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"There is an incident in the personal history of Jacob Lanham, Company D, Sixth Indiana Cavalry, that deserves some notice. While Hood's army was in front of Nashville, the Sixth Indiana Cavalry was sent out, some- times alone and sometimes with other troops, to ascertain the position and strength of the enemy on a certain portion of the line.
" On Sunday, December 4, the Sixth Regiment sallied forth alone, and in a short time was engaged in a brisk skirmish ; balls flew thick and fast on both sides. Corp. Karf, of Company B, was shot through the leg, break- the bone to shivers. The object of the reconnoissance having been accom- plished, our skirmishers were withdrawn from the field under a terrific fire from the enemy, leaving the wounded men behind. Before returning to our camp, a programme to advance in force, drive back the enemy and bring the wounded men off the field was inaugurated and afterward abandoned as ex- tra hazardous, if not altogether impracticable. The regiment moved off toward camp. Jacob Lanham lingered near the scene of action, determined, if possible, to save a brave but unfortunate fellow-soldier. The poor fellow lay moaning in an open field, a hundred and fifty or two hundred yards from the rebel line. To have walked upright into that open place, directly toward the rebel sharp-shooters, would have been walking into the jaws of death. Lanham was not reckless enough to do that; but he went to a house near our skirmish line, ascended to the second story, where, from the
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veranda, he could see the whole field at a glance. His keen eye soon caught the prostrate form of the sufferer, and noting the situation and the best route to the spot where he lay, he descended and lost no time in trying to reach him. But, in order to insure his own safety and render more certain the accomplishment of his hazardous enterprise, he got down and crawled on his belly until he reached him. He found him suffering intensely from pain and thirst, which latter he relieved by giving him a drink from his can- teen. But with all the precaution he had seen proper in using in res- cuing Karf, his own life was in imminent danger. The rebel sharp- shooters discovered him, and while he was making the best of his way out with his burden, no less than twenty-five or thirty shots were fired at him, many of the balls dipping the dirt in rather unpleasant proximity to him. He finally got him off the field by crawling and dragging the man after him. Having got out of harm's way, Lanham conveyed the poor fellow to a house near by, where surgical aid was given him ; but his leg was amputated, and he died in a few days." It is proper to state that this meager account is given without either Mr. Lanham's knowledge or consent, and the first inkling of it will be his seeing it in print.
The following is only a partial list of those who were lost in Company D, Seventy-first Regiment, Sixth Cavalry : Russel P. Robertson, Center Point, died at Atlanta September 27, 1864 ; Samuel L. Rule, Staunton, died September 7, 1862, of wounds received at Richmond, Ky .; John Baum, Bowling Green, died December 25, 1862 ; John Brazill, killed at Mulberry Gap December 24, 1863; Allen Brazill, died at Louisville, Ky .; Chancy Bush, Clay County, died at Camp Nelson, Ky., January 7, 1864 ; Solomon Bear, Staunton, died April 22, 1863 ; Henry Crouse, Bowling Green, died in rebel prison at Belle Isle, February 18, 1864 ; William L. Carpenter, Bowling Green, killed at Mulberry Gap December 24, 1863 ; Henry C. Ellis, Bowling Green, died in Andersonville Prison May 14, 1864 ; 'Peter Heath, Poland, died November 10, 1864, in rebel prison at Millen, Ga .; John In- man, Clay County, missing at Richmond, Va., August 30, 1862, and sup- posed to be dead. Robert Gay, Bowling Green, shot to death by sentence of court martial March 27, 1863 ; John McAffee, Bowling Green, died at .Camp Nelson, Ky., June 24, 1864 ; William H. West, Staunton, died at Indianapolis May 5, 1863 ; George W. Coates, Clay County, died in rebel prison at Millen, Ga., November 10, 1864 ; Joseph Wells, died at Nashville May 6, 1865.
SECOND CAVALRY, FORTY-FIRST REGIMENT.
Company G of this regiment was raised entirely in Clay County. The men who served as Captain of the company through the war at various times were Roswell S. Hill, of Brazil, afterward promoted to Major of the regiment, and in 1880 elected Treasurer of State ; Isaac S. Leabo, of Brazil, and Demetrius Parsley, of Brazil. The First Lieutenants were Roswell S. Hill, Demetrius Parsley and Robert W. Osborn, of Brazil. Mr. Hill and
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Mr. Osborn also served as Second Lieutenants during the earlier organiza- tion of the company. Company K, though composed largely of Clay Coun- ty boys, was officered by residents of other counties, with the exception of John V. Leabo, of Brazil, who was elected Second Lieutenant. This regi- ment has the credit of being the first complete cavalry regiment raised in Indiana. It was organized at Indianapolis in September, 1861, with John A. Bridgeland as Colonel. On the 16th of December, it broke camp at In- dianapolis, and moved to Camp Wickliffe, Ky., by way of Louisville. In February, 1862, it marched with Buell's army toward Nashville, and from that place it was ordered to the field of Shiloh, but did not arrive until after the battle. On the 9th of April, it had a skirmish with the enemy on the road to Corinth, and on the 15th of April engaged the rebels at Pea Ridge, Tenn., where a sharp battle ensued, and the regiment lost a number in killed and wounded. During the siege of Corinth, it was actively engaged, and immediately after the evacuation marched with Buell's army into Northern Alabama, and in the latter part of May it had a skirmish with the enemy at Tuscumbia, losing a number in killed, wounded and missing. The regiment afterward moved into Tennessee, and encountered the enemy at McMinnville on the 9th of August, and at Gallatin on the 21st and 27th of August, los- ing several in killed, wounded and missing. In September, it marched into Kentucky, and participated in the Bragg and Buell campaign, engaging the enemy at Vinegar Hill on the 22d of September, and at Perryville on the 8th of October. On the 30th of November, while the regiment was at Nashville, a detachment under Maj. Samuel Hill was highly complimented by Gen. Rosecrans, in special field orders, for having re-captured a Govern- ment train, defeating rebel cavalry, killing twenty, and capturing 200 pris- oners. During the winter of 1862, it was on duty at Nashville, and thence moved over into Kentucky, where it remained a few months, after which it was ordered to return to Tennessee. On the 11th of June, 1863, it fought the enemy at Triune, Tenn., losing a number in killed and wounded. In the fall of 1863, it was on duty along the line of the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, after which it moved into East Tennessee. On the 29th of Novem- ber, several men of the regiment were drowned in Caney Fork, while on duty, ferrying. On the 29th of December, it participated in a sharp fight at Tal- bot's Station. While at Massey Creek, Tenn., the regiment re-enlisted, on the 10th of January, 1864, and during the winter and spring was engaged in numerous scouts and skirmishes, in which a number of men were lost.
In May, 1864, the regiment moved with Sherman's army in its campaign against, Atlanta, engaging in many skirmishes and battles, among which were the following : May 9, at Varnell's Station, near Resaca ; July 1, near Acworth ; July 28 and 30, near Newman, and August 30, near Atlanta. After the occupation of Atlanta, the non-veterans were ordered to be mustered out, and on the 14th of September, 1864, the remaining veterans and recruits were consolidated into a battalion of four companies, and placed under command of Maj. Roswell S. Hill. In November and December, 1864,
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the battalion was on duty in Kentucky, and in January, 1865, was trans- ferred to the vicinity of Eastport, Ala. Joining the army of Gen. Wilson, it participated in the raid through Alabama, engaging the enemy near Scotts- ville on the 2d of April, and at West Point, Ga., on the 16th of April. In the latter battle, the Forty-first suffered severely, Maj. Roswell S. Hill having one of his legs shot off while gallantly leading a charge. Shortly afterward, the regiment returned from this raid and was mustered out at Nashville, Tenn., on the 22d of July, 1865. In a short time afterward, it moved to Indianapolis, where it was finally discharged, after seeing much active serv- ice, during which the soldiers of the regiment endured great hardships and many dangers. The list of the dead in this regiment is imperfectly re- ported in the Adjutant General's reports, and many were killed in battle or afterward died of disease or wounds of whom no account is given. The fol- lowing is only a partial list : John Briley, Clay County, died at Bardstown, Ky., February 21, 1862 ; Thomas E. Jett, Clay County, died at Bardstown, Ky .; Daniel Breakison, Clay County, died at Corinth, Miss., June 7, 1862 ; John Burger, Clay County, died at Louisville, Ky., May 13, 1863 ; Henry Bruner, Clay County, died at Florence, Ala .; Abraham Cory, Clay County, died at Corinth, Miss .; John L. Cook, Clay County, died at Chattanooga, July 9, 1864; David Deakins, Clay County, died, place unknown ; Thomas Downer, Clay County, died at Murfreesboro, of wounds, July 6, 1863 ; Will- iam L. Downer, Clay County, died at Nashville, Tenn., December 9, 1862 ; Caswell Day, Clay County, died at Savannah, Ga., April 30, 1862 ; Benjamin B. Kizer, Clay County, died at Nashville, Tenn., June 10, 1863 ; Joseph Pef- fer, Clay County, died at Corinth, Miss .; James E. Rariden, Clay County, died, place unknown ; David Corday, Clay County, died at Nashville, Tenn,. October 8, 1863. List of the dead of Company K : Lemuel Crawford, died at Nashville April 5, 1862 ; Vinte Clawson, died at Nashville May 16, 1862 ; William E. Davis, died at Camp Wickliffe, Ky., March 15, 1862 ; Joseph Grandstaff, died at Munfordsville, Ky., April 17, 1862 ; John B. Jackson, Brazil, died at Camp Wickliffe, Ky., February 25, 1862 ; James M. Loveall, Brazil, died at Quincy, Ill., June 20, 1862; Jasper Meriman, died at Louis- ville, Ky., December 13, 1862 ; David S. Myers, Brazil, died at Bardstown February 5, 1862 ; Milton Palmer, Bowling Green, died at Franklin, Tenn., April 20, 1862; John Hilkey, died at Nashville September 14, 1863 ; Charles Miller, Bowling Green, killed at Triune, Tenn., June 11, 1863 ; Will- iam C. Trussell, died April 28, 1863; John Whetstone, died at Camp Wick- liffe, Ky., February 26, 1862 ; Jacob Wildrick, Bowling Green, died at Bowl- ing Green, Ind., March 24, 1864.
TWENTY-FIRST REGIMENT (FIRST HEAVY ARTILLERY).
The Twenty-first Regiment, afterward First Heavy Artillery, enjoyed the distinction of having been out as long and of seeing as much service as any regiment in the late war. The regiment was organized and mustered into the service at Indianapolis July 24, 1861, and was mustered out at Baton
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Rouge, La., January 10, 1866, after a term of service of four years, five months and sixteen days. Company I of this regiment was raised exclu- sively in Clay County. It started to the field with James W. McMillan, Colonel ; John A. Keith, Lieutenant Colonel; Benjamin F. Hay, Major ; and William S. Hinkle, Quartermaster. Company I had for its officers Richard Campbell, Captain ; Walter C. Elkin, First Lieutenant ; and Samuel E. Arm- strong, Second Lieutenant, all of Bowling Green. Persons who were after- ward promoted and served as officers were Silas Bates, Captain ; George W. James, First Lieutenant ; Charles F. Hogue, First Lieutenant ; Jeffrey Rodgers, Second Lieutenant ; Stukely Campbell, Second Lieutenant ; and Daniel K. Braun, Second Lieutenant. The company was composed of an even hundred men, mostly under the age of twenty-five years. The com- pany had an entire enrollment from muster in until muster out of 242, it having been frequently recruited to fill up its ranks, depleted by long and arduous duty.
Within a week after its organization, the regiment was ordered East, reaching Baltimore on the 3d of August, where it was stationed for some time. While in this part of the country, it went with Gen. Lockwood's expe- dition to the eastern shore of Virginia. The regiment sailed from Balti- more to Newport News, from which place it embarked on the 4th of March, and sailed with Gen. Butler's expedition. On the 15th of April it left Ship Island by steamer. The regiment participated in the bombardments of Fort St. Phillips and Fort Jackson, after which a portion of the regiment landed in the rear of St. Philips and waded across the quarantine, while the remainder went to New Orleans. Company I went with the latter portion of the regiment. When this remnant of the Twenty-first reached New Or- leans, it was the first of Gen. Butler's army to touch the wharf, and imme- diately marched up into the city. The regiment then went into camp at Algiers, where it remained until the 30th of May, making frequent forays into the interior. It also captured many steamers in Red River, and the sea-going blockade-runner, Fox, at the mouth of Grand Caillon, on the Gulf coast, also fell into the hands of this regiment.
On the 1st of June, the regiment was landed at Baton Rouge, where it remained until the post was evacuated. On the 5th of August, it partici- pated in the battle of Baton Rouge. The whole company having been on picket duty brought on the engagement and skirmished in front of the ad- vancing enemy for three miles, beginning at 3 o'clock in the evening and taking its place in the line of battle about 6 o'clock. In this engagement, the Twenty-first fought for over three hours and a half, against an entire brigade, without faltering, and sustained a loss of 126 killed and wounded. Adjt. Latham and Lieuts. Seeley, Grinstead and Bryant were all killed in this engagement, together with a large number of privates. Many were also wounded and missing. After this the regiment went into camp at Car- rollton, and on the 8th of September it surprised Walter's Texas Rangers at Des Allemands, killing twelve and capturing thirty or forty prisoners. The
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Twenty-first went to Berwick's Bay in October, where it remained until the latter part of February, 1863. During its stay in this vicinity, a portion of the regiment was temporarily transferred to gunboats and participated in almost daily fights with the iron-clad " Cotton." Col. McMillan being pro- moted Brigadier General on the 29th of November, 1862, Lieut. Col. John A. Keith was commissioned his successor. In February, 1863, the regiment was changed to heavy artillery service and designated the First Heavy Ar- tillery, and in July and October, under orders from the War Department, two additional companies, L and M, were organized and added to the regi- ment. A portion of the regiment, including Company I, accompanied Gen. Banks up the Teche, and participated in the second battle of Camp B Island. Subsequently, the regiment, with the exception of two companies, was trans- ported up the Mississippi and took part in the siege of Port Hudson, in which it distinguished itself for the remarkable accuracy of its firing. The loss to the regiment, during the siege of forty days and nights, was twenty- eight in killed, wounded and missing.
On the 21st of June, part of one company manned a light battery, in a desperately contested little fight at Lafourche Crossing, and on the 23d of June most of Company F were captured. In August, three companies, under Maj. Roy, accompanied the expedition to Sabine Pass, and engaged the enemy at that place. During the winter of 1863-64, a large portion of the regiment re-enlisted, and were re-mustered as veterans at New Orleans. Soon after, the veterans visited Indiana, when a grand reception was given them at Metropolitan Hall, Indianapolis, at which they were ad- dressed by Gov. Morton, Gen. Hovey, Cols. James R. Slack and John A. Keith.
Returning to the field of the former operations, the regiment joined the disastrous expedition of Gen. Banks, up Red River, in March, 1864, in which the First Heavy Artillery bore an active part. After this, the differ- erent companies were stationed at different points in the Department of the Gulf. In April, 1865, six batteries of the regiment, under Maj. Roy, partic- ipated in the investment of Mobile, the reduction of Forts Morgan, Gaines, and Spanish Fort, and the final capture of Mobile. At the close of active operations, the different batteries were assigned to duty at Forts Morgan, Pickens and Barrancas, and in the works at Baton Rouge and other points of river defense, with headquarters at Mobile. Just outside of Spanish Fort, the first Captain of the company, Richard Campbell, was buried. About this time the war ended and the regiment was mustered out, Janu- ary 10, 1866, at Baton Rouge, crowned with the honors of a long and active service.
The following list comprises the names of those who were lost in Com- pany I, Twenty-first Regiment, during its term of service : Eli Harris, Clay County, died at Carrollton La., September 15, 1862 ; William R. Tipton, Clay County, died at Baton Rouge July 15, 1862 ; Michael O. Baum, Clay County, died on steamer August 7, 1862 ; Solomon Berger, Clay County,
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died at Pilot Town, La., May 5, 1862 ; Walter G. Cahill, Bowling Green, died March 7, 1862, of wounds inflicted by camp guard ; Solomon Coken- hour, Martz, died January 11, 1862, at New Orleans ; Martin V. Hall, died October 24, 1862, at Parapet ; George G. Lucas, Clay County, died July 17, 1862, at Baton Rouge ; William Seery, Clay County, died April 20, 1863, at New Orleans ; James B. Triplett, Staunton, died October 5, 1865, at Fort Pickens ; William M. Warner, Martz, died February 11, 1864, at New Or- leans ; Benjamin F. Albin, Clay County, died June 15, 1864, at New Or- leans ; John Burk, Martz, died June 29, 1865, at Mobile ; Newton Coop- rider, Clay County, died September 13, 1863, at Baton Rouge ; Jeremiah Comstock, died November 3, 1864, at New Orleans ; Andrew Culler, Martz, died February 2, 1865, at Brashear City ; Reuben Fields, Clay County, died at Brashear City January 22, 1863 ; Samuel P. Fridley, Clay County, died December 17, 1862, at New Orleans ; Thomas Harbaugh, Clay County, died May 14, 1865, at Mobile ; James L. Hobbs, Clay County, died October 7, 1863, at Baton Rouge ; John Kane, Clay County, died September 10, 1864, at Brashear City ; Josiah Nelson, Clay County, died at New Orleans March 25, 1865 ; Moses Spencer, Clay County, died November 3, 1862, at Camp Parapet ; Archibald Stuckey, Clay County, died January 13, 1863, at New Orleans ; Lewis E. Stuckey, Clay County, died November 13, 1863, at New Orleans ; William S. Stuckey, Clay County, died September 11, 1862, at Camp Carrollton ; Solomon Smith, Clay County, died May 15, 1864, at Baton Rouge ; John F. Smith, Clay County, died February 20, 1864, at Indianapolis.
COMPANY A, FORTY-THIRD REGIMENT.
This company was composed exclusively of Clay County men. In the early part of the war, the men composing this company responded to the call of their country, the regiment having been organized and mustered into the service at Terre Haute September 27, 1861. Company A elected the following officers : John C. Major, of Bowling Green, Captain ; David Orman, Bowling Green, First Lieutenant ; James M. Rose, Bowling Green, Second Lieutenant. Capt. Major was promoted, during the subsequent progress of the war, to the rank of Major, and afterward was made Colonel of the regiment. James M. Rose was promoted to the Captaincy of the company, and upon his being honorably discharged, February 21, 1863, Warren Harper, of Terre Haute, succeeded him. The following persons also served as officers of the company : Samuel G. N. Pinckley and William T. Anderson, of Bowling Green, First Lieutenants, and William H. Mills, of Bowling Green, Second Lieutenant. Immediately after its muster into the service, the regiment was transported to the seat of war, under command of Col. George K. Steele. It moved to Spottsville, Ky., and thence to Calhoun, where it remained in camp until the latter part of February, 1862. The Forty-third was then transferred to Missouri and attached to Gen. Pope's army, and engaged in the sieges of New Madrid and Island No. 10. It was afterward detailed on duty with Commodore Foote's gunboat fleet in the
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reduction of Fort Pillow, serving sixty-nine days in the campaign. The Forty-third was the first Union regiment to land. in the city of Memphis, and with the Forty-sixth Indiana constituted the entire garrison, holding the place for two weeks and until re-enforced. In July, 1862, the Forty-third was ordered up White River, Arkansas, and subsequently to Helena. In December, it marched to Grenada, Miss., with Hovey's expedition, and on its return to Helena accompanied the expedition to Yazoo Pass. At the battle of Helena, on the 4th of July, 1863, the regiment was especially dis- tinguished, alone supporting a battery that was three times charged by the enemy, repulsing each attack and finally capturing a full rebel regiment, larger in point of numbers than its own strength. It took an active part in Gen. Steele's campaign against Little Rock, and aided in the capture of that place. On the 1st of January, 1864, the regiment re-enlisted at Little Rock, the veterans re-mustering numbering about 400. In March, it moved with the expedition of Gen. Steele from Little Rock, which was intended to co-operate with Gen. Banks' Red River expedition. The regiment was in the battles of Elkin's Ford, Jenkins' Ferry, Camden and Mark's Mills, near Saline River. At the latter place, on the 30th of April, the brigade to which it was at- tached, while guarding a train of 400 wagons returning from Camden to Pine Bluffs, was furiously attacked by about 6,000 of Marmaduke's cavalry. A savage rencounter ensued, and the Union forces, being overpowered, lost heavily. The Forty-third lost nearly two hundred in killed, wounded and missing in this engagement. Among the captured were 100 and over of the re-enlisted veterans. After its return to Little Rock, the regiment proceed- ed to Indiana on veteran furlough, and reached Indianapolis on the 10th of June. Upon its arrival, the regiment volunteered to go to Frankfort, Ky., then threatened by Morgan's cavalry. It remained there until the rebel force left Kentucky. On its return, the regiment had a skirmish with Jesse's guerrillas near Eminence, Ky. Upon the expiration of its veteran furlough, the regiment was not returned to the field, but placed on duty at Indianapolis, and for nearly a year was engaged in guarding the rebel pris- oners at Camp Morton. After the war was over, it was one among the first regiments to be mustered out. It retired honorably from the service at In- dianapolis, after a long career of active duty, on the 14th of June, 1865. Of the 164 men captured from this regiment in Arkansas, and taken to the rebel prison at Tyler, Texas, ten or twelve died. The remainder found their way back to Indianapolis in March, 1865, and were subsequently dis- charged with the regiment. The following is a list of those who were lost in Company A, Forty-third Regiment, so far as can be ascertained, the re- ports of this regiment being more meager than of any other whose sketch we have attempted to write: Granville E. Thomas, Clay County, killed April 25, 1874, at Mark's Mill, Ark .; Enoch Olreon, Clay County, died Jan- uary 16, 1865, in rebel prison at Camp Ford, Texas ; Clement Purcell, Clay County, died March 16, 1865, at Indianapolis ; John Sellers, Clay County, killed April 30, 1864, at Jenkins' Ferry, Ark.
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EIGHTY-FIFTH REGIMENT, COMPANIES I AND K.
Of the Eighty-fifth Regiment, Company I was raised exclusively in Clay County. Company K, of the same regiment, was also largely composed of Clay County men. The Eighty-fifth Regiment was organized at Terre Haute September 2, 1862, with the late John P. Baird as Colonel. Company I was officered exclusively by Clay County men. Caleb Nash was first elect- ed Captain. In May of the year following, he died of disease contracted in Libby Prison. Afterward, James N. Gregory, of Staunton, and George Grimes, of Center Point, were successively promoted to the Captaincy. These two gentlemen were also Lientenants in the regiment during its early history. At the organization of the company, Allen W. Carter was elected First Lieutenant ; James T. Moss, of Ashboro, was Second Lieutenant, and after serving through the war, was mustered out as First Lieutenant of the regiment.
Of Company K, Lewis Puckett, of Coffee, was elected Captain ; A. P. Hungate, of Coffee, First Lieutenant ; and Thomas Friers, of Coffee, Second Lieutenant.
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