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Company I, Nineteenth Indiana .- The second company organized in Owen County was the above. It was recruited at Spencer in the latter part of June, 1861. The original officers were: John H. Johnson, Cap- tain; John F. Baird, First Lieutenant; Benjamin F. Hancock, Second Lieutenant; and Ebenezer Patrick, First Sergeant. The company was mustered into the service at Indianapolis on the 29th day of July, 1861. Being mustered in only a few days after the defeat of the Un- ion army at Bull Run, there was urgent need of troops at Washington, and the Nineteenth left Indianapolis on the 5th day of August and pro-
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ceeded to Washington, where it arrived and joined the Army of the Po- tomac on the 9th of the month. Company I remained with the regiment in the Army of the Potomac until its term of service expired, engaging in all the important battles fought by that army during the succeeding three years.
It participated in the affair at Lewinsville on the 11th day'of Sep- tember, 1861, and was engaged in the advance upon and occupation of Falls Church on the 28th of September. In the early part of October, the Nineteenth went into winter quarters at Fort Craig, on Arlington Heights, about three miles from Washington City, where it remained all winter.
On the 10th day of March, 1862, it marched with the First Corps, then under Gen. McDowell, to Fredericksburg. From this place it proceeded, in the month of May, to the Shenandoah Valley, and then marched back to Warrenton, Va. It remained at this place until the 5th of August, when it again moved to Fredericksburg, and from thence on a reconnoissance to Spottsylvania Court House. On the 10th of Au- gust, it reached Cedar Mountain. At this time, the army of Gen. Lee was fully under way on its first great campaign northward. It became necessary for the brigade to which the Nineteenth was attached to retreat, and while falling back the bragade, under command of Gen. Gibbon, with the brigade of Gen. Doubleday, had a severe engagement with Ewell's corps at Gainesville on the 28th of August. The Nineteenth lost 187 killed and wounded, and thirty three missing. Among the killed was Maj. Isaac M. May. The loss of Company I was very great in killed and wounded; James V. Rockwell, John Deem, Caleb McCart- ney and John Williams were killed, while quite a number were wounded.
The Nineteenth was again engaged with the enemy at Manassas Junction on the 30th, after which it marched with the army to Washington, and thence to Frederick City, Md. On the 14th of September, the regiment took an active part in the battle of South Mountain, serving in the First Corps, then commanded by Gen. Hooker. In this engagement, Com- pany I lost one killed, to wit, John D. Fires.
Three days after South Mountain, the Nineteenth went into the great battle of Antietam. Going into the battle with 200 officers and men, it came out with only thirty-seven officers and men, all the rest having been killed, wounded and missing-one of the most remarkable losses by any regiment in a single battle during the war. Among the killed was the Lieutenant Colonel of the regiment. The following soldiers in Com- pany I were killed: Levi Auton, Peter Baker, David Beatty, Abra- ham Slough, John M. Clark. The names of the wounded cannot be given, but they were numerous.
The movements of the Army of the Potomac give in general the marches, campaigns and battles in which Company I of the Nineteenth Indiana was engaged. It participated in Burnside's attempt to assault the rebel works at Fredericksburg on the 13th of December, 1862, and also accompained the army in the Chancellorsville campaign in May, 1863, but was not there actively engaged.
At the battle of Gettysburg, with the First Corps, the Nineteenth bore a conspicuous part in the fight. The division of which it was a part was the first infantry to engage the enemy in that historic battle. The loss of the Nineteenth was very heavy in this battle, although that of Company I was comparatively light. John A. Padgett was killed on the
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1st of July. Being forced back to Cemetery Hill, the regiment remained there during the 2d and 3d days of July without further active partici- pation in the battle.
Returning to the neighborhood of the Rappahannock with the army, the Nineteenth went into winter quarters. It took part in the battle of Mine Run, in November, without loss.
On the 4th of May. 1864, the whole army, under Gen. Grant, crossed the Rapidan. The Nineteenth participated in the bloody battles that followed, including those in the Wilderness, at Laurel Hill, North Anna and Cold Harbor. At the Wilderness battle, the Colonel of the regiment was killed, and on the same day George E. Hetrick and Zachariah Myers, of Company I, were killed.
At North Anna, on May 25, Jonathan Adams and Zachariah Han- cock were killed.
At Petersburg, Albert Huffman and John Putoff were killed, June 18, 1864.
A large number of the soldiers in Company I re-enlisted as veterans. The non-veterans were relieved early in August, and on reaching Indian - apolis were mustered out, their term having expired. The veterans and recruits were subsequently consolidated with the Twentieth Indiana, and remained with the Army of the Potomac to the close of the war.
This company, as has been seen, suffered many losses on the field of battle; more, in fact. than any other company that went from Owen Coun- ty, except Company H, Fourteenth Indiana. The latter lost nineteen killed in battle, and Company I of the Nineteenth lost seventeen. Com- pany H, however, had twelve recruits, and Company I had thirty six.
The following roll shows who were the officers and men composing Company I, Nineteenth Indiana Volunteers, during its term, to wit:
Captains-John H. Johnson, resigned; William M. Campbell, com- missioned October 15, 1861; Ebenezer Patrick, commissioned October 16, 1862; Benjamin F. Hancock, commissioned March 15, 1863; Chaun- cey B. Patrick, commissioned October 31, 1863.
First Lieutenants-John F. Baird, resigned; Benjamin F. Hancock, commissioned February 10, 1862; Chauncey B. Patrick, commissioned March 15. 1863; Clinton Johnson, commissioned October 31, 1863.
Second Lieutenants-Benjamin F. Hancock, promoted First Lieuten- ant; Charles Doxey, commissioned December 9, 1861; Ebenezer Patrick, commissioned January 13, 1862; Clinton Johnson, commissioned Octo- ber 16; John W. Dittemore.
First Sergeant-Ebenezer Patrick.
Sergeants -- Chauncey B. Patrick, James L. Johnson, Samuel L. Good- win, John F. Brannin.
Corporals-Benjamin F. Dobson, Oliver B. Lloyd, William H. Ad- kins, John W. Dittemore, Thomas B. Reeder, John H. Hunter, Benjamin F. Irwin, Henry H. Wilson.
Musicians-James V. Rockwell, Franklin Ogg.
Wagoner-John Bell.
Privates-George G. Adams, Hiram Antibus, Levi Auton, Peter Bak- er, William R. Baker, William R. Barnes, David Beatty, Ezekiel Beghel, Isaac R. Blair, Israel Blair, John Bridge, David Bush, George E. Bush, John Bush, William H. Camden, Gabriel Cherryholmes, Jasper N. Cof- fey, Peter R. Clingler, John I. Craig, John W. Crane, John W. Crisp, John Deem, David Deem, James H. Edwards, John D. Fires, John H.
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Faulkner, Joseph D. Grim, Manuch Grim, Sylvester Haveland, Francis M. Henry, Samuel Hillegas, Joseph Holley, Henry Hubbell, John Hub- bell, Oliver Hubbell, Joseph C. Hubbell, Albert Huffman, Clinton John- son, Henry H. Johnson, Jacob Jones, George Heller, Albert B. Kelley, Jacob C. Livingston, Martin V. Maxwell, Mordecai C. Maxwell, William B. May, Caleb McCartney, William H. McGuire, James W. McKee, Samuel Miller, Michael Morris, William Morris, William Mosier, Absa- lom Padgett, John A. Padgett, William H. Parr, John M. Patterson, James H. Philbert, David Phipps, Henry D. Pugh, Abraham M. Rasler, Elias Reeve, Francis M. Robertson, Stephen C. Ross, Elisha Row, Riley D. Shorten, Abraham Slough, James Spangler, John C. Spears, George W. Trent, Lysander D. Trent, Alva G. Weatherly, Elijah Welty, La Fayette Welty, James Whippley, John White, John W. Williams, Will- iam F. Williams, Lester D. Winters, Ezekiel Woods, John Woods, Fred- erick Yockey.
Recruits-Jonathan Adams, Michael Bowers, Simon P. Brasier, Henry Blue, John W. Clark, James A. Colett, Mathew Dean, Isaac Evans, James M. Evans, Daniel Field, Joseph R. Green, George E. Hetuck, Zachariah Hancock. John S. Hardin, Nelson Hockman, Robert Hockman, Bluford Johnson, Absalom Kiplinger, Edward S. Kiplinger, James M. Keith, Wallace Keith, John May, Zachariah Myers, Joseph Parr, John Putoff, Albert Patrick, Perry M. Porter, William R. Randle- man, Noah H. Rednor, Daniel S. Regan, Martin Scott, Samuel Scott, Ralph Stone, Harvey Swalley, Jeremiah White, William J. Willey.
Company B, Twenty-first Indiana (First Heavy Artillery). - While Capt. John H. Johnson was recruiting Company I, Nineteenth Indiana, at Spencer, Capt. James Grimsley, of Gosport, was organizing Company B, Twenty-first Indiana, afterward First Heavy Artillery. This was in the month of July, 1861. It was mustered into the service at Indianapolis on the 24th day of July, 1861, and was ordered East almost immediate- ly. It arrived at Baltimore on the 3d of August, and was stationed there until February, 1862. On the 19th day of February, 1862, it sailed from Baltimore to Newport News, Va., from which place it em- barked on the 4th day of March on the steamship Constitution, and sailed with Butler's expedition to New Orleans. A portion of the Twen- ty-first was the first of Butler's army to touch the New Orleans wharf, which it reached on the 1st of May. The regiment was then quartered at Algiers, where it remained until the 30th of May, making frequent marches into the interior, and capturing many rebel vessels. On the 1st of June, 1862, it was transferred to Baton Rouge, where it remained until the post was abandoned. On the 5th day of August, the regiment par- ticipated in the battle of Baton Rouge, making a long and desperate con- test with a whole brigade of rebel troops. In this engagement, the Ad- jutant and three other officers in the regiment were killed. Company B lost the following soldiers killed and died from wounds: Joseph Petty, John T. Strong, William Stone, Henry H. Ward, Jasper White.
After the battle of Baton Rouge, the regiment went into camp at Car- rollton, and on the 8th of September it had a lively fight with Waller's Texas Rangers at Des Allemands, in which twelve rebels were killed and thirty or forty prisoners were taken. The Twenty-first then went to Berwick's Bay, in October, where it remained until the latter part of Feb- ruary, 1863, participating in frequent affairs with the enemy on the river.
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In the month of February, 1863, the regiment was changed from in- fantry to heavy artillery service, and was thereafter known as the First Heavy Artillery. Company B was subsequently transported up the Mis- sissippi, and bore an active part in the prolonged siege of Port Hudson, where Alexander Stines was killed on the 24th day of June. He was the sixth and last man of the company killed in battle. During the remain- ing part of the summer of 1863, the regiment and portions thereof took part in numerous expeditions on the river, but had no severe engage- ments. In the winter of 1863-64, a large number of Company B re-en- listed as veterans.
The regiment was engaged in more or less active service until the close of the war. It took part in the reduction of Forts Morgan and Gaines and Spanish Fort, and in the capture of Mobile.
The veterans and most of the recruits of Company B, as well as those of the rest of the regiment, were not finally mustered out of the service until January 13, 1866.
Below is given the names of the officers and soldiers from Owen County who served in this company:
Captains-James Grimsley, promoted Major; John W. Day, com- missioned October 21, 1863; William H. Blankenship, commissioned October 1, 1864.
First Lieutenants -- John W. Day, promoted Captain; William H. Blankenship, promoted Captain; William M. Connor, commissioned Jan- uary 6, 1864; Thomas J. Raper, commissioned October 1, 1864; William P. Goss, commissioned November 1, 1864.
Second Lieutenants-William H. Blankenship, promoted First Lieutenant; William P. Goss, promoted First Lieutenant; Thomas J. Raper, promoted First Lieutenant; Richard M. Stamper, commissioned October 1, 1864 ; James R. Henry, commissioned November 1, 1864.
First Sergeants-William H. Blankenship; Sergeants, Henry F. McMillan, Benjamin F. Card, J. H. Brown, John J. Shear.
Corporals -- William P. Goss, Wesley Acuff, Thomas J. Wilhite, James R. Henry, Richard M. Stamper, Parrot G. Harshbarger, Thomas P. Burt, Henry Demott.
Musicians-John Wilhite, Isaiah Long.
Wagoner-Christopher Wilson.
Privates-Luke Acuff, William H. H. Anderson, Vincent Anderson, Martin V. Arnett, Thomas J. Ashley, Thomas F. S. Baker, Thomas E. Best, Eli C. Beaman, Andrew J. Brim, Tobias D. Butler, George W. Chambers, George E. Chrisman, Robert A. Davis, William R. Dagley, Joseph Dagley, Freeborn Duncan, Newton Edwards, William R. Fin- chum, George W. Hartsock, Elijah Hutton, Jacob Huffman, John M. Kerr, Nelson A. Kegley, John Keeley, John W. Massey, George W. Marksbury, Samuel A. Maulsby, William M. Mull, Charles Myers, Jo- seph Petty, George W. Perkins, James J. Phillips, Marcus L. Rogers, James M. Seay, William B. Seay, William B. Shumaker, Henry Sim- mons, Andrew J. Sink, William C. Smith, Isaac N. Spangler, Samuel Stout, John Stark, John T. Strong, Abner Tabor, David C. Thompson, Demarcus Thompson, John H. Thomas, William Thomas, Henry H. Ward, William H. Westfall, Jasper H. White, John W. Wible.
Recruits-Robert D. Baker, John Beaman, Philip H. Blankenship, John M. Cromwell, Anderson T. Evans, John D. Fletcher, Simon P. Gibbs, John W. Green, Thomas M. Hollick, Benjamin F. Hancock, Jesse
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A. Hays, Silas Johnson, John L. Johnson, Harrison H. Jester, James E. Jewell, Jacob Kiphart, Henry Kiphart, Francis M. Kiphart, William Kiphart, Milo F. Little, Joseph M. Logan, John M. Logan, Eli Mitchell, Jacob D. McGinnis, Philip Porter, Warren P. Pierson, Alfred P. Red- man, Cullin M. Redman, Alfred Runion, Joseph A. Shuler, Joseph Wam- pler, Thomas B. Wampler.
Company B, Thirty-first Indiana .- In the month of August, 1861, a company was recruited in the northern part of Owen County by the efforts of Isaac N. Winans, Allen T. Rose and Francis M. Pickens. It was organized by the selection of the above-named parties as Cap- tain, First Lieutenant and Second Lieutenant, in the order named above. Proceeding to Terre Haute, it was mustered into the United States serv- ice for three years, and became a part of the Thirty-first Indiana Vol- unteers, under Col. Charles Cruft, and was designated Company B. Being ordered to the front, it first went to Camp Calhoun on Green River, in Kentucky, where it remained until about the 1st of February, 1862.
Leaving Camp Calhoun, the regiment reached the battle-field of Fort Donelson in time to participate in the engagement on the 13th and 14th of February, and was present at the surrender on the 15th. At Fort Donelson, the regiment had some very severe fighting, and Com- pany B lost heavily in killed and wounded. The following is a list of the killed at this place: Francis M. McMahon, James G. Haltom, Henry H. Jordan and Samuel C. Rankin. Among the wounded were Lieut. Allen T. Rose, shot through the shoulder, and Thomas F. Townsend,
shot through both jaws. Lieut. Allen T. Rose was afterward pro- moted to Adjutant of the regiment. The regiment went from Donelson to Fort Henry, and in the latter part of March it ascended the river to Pittsburg Landing. It was actively engaged in the battle of Shiloh on both days of that great fight, April 5 and 6. Company B lost the following members in that battle: Emanuel Huffman, John E. Hostetter, Joseph W. Williams.
After the battle of Shiloh, the regiment was attached to the Army of the Ohio, and marched next to Corinth, participating in the siege of that place. After the siege of Corinth, the regiment moved with Buell's army through Northern Mississippi and Alabama into Tennessee, and in September, 1862, it fell back to Louisville with that army, where it re- mained until Bragg was driven out of Kentucky. The regiment then went to Nashville. Moving from that place, it proceeded toward Murfrees- boro, and then took part in the battle of Stone River on the 31st day of December, 1862, and the 1st and 2d of January, 1863. In this engage- ment, Second Lieut. James W. Pickens and James M. Reynolds were killed.
The regiment remained in the neighborhood of Murfreesboro, guard- ing a mountain pass, until June, 1863. It then moved forward with the army to Chattanooga, and on the 19th and 20th of September was en- gaged in the battle of Chickamauga, the regiment losing four killed and sixty-six wounded, Company B fortunately losing none in killed. After Chickamauga, the regiment crossed the Tennessee, and went into camp at Bridgeport, Ala., where it re-enlisted as a veteran organization on Jan- mary 1, 1864. In the Atlanta campaign, it was attached to the Fourth Corps, and actively participated. At Rocky Face Ridge, Company B lost two killed, to wit, John T. Close and Asa F. Palmer.
After the capture of Atlanta, the regiment with its corps moved
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northward after Hood's rebel army. It was engaged in the battle of Franklin, and in that of Nashville on December 15, 1864. At Nashville, William C. Hodges, of Company B, was killed. After the battle of Nashville, the regiment went with the command in pursuit of Hood as far south as Alabama, where it remained a short time and re- turned to Nashville. It remained here until June, 1865, when, with the Fourth Corps, it was transferred to New Orleans, and from there it went with Gen. Sheridan's command to Texas. Here it was sent to the in- terior of the State, forming a part of the Army of Occupation until it was finally mustered out of the service on the 13th day of January, 1866.
The following list gives the names of officers appointed in the com- pany, and the soldiers from Owen County, as near as can be determined:
Captains-Isaac N. Winans, resigned, November 19, 1862; Fran- cis M. Pickens, commissioned November 20, 1862; Asher P. Ham- mond, commissioned September 15, 1864.
First Lieutenants-Allen T. Rose, promoted Adjutant; Francis M. Pickens, commissioned October 2, 1862; Stephen S. Haviland, commis- sioned November 20, 1862; James B. Corns, commissioned September 25, 1864.
Second Lieutenants-Francis M. Pickens, promoted First Lieuten- ant; Stephen S. Haviland, commissioned October 2, 1862; James W. Pickens, commissioned November 20, 1862; James K. Wells, commissioned January 8, 1863; James M. Woodburn, commissioned June 1, 1863.
First Sergeant-Stephen S. Haviland.
Sergeants-Robert Strong, John B. Spear, Ira Winans, James K. Wells.
Corporals-James G. Haltom, Wesley Pickens, Robert T. McKee, Orolenna Ring, Robert A. Hulette, Henry H. Jordan, John H. Neese, John B. Buzzard.
Musicians-William H. McGuire, John Bowen.
Wagoner-John J. Pool.
Privates-John Aug, William Antibus, Stephen N. Barns, Edward J. Bartin, John Baes, James Baes, James W. Beaman, Elliott Bowen, Young Bowen, John J. Brewer,' Joseph Carpenter, David Carpenter, Ja- cob Coffman, Vincent H. Cooksey, Smith Corns, James B. Corns, Obadiah Crouse, William W. Davis, William H. Daniels, David Denny, James Edgar, John H. Everett. Lewis B. Evans, Michael Frock, Joel Fowler, Charles A. Frew, William Goff, Henry H. Goff, Lorenzo D. Gard, Jacob Gonser, John H. Green, Eli Hamlin, Absalom Hamilton, Thomas Ham- mond, Benjamin F. Hardin, James H. Highnote, George Horn, Emanuel Huffman, John E. Hostetter, Jacob B. Jordu, Disherry Johnson, Joseph Kenoyer, Lewis G. Lybarger, Oliver Leonard, Francis M. McMahan, William G. McGuire, William McClairen, John M. McGuire, Jefferson McIndoo, Albert B. McKee, Gabriel McBride, Daniel Misler, John U. Needy. William H. Nelson, Jasper M. Nichols, Simon P. Nihart, An- drew J. Pool, John D. Pool, William M. Phillips, James Pickard, Jo- seph P. Parr, William H. Pettit, Samuel C. Rankin, William D. Rose, James M. Reynolds, John Rhoderic, Simon Scidle, James M. Sipple, Augustus Smith, Michael Shaneman, Isaac C. Stevens, Oren I. Talley, Vincent Tipton, Thomas F. Townsend, John M. Todd, Lemuel Walden, Jacob B. Williams, Joseph W. Williams, James M. Woodburn, William W. Whitaker, Andrew J. Wright, DeWalt Yant.
Recruits-William O. Barnaby, Silas W. Caton, John Infield, Will- iam Leonard.
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Company A, Fifty-ninth Indiana .- In the month of October, 1861, Gov. Morton authorized the raising of a regiment in each Congressional district in the State. Jesse I. Alexander, of Gosport, Owen County, was commissioned Colonel, and the work of recruiting a regiment in this dis- trict, the place of rendezvous being at Gosport, was begun. This was . the only military camp ever established in Owen County. The work of recruiting went on slowly, and it was not until February 11, 1862, that the regiment was mustered into the service.
September 18, 1861, Thomas A. McNaught, who had served with dis- tinction in the Mexican war, assisted by James W. Archer and James E. Hyden, recruited a company in Owen County for Col. Alexander's regi- ment. They succeeded, and took their company, comprising 104 men, into camp at Gosport October 10, 1861. Being the first in the regiment, they received the compliment of being placed on the right of the regi- ment as Company A.
The regiment left Gosport for New Albany, Ind., on the 13th day of February, 1862, where it was armed with Enfield rifles and fully equipped. It left New Albany on the 20th, and proceeded on transports by the way of Cairo to Commerce, Mo., where it was the first regiment to report to Gen. Pope for duty with the Army of the Mississippi.
On the 25th of February, it moved to Benton, where it was first placed in a brigade, composed of the Thirty-fourth, Forty-third, Forty- sixth and Forty-seventh Regiments, together with the Fifty-ninth, under command of Col. Slack. On the 1st of March, it marched in the direc- tion of New Madrid, where it arrived on the 3d, and assisted in the siege of that place. Upon the evacuation of New Madrid by the rebels, it was one of the first regiments to enter the town and take possession of Fort Thompson.
On the 7th of April, it crossed the Mississippi, and marched down to Tiptonville, assisting in the capture of many prisoners. It next went to Fort Pillow, and thence by way of Cairo to Hamburg, Tenn., where the brigade to which it was assigned was placed in command of Gen. N. B. Buford.
From the 24th of April until the 29th of May, the regiment was en- gaged in nearly all of the skirmishes and reconnoissances, and in the building of forts and works during the march to and siege of Corinth; and after the place was evacuated it marched with the pursuing column to Booneville, returning to the vicinity of Corinth on the 12th of June. The next day the regiment moved its camp to Clear Creek, where it re- mained until the 6th of August. While here, it marched on an expedi- tion to Ripley Creek and back, being absent twelve days. Moving from Clear Creek to Jacinto, it remained there until September 7, when the regiment went to Rienzi.
On the 1st of October, it went to Corinth, where it was engaged on the 3d and 4th in the battle of Corinth. In this engagement the Fifty - ninth, and particularly Company A, behaved with great gallantry. After the defeat of the enemy in this battle, the rebels were pursued to the Hatchie, in which the Fifty-ninth joined, and then returned to Corinth, October 10, 1862. In November, the regiment marched to Grand Junc- tion, Davis Mills and Moscow. On the 29th of November, it proceeded by way of Coldwater, Holly Springs and Oxford to Yocana River, then returned to Oxford and moved to Lumpkins' Mill. From this place it escorted the commissary train to Memphis and back, in December, and
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returned to Memphis January 3, 1863, where it went into camp, in which they remained until the 1st of March. The regiment then went down the river on transports to Helena, Ark., stopping at Woolfolk's Landing. On the 12th day of March, it embarked with the Yazoo River expedi- tion, arriving at the encampment near Fort Pemberton on the 25th of March.
Re-embarking on the 6th of April, the regiment returned to Helena on the 10th, and proceeded thence to Milliken's Bend, arriving there April 15. On the 24th, it commenced the march for Vicksburg. It pro- ceeded by way of Grand Gulf to Port Gibson, arriving there just as the battle closed. Marching with Grant's army, it was engaged at Forty Hills, Raymond and Champion Hills. At the latter place, the fighting was severe, and Company A lost two soldiers, killed, to wit, George W. Dyar and William W. Dyar.
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