History of Cass County, Indiana, from its earliest settlement to the present time; with Biographical Sketches and Reference to Biographies, Volume I, Part 21

Author: Powell, Jehu Z., 1848- [from old catalog] ed
Publication date: 1913
Publisher: Chicago and New York. The Lewis publishing company
Number of Pages: 763


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The soldiers then entered the court room, which was tastily deco- rated with national flags. Everything was arranged in excellent order, with tables groaning beneath the load of substantials which our citiz-


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ens had, with their accustomed liberality, supplied for the refreshment of the gallant volunteers. At three o'clock, after prayer by Reverend Layton, the feast of good things commenced, and ample justice was done to it by the volunteers.


After breakfast, A. M. Flory, Esq., in behalf of Company D, pre- sented Capt. Thos. S. Dunn with a handsome sword as a testimonial of their regard for him.


The assemblage to welcome the volunteers was large, but it would have been increased four-fold if time had permitted a general notice in the country of the time of their arrival. The volunteers, with few exceptions, were in excellent health and the bronzed countenances showed the extent of their exposure to southern sun and storm. At two o'clock on the afternoon of the same day, Captain Chase and his company of Zouaves arrived at the depot from the seat of war in West Virginia. Upon their arrival they were escorted to the court house by the recep- tion committee, where another bounteous repast had been prepared in anticipation of their coming. The reception ceremonies were essentially the same as those of the early morning and the dinner was served amid general rejoicing at their safe return and kindly greetings were extended to them on all sides. In the eyes of the masses the Zouaves took front rank in their soldierly bearing and exact training. It was a subject of congratulation that not a volunteer from this place was killed or wounded.


On September 1, 1861, Capt. Ira R. Gifford opened a recruiting sta- tion in Tipton's engine house, which then stood on the west side of Fourth street just south of Court street and soon had ninety-seven men enrolled, but some of them did not remain with the company when it was mustered into the service.


This company was enlisted for the cavalry service and as it left Logansport was composed of the following men :


Capt. Ira Gifford, Richard T. Ellsworth, Spencer T. Weirick, Thos. W. Stevenson, Wm. Banks, Chas. N. Banks, Wm. A. Larimer, Fred Wiley, Thos. Chambers, Chas. Whipp, Chas. H. Haner, Michael L. Hare, F. M. Hinton, Henry M. Thomas, Joseph Barron, Benj. O. Wilkinson, David A. Ewing, John O. Barron, Geo. Tolliver, Edward Griffin, Stephen R. Lavictoire, Arthur Smith, Lou Voorhis, James Wilkinson, Jacob Loser, Wm. D. Lyon, Alfred Williams, James Hurley, Samuel Purveyance, F. S. Mumford, J. A. Wilkinson, Owen Gillespy, Peter Zerbe, Samuel Sellers, Pollard Herring, James Crosby, Thomas Quinn, Joseph Smalley, Thomas Flinn, H. R. Parker, Gordan Berry, John Racus, Joseph S. Allen, Wm. C. Marshall, James Douglass, Melvin G. Bliss, John Detrick, Ira M. Sweet, Patrick Dillon, John M. Strum, Geo. L. Strum, Samuel W. Wilson, A. W. Wells, P. I. Howard, Jacob L. Reap, Reuben Scott, Joseph Bauer, Chas. W. Dunn, James M. Casken, H. H. Thomas, John H. Masterson, Zenas R. Bradley, Chas. Davidson, Michael Rohrer, John M. Fletcher, H. B. Moore, Wm. Beatty, Thomas McCoy.


On September 3rd Captain Gifford was notified by Colonel Brackett that his cavalry company would be accepted in the make-up of the Ninth Illinois Cavalry Regiment and about the middle of September left for Chicago, the regimental headquarters, and were mustered into the serv- ice as Company E of that regiment.


TWELFTH UNITED STATES INFANTRY


Recruiting continued steadily at the quarters of Capt. T. S. Dunn, who used every exertion to fill up his company as fast as possible. These recruits were for service in the Twelfth United States Infantry. From Vol. 1-10


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the commencement to the end of the second week in September he had forwarded to Fort Hamilton the following recruits: John S. Long, James A. Johnson, Joseph Helvie, Noah Helvie, L. R. Helvie, A. J. Helms, Wm. Ferrell, Wm. Turner, Geo. Turner, Ed. Neff, William Har- rison, Jacob Brubaker, David Van Blaricum, Christ. Mathias, Francis McCain, H. J. Kline, George H. Bell and George J. Schneider. Twenty additional men left for the same post on October 14th, making thirty- eight in all.


ORGANIZATION OF THE FORTY-SIXTH INDIANA INFANTRY


On September 20, 1861, the following dispatch was received grant- ing authority to raise and quarter a regiment at Logansport:


"Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 20, 1861. "To Hon. Richard P. De Hart, "Logansport, Ind.


"Hon. Graham N. Fitch, N. G. Scott and T. H. Bringhurst are authorized to raise a regiment to rendezvous at Logansport. Build your barracks, hurry up the organization of companies and put them into camp.


"By order of Gov. O. P. Morton.


"W. R. HOLLOWAY."


The Logansport Journal, under date of September 25th, made the following announcement indicating the state of progress in. the enlist- ment of men :


"A. M. Flory and E. R. Stevens are adding rapidly to the muster roll of their company and it will be full in a few days. The company will be made up of the best material of the county. The recruiting room is at the Tipton engine house on Fourth street.


"John Guthrie, S. M. Bliss and Wilson Williamson are getting re- cruits who will do honor to the county wherever they may be. Their recruiting room is at Mr. Guthrie's law office on Broadway.


"Like Vigus and Geo. J. Groves have opened a recruiting room and hung out the national colors from the brick block on Broadway and are enlisting a company for Fitch's regiment.


"John Kearney, Wm. Fitzgerald and Wm. Cahill are engaged in raising a company of Irishmen for Colonel Fitch's regiment. It is com- posed of men who will do their duty wherever they are called to go. The recruiting will be at Matthew Wilson's store" (at that day a small one-story frame building that stood on the south side of Market street, west of the alley between Third and Fourth streets).


Matthew Wilson was a versatile Irishman, unique character and vowed that the Irish company with their "shelalas" could pound the "stuffins out of every rebel in the land."


When it was announced that a regiment was to be raised and go into camp at Logansport the citizens were greatly excited and their enthusiasm was at its height. The subject was the chief topic of con- versation in the stores and on the streets. Where would the camp be located ? Various suggestions were made but it was finally decided to select a wooded grove on the eastern part of lot No. 1 of Barron's re- serve, extending from the east end of Bates street near the Franklin school building north and west. At once lumber and other necessary materials were taken to the grounds and a force of men, as many as could work to advantage, began the work of erecting barracks, which were hastily constructed of rough lumber. The quarters were com-


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pleted and ready for occupancy on the 30th day of September and the camp was formally dedicated as "Camp Logan" and the first occupants were Captain Guthrie and his company. On October 7th Capt. A. M. Flory's company of Cass county boys went into camp and a part of a company from this county under N. B. Booth on October 20th. In the meantime companies from surrounding counties entered the camp and the Fort-sixth Regiment had its full quota of men. The camp was fully organized by October 7th when John H. Gould was appointed to com- mand the barracks and issued the first regimental orders on that day. On September 30, 1861, commissions were issued by Governor Morton to the field officers, as follows: Graham N. Fitch, colonel; Newton G. Scott, lieutenant-colonel; Thos. H. Bringhurst, major; Richard P. De Hart, adjutant, and on September 24th to David D. Dykeman, quarter- master; on December 11th to Robert Irvin, chaplain; on October 7th to Horace Coleman, surgeon, and to William S. Haymond, assistant surgeon.


To show the moral character of the occupants of "Camp Logan," we will say that a Sunday school was organized on Sunday, October 6th, opened and conducted by and under the management of the soldiers themselves. A joint committee was appointed by the Sunday schools of the city for the purpose of raising money to purchase Bibles for the soldiers of the Forty-sixth in "Camp Logan." The movement was suc- cessful and the Bibles were presented. The Sunday school was con- tinued without interruption as long as the regiment remained in camp here and in addition, religious services were held in the camp every Sunday, conducted by our local ministers. Rev. Silas Tucker of the Baptist church delivered the first sermon in "Camp Logan" on October 13th, at two P. M.


PRESENTATION OF FLAG TO THE FORTY-SIXTH


A meeting of citizens was held at the court house on December 10th at which a committee was appointed consisting of S. A. Hall, C. B. Lasselle, S. L. McFaddin, N. D. Grover and Isaac Bartlett to procure a flag and make necessary arrangements to present the same to the Forty- sixth Regiment before its departure for the seat of war.


The flag, which was purchased in Cincinnati, was delayed in deliv- ery and was not presented to the regiment until they were at the depot ready to take their departure. The flag, of handsome silk, with Forty- sixth Indiana Volunteers marked with silver cloth on the center stripe, was presented to the regiment at the depot by Chas. B. Lasselle in an appropriate speech in part as follows:


"Colonel Fitch and soldiers of the Firty-sixth Regiment: Your fellow citizens of Cass county, as the highest testimonial they can give of the esteem which they can bear to you, and as a token of the antici- pation they entertain of your future good conduct in the field to which you are called, have procured and now present to you this national em- blem of our Union. We present you this flag with full confidence that its glories will not be tarnished nor our confidence disappointed while it remains in your hands. Should it be your fortune, as it probably soon will be, to meet the enemies of our country upon the field of battle, we hope, yea, we know, that the fame of Indiana, as yet unsullied, will be fully sustained by the gallantry of the Forty-sixth. Our prayer is that you may soon return with a reunited country, success and honor, but we enjoin you to return it with honor, or return it not at all."


Reply of Colonel Fitch :


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county for the flag which you have done us the honor to present to us. We accept it with gratitude; and we will treasure it as 'a memento of their kindness at all times and wherever it may be our fortune to be placed. As to the high anticipations you may have formed of our future good conduct in the field, I will only say that our acts shall speak for themselves, but I trust they shall not prove false to your hopes; and when we return, if we return at all, I promise you that we will do so with this flag above us, or we shall return with it around us. I accept it in the name of the regiment and now place it in the keeping of the color guard, who will bear it aloft before us, reminding us of the kind hearts left behind us and guiding us upon the path of duty and honor."


During the fall of 1861, Camp Logan presented an animated appear- ance. The soldiers were constantly drilling and going through the various military movements that was entirely new to our citizens; and people from the whole county and surrounding counties made pilgrimage to Camp Logan to see how real soldiers maneuvered in camp life; something that had never before been witnessed within the confines of Cass county. The writer well remembers going out to Camp Logan, which was then an open grove of native trees, with scarcely a house at that time built between the Third street bridge and the camp, where the Franklin school building now stands. It was with wonder and admiration that we walked around the barracks and tents and then witnessed a regimental parade. It made a lasting impression upon our youthful minds as it did upon others. We thought that the Forty- sixth Regiment was great, grand and powerful enough to put down the rebellion itself and we went home satisfied that the war would be over as soon as this formidable looking military outfit reached the scenes of strife in the rebellious states.


Camp Logan was a notable place during the greatest war of modern times and it is fitting that the place should be marked for all time, and the Forty-sixth Regiment that was encamped there over fifty years ago did a commendable thing when, at their reunion held in Rochester in 1905, appointed a committee consisting of Frank Swigart, W. H. Duncan and Geo. W. Clinger, to purchase a suitable monument to mark the location of this famous camping ground. This committee secured a granite monument, which bears the inscription: "Forty- sixth Indiana Volunteers Infantry, Organized and Encamped here from October to December, 1861." The stone stands about three feet above ground and is placed at the southwest corner of Bates and Plum streets in the corner of the Franklin school grounds. It marks the southeast corner of "Camp Logan." The camp extended from this point west about two thousand feet and north to the present Vandalia railroad tracks.


DEPARTURE OF THE FORTY-SIXTH FROM CAMP LOGAN


Thursday, December 12, 1861, the day appointed for the Forty-sixth Regiment to march for the seat of war in Kentucky, was a most delight- ful and pleasant day. Not a cloud obscured the sky and the clear, bracing air was invigorating to all. The news of the departure of the gallant volunteers had been widely circulated and thousands of people from town and country had gathered to see so magnificent a spectacle as one thousand men armed and equipped for army service, march off to do battle for the cause of our grand old Union. While some were attracted by the military display, yet there were many earnest, devoted and sympathetic fathers, mothers and relatives of the departing soldiers


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that came to give them a last parting word of good cheer, and a God's speed, in the difficult and dangerous task before them, and to wish them success and a safe return.


Drawn up on the fine parade grounds in front of Camp Logan, some time was occupied in preparing for the march. The scene was of deep interest to the large numbers of spectators gathered to witness their departure and extend their greetings. The troops presented a grand view in their new uniforms, accouterments and arms and their soldierly bearing and ready obedience to orders, indicated their rapid and satisfactory progress in the manual of arms. The oath was adminis- tered to the soldiers by companies and at the conclusion all the com- missioned officers advanced to the front and center, where the oath was administered by Lieut. Edgar Phelps of the regular army and the commisisons of the company officers delivered to them. The march of the regiment was through a vast concourse of people, which increased as they approached the Wabash depot. About 12 o'clock they boarded the train and moved off for Lafayette amid the cheers of the citizens and followed by the earnest prayers for their protection from the dangers of the battlefield and a safe return to their homes and friends.


The Forty-sixth went by way of Lafayette to Indianapolis, where it remained until December 14th, when it went to Madison and down the Ohio to Camp Wickliff, Kentucky, where it remained until Febru- ary 16, 1862, thence to the mouth of Salt river and to Paducah and from that time on was in active service.


MARRIAGE IN CAMP LOGAN


On the morning of November 28, 1861, the monotony of camp life was diversified by the marriage of William Cornell of Company D, to Miss Annett Smith, by the regimental chaplain, Robert Irvin. The ceremony was performed on a raised platform in the presence of the assembled regiment. Mr. Cornell soon left his young bride for active service in the South, but his faithful wife proved true and after the close of the war he returned to Logansport and the couple are still honored residents of our city.


ROSTER OF THE FORTY-SIXTH


The following is the composition of the Forty-sixth Regiment, so far as the companies in whole or in part were citizens of Cass county : Colonels: Graham U. Fitch and Thomas H. Bringhurst.


Lieutenant-Colonels: Newton G. Scott and Aaron M. Flory.


Major: Wm. M. De Hart.


Quartermasters : D. D. Dykeman, Thomas H. Howes and Wm. S. Richardson.


Chaplain : Robert Irvin.


Surgeons : Horace Coleman, Israel B. Washburn, and Asa Coleman.


Company A. Privates: Faucett, Chas. B .; McNamar, Jacob V.


Company B. Captains: A. M. Flory, Frank Swigart and Theodore


R. Forgy. First Lieutenants: John T. Castle, Matthew K. Graham, Theophalis


P. Rodgers.


Second Lieutenants: John Armont, Loren C. Stevens and Marcellus Nash.


Sergeants: Isaac K. Castle, E. B. Forgy and J. W. Tippet. Corporals: Austin Adair, Robt. T. Bryer, Thomas Castle, Thomas J. Jamison, J. R. Cunningham and Joshua M. Reed.


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Musician : J. M. Richardson.


Wagoner: Geo. W. Cronk.


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Privates : Bell, Wm. H .; Black, Asa; Black, James; Billington, Chas F .; Bruington, Geo. W .; Castle, John W .; Caller, James H .; Custer, Sam'l S .; Campton, James; Carmine, Benj. F .; Dale, Geo. P .; Davis, Wm .; Davis, Joseph; Doan, Geo. W .; Dill, James C .; Dague, John W .; Ellis, Abraham; Forgy, D. J .; Forgy, Geo. W .; Forgy, John D .; Fox, John; Fox, Samuel; Gordon, James W .; Guard, Wm .; Grant, Wm. H .; Grant, Isaac; Herrell, John; Hart, Wm .;


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Haney, Samuel; Hart, Amos J .; Hale, Jesse; Horner, Wm. P .; Ingham, Hezekiah; Jamison, John J .; Jump, Samuel L .; Kerns, Wm. B .; Lynch, Levi; Lobrick, Geo .; Laird, Reece D .; McMillen, Adams; Mccarthy, . Geo. M .; Morse, Wm. R .; Maice, Peter; Mellinger, Stephen J .; Martin, Henry L .; Michael, Albert; Nash, Augustine; Oden, Geo. W .; Oliver, John N .; Pfountz, Franklin; Pfountz, Wm .; Pennell, Sam'l L .; Pear- son, Philip; Redd, Joseph; Reeder, Chas. D .; Rodgers, Wm. A .; Rodgers, Theophilus S .; Rodgers, Chauncey ; Rance, Geo .; Rutt, Abraham; Rob- erts, Joseph; Stewart, Samuel; Stewart, Thomas; Shields, John T .; Shields, Joshua P .; Specie, Joseph; Smith, Nicholas D .; Tilton, Samuel; Thomas Wm. F .; Voorhees, Aurillius L .; Voorhees, M. N .; Winters, Isaac R .; Wagoner, Warren; Whitaker, Robt. S .; Welch, Michael. Recruits : Allhands, Philip L .; Adair, Austin; Bachelor, Andrew J .; Brewington, Ed. J .; Burns, Israel F .; Bell, Alfred H .; Custer, Wm. A .; Campbell, John N .; Duffy, James; Forgy, Thomas C .; Forgy,


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Andrew J .; Goodwin, Geo. W .; Greninger, John M .; Hebison, Jacob D .; Hunickhouse, Jasper; Horne, Harrison; Lennon, David D .; Lenon, Robert; Lake, Wm. R .; McPheters, James; McElheney, Robt. W .; Mam- mert, Harrison; Marpole, Alfred; Nash, Willard G .; Powell, Wm. L., Pope, Thomas A .; Purcell, Wm. D .; Purcell, Cyrus; Payton, Lindsey B .; Roof, Daniel; Shank, T. M .; Shelly, Benj. F .; See, Jacob; See, Elihu ; Studebaker, John; Thomas, Wm. F .; Winters, Wm. R.


Company C: Privates: Burley, Thornton A .; Chilcott, Benj. B .; Wilson, Amos W.


Company D: Captains: John Guthrie and Wm. M. De Hart.


First Lieutenants: Chas. A. Brownlee and Abraham B. Herman. Second Lieutenants: Andrew J. Lavender and Alex K. Ewing.


Sergeants: Leroy J. Anderson, Jordan R. Tyner, James A. Pepper, A. J. Little.


Corporals: John B. Stevens, Elijah J. Hunt, Ambrose Updegraph, J. P. Lemming, Wm. Laynear, Cornelius B. Woodruff, Wm. H. Crockett,


R. Bernethy.


Musician : Thos. W. Kendrick.


Wagoner: James Williams.


Privates: Bell, Thomas J .; Blew, Martin V .; Blew, Michael J .; Bruner, David; Boon, James F. W .; Budd, Isiah; Butler, John; Bear, Geo .; Crocket, Moses M .; Clifford, Patrick; Cloud, James W .; Cree, Samuel W .; Cornell, Wm .; Cripliver, David; Cassel, Geo. A .; Dunham, Nathan; Dougherty, Patrick; Dodd, Geo. E .; Dickey, Joseph; Dickey, David E .; Dobbins, James H .; Deford, Thomas; Dunn, Jerry; Eskew, Anthony A .; Gransinger, Nicholas; Gardner, James; Gary, Wm. H .; Hinkle, Adam; Herman, Abraham B .; Hatfield, Edward; Hitchens, Jacob; Hitchens, Wm. H .; Hitchens, Alfred; Ireland, Samuel L .; Jack- son, Julius C .; Jones, Noah; Jones, David; Keefe, Daniel O .; Lowder- milk, Wm. W .; Lovinger, Andrew J .; Lynch, Thomas J .; Murray, Michael; McTaggart, John; McDermot, Peter; McGlove, Patrick; Niles, Wm. H .; Niles, Geo. W .; Perkins, Samuel; Powell, Wm. H .; Robison, Thomas; Smith, James H .; See, George; Stover, Andrew; Small, Wm. H .; Shea, John; Samsel, Daniel W .; Springsted, Perry; Shaw, Robert; Tam, Lemuel H .; Tolen, James; Wood, Andrew J .; Woods, Wm .; Welsh, Nicholas; Williams, Joseph; White, Porter A .; Warfield, Benj .; Williamson, John; Vigus, James M.


Recruits: Conner, Wm. H .; Johnson, James H .; Lumbert, Hiram; Pruett, Eli; Reese, Maxwell; Tolen, Daniel.


Company E: Privates: Clinger, Geo. W .; McArthur, John; McCombs, James M .; Mead, Edw. C .; Murray, Geo. W .; Randall, Marian ; St. Clair, Francis M .; Tucker, Moses W .; Waterburg, John U .; Young, Mahlon U .; Young, Rozelle; Gurley, William R .; Nichols, Nathaniel.


Company F: First Lieutenant : Geo. W. Yeats.


Wagoner: Matthias Eastwood.


Privates : Barr, Wm .; Corrigan, Lawrence; Crippen, James; Dickey, Nathaniel; Eastwood, James H .; Jerome, Samuel; Taffe, Michael; Tripp, James S .; Tripp, Albert W .; Willis, Joseph; Young, Hezkiah F .; Con- nell, David; Grable, Samuel.


Company H: Captain: James F. Mitchell.


Corporal: Lewis Price.


Privates: John Mclaughlin, Ira C. Washburn, Lewis Price, Elihu


P. Washburn, Ed. B. Coulson, R. W. Palmer.


Company I: Captains: John F. Liston and Fred Fitch.


Lieutenants : Napolean B. Booth and Jacob Ludlow. Sergeant: D. T. Kirsher.


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Corporals : Robert McElheny, John Douglass.


Musicians : Wm. Spader and Martin L. Surface.


Privates : Button, T. G .; Custer, W. A .; Dunkle, Walter; Fish- paugh, H .; Grass, John, Jr .; Gray, John; Humbert, Thomas; Hancock, Milton; Hunter, Samuel; Julian, J. G .; Kistler, Jefferson; Johnson, Andrew; Keller, J. G .; Keef, William; Kline, Solomon; McAllister, A. U .; Myers, Joseph; Mellinger, C. D .; Meyer, Wm .; Oliver, Wm .; Per- singer, John W .; Parish, J. G .; Schaefer, Christ .; Scott, J. B .; Segraves, Chas .; Stiver, Jonas; Todd, Valentine; Todd, James; Washburn, Eli P .; Warfield, J. E .; Walters, J. W .; Walters, Samuel; Walters, W. J .; Whitcomb, D. M .; Vernon, John.


Recruits : Belew, Isaac; Barnhart, James H .; Davis, Henry ; David- son, Charles; Eberline, August; Green, Geo. W .; Grass, John; Schleh, George; Sanborn, Richard; Schrader, John; Schrader, Fred; Vernon, Samuel L.


Company K : First Lieutenant: George C. Horn.


Privates: Hunter, Wm. H .; Mummert, Geo. K .; Studebaker, David; Anderson, John; Castle, John G .; Castle, Thomas W .; Elkins, John; Layton, Joseph.


Brief statement of the active operations of the Forty-sixth. Mustered into service at Logansport, December 12, 1861, and at once left for Camp Wickliff, Kentucky, thence down the Mississippi, engaging in attacks on New Madrid, Island No. 10. April 13, 1862, under General Pope at Fort Pillow. June 6, at Memphis, then up White river. On 17th charged rebel works at St. Charles; at Helena, Arkansas, assigned to General Hovey's division; November 16, at Arkansas Post; Novem- ber 26, at Tallahatchie, Mississippi; February, 1863, cleared the Yazoo river of obstructions and engaged at Fort Pemberton; April 12, in the rear of Vicksburg under General Grant; engaged at Port Gibson, Cham- pion Hills, suffering severely, loosing one-fourth of its number; at Vicksburg was in the trenches 44 days. July 5, 1863, moved to Jack- son, Mississippi; back to Vicksburg and down to Natchez. and New Orleans, where, on March 4, 1864, reenlisted as veterans; went on Red River expedition, to Sabine Cross Roads; engaged at Mansfield on April 8, 1864, where seventy men were captured and were tortured for eight months in prison at Camp Ford and Camp Grace, Texas; May 22, moved to New Orleans and on June 12 left on veteran furlough for Indiana. On expiration of furlough was sent to Kentucky on garrison duty. Mustered out of service at Louisville, Kentucky, September 5, 1865.


COMPANY B, FIFTY-FIFTH REGIMENT


Under a call of Governor Morton a volunteer company for ninety days' service was organized here on May 29, 1862, in the Tipton Engine House, with Carter L. Vigus as captain, John T. Powell, first lieutenant and Frank W. West, second lieutenant. This company was enlisted for service in guarding the Confederate prisoners confined at Indianapolis, that the troops performing that duty might be sent to the front. This company left for Indianapolis on the Chicago & Cincinnati Railroad at 12 o'clock, Saturday, May 31, and was mustered into service June 6, 1862.




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