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The enumeration of school children, ranging from six to twenty- one years of age, for the year 1881, was as follows: For Black Town- ship, 1,703 ; for Lynn, 558; for Point; 336 ; for Harmony, 453; for Robb, 592; for Marrs, 1, 104; for Robinson, 716; for Smith, 370; for Bethel, 229 ; for Center, 401 ; town of New Harmony, 399, and the city of Mt. Vernon, 1,339; total, 8,202.
We take the following from the sketch of Genl. Hovey, to which we have referred elsewhere :
"There are about 40 churches in the County, belonging to Methodists, Baptists, Catholics, Christians, Presbyterians, and Episcopalians, while there are some 10 churches belonging to the German Lutheran and
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Methodist denominations, and about 30 preachers who officiate regularly. The first Methodist Church in this part of Indiana, was established in 1814, at the house of John Griffin, in Gibson County, Rev. John Scripps, minister. In 1815, shortly afterward, Rev. Thomas King and Rev. Thomas Davis, were sent to this County on the Circuit. In the same year came the Rev. John Schrader,* the oldest minister now living in the County and famous for many years as a great revivalist. The Rev. Samuel Jones, a Baptist, was probably the first Christian minister within the limits of Posey County. He established churches in various portions of the County. The Cumber- land Presbyterian Church was established in this part of the State as early as 1816, and ihad as their pastors Revs. Hiram'Hunter, David Lowry and two brothers by the name of Barnett. The Christian Body · or New Lights, organized their first Society in 1815 or 1816. at Moultry's meeting house. Their Ministers were Revs. James Moultry and Joseph Wasson, who came to this country at an early day."
POSEY'S WAR RECORD.
CONTAINING A LIST OF COMPANIES AND THEIR OFFICERS, THE REGIMENTS TO WHICH THEY BELONGED AND THE ENGAGEMENTS OF THE SERVICE DURING THE REBELLION.
No County in the State, at the commencement of the Rebellion in 1861, showed a greater loyalty and a more creditable patriotism than Posey. When the meagre and indefinite news of Fort Sumpter's fall had spread throughout the land it created intense excitement. and when the deplorable intelligence was confirmed by the dispatches of the authorities at Washington, a deep anxiety as to the safety of the country and a burning desire to avenge the atrocious and traitorous act was felt by the people at the North who had the welfare of the Nation at heart. The news confirming the unloyal and treasonable course of the people of South Carolina was received on the 14th of April, 1861, and on the morning of the 15th Governor Morton telegraphed the follow- ing message to President Lincoln : "On behalf of the State of Indiana, 1 tender you, for the defense of the Nation, and to uphold the authority of the Government, TEN THOUSAND MEN." On the same day the proclamation of the President, calling upon the States of the Union for 75, cco men, was issued. The "appeal to all loyal citizens to favor, facilitate, and aid this effort to maintain the honor, the integrity, and the existence of our National Union, and the perpetuity of popular government, and to redress wrongs already long endured," had the desired effect. The
*Mr. Shrader died in 1880 at the advanced age of 90 years, mourned by all who knew him.
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belief that the Government was in imminent danger made the necessity of active and decisive measures more apparent, and to the end that the institutions so dear to the true American should be preserved and per- petuated volunteers to the number reaching far above the quota of the old Hoosier State soon poured into "Camp Morton", at Indianapolis, eager for the fray which seemed inevitable and which proved so disastrous. In this movement Posey County was one of the foremost. In the war for the suppression of the Rebellion the County was represented in the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Twenty-fourth. Twenty-fifth, Sixtieth, Sixty-fifth, Eightieth, Ninety-first, One hundred and Twentieth and the One hundred and Thirty-sixth Regiments of infantry, and in the First and Tenth Regiments of cavalry, the approximated number of men furnished by the County for the regular service being 1,700. In ad- dition to these there was a regiment of State militia, or "home guards", as they were commonly denominated, composed of ten companies, which was partially organized by Col. A. P. Hovey, in the summer of 1861. It is said of Col. Hovey that he showed the "utmost zeal, energy and tact" and that his "command was making rapid progress towards military efficiency, when, about three months from the date of his ap- pointment", he was highly complimented by Governor Morton in tendering him the position of Colonel of the Twenty-fourth Indiana Volunteers, which he accepted. This regiment, under the command of Col. Hovey, distinguished itself by gallantry in a number of hard- fought battles, especially at Champion Hill, where the enemy was charged and defeated most handsomely. The Colonel was promoted on the 28th of April, 1862, to the position of Brigadier General. Col. Enoch R. James succeeded Col. Hovey as commander of the " home guards"-First Regiment, Indiana Legion-and the work of organizing and drilling was continued by him "a little more than a year", when he resigned and was succeeded by Col. John A. Mann. Incursions by the guerillas were threatened frequently during the incumbency of Col. James, at which the citizens of Mt. Vernon were greatly alarmed, but apprehension was allayed to a considerable degree when the Legion rallied for their defense. This military organization was paid a very high compliment by a writer of considerable note when he said: "It is proper to state that the Legion was the portal through which thou- sands of the best of our soldiers entered the army. The martial enthusiasm which it awakened and nurtured, could not be satisfied with home service, however important that duty might be regarded, and the Legion soon became to be reviewed as the nursery from which the old regiments and batteries of volunteers were to be recruited and new ones organized.
The Legion, in the Winter and Spring of 1863, were often called upon " to do guard duty along the river for a distance of thirty miles.".
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"Late at night, on the 9th of July, 1863," says Terrell, " Colonel Mann received orders from Governor Morton to hold his command in readiness for immediate service in preventing rebel reinforcements, the raid of John Morgan being then in progress through another sec- tion of the State. Messengers were dispatched to rally the compa- nies, and although many of them resided at a distance, some of them as far as fourteen miles from headquarters, such promptness was dis- played that every company, and nearly every man belonging to the regiment, had reported at Mt. Vernon before noon of the Ioth. At 9 P. M. seven companies of infantry embarked on board transports and proceeded up the river, while the cavalry marched in the same direction. Arriving at Evansville, the regiment went into camp with other troops rendezvoused at that point. Rumors of a threatened guer- illa raid, as a counter-movement to help Morgan into Posey County, induced Col. Mann to return to Mt. Vernon the next day with the cavalry. The infantry remained at Evansville several days, when it being evident that they could not be used against Morgan, they were ordered to report to Col. Mann, at Mt. Vernon, by whom they were dismissed to their homes.
" During the remained of 1863 unusual quiet reigned along the border, and this command was not called upon for further service. The year 1864 was characterized by frequent alarms, and the services of the First Regiment were varied and arduous. Forrest's raid through Western Kentucky, and his attack on Paducah, in March of that year, created an apprehension that he intended moving North- ward, striking the Ohio at Uniontown or Henderson, and thence raid- ing the border towns of Indiana. The battalion was again called out, and performed guard duty for several days, or until the rebels were reported as moving rapidly to the Southward.
" A few weeks later, formidable bands of guerillas appeared along the Kentucky shore, and, with. more than their usual boldness, at- tempted to steal a number of horses from citizens of Mt. Vernon and vicinity, but succeeded in securing only a single horse. The Legion was called to arms and a permanent guard established along the en- tire border of the County."
In July, 1864, it was learned, through the cooperation of Union citizens in that State, that the rebel Colonels, Johnson and Seipert, and Majors Chenoweth and Taylor were in Henderson and Union Counties, Ky., with a force of men variously estimated at from seven hundred to twelve hundred. A raid on Newburgh, Indiana, before his appearance in this section had given Colonel Johnson a reputation as a bold and cruel man. It was not to be wondered at, therefore, that his presence occasioned no little alarm, and rigid measures were adopted at once by Col. Mann to repel any invasion that might be
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attempted. It was soon concluded to form an expedition into the district infested with the rebels, which was acted upon on August 17th, "three days after the inception of the movement," when "750 men, infantry and cavalry, were in rendezvous at Mt. Vernon, awaiting marching orders." This force "consisted of the Forty-sixth Regiment Indiana Volunteers, Col. Bringhurst, commanding, 200 men; the non- veterans of the Thirty-second Regiment Indiana Infantry Folunteers, Col. Erdelmeyer, commanding, 200 men; parts of several companies of infantry and three companies of cavalry of the Legion, from Vanderburgh, Warrick and Posey Counties-about 350 men. Five pieces of artillery, belonging to the Legion, were added, and as there were no horses for the guns, it became necessary to press them, which was done by Genl. Hovey, in Posey, and Genl. Hughes, in Vander- burgh, to the infinite disgust of owners of fine Stock." The expedition into Kentucky by these troops was attended with no serious results, and after a few days the men returned to their homes. They captured five or six prisoners, among whom was a Captain Bites, in whose pockets and baggage sufficient proof was found to confirm the belief that an incursion into Posey County was intended and would have been consummated had not their plans been thwarted. "There can be no doubt that the efficiency and constant vigilance of the officers and men of the First Regiment prevented frequent guerilla incursons, and even more formidable invasions, by which incalculable loss and damage would have been inflicted upon the inhabitants." Besides the Indiana regiments which have been mentioned as having in their ranks soldiers from Posey County, many from this County belonged to regiments and companies organized outside and in other parts of the State. These we are unable to give, but have compiled and condensed an accurate report of the organiza- tion of the companies recruited in the County, which are as follows:
COMPANY "A," TENTH CAVALRY (ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH) REGIMENT.
Captain, Sylvanus Milner; First Lieutenant, Thomas Caborn ; Second Lieutenant, Wm. F. Dixon. Sergeants-Samuel F. Row (Ist. ); John W. Row (2d.); Richard Barter (3d); Hynes M. Terry (4th); Lewis Ridell (5th). Corporals-Wm. H. Duly (Ist); Urbin S. Marrs (2d); Urbin Ruminer (3d); Marcus P. Rogers (4th), and Oceola Mur- phy (5th). This company was recruited during the Fall and Winter of 1863, and went into camp at Evansville, soon afterward joining the regiment at Columbus and going thence to Pulaski, Tenn., where, on September 28th, they fought a battle with Forrest. They also fought battles at Washville, Little Harpeth, Reynold's Hill, and Sugar
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Creek, while in that locality, in which the loss of the regiment was 127 men and officers. The regiment was mustered out of service at Vicksburgh, Miss., August 31, 1865, and returned to Indianapolis, September 5th, with twenty-eight officers and 519 men. The company was originally composed of 121 men, only thirty-six of whom lived to return, and all of whom nearly were residents of Posey County.
COMPANY "K", TENTH CAVALRY, ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH, . REGIMENT.
Captain, Dewitt C. James; Alexander G. Twigg, First Lieutenant. This company was almost wholly made up of Posey County resi- dents, most of whom, however, were not mustered into service until March, 1864.
COMPANY "A", TWENTY-FIFTH REGIMENT INDIANA VOLUNTEERS.
Captain, George W. Saltzman; First Lieutenant, Enoch J. Ran- dolph; Second Lieutenant, Absalom Boren.' Sergeants-James P. Bennett (Ist); Gilbert M. Taylor (2d); Wm. Taylor (3d); Wheeler Dexter (4th), and John L. Ragland (5th). Corporals-Wm. Ashworth (Ist); Wm. J. Blackburn (2d); Felix G. Edmonds (3d); Charles Champagne (4th); James McCauley (5th); David R. Vint (6th); Wm. Todd (7th), and Shubel York (8th. This company was a full one, and was wholly composed of citizens of the County.
COMPANY "F", TWENTY-FIFTH REGIMENT, INDIANA VOLUNTEERS.
Captain, Victor C. Larkin; First Lieutenant, Robert G. Shannon; Second Lieutenant, Miles V. Wilsey, who resigned and was succeeded by Rufus F. Larkin, who was originally First Sergeant; Jos. Thornton, Second Sergeant; John H. Oaks, Third Sergeant; Bertrand V. Prich- ard, Fourth and Nathaniel Henderson, Fifth Sergeants. Corporals- Isaac N. Allyn (Ist); Wm. N. Connor (2d); C. W. Browning (3d); Burrows Miller (4th); Stafford Carr (5th); Peter Kivett (6th); Robert Jones (7th), and Ben. F. Aldridge (8th).
The Twenty-fifth was organized at Evansville, July 17th, and was mustered into service for three years August 19, 1861, at the same place. The regiment was engaged in eighteen battles and skirmishes, in which eighteen were killed, two hundred and fifty-five were wounded, four missing and seventeen were captured. It marched on foot 3,200 miles, traveled by rail 1, 350 miles and on transports 2,430 miles. When it was first organized it mustered 1,046 men, 686 re- cruits having been subsequently added. Three hundred and ninety-
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one died of disease or wounds, 695 were discharged on account of wounds and disability, while thirty-seven were transferred to batteries and other regiments, and 133 deserted. Thus it will be seen that the Twenty-fifth was in considerable active service, and, be it said to their credit, they acted gallantly in all engagements.
COMPANY "A", SIXTY-FIFTH INDIANA VOLUNTEERS.
Captain, Walter G. Hodge; First Lieutenant, Moses Ashworth ; Second Lieutenant, Barney York; Sergeants-John Duckworth (Ist) ; Wm. Wimpelberg (2d)-promoted Adjutant before expiration of ser- vice; Wm. P. Finch (3d); Harrison C. Stout (4th) ; Warren T. Jack- son (5th). Corporals-John W. Perkins (Ist); Andrew J. Aldridge (2d); Joshua Wallace (3d) ; John Nicols (4th); Hickerson Mockbee (5th); James T. Black (6th); Seymour S. French (7th), and Wm. P. Aldridge (8th). This company was composed of 113 men, all of whom, with few exceptions, were residents of the County. It was muster- ed into service at Evansvilleon the 18th of August, 1862. The regiment went to Kentucky immediately, and on the 27th of the same month attacked a rebel regiment under the command of the noted Adam Johnson, taking possession of the town of Madison. The regiment was afterward removed to and distributed through the Counties West of the 'Nashville Railroad, where it remained until August 18th, 1863, when they all reported at Glasgow. During this period the regiment fought the battles of Zollicoffer, Blountsville, Rheatown, Walker's Ford, Tenn, Bean Station, Powder Springs Gap, Skagg's Mills and Dandridge. The regiment, on April 24th, 1864, was dismounted and assigned to the Second Brigade, Third Division, Twenty-third Army Corps, and joined Sherman's army April 30th, when that Army began moving on its Atlanta Campaign. The regiment was in the battle of Resacca, May 14th, and participated in all the engagements of the Campaign until the capture of Atlanta. It was in the pursuit of Hood's army and engaged conspicuously in the battle of Nashville. It also engaged in the attack on Fort Anderson, N. C., February, 18th, 1865. A skirmish at Town Creek, February 20th, ended its engagements, and on the 22d of June, at Greensboro, it was mustered out of ser- vice. The loss of the regiment during its service was, killed, 26; wounded, 86, and captured, 61 .; total, 173.
COMPANY " B", SIXTIETH INDIANA VOLUNTEERS.
Captain, Wolfgang Hyne; First Lieutenant, Alfred D. Owen; Second Lieutenant, Wm. Holton. Sergeants-Joseph Noble (Ist); James Cabell (2d) ; John H. Workman [3d]; Wm. H. Hollow (4th]
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and John Gale (5th) Corporals-Josiah J. Jones, (Ist); Henry Schenck (2nd); James W. Gray (3d) ; Wm. H. Wheeler (4th); Wm. Price (5th) ; Joseph Harvey [6th] ; Joseph A. Barrett [7th], and Thomas B. Alman [8th].
COMPANY "C", SIXTIETH INDIANA VOLUNTEERS.
Captain, Jessie Nash; First Lieutenant, Richard A. Wilsey ; Second Lieutenant, John O'Neal. Sergeants-Courtland D. Slow (Ist); Alex- ander Stallings (2d); Isaac Wilson [3d]; John F. Wade (4th) ; and John F. Campbell (5th.) Corporals-Henry Hitchcock (Ist); Henry C. Endicott [2d]; Luther Wilson [3d]; Wm. A. Reeves [4th]; John P. Cavett [5th]; Isaac Randolph [6th]; John M. Reeves [7th), and David Robinson [8th].
COMPANY "E", SIXTIETH INDIANA VOLUNTEERS.
Captain, Henry Fitton; First Lieutenant, Walter E. Thrall; Second Lieutenant, Philip L. Cox. Sergeants-Eugene Thrall [Ist]; James T. Wiggins [2d]; Wm. H. Brooks [3d]; Enoch Greathouse [4th]; and Jonathan Jackson [5th]. Corporals-Jesse Harmon [Ist]; Wm. Arnold [2d]; Nathaniel Martin [3d]; Francis Cash [4th]; Nimrod Latimore [5th]; Bartley Tisdale [6th]; James B. Hunter [7th]; Francis D. Bolton, Quartermaster's Sergeant.
COMPANY "F", SIXTIETH INDIANA VOLUNTEERS.
Captain, Joseph B. Cox; First Lieutenant, George W. Merril; Second Lieutenant, Horace P. Owen. Sergeants-David Greathouse, Ist; James M. Miller, 2d; Mason O. Newman, 3d; Cressey K. Cole, 4th, and George Peva, 5th. Corporals-John M. Gregory, Ist; John J. Parks, 2d; George W. Newman, 3d; Peter W. Weldon, 4th; Lewis Ragland, 5th; Benjamin F. Greathouse, 6th; Calvin Conner, 7th, and Thomas Elderfield, 8th.
"The Sixtieth Regiment was raised under orders authorizing Lieut .- Col. Richard Owen, of the Fifteenth regiment, to recruit a regiment and rendezvous at Evansville. A partial organization was made at that place in November, 1861, and during the progress of enlisting, the regiment was ordered to Camp Morton, Indianapolis, on the 22d of Febuary, 1862, to guard prisoners, and, while on duty there,. the organization was perfected-the last companies being must- ered in in the month of March." All the foregoing companies were composed of 100 men each, all of whom, with few exceptions, were residents of Posey County. The regiment left Indianapolis, June 20,
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1862, and went to Lebanon, Ky., thence to Mumfordsville, where seven companies were captured by the advance of Bragg's army, on September 14th. The three companies not captured were on duty in guarding a railroad bridge over Rolling Fork, near Lebanon Junction. The seven companies, after being paroled, went to Indianapolis, where they were joined by the other three. The regiment, during its service of three years, lost heavily in its numerous engagements, and its record shows that its actions were gallant and highly creditable. The last battle the Sixtieth engaged in was that at Carrion Crow Bayou, La., November 3, 1864. After remaining at Algiers, opposite New Orleans, until February 24, 1865, the regiment proceeded to Indianapolis, where it was mustered out March 21, 1865
COMPANY "C", FIRST CAVALRY, TWENTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT, INDIANA VOLUNTEERS.
Captain, John K. Highman; First Lieutenant, Josiah Forth ; Second Lieutenant, Julian D. Owen. Sergeants-Wm. McReynolds, Ist ; John S. Wilsey, Q. M's. Surg't ; David Wilsey, 2nd; James L. Cary, 3d; Chas. H. Randolph, 4th, and Richard Flower, 5th. Corporals- Wm. D. Garten, Ist; John Cale, 2nd; Robert H. Healy, 3d; Alex- ander A. Allison, 4th; Mark McCauley, 5th; James S. Alcorn, 6th; Thomas Caborn 7th, and Geo. W. Richards, 8th.
COMPANY "D", FIRST CAVALRY, TWENTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT, INDIANA VOLUNTEERS.
Captain, Lyman W. Brown; First Lieutenant, Geo. P. Deweese ; Second Lieutenant, James P. Talbott. Sergeants-Geo. W. Brown, Ist; James L. Williams, 2nd; Henry Mann, 3rd; John D. Crouch, 4th; Geo. P. Hackley, 5th, and James T. Winters. 6th. Corporals-Geo. T. Gorden, Ist; Wm. C. Page, 2nd; Orison J. Kyler, 3rd; Theodore Scheifner, 4th; James E. Dodd, 5th; Smith Winchell, 6th; Robert Carsell, 7th, and Wm W. Little, 8th.
COMPANY "H", FIRST CAVALRY, TWENY-EIGHTH REGIMENT, INDIANA
VOLUNTEERS.
Captain, James M. Barter ; First Lieutenant, Ed. S. Hayes ; Second Lieutenant, John Harding. Sergeants-Oliver C. Terry Ist ; George Barter 2nd; Francis Greathouse 3rd; Miles Hayden 4th; Thomas Chatsman, 5th, and Miles Connor, 6th. Corporals-Geo. W. Barter, Ist; James M. Werts, 2d; James R. Black, 3d; Hynes M. Terry
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4th; Reuben H. Norman, 5th ; Stephen Hill, 6th; Herick Parks, 7th, and Frederick Kemper, 8th.
These Companies went into Camp at Evansville, the rendezvous of the regiment, which was organized and mustered into service on the 20th of August, 1861, and on the following day proceeded to St. Louis. Immediately after their arrival there they were sent to Ironton, Mo., where, on September 12th, they had the first taste of war, three Com- panies of whom, under Major Smith Gavitt, of Evansville, "had a sharp skirmish with a party of rebels", in which five of the enemy were captured and four killed.
In the month of October, the regiment was sent to the vicinity of Pilot Knob, remaining there through the Fall and Winter. "While campaigning in this region," says Terrell, "the First Cavalry participated in the battle of Fredericktown, on the 21st of October, and, in a charge that decided the fate of the battle, captured a piece of artillery and drove the enemy from the field." Capt. Highman, of Posey County, was killed in that engagement and was brought home soon afterward, where he received an honorable burial at the hands of the First Legion.
The following Spring, the regiment went to Arkansas, where, on July 7th, it fought the battle of Round Hill, and soon after this en- gagement went to Helena, where it remained more than a year. Com- pany "C" was detached shortly after the arrival of the regiment at Helena as an escort to Gen. Hovey. "This company marched with Grant's army to the rear of Vicksburgh, and participated in that cam- paign ; afterwards it joined Gen. Franklin's command in Western Louisiana, and returned to New Orleans in December, 1863, where it remained until July 7, and then proceeded to Arkansas." The regi- ment, excepting Company "C," remained in Arkansas until the close of its service, where it engaged in several expeditions, but meeting with no serious losses. It was stationed at Pine Bluff during the last year of service. In August, 1864, the regiment was ordered to Indianapo- lis, where they were discharged September 6th.
COMPANY "A," NINETY-FIRST INDIANA VOLUNTEERS.
Captain, James M. Carson ; First Lieutenant, Wise D. Kenneth ; Second Lieutenant, John Corbin. Sergeants-Enoch Snelling. Ist ; Thomas J. Robertson, 2d; Bedford L. Farris, 3d; Jacob Boucher, 4th ; Joseph A. Leonard, 5th. Corporals-Wm. L. Anderson, Ist; John H. Wagner, 2d; Benjamin M. Bailey, 3d; Kit C. Carson, 4th ; Horace Jones, 5th ; James S. Keelin, 6th; Thomas W. Brooks, 7th, and Charles Chadwick, 8th.
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COMPANY "D", NINETY-FIRST INDIANA VOLUNTEERS.
Captain, Luke A. Burke; First Lieutenant, Benjamin. A. Williams; Second Lieutenant, Richard Harris. Sergeants-Josiah W. Barrett, 1 st; James Lockhart, 2d; Geo. F .¿ Endicott, 3d, and.Wm. Anglestein, 4th. Corporals-Wm. P. Jaquess, Ist; Wm. S .: Davis, 2d; Geo. W. Johnson, 3d; Thos. Jordan, 4th; Joel F. Endicott, 5th; Francis Smith, 6th ; Wm. Ordell, 7th, and Frank Elliott, 8th .. .
COMPANY "G", NINETY-FIRST INDIANA VOLUNTEERS. r :
First Lieutenant, Thomas Stevens; Sergeants-Richard Stevens and Barnett Phillips; Corporals-Levitus B. Jones, James B, Keelin and John H. Powell.
Companies "A" and "D" were wholly composed of residents of Posey County, while "G" was only partially made up of citizens of the County. As the latter Company was. composed of men from several Counties, which were represented in the list of officers as well as the list of privates, we do not claim the whole of the:Company for Posey, and for that reason we give none but. the names of the officers who were residents of the County. Including the 'officers, there were 41 from Posey County in Company "G" of the Ninety-first regiment:
The regiment was composed of seven companies and was mustered into service at Evansville in August, 1862; It went to Henderson, Ky., October 10th, whence detachments were.sent to. Madisonville and Smithland, "where they remained, performing guard duty, and protecting that section of Kentucky from guerilla raids, until the 15th of June, 1863, when they marched to Russelville, and from thence to Bowling Green and Burksville, in pursuit of the rebel chieftain John H. Morgan, then making a raid through Kentucky;"" but: whom they could not capture, although strenuous efforts were made to do so. The regiment took an active part in the desperate battle which occurred at New Hope Church, June 22, 1864, and was also at the battle,con the 15th of that month, at Pine Mountain .... It was engaged in several skirmishes previous and subsequent to that time and in the battles of Peach Tree Creek, July 20th, and Utoy Creek, August 6th, 1864. "On the 27th the regiment marched with the; army in executing the grand movement by the right, which caused the evacuation of Atlanta .!! After the fall of that place the regiment with its corps: went in pursuit of Hood's army, but was detached from Sherman's army and ordered to report to Genl. Thomas before the object was accomplished. How; ever, "it moved North to Chatanooga on: November. 5th, and moved from thence to Nashville, Columbia and Centerville; and then back to Nashville. It took part in the battle of Franklin oni the 30th of
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