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John Griffith. Middletown. Mustered in September 9 ,1864. Mustered out July 11, 1865.
Joseph G. Gustin, Middletown. Mustered in September 9, 1864. Mustered out July 11, 1865.
Samuel S. Hadley, Richmond, Wayne County. Mustered in September 7, 1864. Ap- pointed Quartermaster Sergeant. Mustered out July 11, 1865.
Eaton Hayes, Cadiz. Mustered in September 23, 1864. Mustered out July 11, 1865.
Isaac L. Jester, Dalton, Wayne County. Mustered in September 13, 1864. Dis- charged, disability, June 22, 1865.
Charles W. Jones, Cadiz. Mustered in September 29, 1864. Transferred to V. R. Corps.
Ephraim L. Jones, Cadiz. Mustered in September 23, 1864. Mustered out July 29, 1865.
Joseph Kennedy, Middletown. Mustered in September 29, 1864. Died at Greens- boro, North Carolina, June 22, 1865.
Thomas Kirkpatrick, Blackford County. Mustered in September 23, 1864. Mus-
tered out July 11, 1865.
Stephen A. Laboyteaux, Ashland. Mustered in September 23, 1864. Discharged, disability, May 24, 1865.
Absalom Lamar, Harrison, Ohio. Mustered in October 18, 1864. Mustered out July 11, 1865.
John Laven, Millville. Mustered in September 26, 1864. Mustered out July 11, 1865.
Frederick Lowery, Cadiz. Mustered in October 23, 1864. Mustered out July 4 ,1865. John J. Luce, Millville. Mustered in September 26, 1864. Died at Wilmington, North Carolina, March 4, 1865.
Jacob Luthultz, Greensboro. Mustered in September 23, 1864. Mustered out July 11, 1865.
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Jonathan McConnell, Cadiz. Mustered in October 15, 1864. Died at Wilmington, North Carolina, April 17, 1865.
Jackson McCormack, Cadiz. Mustered in September 23, 1864. Appointed Corporal. Mustered out July 11, 1865.
James McGuire, Richmond, Wayne County. Mustered in September 23, 1864. Mus- tered out July 11, 1865.
David Mckenzie, Cadiz. Mustered in September 29, 1864. Mustered out July 11, 1865.
Isaac S. Maddy, Cadiz. Mustered in September 29, 1864. Mustered out July 8, 1865. David W. Mercer, New Lisbon. Mustered in October 19, 1864. Mustered out July 11, 1865.
Abraham G. Misener, Wayne County. Mustered in September 30, 1864. Died at Camp Denison, Ohio, February 2, 1865.
Joseph S. Murphey, Ashland. Mustered in September 9, 1864. Mustered out July 11, 1865.
Don Francisco Pearce, Richmond, Wayne County. Mustered in September 29, 1864. Mustered out July 11, 1865.
Daniel Pearson, Cadiz. Mustered in September 9, 1864. Mustered out July 11, 1865. Granville Pearson, Middletown. Mustered in September 9, 1864. Died at Nashville, Tennessee, January 25, 1865. .
Willis J. Peele, Wayne County. Mustered in September 7, 1864. Mustered out July 11, 1865.
Alfred M. Pence, Middletown. Mustered in September 29, 1864. Appointed Corporal. Mustered out July 11, 1865.
Merriman S. Polk, Wayne County. Mustered in September 29, 1864. Mustered out July 11, 1865.
Calvin Ratliff, Cadiz. Mustered in September 26, 1864. Mustered out July 11, 1865. Alonzo W. Reed, Wayne County. Mustered in October 1, 1864. Mustered out July 11, 1865.
George W. Reeves, Harrison, Ohio. Mustered in October 18, 1864. Mustered out July 11, 1865.
John M. H. Reeves, Harrison, Ohio. Mustered in October 18, 1864. Mustered out July 11, 1865.
Levi Ricks, Cadiz. Mustered in September 29, 1864. Mustered out July 11, 1865. Riley Ridge, Cadiz. Mustered in September 26, 1864. Mustered out July 11, 1865. William Riley, Cadiz. Mustered in September 29, 1864. Mustered out July 11, 1865.
Henry Saunders, Middletown. Mustered in September 29, 1864. Mustered out July 11, 1865.
Benjamin F. Shockley, Dan Webster. Mustered in September 29, 1864. Died at home, in Blue River Township, Henry County, Indiana, December 26, 1864.
Isaac Smith, Middletown. Mustered in September 9, 1864. Mustered out July 11, 1865.
Joseph D. Smith, Cadiz. Mustered in September 9, 1864. Missing November 11, 1864. Rhynaldo Snyder, Ashland. Mustered in September 29, 1864. Mustered out July 11, 1865.
Harmon Sphor, Dalton, Wayne County. Mustered in September 26, 1864. Died at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, December 19, 1864.
Nathan Thompson, Cadiz. Mustered in September 29, 1864. Discharged, disability, May 30, 1865.
Peter Van Matre, Middletown. Mustered in September 29, 1864. Died at Greensboro, ยท North Carolina, June 27, 1865.
Thomas C. Vaughn, Johnson County. Mustered in September 7, 1864. Mustered out July 11, 1865.
Jesse Weesner, Cadiz. Mustered in September 29, 1864. Mustered out July 11, 1865. John S. Weesner, Anderson, Madison County. Mustered in October 12, 1864. Miss- ing January 22, 1865.
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Jordan Welker, Millville. Mustered in September 26, 1864. Mustered out July 11, 1865.
Harvey White, Middletown. Mustered in September 29, 1864. Mustered out July 11, 1865.
William Wolf, Dayton, Ohio. Mustered in October 15, 1864. Missing November 11, 1864.
Zenoah B. Woody, Dalton, Wayne County. Mustered in September 29, 1864. Mus- tered out June 28, 1865.
Charles E. Zimmerman, Richmond, Wayne County. Mustered in October 12, 1864. Appointed Commissary Sergeant. Mustered out July 11, 1865.
HISTORY OF THE ONE HUNDRED AND FORTIETH INFANTRY REGIMENT, INDIANA VOLUNTEERS.
The One Hundred and Fortieth Regiment was recruited under the President's call of July 18th, 1864, for five hundred thousand men, and was organized and mus- tered into the service, for the period of one year, on the 24th of October, 1864. at Indianapolis, by the consolidation of parts of two regiments, raised, respectively, in the Third and Fifth Congressional Districts, and numbered the One Hundred and Fortieth and One Hundred and Forty First. Upon the organization of the regiment, Thomas J. Brady was commissioned and mustered in as Colonel. On the 15th of November the regiment left the general rendezvous at Indianapolis, and proceeded direct to Nashville, Tennessee, where it remained but one day, and then, under orders from General Thomas, was hurried to Murfreesboro, Tennessee, reaching there on the 23d of November. It was immediately placed on duty in Fortress Rosecrans, where it remained during Hood's operations around Nashville, taking part in all the battles and skirmishes in the vicinity of Mur- freesboro. On the 7th of December it was engaged in a skirmish south of Murfreesboro, under General Rousseau, losing one man wounded. At this time the regiment was temporarily assigned to the Second Brigade, First Division. Twentieth Corps. Previously it had been permanently assigned to the Twenty Third Corps, with orders to join it when the exigencies of the service permitted. Immediately after the defeat of Hood's Army, the regiment took up its line of march, leaving Murfreesboro on the 24th of December, and arriving at Columbia -at which place the Twenty Third Corps was halted -- on the 28th of December. Here it was assigned to the Third Brigade (then commanded by Colonel Stiles. of the Sixty Third Indiana), of the Third Division (then commanded by General Cox), Twenty Third Corps.
On the 2d of January, 1865, the regiment commenced the march across the country to the Tennessee River, reaching Clifton, Tennessee, on the 6th. On the 16th it embarked on steamers and proceeded down the Tennessee and up the Ohio, disembarking at Cincinnati, and moving thence by rail to Washington, District of Columbia. Remaining in camp near that city until the 3d of February. it then moved to Alexandria and embarked on the ocean steamer Atlantic, and with the expedition against Fort Fisher, proceeded to the vicinity of Wilmington, North Carolina. Arriving near Fort Fisher on the night of the 7th, the regiment was landed on the 8th, and participated in the several attempts made to cross the
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bayou above the Fort. Proceeding up Cape Fear River, it crossed over to Smithville on the 16th, and on the 17th started toward Wilmington. In the attack on Fort Anderson the regiment was exposed to a severe fire from our own gunboats, and during the assault Company A captured the garrison flag. On the 20th the Confederates were overtaken at Town Creek Bridge, where the regiment participated in their rout and capture, two companies of the regiment being the first troops to enter the enemy's works. On the 21st the regiment arrived in front of Wilmington, and on the 23d marched through the place and encamped in the vicinity.
On the 6th of March the One Hundred and Fortieth took up its line of march for Kingston, and made the distance of eighty six miles, through swamps, in five days. On the 19th it started for Goldsborough, North Carolina, arriving there on the 2Ist, and remaining in camp near that place until the 2d of April. It was then detached from the brigade and placed on duty as commissary train guard between Goldsborough and Morehead City, and was so engaged until the Ioth, when it was. relieved. Joining the brigade, it moved to Raleigh, arriving there on the 14th, where it remained until the 6th of May. It then marched to Greensboro, North Carolina, and there remained on duty until the IIth of July, 1865, when it was mustered out of service, and proceeded to Indiana. Arriving at Indianapolis on the 21st of July, it was present at a grand reception given to returned regiments, in the Capitol grounds, on the 25th, on which occasion addresses were delivered by Governor Morton and Major General Sherman. On the 28th the regiment was paid off and finally discharged.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF GEORGE WASHINGTON SHANE.
SERGEANT, COMPANY B, 8TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, INDIANA VOLUNTEERS (THREE MONTHS) ; LIEUTENANT, COMPANY K, 54TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, INDIANA VOLUNTEERS (THREE MONTHS) ; CAPTAIN, COMPANY H, 140TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, INDIANA VOLUNTEERS; MECHANICAL ENGINEER AND FARMER.
The American soldier holds a place in the hearts of his countrymen that nothing can move or change and his deeds of valor will ever call for songs of praise. The soldier of the Revolution; the soldier of the War of 1812-15; the soldier of the Mexican War; the soldier of the great Civil War; and lastly the soldier of the Spanish-American conflict; each is enshrined in the memory of a grateful nation. It is well that the American people, who enjoy the priceless results of their sacrifices, should honor the heroism of their soldier dead. On every field they have fought, not at the command of authority, not with the desire of gain, but to uphold and perpetuate an idea, and of all the wars of the nation, this is especially true of the soldiers of the Civil War.
George Washington Shane was a typical American soldier, actuated by the same love of country that took thousands of young and fearless men from their homes into the maelstrom of the Civil War. He was born September 6, 1837, in Cincinnati, Ohio, his parents being Timothy and Mary Ann Shane, the former, a native of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, born May 2, 1813, and the latter, of Steubenville, Ohio, born February 14, 1815. Shortly after their marriage, the parents in 1838 moved to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and in 1839 changed their habitation to Beavertown in the same State. In 1845 they moved to Marietta, Ohio, where they remained for twelve years. Here the subject of this sketch worked for four years in a tub and bucket factory. In 1857 he came with his parents to New Castle, Henry County, Indiana. He was then about twenty years of age and during the year 1858 worked on the farm of Stephen Cory and attended school. Following this he became engineer in a mill at Sulphur Springs, Henry County, remaining there for a year and a half, when he went to the Middletown Mills, located at Middletown, also in Henry County, where he continued until 1861. Besides young Shane, there were employed at the Middletown Mills, which were owned and managed by John Swope, two other young men, Benjamin F. Elwood and Samuel A. Mitchell, who were destined to attain prominence among the soldiers of Henry County.
At the call of President Lincoln for seventy five thousand volunteers to aid and assist in the preservation of the Union, both Shane and Elwood enlisted in what became Company B, 8th Indiana Infantry (three months). . Shane became a Sergeant of the company and immediately following the recruiting and organi- zation of the regiment was sent with it into what is now West Virginia and at the battle of Rich Mountain, July 11, 1861, he was seriously wounded, a minie ball striking him in the left breast, passing through the left lung and out at the right shoulder, breaking the bone in three places. Henry Lycurgus Powell of New Castle was also wounded in this battle, the bones of his right ankle being shat- tered by a ball from the enemy's gun, a wound that Mr. Powell has been con- pelled to dress daily since his return home from the war nearly a half century
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ago. After the engagement, Shane and Powell were taken to the home of a Virginian, living close by, named Hinkle, where they received necessary surgical treatment. Several weeks later they were brought to their respective homes in Henry County, the one by his father, Timothy Shane, and the other by his father, Simon T. Powell, both of whom immediately after the battle went to Virginia to look after the wants and needs of their wounded sons. The reception accorded these youthful heroes by their friends and neighbors was especially enthusiastic and constitutes an episode in Henry County history which will not soon be forgotten.
The term of service of the regiment having expired, many of its members, at the second call for troops, enlisted in the 8th Indiana Infantry (three years). Shane, owing to his wounds from which he had not yet recovered, did not re- enlist. In this regiment, however, Samuel A. Mitchell, who was not in the three months' service, for reasons which will be found on page 277 of this History in the biography of Mr. Mitchell, assisted in organizing what became Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
George W. Shane, though still suffering from the effects of his wound, in the Summer of 1862, at the especial request of Governor Oliver P. Morton, undertook the organization of what became Company K, 54th Indiana Infantry (three months), of which he became First Lieutenant. This regiment was raised, organized and put into the service especially to guard Confederate prisoners con- fined in old Camp Morton, Indianapolis, but on account of Bragg's invasion of Kentucky, it was sent post haste into that State. At this time Shane was hardly fit for duty, his wound still giving him a great deal of trouble. The regiment was mustered into the service of the United States on June 10, 1862, and by reason of expiration of term of service, was mustered out September 22, 1862.
Again in the Summer of 1863, when General John H. Morgan and his Con- . federate forces made their famous raid into and through Southern Indiana. Lieutenant Shane with unsubdued martial ardor assisted in organizing at Mid- dletown what became Company C, 109th Indiana Infantry, or Morgan Raid Minute Men, and was made First Lieutenant of the company, which was practically identical with the Middletown Rifles of the Indiana Legion.
Once more in the Fall of 1864, when there was a call for additional men. Lieutenant Shane came to the front as a soldier, this time organizing what became Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry, of which he was made Captain. He was mustered into the service of the United States on October 18, 1864, and was mustered out with the regiment on July 11, 1865. This regiment served in East Tennessee, principally around and about Murfreesboro and later in North Carolina, where it took part in the expedition against Fort Fisher. Still later the regiment joined General Sherman's victorious forces at Greensboro, North Carolina, and with his command went to Washington City, where on May 22 and 23. 1865, it participated in the now memorable grand review of the armies of the Union.
During the time in the Civil War that Captain Shane was not actually at the front, he maintained his connection with military affairs at home, being a member of the Middletown Rifles, Indiana Legion, a local organization which like a number of other organizations with fanciful names, such as the Union
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Guards of Knightstown, the Needmore Rangers of Mechanicsburg, the New Lisbon Indiana State Guards of New Lisbon, and the New Castle Guards of New Castle, constituted a part of the militia organization of the State of Indiana and served to keep alive the military spirit at home and to familiarize the young men with military discipline, thus making of these local organizations a recruiting agency for the regiments already at the front and for new regiments when additional calls were made. The Middletown Rifles were officered as follows: Frederick Tykle, Captain; George W. Shane, First Lieutenant; James B. Tennell, Second Lieutenant ; succeeded later by Amos Gronendyke who was in turn succeeded by Jeremiah W. Gustin.
The war was over. How readily the volunteers, enured to battle, gave up the training and trappings of the soldier and merged into civilian life, has always remained the wonder and admiration of the civilized world. Captain Shane, bear- ing his honors as became a soldier, returned to his home at Middletown, Henry County, and soon entered the employ of the Panhandle railroad, as a fireman, his run extending from Richmond to Chicago. At the end of three months he left the railroad and went to Liberty, Union County, where he remained until 1868. working at his trade as a mechanical engineer. He then bought of his father- in-law, John Swope, an interest in the Middletown Mills where he had been em- ployed at the breaking out of the Civil War. This interest he disposed of shortly afterwards and went to Kokomo, where he remained for about seven years, acting as mechanical engineer for Worley Leas, who owned the principal flouring mill at that place.
On April 2, 1862, Captain George W. Shane became the husband of Elenor (Eleanor), oldest child and daughter of John and Mary Ann (Stewart) Swope, born April 17, 1842. During the time Captain Shane was in the army, his wife kept and maintained her residence at Middletown. They were the parents of two children: Mary Virginia, born October 29, 1863; and Martha A., born October 8, 1867. The latter died December 26, 1880, and is buried in South Mound Cemetery, New Castle, Indiana.
In the Spring of 1876 Captain Shane moved to his farm which he had previously purchased, comprising two hundred acres, situate five miles northwest of New Castle, which is known as the William Lynas place. The latter entered the land from the government and its transfer to Captain Shane is the only one made since it left the possession of the United States. The aforesaid William Lynas, an old pioneer of Henry County, was the uncle of Captain Shane and the patents for the land are now in the possession of Mrs. Shane. Shortly after going on this farm, Captain Shane and Mrs. Shane visited San Diego, California, for the benefit of the former's health. They remained at this favorite California resort for about two years during which time Captain Shane was greatly benefitted physically. Returning home he continued to reside on the farm until December. 1898, when he and his wife went to Miami, a popular Florida winter resort, and there he died January 28, 1899. His remains were brought to New Castle and were buried with all the honors of war by the George W. Lennard Post, No. 148, Grand Army of the Republic, of which he was a member. His remains rest in South Mound Cemetery. He was a gallant soldier. He was in at the first call and he was among the last to be honorably mustered out of the service. He
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was not only a brave soldier but he was an excellent citizen and in the hearts of those who knew him best, none had a warmer spot. The daughter, Mary Virginia. has preserved as heirlooms, the minie ball by which her father was wounded at Rich Mountain, the same having been taken from his body soon after he was wounded ; his sword, sash and army canteen and a Confederate carbine captured from the enemy by her distinguished father.
Mary Virginia, the daughter, was married June 15, 1897, to Joseph J. Buck, who was born near Richmond, Indiana, December 19, 1867. They are the parents of two bright and interesting children, namely : Nellie and George Henry, the latter being named after his grandfathers, George W. Shane and Henry Buck, the latter for many years a well known contractor.and builder at New Castle. Joseph J. Buck is in charge of the farm now owned entirely by Mrs. Shane. He is a practical farmer, exceedingly industrious, and very methodical. He is cer- tainly adding year by year to the value of the farm, than which there is none better in the county.
Timothy Shane, father of Captain Shane, was also a soldier. He enlisted from New Castle in Company G, 13th Indiana Cavalry, and was mustered into the service of the United States on March 9, 1864. He was appointed Color Sergeant and was mustered out November 18, 1865. He died in 1899, a few months after the death of his son, George W. Shane, and lies buried in the cemetery at Swayzee, Grant County, Indiana, at which place he lived at the time of his death.
Captain Shane also had two brothers in the Civil War. Thomas Jefferson Shane, who belonged to Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry (this was the com- pany of Captain Shane) and William Shane who went from Grant County, Indiana. The latter was killed at the battle of Richmond, Kentucky, August 30, 1862. His remains were buried on the battlefield. The number of his company and regiment are not now obtainable. Captain Shane's grandfather was a soldier of the Revolutionary War serving in a Pennsylvania regiment and was in camp with the army under General Washington at Valley Forge.
Besides his service in the Middletown Rifles of the Indiana Legion, Captain Shane served four distinct enlistments in the army during the Civil War, as fol- lows : Sergeant, Company B, 8th Indiana Infantry (three months) ; mustered in April 25, 1861 ; mustered out August 6, 1861 ; First Lieutenant, Company K, 54th Indiana Infantry (three months) ; mustered in June 10, 1862; mustered out September 26, 1862; First Lieutenant, Company C, 109th Indiana Infantry (Mor- gan Raid) ; mustered in July 10 and mustered out July 17. 1863 ; Captain. Com- pany H, 140th Indiana Infantry ; mustered in October 18, 1864; mustered out July II, 1865.
No soldier from Henry County in the Civil War gave more willing or greater support to his country than Captain George Washington Shane. His record is without a stain and his life as a soldier and a citizen and as a husband and father is a lasting memory of deeds done, of promises performed and today when old veterans, his comrades in arms that knew him well, meet around the old camp fire and the name of George Washington Shane is mentioned, there comes the silence of speech which goes straight to the heart and touches it with a feeling no words can describe. He sleeps now the sleep that knows no waking this side of
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the grave; there let him rest until the resurrection morn shall come when the old soldiers may gather together and in line march to that final reunion which shall last through all eternity.
ANCESTRY OF MRS. GEORGE W. SHANE.
. The first record of Mrs. George W. Shane's ancestry in Henry County, Indiana, is found of entry, December 16, 1823, when Michael Swope, her paternal grandfather, was commissioned by Governor William Hendricks, a Lieutenant in a militia company, organized in the southeastern part of Henry County. Of this company, Archilles Morris was Captain and William Hough, Ensign. It is other- wise well established that when the Swopes first came to Henry County, probably from Virginia, they settled on Symons Creek, in Dudley Township. In 1835 Michael Swope moved to what is now Jefferson Township, where he entered eighty acres of land, one mile north of Sulphur Springs, which is now known as the Albert N. Yost farm. He accumulated other lands in that locality and continued to reside there until his death. His remains and those of his wife are buried in Bethel Cemetery, two miles north of Sulphur Springs. On page 279 of this History, in treating of the ancestry of Mrs. Samuel A. Mitchell, they are said to be buried in the Sulphur Springs Cemetery but subsequent investigation shows them to be buried as here stated.
John Swope, the father of Mrs. Shane, was born December 14, 1818, and died June 27, 1876. He was married April 29, 1841, to Mary Ann Stewart, who was born May 5, 1825, and died November 13, 1881. Their remains are interred, side by side, in the Miller Cemetery, east of Middletown.
John Swope was in his day one of the most progressive and prosperous of Henry County's large list of prominent citizens. He was a pioneer in the milling business in the county, his first venture in that line being made in 1851. On November 25th of that year, he purchased of Washington Franklin, for the sum of twenty five hundred dollars, the combined flour and saw mill, situated on Deer Creek about half way between Middletown and Mechancisburg, just west of the lands now owned by James Rice Connell. After the building of the present Pan- handle railroad through Middletown, he purchased the site of the Middletown Mills, from Joseph Yount, for one hundred and ten dollars, and erected a mill and had it in operation in 1859. He continued as proprietor of the mill until February II, 1876, when he sold it to Martin Painter for four thousand dollars. While Mr. Swope will always have the credit of having established this mill, it has, nevertheless, been remodeled from time to time to meet modern conditions.
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