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In February, 1862, the long expected movement of the armies commenced. In March the Sixteenth, with a detachment of other troops from the brigade, built a bridge across the Shenandoah at Snicker's Ferry, accomplishing the work in forty-eight hours. Here six men of Stonewall Jackson's army were cap- tured by Lieut. Copeland, of the Sixteenth. May 12 it left for Washington, D. C., where on the 14th of May it was mustered out of service and soon after returned to Indiana. Its commanding Colonel was on April 30 commissioned a Brigadier-General and on May 13, in presence of the regiment, an elegant
sword was presented by the enlisted men of the Six- teenth. This gallant officer was killed in battle at Iuka, Miss. Lieut .- Col. Thomas J. Lucas succeeded him as Colonel.
Company A formed part of the Sixteenth Regi- ment Indiana Volunteer Infantry (three years' serv- ice). Its successive commissioned officers from this county were: Captains, John M. Orr, John A. Haines, Timothy Doherty; First Lieutenants, John A. Haines, Timothy Doherty, John Kensler; Second Lieutenants, Timothy Doherty, John Kensler, .Thomas M. Hardy and Lawrence Rowan.
The regiment was re-organized for three years' service at Indianapolis, May 27, 1862, with Thomas J. Lucas as Colonel. The regiment left August 19 for Kentucky to aid in repelling the invasion of the State by Kirby Smith. On the 30th of August it took part in the battle of Richmond, Ky., losing 200 inen killed and wounded, and 600 prisoners. Lieut. Col. Joel Wolfe was killed in this action while the regiment was endeavoring to cut its way through the Rebel lines. After the defeat the prisoners were paroled and sent to Indianapolis, where they remained in parole camp until November 1, when exchanged. On the 20th of that month the regiment marched to Cairo, and from thence to Memphis, where it remained until December 1, and then moved down the river to participate in the Vicksburg campaign. On the 25th the brigade of which the Sixteenth was a part was sent to cut the Texas & Shreveport Railroad at Dallas. In this expedition it marched sixty - five miles in thirty-six hours, swam two bayous, destroyed ten miles of railroad track and burned $1,000,000 worth of property belonging to the Rebel Government. On the 1st of January, 1863, it engaged the enemy in the attempt to storm his works at Chickasaw Bayou, near Vicksburg, and was driven back, the brigade to which it was attached losing 500 men. Re-embarking on the 3d, the Sixteenth reached Ar- kansas Post on the 10th of January, and attacked the enemy in the fort, skirmishing until night fall. On the 11th it participated in the general engagement that ensued, and was the first regiment to plant its colors within the fort; its loss was seventy-seven men killed and wounded. The surrender was made by the same officer (Gen. Churchill) to whom the Sixteenth sur- rendered at Richmond, and among the captured wagons were some that the regiment had lost in its retreat at that time. The Sixteenth was at Hard Times Landing, opposite and above Grand Gulf, dur- ing the unsuccessful attempt of the gun-boats to reduce Grand Gulf. It was at Port Gibson and formed part of the reserve to Gen. Hovey's division, and marching forward engaged the enemy, driving him from the hill in front. It participated in a
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severe skirmish with the enemy near Edward's Station May 16, after which the regiment marched to Black River Bridge, where it fought at that point. It then proceeded to the rear of Vicksburg, and went into the trenches on the 19th of May, and participated in all of the operations of the siege until the capitula- tion on the 4th of July. In the assault on the enemy's works on the 22d of May, the Sixteenth bore a conspicuous part, holding an important posi- tion for nearly ten hours' continuous fighting, and part of the time was within twenty-five feet of the Rebel fort in its front. During the siege the regiment lost sixty men killed and wounded. After the sur- render the regiment marched to Jackson, where it took part in the skirmishing on the march and at that place. It was transported to New Orleans, where it was mounted and attached to the Cavalry Corps, Department of the Gulf, and was distributed along the eastern shore of the Mississippi, to protect trans- portation between New Orleans and points up the coast. In October the Cavalry Corps was ordered on an expedition up the Bayou Teche, in which section the Sixteenth remained continually skirmishing with the enemy until January 2, 1864. It was refitted and re-mounted and marched as part of the cavalry of Banks' expedition up Red River, during which campaign it had sixteen engagements with the enemy. The regiment was reviewed in New Orleans, where it had been ordered for muster out, by Gen. Grierson, who complimented it on having turned over to the Quartermaster the best horses that had ever been in that department, and as a compliment to the men whose terms of service had not then expired, it was ordered by Gen. Canby that they be transferred to the Thirteenth Indiana Cavalry, thus putting together infantry and cavalry, an unknown precedent during the war. The regiment was mustered out at New Orleans June 30, 1865. It arrived at Indianapolis July 10, 1865, with 365 men and officers, and on the next day it had a public reception in the capitol grounds, at which the regiment was addressed by Gov. Morton and others.
Thirty-sixth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer In- fantry .- Company H formed a part of the Thirty- sixtlı Indiana Volunteer Infantry. Its successive commissioned officers were Captains, Gilbert Trusler, William F. Limpus; First Lieutenants, Addison M. Davis, John L. Hensley, William F. Limpus, George Mullikin; Second Lieutenants, William F. Limpus, George Mullikin, James Patterson, and Joseph Hilli- goss. Gilbert Trusler, of Connersville, was commis- sioned Major of the regiment, June 3, 1863, and resigned the following December, and Daniel D. Hall, of the same place, served as Surgeon of the regiment from September. 1861, to March. 1862.
The Thirty-sixth Regiment was organized at Richmond, and mustered into service for three years, on the 16th of September, 1861, and soon after left for the field. During the fall and winter of 1861 it encamped and marched with the Army of the Ohio, until it reached Nashville, in February, 1862. In March it moved to the Tennessee River, and reached the field of Shiloh in time to take an active part in that great battle, in which it sustained a loss of nine killed, thirty-eight wounded and one missing. It was at the siege of Corinth, and participated therein until the evacuation. It pursued Bragg through Kentucky with Bnell's army, and participated; with Rosecrans' army in the battle at Stone River, and it was at.Chickamauga, and in both sustained losses in killed, wounded and missing. It subsequently moved with Sherman's army toward Atlanta, and partici- pated in the marches, skirmishes and engagements of that eventful campaign.
Sixty-ninth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer In- fantry .- Company K formed a part of the Sixty- ninth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry. Its successive commissioned officers were: Captains, Will- iam Kerr, Jesse Holton; First Lieutenants, Jesse Holton, William G. Plummer, Joseph Senior, Harvey A. Zimmerman; Second Lieutenants, William G. Plummer, Joseph Senior. Job Stout, of Conners- ville, was commissioned Lieutenant-Colonel of the regiment, August 19, 1862, and resigned January 21, 1863. William M. Smith and William Stewart, of Connersville, served respectively as Quartermaster.
The Sixty-ninth Regiment was organized at Rich- mond on the 19th of August, 1862, with William A. Bickle as Colonel. On the 20th of August it left for Kentucky, and on reaching Lexington moved in the direction of Richmond, Ky. Near this place, on the 30th of August, it participated in the battle with Kirby Smith's Rebel forces, losing 218 men and offi- cers, killed and wonnded. Though the men fonght bravely, the disciplined troops of the enemy over- powered the regiment and captured it almost en masse. The captured men were immediately paroled and sent to parole camp, Indianapolis. Upon being exchanged the regiment was re-organized at Indianapolis and left that place on the 27th of November, 1862, for Memphis, Tenn., in command of Col. Thomas W. Bennett. On the 20th of December it proceeded down the Mississippi River with Sheldon's brigade of Morgan's division of Sherman's wing of Grant's army, on the expedition to Vicksburg. In the assault upon the enemy's works at Chickasaw Bluffs, the Sixty-ninth took part, suffering but a slight loss. After the repulse at this place, the regiment moved to Arkansas Post, where it was engaged on the 11th of January, 1863, and after the capture of the post
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it proceeded to Young's Point, and while stationed there over 100 men died from disease. In the latter part of February it moved to Milliken's Bend, and on the morning of the 30th of March marched as the advance regiment of Grant's army in the movement against Vicksburg. On reaching Roundaway Bayou, opposite Richmond, La., in the afternoon, a Rebel force was found and dislodged. It was during this movement that 2,000 feet of bridging was constructed in three days. Thus was a military road completed across the peninsula from the river above Vicksburg, to the river forty miles below that city, over which the whole army rapidly moved. On the 30th of April the advance crossed the Mississippi at Hard Times Landing, and disembarked at D'Schron's, on the opposite bank, from whence it marched to Port Gibson, where on the 1st of May the battle of Thomp- son's Hill was fought. In this engagement the Sixty-ninth lost seventy-one killed and wounded. On the 16th of May it was engaged at Champion Hills, and on the 17th of May took part in the assault on the enemy's works at Black River Bridge. It then moved to the rear of the Rebel works at Vicks- burg, participating in the siege up to and including the assault on the 22d of May. On the 23d of May it moved with Osterhaus' division to the Black River Bridge, where it was stationed during the remainder of the siege of Vicksburg, holding Johnson in check. During all these operations on the east side of the Mississippi River, the regiment served in Osterhaus' division, which opened every engage- ment prior to the investment of Vicksburg.
At Jackson the Sixty-ninth was actively engaged during the six days' siege of that place. * * * On the 13th of February, 1864, it sailed for Indian- ola, and on the 13th of March evacuated that place and started for Matagorda Island. During the prog- ress of this movement, while crossing from Birnio's Island to Matagorda Island, a boat swamped and two officers and twenty men were drowned. * *
* * It met Banks' retreating army at Alex- andria, on the 27th of April, and was engaged in the fight near that place, and, in the retreat from that place to the Mississippi River, supported Lucas' cavalry brigade, which covered the retreat. * *
* On the 20th of March it moved with Steel's expedition through Florida and southern Alabama, arriving in the rear of Blakely on the 1st of April. In the assault on Blakely, on the 9th of April, the regiment was engaged, after which it guarded Rebel prisoners from Blakely to Ship Island. *
* * On the 5th day of July, 1865, the battalion was mustered out of service (the regiment was con- solidated into a battalion) at Mobile, and on the 7th left for home, having sixteen officers and 284 men.
This regiment has left its dead in eleven States, and participated in the battles of Richmond, Ky., Chickasaw Bluffs, Arkansas Post, Thompson's Hill, Champion Hill, Black River Bridge, the sieges of Vicksburg and Jackson, and the capture of Blakely, Ala., which caused the surrender of Mobile.
Second Cavalry (Forty-first Regiment, Indiana Volunteers) .- Company L formed a part of the Sec- ond Cavalry (Forty-first Regiment Indiana Volun- teers). Its successive commissioned officers were Captains, Isaiah D. Walker, Christian Beck, James G. Hackleman; First Lieutenants, Christian Beck, James G. Hackleman, Probasco Thomas; Second Lientenants, James A. Smith, James G. Hackleman, Probasco Thomas. Rev. W. Pelan, of Connersville, went out as Chaplain of the regiment; Harvey Y. Burt for a short period served as Adjutant and Charles Mount for a year as Commissary.
Capt. Walker was commissioned as Major of the regiment June 21, 1862, and resigned May 29, 1863.
This was the first complete cavalry regiment raised in Indiana. It was organized in Indianapolis in September, 1861, with John A. Bridgeland as Col- onel. In February, 1862, it marched with Buell's army toward Nashville, and from that point moved to the Tennessee River, reaching the field of Shiloh after the battle. On the 19th of April it had a skirmish with the enemy on the road to Corinth, and on the 15th it engaged the Rebels at Pea Ridge, Tenn., los- ing a number in killed and wounded. On the 22d it participated in a reconnoisance in force, driving the enemy three miles. During the siege of Corinth it was actively engaged, and immediately after the evacnation marched with Buell's army into northern Alabama and on the 31st of May had a skirmish with the enemy at Tuscumbia, losing a few men in killed and wounded.
Moving into Tennessee the regiment fought the enemy at McMinnville on the 9th of August and at Gallatin on the 21st and 27th of August, losing sev- eral in killed, wounded and missing. In September it marched into Kentucky, participating in the Bragg and Buell campaign, engaging the enemy at Vinegar Hill on the 22d of September, and at Perryville on the 8th of October. On the 30th of November, while the regiment was at Nashville, a detachment under command of Maj. Samuel Hill was highly compli- mented by Gen. Rosecrans, in special field orders, for having re-captured a government train, defeating Rebel cavalry, killing twenty and capturing 200 pris- oners. On the 11th of June, 1863, it fought the en- emy at Triune, Tonn., losing a number in killed and wounded. It participated in a sharp fight at Talbott's Station. While at Mossy Creek, Tenn., the regiment re-enlisted January 10, 1864, and during the winter
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and spring was engaged in numerous scouts and skir mishes, losing several men.
In May, 1864, the regiment moved with Sher- man's army in its campaign against Atlanta, engaging in many skirmishes and battles, among which were the following: May 9, at Varnell's Station, near Reseca: July 1. near Aeworth: July 2S and 30, near Newnan: August 30, near Atlanta. The non-veterans were mustered out on occupying Atlanta, and in Septem- ber. 1864. the remaining veterans and reernits were consolidated into a battalion of four companies and placed in command of Maj. RoswellS Hill. In Jan- mary. 1865. it joined the army of Gen. Wilson and participated in the raid through Alabama, engaging the enemy near Scottsville. April 2, and at West Point, Ga., on the 16th. In the latter battle the regi- ment suffered severely, Maj. Hill having one of his legs shot off while leading a charge. It was mustered out at Nashville, July 22. 1865. Shortly after it moved to Indianapolis, where it was finally dis- charged.
One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Regiment. Indi- ana Volunteer Infantry. - Company A formed a part of the One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry. Its successive commis- sioned others were: Captains, John M. Orr, John W. Hannah: First Lieutenants, John W. Hannah. Martin S. Bush: Second Lieutenants, Martin S. Bush. Lot H. C. Pumphrey.' Capt. Orr was commissioned as Lieutenant-Colonel of the regiment Mareh S. 1864, and promoted Colonel July 10 of the same year.
George F. Stewart, of Connersville, served as Sec- ond and First Lieutenant respectively in Company E. and John B. Sehissler as First Lieutenant in Com- pany F. of the regiment : and a number of privates iu Company G were from this county.
The regimeut was mustered into service March 10. 1864, with James Burgess as Colonel. It went to Nashville, reaching that point ou the 24th of the same month, and was assigned to the division of Gen. Hovey. April 5 the regiment left Nashville for the front. marching by way of Murfreesboro. Shelbyville, Tullahoma, Stevenson. Bridgeport, Chat- tanooga, and so ou. The Twenty third Corps, to which the regiment was assigned. arrived in front of Buzzard's Roost May S. A demonstration was made by Gen. Seotield upon that formidable position. the regiment losing one killed and two wounded. A portion of Sherman's army having penetrated Suake Creek Gap, the regiment moved with its division through the Gap, and crossed the Ostananla River. near Tilton. Our column then passed to the left of Resaca, and marched on the 1Sth to Calhoun. It moved the next day to the right of Kingston. and skirmished along the railroad. On the 21st it
encountered the enemy, and brisk skirmishing ensued. On the first of June the regiment was engaged in sharp skirmishing in the vicinity of Allatoona and Pumpkin Vine Creek, and took position opposite to and near Lost Mountain. Temporary works were constructed, and for two days sharp tighting was bad with the enemy. The skirmish line then moved close to the formidable works of the enemy. the regi- meut advancing in support under a heavy fire of artillery and musketry. The enemy having evacuated the works, the regiment took position on the right of Kenesaw Mountain. Ou the 23d the regimeut advanced close up to the enemy's works on Kenesaw Mountain, and skirmished with his sharp-shooters. The picket firing and skirmishing continued until the morning of July 3, when the Rebel Gen. Johnston suddenly abandoned his strong position. and fell back to Smyrna Church. The regiment encountered the enemy near Decatur, where brisk skirmishing ensued, resulting in the enemy being driven through Decatur, and the capture of that town. For several days it was engaged in skirmish- ing, and on the 21st of July reached a position where the hills and steeples of Atlanta could be seen. On the 22d the regiment moved with its division, and aided materially in repulsing the Rebels under Hood and Hardee, who had attacked our forces. The siege of Atlanta progressed vigorously until August 30. when its evaenation was forced, during all of which time the regimeut played its part.
October 4. the regiment marched with its corps in pursuit of Hood, the column moving by the way of Marietta to Allatoona, and thence through Cass- ville and Kingston, to Rome: and crossing the Ostan- aula River at that place on the 12th, a sharp skir- wish was had with a portion of the enemy's forces. his main body having marehed with great rapidity towards Resaca and Dalton. The column then headed for Calhoun and Resaca, but the Rebel Army had disappeared before our arrival. The pursuit was continued through Snake Creek and White's Gaps to Summerville, and down the Chattanooga Valley to Gaylesville, Ala .. where the pursuit was diseon- tiuned. The Twenty-third soon became a part of the command of Gen. Thomas. The regiment, Oeto- ber 23, moved with its division to Cedar Bluffs. and marched to Dalton ria Cave Spring. Rome. Resaca and Tilton. It was then transported to Nashville, where it arrived November 9. Novelu- ber 21 the regiment threw up temporary breast- works at Columbia, and for two days was engaged in brisk skirmishing with the enemy under Hood. At Spring Hill the enemy's cavalry was encountered and severe skirmishing ensued. After a brisk fight the regiment forced its way through, losing Company
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C, which was captured by the enemy. The regi- ment reached Franklin on the morning of November 30, and immediately took position in line of battle on the southern edge of that town. Slight breast- works were hastily constructed; the enemy soon appeared in force, and made several attempts to carry the position by assault. These successive attacks were met and most decisively repulsed. During the night the regiment fell back with the army to Nashville, and took position to the right of Fort Negley, where it was employed in erecting defenses until December 15. On the latter date the army of Gen. Thomas advanced from its fortifications around Nashville, upon the Rebel Army of Gen. Hood, and after two days severe fighting, inflicted a ruinous defeat upon the Rebel foe. The regiment took part in this battle, and joined in the pursuit of Hood's demoralized army.
In 1865 the regiment proceeded to North Carolina, landing at Morehead City February 27. March 6 it marched with Gen. Scofield's column along the rail- road toward Kingston. Upon reaching Wise's Forks, the enemy was encountered in a strong position in force. Heavy skirmishing was kept up during the first day. On the 9th the enemy being largely re-enforced, made an assault upon our left and center, and, after a severe battle, was repulsed and retreated in much confusion. The regiment took an active part in this battle. On the 15th it crossed the Neuse River and marched to Kingston; thence to Goldsboro, reaching there on the 21st, where the junction was formed with the victorious columns of Sherman, who had marched from Atlanta to the sea, and from the sea through the strongholds of the Rebel hiding-places, halting in the "Old North State" only long enough to greet their old comrades of the Twenty-third Corps and press forward to final victory. The regi- ment was mustered out at Greensboro August 31, 1865.
The Third Battery .- The Third Battery, Light Artillery, Indiana Volunteers, was organized at Con- nersville on the 5th of August, and mustered into service August 24, 1861, with W. W. Frybarger as Captain During the month of September the battery moved to St. Louis, was assigned to Gen. Fremont's army and moved with that army in the campaign through southwest Missouri. Upon the close of his campaign Capt. Frybarger being promoted Major (November 30), and ordered to Indianapolis for the purpose of organizing batteries, Lieut. James M. Cockefair was promoted Captain. From Springfield the battery moved to Tipton and thence to LaMine Cantonment, where it remained until the spring of 1862. During the summer and fall of 1862 sections of the Third Battery were dispatched to different por-
tions of Missouri, and engaged in numerous en- counters with straggling forces of the enemy. This duty was exceedingly arduous and difficult, owing to the long and frequent marches, and the impossibility of forcing the enemy to a decisive battle. Sharp encounters were had with the enemy at Mooe's Mill, Kirksville and Lone Jack, in which the battery lost in killed and wounded. After a separation of nine months, and having traversed the principal portion of Missouri, the Third Battery rendezvoused at Springfield during the winter of 1862. It was stationed at St. Louis until the latter part of 1863. In November, 1863, a majority of the members of the battery re-enlisted as veterans. It moved with the column under command of Gen. A. J. Smith in the winter of 1863-64 through western Tennessee. The battery then moved to Memphis, and with its division proceeded on steamer to Vicksburg, with the column of Gen. Sherman, and proceeded to Meridian, Miss. Having aided in sufficiently destroying the enemy's communications, the battery returned with the army to its place of starting.
On the Sth of March the Third Battery proceeded up the Red River by steamboat, and took part in the storming and capture of Fort De Russy. Thence the battery moved with Gen. A. J. Smith's command, and on the 9th of April was engaged in the battle of Pleasant Hill, in which the pursuing enemy were checked and routed. The battery was engaged almost constantly in covering the retreat of Banks' army, until it reached Morganza Bend, on the Mis- sissippi River, May 21. During this campaign it took part in the battles at Cautcherville, Cane Run, Alexandria, Old Oaks and Round Lake. Upon reaching the Mississippi River the battery embarked with its corps and moved to Vicksburg; thence to Memphis, and thence marched to Tupelo, Miss., being engaged with the enemy at Tupelo, Tallahatchie, Jackson and Clinton, Miss., during this movement across the country.
It moved with the Sixteenth Army Corps to St. Louis, and joined the forces of Gen. Rosecrans, in the pursuit of the Rebel Gen. Price, in the fall of 1864. After marching 800 miles in twenty-four days, without being able to overtake the enemy, the Third Battery returned to St. Louis, and moved from thence to Nashville, Tenn. Here, with the army of Gen. Thomas, the battery took part in the decisive engage- ment in front of Nashville, on the 15th and 16th of December, 1864, which resulted in the defeat and rout of Hood's Rebel army. The battery was subsequently assigned to Gen. Canby's command, and operated with his army upon the defenses of Mobile. It was actively engaged in the siege and capture of Fort Blakely, which completed the surrender of Mobile.
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