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*John L. Skinner, Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years). Died at Mem- phis, Tennessee, August 30. 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Memphis National Cem- etery. Grave, No. 306.
Abner Sloan. Company M. 21st Indiana Infantry, re-organized as Ist Heavy Artil- lery. Died at New Orleans, Louisana, January 2, 1865. Buried there. Re-interred in Chalmette National Cemetery. Grave, No. 6,053.
James E. Sloan, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry. Died at Milliken's Bend, Louisi- ana, April 10. 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Vicksburg National Cemetery. Un- known list.
James R. Smith, Company H. 8th Indiana Infantry (three years). Killed at Pea Ridge, Arkansas, March 7, 1862. Buried on the battlefield Re-interred in Fayetteville National Cemetery. Grave, No. 577.
*Jacob Snyder, Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years). Died at St. Louis. Missouri. August 11, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Jefferson Barracks (St. Louis) National Cemetery. Section 31. Grave, No. 2,547.
George Spaw. Company A. 36th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Resaca, Georgia, May 15, 1864. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Chattanooga National Cemetery. Sec- tion K. Grave, No. 10.206.
Robert O. Spell, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry. Killed at Franklin, Tennessee, December 17, 1864. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Nashville National Ceme- tery. Unknown list.
*Harmon Sphor, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry. Died at Murfreesboro, Ten- nessee, December 19, 1864. Buried there. Re-interred in Stone's River ( Murfreesboro) National Cemetery. Unknown list.
William Spurry, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry. Died at Bowling Green, Ken- tucky. September 21, 1862. Buried there. No record of removal. Remains probably re- interred in some National cemetery. Unknown list.
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Zachariah M. Starr, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry. Died at Wildcat, Ken- tucky, October 26, 1862, account of wounds received there, October 17, 1862. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Danville (Kentucky) National Cemetery. Unknown list.
Isaac Steele, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry. Died at Chattanooga, Tennessee. June 23, 1864, account of wounds in Atlanta Campaign, May 30, 1864. Buried there. Re-interred in Chattanooga National Cemetery. Section E, Grave, No. 11,311.
*James A. Steele, Company K. 36th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Stone's River, Ten- nessee, December 31, 1862. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Stone's River (Mur- freesboro) National Cemetery. Unknown list.
Nathaniel Stevens, Company D, 147th Indiana Infantry. Died at Cumberland. Maryland, July 28, 1865. Buried there. No record of removal. Remains prohably re-in- terred in some National cemetery. Unknown list.
Townsend G. Stevens, Troop G, 6th Cavalry, U. S. A. Died at New Orleans, Louisi- ana. July 29, 1866. Buried there. Re-interred in Chalmette National Cemetery. Grave, No. 7.335.
Samuel L. Stewart, Company F. 84th Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville, Ten- nessee. May 4, 1865. Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery. Un- known list.
William Stewart, Company A. 36th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Chickamauga. Georgia. September 19. 1863. Buried on the bettlefield. Re-interred in Chattanooga Na- tional Cemetery. Unknown list.
William F. Stewart, Company A. 36th Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville, Ten- nessee. March 31, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery. Un- known list.
John Stinson, Company D. 147th Indiana Infantry. Died at Indianapolis, Indiana. March 16. 1865. Buried in Hess Cemetery, near Cadiz, Indiana.
Moses Straughn, Company D, 8th Indiana Infantry ( three years). Died at Memphis, Tennessee, June 7. 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Memphis National Cemetery. Unknown list.
Peter C. Strickler, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry. Killed by accident on steam- hoat. January 7. 1863. Buried on the river bank. No record of removal. Remains proh- ably re-interred in some National cemetery. Unknown list.
Daniel Sullivan, Company F. 1st Battalion, 19th Infantry, U. S. A. Died at U. S. General Hospital. . Annapolis, Maryland, July 22, 1864. Buried there. Re-interred in Annapolis National Cemetery. Grave, No. 929.
Jeremiah Sullivan, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry. Died in field hospital, June 15, 1864, account of wounds in Atlanta Campaign, May 27, 1864. Buried there. Re-in- terred in Chattanooga National Cemetery. Section E. Grave, No. 11,281.
Elza Swain, Company G, 69th Indiana Infantry. Died May 4, 1863, account of wounds at Port Gibson, Mississippi, May 1. 1863. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred ' in Vicksburg National Cemetery. Unknown list.
John K. Swain, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years). Died at home in Mechanicsburg, Indiana, August 22, 1863. Buried in Mechanicsburg Cemetery, Mechan- icsburg, Indiana.
Samuel H. Sweigart. Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry. Died at St. Louis, Missouri, July 23. 1865. Buried in Elliott Cemetery, two and a half miles south of New Castle, Indiana.
Benjamin F. Symons. Incomplete list. Died in the army. No record of place, date or burial. Remains probably re-interred in some National Cemetery. Unknown list.
David S. Taylor. Company D. 36th Indiana Infantry. Died at Danville, Kentucky, November 17. 1862, account of wounds at Wildcat, Kentucky, October 17, 1862. Buried in Masonic Cemetery, Greensboro, Indiana.
Charles E. Thomas, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry. Accidentally killed at New Haven. Kentucky, November 18, 1861. Buried there. No record of removal. Remains prohahly re-interred in some National cemetery. Unknown list.
James Thomas, Company F. 57th Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville, Tennessee.
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April 30, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery. Unknown list.
Adolphus G. Thut, Company A. 26th Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville, Tennes- see, May 5, 1862. Buried in Rich Square Cemetery, Franklin Township, Henry County, Indiana.
John W. Timmons, Company C. 147th Indiana Infantry. Died at Indianapolis, In- diana, March 14, 1865. Buried there. Re-interred in Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana. Military Plat. Unknown list.
William Topping, Company C. 36th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Chickamauga, Georgia, September 19, 1863. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Chattanooga Na- tional Cemetery. Unknown list.
Benjamin F. Trail, Company C, 28th U. S. C. T. Killed at Petersburg, Virginia, July 30, 1864. Buried on the battlefield. No record of removal. Remains probably re- interred in some National cemetery. Unknown list.
James Trail, Company C. 28th U. S. C. T. Died at Corpus Christi, Texas, Septem- her 24, 1865. Buried there. No record of removal. Remains probably re-interred in some National cemetery. Unknown list.
William Trout, Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years). Drowned at St. Louis, Missouri, June 17, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Jefferson Barracks ( St. Louis) National Cemetery. Unknown list.
Robert Troxell, Company F, 84th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Chickamauga, Geor- gia. September 20, 1863. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Chattanooga National Cemetery. Unknown list.
Robert F. Tuder, Company M, 8th Indiana Cavalry. Killed at Black River, North Carolina, March 16, 1865. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Raleigh National Cemetery. Grave, No. 371.
Sashwell Turner, Company E. 36th Indiana Infantry. Died at St. Louis, Missouri, August 17. 1862. Buried there. Re-interred in Jefferson Barracks (St. Louis) National Cemetery. Unknown list.
Joseph Van Matre, Company F. 57th Indiana Infantry. Died at St. Louis, Missouri, May 10, 1863. Buried in Painter Cemetery, Fall Creek Township, Henry County, Indi- ana.
Peter Van Matre, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry. Died at Greensboro, North Carolina, June 27, 1865. Buried there. Re-interred in Painter Cemetery, Fall Creek Township, Henry County, Indiana.
Benjamin Waddell, 19th Indiana Battery. Died at Danville, Kentucky. November 8. 1862. Buried in Holland Cemetery, near Straughn, Indiana.
Luther Waddell, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville, Tennessee, September 16, 1863. Buried in Holland Cemetery, near Straughn. Indiana.
Jehu Waggoner, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry. Died at New Orleans, Louisi- ana. September 6, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Chalmette National Cemetery. Unknown list.
John S. Wallace, Company B. 54th Indiana Infantry (one year). Died at Memphis. Tennessee, January 21, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Memphis National Cemetery. Unknown list.
William H. Ward, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry. Died at Indianapolis. Indi- ana, December 27, 1862. Buried in Lewisville Cemetery, Lewisville, Indiana.
Caleb N. Warner, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry. Died date and place un- known. Remains probably re-interred in some National cemetery. Unknown list.
David Warner, Company H. 5th Indiana Infantry (Mexican War). Drowned in Mississippi River, November, 1847. Body never recovered.
George W. Warner, 12th Indiana Battery. Died at Nashville, Tennessee, April 1, 1862. Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery. Unknown list.
Peter Warner, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville, Tennessee, August 30, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery. Unknown list.
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George W. Warrick, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville, Ten- nessee. January 9, 1863, account of wounds at Stone's River, Tennessee, December 31. 1862. Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery. Section A, Grave, No. 5.082.
John D. Wasson, Company I, 124th Indiana Infantry. Died at Chattanooga. Ten- nessee, June 15, 1864. Buried there. Re-interred in Chattanooga National Cemetery. Section A, Grave, No. 119.
Daniel L. Watkins, Company F, 84th Indiana Infantry. Died in West Virginia, October 17, 1862. Buried there. No record of removal. Remains probably re-interred in some National cemetery. Unknown list.
Francis M. Watkins, Company F. 57th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Resaca, Georgia, May 14, 1864. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Sonth Mound Cemetery, New Castle. Indiana.
Marquis De La Fayette Watkins, Incomplete list. Died at home, near New Cas- tle. February 22, 1865. Buried in South Mound Cemetery, New Castle, Indiana.
Thornton T. Watkins, Company F. 57th Indiana Infantry. Lost on Sultana. April 27, 1865. Body never. recovered.
George W. Wean, Company G. 84th Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville, Tennes- see. December 17, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery. Section D. Grave, No. 3,205.
Pennel West, Company F. 124th Indiana Infantry. Died in Andersonville Prison, Georgia. June 28. 1864. Buried in Andersonville National Cemetery. Unknown list.
William D. West, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry. Died at Camp Wickliffe, Kentucky, January 8. 1862. Buried there. No record of removal. Remains probably re-interred in some National cemetery. Unknown list.
William Whitacre, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry. Died at Indianapolis, Indi- ana. May 21, 1864. Buried there. Re-interred in Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana. Military plat. Grave, No. 252.
Benjamin Whitelock, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Richmond, Kentucky. August 30, 1862. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Camp Nelson National Cemetery. Unknown list.
James W. Whitlow. Company B. 19th Indiana Infantry. Died of wounds, date and place unknown. No record of removal. Remains probably re-interred in some National cemetery. Unknown list.
George M. Wilkinson, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry. Died at Louisville, Ken- tucky, October 18, 1863. Buried in Old Cemetery, Knightstown. Indiana.
George Williams. 15th Indiana Battery. Died in Andersonville Prison, Georgia, October 26. 1864. Buried in Andersonville National Cemetery. Grave, No. 11,497.
Jesse L. Williams, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry. Died at Milliken's Bend, Louisiana, February 6, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Vicksburg National Cemetery. Unknown list.
Joseph Williams, Company H. 69th Indiana Infantry. Died near Vicksburg, Mis- sisippi, January 23, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Vicksburg National Cemetery. Unknown list.
Nereus P. Williams, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry. Killed in Atlanta Cam- paign, May 31, 1864. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Marietta National Ceme- tery. Seotion A. Grave, No. 841.
William Williams. Company B. 139th Indiana Infantry. Died at Mumfordsville, Kentucky, July 20, 1864. Buried there. No record of removal. Remains probably re- interred in some National cemetery. Unknown list.
William O. Williams, Company B. 19th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. July 1, 1863. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Gettysburg Na- tional Cemetery. Indiana Plat. Unknown list.
John L. Willis, Company A, 2nd Infantry, U. S. A. Died July 3, 1898, account of wounds at San Juan Hill, Cuba, July 1, 1898. Buried on the battlefield. No record of removal. Remains probably re-interred in Arlington National Cemetery. Unknown list. -
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Luther Wilson, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry. Died at Buffalo, Kentucky, Feb- ruary 17, 1862. Buried there. No record of removal. Remains probably re-interred in some National cemetery. Unknown list.
Enoch M. Windsor, Company G, 7th Indiana Cavalry. Died in Andersonville Prison, Georgia, date unknown. Buried in Andersonville National Cemetery. Unknown list.
James M. Windsor, Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years). Died in Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia, February 17, 1865. Buried in Richmond National Ceme- tery. Unknown list.
Joseph S. Winship, Company K. 36th Indiana Infantry. Died in Andersonville Prison, Georgia. August 3, 1864. Buried in Andersonville National Cemetery. Grave, No. 4,639.
William H. Wise, Company F, 124th Indiana Infantry. Died at Indianapolis, Indi- ana, November 25, 1864. Buried there. Re-interred in Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapo- lis, Indiana. Military Plat. Unknown list.
David Wisehart, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry. Died at Young's Point, Louisi- ana. March 10, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Vickshurg National Cemetery. Un- known list.
Philander Wisehart, Company B. 8th Indiana Infantry (three months). Killed at Rich Mountain, West Virginia, July 11, 1861. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Grafton National Cemetery. Grave, No. 655.
Seth Wood, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry. Died at Big Black River Bridge. Mississippi, July 24, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Vicksburg National Cemetery. Unknown list.
William F. Wright, Company D, 147th Indiana Infantry. Died at Cumberland, Maryland, April 9, 1865. Buried there. No record of removal. Remains probably re-in- terred in some National cemetery. Unknown list.
George H. Zeigler, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry. Died at New Orleans, Louisi- ana, September 12, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Chalmette National Cemetery. Unknown list.
RECAPITULATION OF ROLL OF HONOR.
Total known list 476
Total estimated list. 119
Grand total, including soldiers who served in distinctively Henry County com-
panies 595
DEDUCT.
Soldiers of the Mexican War. 1
Soldiers of the Spanish-American War, Philippine Insurrection, and Regular Army. 9 13
Total loss in the Civil War. 582
NATIONAL CEMETERIES.
September 9. 1861. the Secretary of War directed that the Quartermaster General of the Army should cause to be printed and to be placed in every hospital of the army, blank books and forms for the purpose of preserving accurate and permanent records of deceased soldiers and their place of burial, and that he should provide proper means for a registered head-board to be secured at the head of each soldier's grave.
Act of Congress, approved July 17. 1862, authorizes the President of the United States, whenever, in his opinion, it shall be deemed expedient, to purchase cemetery grounds, and to cause them to be securely enclosed, to be used as a
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national cemetery for the soldiers who shall die in the service of the country.
April 13, 1866, it was provided by Public Resolution No. 21 "that the Secre- tary of War be authorized to take immediate measures to preserve from dese- cration the graves of soldiers of the United States who fell in battle or died of disease during the War of the Rebellion, and to secure suitable burial-places, and to have these grounds enclosed, so that the resting-places of the honored dead may be kept sacred forever."
February 28, 1867, an act to establish and protect national cemeteries was approved, which provided in detail for the purchase of grounds, and the manage- ment and inspection of cemeteries; also for the punishment of any person who should mutilate monuments or injure the trees and plants.
In accordance with the foregoing and the orders issued by the War Depart- ment from time to time, every effort has been made to collect the remains of the dead, to inter them decently, and to record all the facts known in connection with each grave. After no war, whether of ancient or modern times, have any such systematic exertions been made to secure the collection of the dead and their interment in permanent resting-places, as have been made by the Quartermaster Department of the United States Army under the above provisions of the law.
The latest report of the Quartermaster General on the subject of the Nation's Dead, shows that the following National Cemeteries have been established
INTERMENTS.
NAME OF CEMETERY.
Known.
Unknown.
Total.
Annapolis, Maryland
2,285
204
2,489
Alexandria. Louisiana
534
772
1,306
Alexandria, Virginia.
3.402
120
3,522
Andersonville, Georgia
12.793
921
13,714
Antietam, Marylan
2,853
1,818
4,671
Arlington, Virginia
11.915
4.349
16,264
Ball's Bluff, Virginia
1
24
25
Baton Rouge, Lonisiana
2,469
495
2,964
Battle Ground, District of Columbia.
43
43
Beaufort, South Carolina.
4.748
4,493
9,241
Beverly, New Jersey
145
7
152
Brownsville, Texas.
1,417
1,379
2,796
Camp Butler, Springfield, Illinois.
1,007
355
1,362
Camp Nelson, Jessamine County. Kentucky
2.477
1,165
3.642
Cave Hill, Louisville, Kentucky,
3,344
583
3,927
Chalmette, New Orleans, Louisiana
6,837
5.674
12,511
Chattanooga, Tennessee
7,999
4,963
12,962
City Point, Virginia
3,778
1,374
5,152
Cold Harbor, Virginia
673
1,281
1,954
Corinth, Mississippi.
1,789
3,927
5,716
Crown Hill, Indianapolis, Indiana.
681
32
713
Culpeper, Virginia
456
911
1,367
Custer Battle Field, Mexican Territory
262
262
Cypress Hills, New York.
3,710
76
3,786
Danville, Kentucky
335
8
343
Danville, Virginia.
1,172
155
1,327
Fayetteville, Arkansas
431
781
1,212
Finn's Point, Salem, New Jersey
2,644
2.644
Barrancas, Florida
798
657
1,455
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753
Florence. South Carolina
199
2,799
2,998
Fort Donelson, Tennessee
158
511
669
Fort Gibson, Indian Territory
215
2,212
2,427
Fort Harrison, Virginia.
239
575
814
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
835
928
1,763
Fort McPherson, Lincoln County, Nebraska.
152
291
443
Fort Smith, Arkansas
711
1,152
1,863
Fort Scott, Kansas.
390
161
551
Fredericksburg, Virginia
2.487
12,770
15,257
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
1,967
1,608
3.575
Glendale, Virginia
234
961
1,195
Grafton, West Virginia.
634
620
1,254
Hampton, Virginia.
4,930
494
5,424
Jefferson Barracks, Missouri
8.584
2,906
11,490
Jefferson City, Missouri.
349
412
761
Keokuk, lowa
612
33
645
Knoxville, Tennessee.
2,090
1,046
3,136
Laurel, Maryland.
232
6
238
Lebanon, Kentucky
591
277
868
Lexington, Kentucky.
805
108
913
Little Rock, Arkansas.
3,265
2,337
5,602
Loudon Park, Maryland.
1.637
166
1,803
Marietta, Georgia
7.188
2.963
10,151
Memphis, Tennessee
5,160
8,817
13,977
Mexico City, Mexico
284
750
1,034
Mills Springs, Somerset, Kentucky
345
366
711
Mobile, Alabama
756
113
869
Mound City, Illinois
2,505
2,721
5,226
Nashville, Tennessee.
11.825
4,701
16.526
Natchez, Mississippi
308
2.780
3,088
New Albany. Indiana
2.139
676
2.815
New Berne, North Carolina.
2.177
1,077
3,254
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1,881
28
1,909
Poplar Grove, Virginia.
2,198
4.001
6,199
Port Hudson, Louisiana.
596
3,223
3,819
Quincy, Illinois.
240
56
296
Raleigh, North Carolina
619
562
1,181
Richmond, Virginia
842
5,700
6,542
Rock Island, Illinois.
277
19
296
Salisbury, North Carolina.
94
12.032
12.126
San Antonio, Texas.
324
167
491
San Francisco, California
4,236
456
4.692
Santa Fe, New Mexico.
380
421
801
St. Augustine, Florida.
195
73
268
Seven Pines, Virginia
150
1,208
1,358
Shiloh, Hardin County, Tennessee.
1,229
2,361
3.590
Soldiers' Home, District of Columbia
5,314
288
5,602
Springfield, Missouri.
1,009
740
1.749
Staunton, Virginia.
233
520
753
Stone's River, Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
3,821
2,324
6,145
Vicksburg, Mississippi
3,896
12.704
16,600
Wilmington, North Carolina.
710
1,398
2,108
Winchester, Virginia.
2,094
2,365
4.459
Woodlawn, Elmira, New York
3,074
16
3,090
Yorktown, Virginia
748
1.434
2,182
177,362
149,314
326.676
48
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Of the whole number of interments indicated above, there are about 6,900 known and 1,500 unknown civilians, and 6,100 known and 3,200 unknown Con- federates. Of these latter, the greater portion are buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, New York, and Finn's Point Cemetery, near Salem, New Jersey. The interments at Mexico City are mainly of those who were killed or died in that vicinity during the Mexican War, and include also such citizens of the United States as may have died in Mexico, and who, under treaty provision, have the right of burial therein. From the foregoing, it will appear that, after making all proper deductions for civilians and Confederates, there are gathered in the various places mentioned the remains of nearly 300,000 men who at one time wore the blue during the late war, and who yielded up their lives in defense of the Government which now so graciously cares for their ashes.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
THE MILITIA SYSTEM OF INDIANA.
THE MILITIA SYSTEM OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY-THE MUSTER AND THE MILITIA LAWS IN INDIANA TERRITORY-LIST OF MILITIA OFFICERS FROM HENRY COUNTY.
The enforced Militia System which prevailed in Indiana from the first set- tlement of the Territory by English speaking people until 1844. when a Volunteer System succeeded it, was an inheritance from the old Northwest Territory, for the government of which it was the very first legal enactment. Though often modified and amended by the various Territorial and State Legislatures, it embraced the general principal of enforced military service to the State for the defense of its people, their homes and their property, and the same general requirements for the instruction of the officers and men, and their grouping in Companies, Battalions, Regiments and Brigades, from the first act to the last, except that owing to the narrow limits of the primal settlements, the first law provided for no command larger than a regiment.
The initial militia law for the country north of the Ohio River was published at Marietta, Ohio, on July 25. 1788, by the Governor, Arthur St. Clair, and two of the Territorial Judges. Samuel Holden Parsons and James Mitchell Varnum, almost a year in advance of the meeting of the first Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territory. It was seemingly the work of the two New England Judges, Parsons and Varnum, and was the forin by which the old methods of protecting the early New England settlements from the murderous assaults of the savages and re- pelling their frequent invasions, were brought into the wilderness, north of the Ohio. The immediate purpose of the enactment was the same as that which inspired the laws from which it was evidently fashioned. Certain clauses of the law itself, show how greatly the need of military preparation for the defense of the new settlements had impressed the men, who were leading the people of the older communities into a wilderness to establish the foundations of great States.
The sweeping and arbitrary character of the first militia law will be more readily understood by the incorporation of its more important sections into the body of this chapter, than by any mere statement of its provisions. The first five sections of the law are as follows :
(1). "All male inhabitants, between the ages of sixteen and fifty, shall be liable to, and perform military duty, and be formed into corps in the following manner:
(2). "Sixty rank and file shall form a company. Eight companies shall form a battalion. Two battalions shall form a regiment. There shall he appointed to each com-
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pany, one Captain, one Lieutenant, one Ensign, four Sergeants, four Corporals, one Drummer, and one Fifer. To a battalion, there shall be appointed one Lieutenant Colonel, one Major and one Adjutant. To a regiment, one Colonel. The corps shall be divided into Senior and Junior Classes.
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