husted, James, died of wounds. July 20, 1864.
Hynes, Milton, died at Nashville, Tennessee, April 27. 1863.
Kennedy, Samuel, died at Crab Orchard, Kentucky. February 14, 1862. Messick, Henry, died at Crab Orchard. Kentucky. December 19, 1861. McConnell James, died at Crab Orchard. Kentucky. December 7. 1861. McConnell, Louis B., died at Sidney Pass, October 31. 1862.
McQueen, Benjamin F., died at Spring Hill. Tennessee, March 7. 1863. McFerran. Lewis, killed at Wild Cat, Kentucky, October 21, 1861.
Phillips, Emanuel, died at Crab Orchard, Kentucky, December 10, 1861. Phillips, Memory, died of wounds, Columbia Tennessee March 7, 1863. Robertson. William, died at Crab Orchard, Kentucky. November 27, 1862. Warble, Jacob, died at Crab Orchard. Kentucky, November 27. 1862.
Willis ( Wills). Andrew C., died at Crab Orchard, Kentucky, December 12, 1861.
Williams. Franklin, died at Kingston, Georgia, June 22, 1864. Mitchell Hiram, died at Nashville, July 15. 1864, of wounds.
Winterrowd, Anderson, killed at Peach Tree Creek, Georgia, July 20, 1864
Smith, William, died January 24, 1862. Norvell, Robert, died at Shelbyville, Indiana, April 20, 1863, of wounds. Smith, Henry H., died at Crab Orchard, Kentucky, December 17, 1861. S
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COMPANY L, EIGTH CAVALRY ( THIRTY-NINTHI ) REGIMENT.
Conrad. William H .. died at Nashville. June 26. 1864. Irwin. Wesley, died at Nashville, Tennessee, December 23. 1864.
COMPANY F, FIFTY-FIRST REGIMENT.
Gatewood, John MI .. died at Nashville. March 29. 1862. Gatewood. Robert, died at Nashville, January 28, 1863. Kendall, Ethan .A .. killed at Day's Gap. April 30, 1863. Lock, Levi, died at Woodsonville. Kentucky, March 21. 1862. Miller, Fielding J .. died at Bardstown, Kentucky, January 4, 1862. McConnell. John E .. died at Nicholasville, Kentucky, March 27, 1862.
Palmer. James, died at Bardstown, January 5, 1862.
Parker. Washington, died at Day's Gap. May 3. 1863.
Raines. Robert, died at Camp Morton, Kentucky. January 11. 1862. Shylock John, died at Indianapolis. Indiana, December 29. 1861.
COMPANY I, FIFTY-FIRST REGIMENT.
Aldridge. James, killed at Stone River, December 31, 1862. Burr. Lewis R., died at Louisville. January 7. 1862.
Creviston. Aaron, died at Nashville, March 26, 1862.
Chambers, James died at New Orleans, July 14. 1865. Ellington, Albert, died at Bardstown. December 28, 1861.
German. Charles E., died at Bardstown. December 29, 1861.
Holden, Charles. died at Stanford, Kentucky, February 1, 1862. Jarvis. John. died at Huntsville. July 2. 1862.
Smith, Samuel, died at Bardstown. February 4. 1862.
Williams, Francis O., died at Lebanon, February 6, 1862.
COMPANY B, FIFTY-SECOND REGIMENT.
Barton, Francis A., died October 6. 1864.
COMPANY G, FIFTY-SECOND REGIMENT.
Medhiff, William, died February 15, 1862.
COMPANY B, SEVENTIETH REGIMENT.
Adams, George W., died at Bowling Green. September 30. 1862. Adams, John II., died at Lavergne, Tennessee. June 20. 1863 Aydelott, Joseph W .. died at Scottsville, Kentucky, November 27, 1862. Gordon, Zacheus, died at Bowling Green. November 27, 1862. Gibbons. John W., died at Scottsville. December 2. 1862. Hawkins, Alexander S., killed at Resaca, Georgia. May 15, 1864.
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Lazar. Charles, died at Nashville, November 19. 1863. Miller, John W., died at Sandersville, Tennessee, February 7. 1863. Miller. Thomas D., died at home. August 11. 1862. Miller. Robert H., died at Chattanooga, July 22, 1864. of wounds. McMillen. Abraham, died at Sandersville, February 22. 1863.
McFall. James H., died November 7. 1862. Maholm, George H .. killed by railway accident. November 6, 1864. Newton. John H., died near Atlanta, of wounds. August 12, 1864. Price, George A., died at Chattanooga. August 29. 1864 Powell. Elijah, died at Chattanooga. May 24. 1864.
Rogers, Achilles, died of wounds, July 14. 1864.
Story. William, died at Bowling Green. August 30, 1862. Scofield. David F., died at Scottsville, Kentucky. December 17. 1862. Stoddard, Marshall, died at Scottsville, Kentucky. November 19. 1862. Smith, Adelman. died at Indianapolis. August 7. 1862. Tanner. Robert, died at Gallatin, Tennessee, May 7, 1863. Wheeler. Jeremiah, died at Gallatin. Tennessee. December 23. 1862. Walton, John B .. died at Gallatin. Tennessee. December 15, 1862. Clark, James, died at Lookout Mountain, February 2. 1865. Frank, Charles W .. killed at Resaca, May 14. 1864. Goodrich. Louis, killed at Peach Tree Creek. July 20. 1864. . Stubbs. Jesse, died at Jeffersonville, Indiana, September 4. 1864.
COMPANY F. SEVENTIETH REGIMENT.
Andrews, John W., killed at Resaca, May 15. 1864. Arthur, James M .. died at Murfreesboro, July 15. 1863. Bassett. Samuel, killed at Peach Tree Creek. July 20. 1864. Cox, John, killed at Dallas, Georgia. May 25, 1864. Collins, Leander M., died at Murfreesboro, August 10, 1863. Hulsopple, William, died at Murfreesboro, August 1. 1863. Hulsopple, Andrew J., died at Bowling Green, November 1, 1862. Howery. Charles, died at Saundersville. January 28: 1863. Howard, Watson C., killed at Peach Tree Creek. July 20. 1864. Hacker. William A., killed at Kenesaw Mountain. June 14, 1862. Joyce, Thomas S., died at Bowling Green. November 16, 1862. Nichols. Jasper, died at Gallatin, Tennessee, February 22. 1863. Odell. Jeremiah, killed at Kenesaw, June 15. 1864. Rouse, William T., killed at Dallas, Georgia, May 27, 1864. Rouse. Philip, died at Bowling Green, November 16. 1862. Ross, Thomas, killed at Resaca, May 15. 1864. Stewart, James, died at Bowling Green. October 21, 1862.
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Speagle, George S .. died at Sandersville, December 19. 1862. Vanlew. John F., died at Sandersville, Tennessee. January 15. 1863. Alexander. Thomas, died at Bowling Green. November 1. 1862. Brady, John, died at Gallatin, Tennessee, April 25. 1863. Griffith, Luke, died at Bowling Green, October 15. 1862. Holdrom. Thomas K., killed at Resaca. May 14, 1864. Miller, Philip, died at Madison, February 20, 1864.
COMPANY E, SEVENTY-NINTH REGIMENT.
Burk, Edmund, killed by guard. at Louisville, September 5, 1862. Dick, Samuel, died at Nashville, November 7. 1863. Davis, George W .. killed at Atlanta. July 21. 1864. Fox, Daniel. killed at Stone River, January 2, 1863. Golden, William B., died at Nashville, December 5, 1862. Hill, Milton, died at Louisville. December 30, 1862. Kendall. John E., killed at Stone River. January 2, 1863. Larmoro. Oliver P., died at Lebanon, Kentucky, November 15, 1862. Laird, Robert, died at Louisville. October 25. 1862. Reed, James, died at Cave Springs, Kentucky, November 24, 1862. Smith, Henry, died at Nashville. December 15. 1862. Tucker, Benjamin, died in Shelby county, Indiana, November 24, 1862.
COMPANY 1, SEVENTH CAVALRY (ONE HUNDRED NINETEENTH ) REGIMENT.
Cherry, James, died in Andersonville Prison, September 5. 1864. Peterson, William, died at Union City, Tennessee, January 22, 1864. Phillippe, John W., died at Memphis, May 28, 1865. Robinson, Lewis, died at Andersonville. St. John, Albert, died February 22, 1864, of wounds.
COMPANY HI, NINTH CAVALRY ( ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIRST ) REGIMENT.
Aydelott, Joseph, died January 26, 1865. Allison, William M., died February 24. 1865, of wounds. Bagley, Joseph, died July 13. 1864. Bagley, Henry, died April 15. 1864. Beckley, Charles, killed at Sulphur Trestle. Alabama. September 25, 1864. Colcaizer, Philip, died at Pulaski, Tennessee. August 17, 1864. Delano, George W., lost on Sultana, April 27. 1865. Goius, Milton, died at St. Louis, Missouri, June 16, 1865. Hill, Lorenzo D., died September 22, 1864.
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Houton, Cassender T., killed at Sulphur Trestle, September 25, 1864. Huls. Marion, died April 4. 1865.
Hulsopple, John, died at Pulaski. September 8, 1864.
Jenkins, John, died at Nashville, March 19. 1865.
Smith, Milton. killed by guard at Vicksburg, July 11. 1865.
Strap, James H .. died at Memphis, March 13, 1865.
Shull, John W .. lost on the Sultana, April 27. 1865.
Swango, Henry, died at New Orleans, April 27, 1865.
Vance, William D., died at New Orleans. April 27, 1865.
Williams, John R., died in Rebel prison pen, February 5, 1865.
COMPANY D, ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT.
Holton. William F., killed near Kenesaw, July 17, 1864.
COMPANY E, ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT.
Denickson, John W., died near Atlanta, August 27. 1864, of wounds.
COMPANY I, ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT. Pence, Jacob, died at Louisville, March 2, 1865.
COMPANY I, THIRTEENTHI CAVALRY (ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-FIRST ) REGIMENT.
Anderson, John B., died at Louisville, October 29. 1864. Dodd, John M., died at Chattanooga, September 9. 1864. King. Thomas B., died at Murfreesboro, December 26, 1864.
COMPANY F, ONE HUNDRED FORTY-SIXTHI REGIMENT.
Gunning, Hiram, died at Baltimore, May 14, 1865.
COMPANY D, ONE HUNDRED FORTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT.
Badger, Milton J., died at Columbus, Tennessee, August 15, 1865. Newton, Thomas G., died at Indianapolis. March 3, 1865. Pearson, John J., died at Nashville. March 25, 1863. Roe, James MI., died at Pulaski, May 12, 1865.
COMPANY G, ONE HUNDRED FORTY-EIGHTTII REGIMENT.
Crouch, George, died at Columbia, Tennessee, April 12, 1865. Keith, William G., died at Nashville, March 22, 1865. Mossman, John C., died at Nashville, May 5, 1865.
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THIRD BATTERY, LIGIIT ARTILLERY.
Ray, Henry L., killed at Lone Jack, Missouri. August 16, 1862.
TWENTIETH BATTERY, LIGIIT ARTILLERY.
Kenedy, Albert, died at Nashville, February 10. 1863. Kenedy, Nathaniel, died at Nashville, April 15, 1863. Pope, Charles L., died at Nashville, May 3, 1863.
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.
The war with Spain, brought on with this country over the persecutions carried on for hundreds of years on the near-by island of Cuba, began by a proclamation of war on the part of the United States government in April, 1898. immediately after the sinking of the United States battleship "Maine." which disaster was at once charged to the Spanish authorities. Upon the call for troops by President William McKinley, Indiana, including Shelby county, came gallantly to the rescue in the raising of companies and regiments for the service.
The principal company of men from Shelbyville was known as Company C, of the One Hundred and Sixty-first Indiana Regiment. The colonel of this regiment was W. T. Durbin : lieutenant-colonel, V. M. Backus ; majors, Harold C. Megrew and Matt R. Peterson.
The officers of company C. largely from Shelbyville, were: captain. . Thomas J. Hudgins : first lieutenant. George E. Goodrich : second lieutenant. Ivy L. Reynolds: first sergeant. Robert C. Maddox: quartermaster sergeant, Robert H. Hudgins, Jr. : sergeants. Moses A. Parkinson, John S. Hopkins Walter B. Ballard, Con L. Miles; musicians, William .A. Michelson and Henry E. Lane: wagoner. Walter Cummings.
Including officers and recruits, together with original volunteers, there were about one hundred and twenty-five men in this command. Of this num- ber there were two deserters. No lives were lost during the entire term of enlistment-a record remarkable.
This regiment (of which Company C was a part) was made up of men residing in Hammond. Mount Vernon, Shelbyville, Madison, Jeffersonville. Richmond, New Castle. Rushville, Monticello, Columbus, Michigan City, and Lawrenceburg. They rendezvoused at Camp Mount July 15. 1898, and were mustered into the United States service and drilled there until August 11th, of that year, then ordered to Jacksonville, Florida, arriving there August 14th. and were assigned to the Seventh Army Corps ( under Gen. Fitzhugh Lee), moved to Savannah, Georgia, October 23d, and on to the Island of Cuba, De-
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cember 23. 1898. arriving at Havana the 15th of that month and camped there two days, then embarked for Savannah, Georgia, where the regiment went into camp and remained there until March 29. 1899. They were finally mustered out and discharged April 30, 1899, at Savannah, after which they proceeded to Washington, D. C., and were reviewed by the proper military authorities, came to Indianapolis and were welcomed by the people of that city, May 3, 1899.
THE GRAND ARMY POSTS.
With the closing of the great Civil war in 1865. and the speedy return of the veterans to their homes and firesides to again take up the peaceful voca- tions of true American citizens, there was nothing more natural than that some soldiers' organization, for re-union of comrades, if nothing more. Finally a soldier living in Illinois set a foot and really organized what is known as the Grand Army of the Republic, of which there is scarce a town in all the country where posts of this order have not existed. Indeed this has come to be one of the great civic federations and one whose ranks are fast being depleted by the ravages of old age-none but honorably discharged Union soldiers have a right to become members. The badge of this order is the simple, but suggestive, copper-colored button worn on the coat lapel.
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